It’s Mary Emma coming to you live from the Fitzgerald Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh for an exiting EAGL matchup. These two teams hold the top 2 scores in the conference this season, so this could be a very close meet.
Pitt got off to a bit of a slow start this year, but the Panthers were finally able to put everything together at George Washington last week, scoring a 195.700. Senior transfer Michaela Burton continues to impress, scoring a huge 9.925 on beam last week
N.C. State is showing that it is the team to beat in the EAGL this year. Drew Grantham is back to full strength, and standout freshmen Chloe Negrete and Emily Shepard continue to improve every week. One thing to keep an eye on is the injury status of Nicole Webb. We received word that she will be back soon, but we don’t know how soon that will be.
Rotation 1
Pitt: vault; N.C. State: bars
Brechwald (Pitt) – good y full with a rather large bounce back – 9.625
Shepard (NCSU) – good jaeger, great pak, hitting HS well, stuck half in half out! – 9.8
Ceccarini (Pitt) – goof y full with a step back – 9.7
Grantham (NCSU) – good tkatchev, good bail HS, small hop on DLO – 9.75
Liszewski (Pitt) – good y full with a bounce back – 9.625
Robinson (NCSU) – great jaeger, great pak, dismount is close to the bar and takes a few steps back
Ward (Pitt) – y full with a bounce back – 9.7
Cox (NCSU) – great tkatchev, great bail HS, toes shoot is good, small step on FTDLO – 9.825
Petrikis (Pitt) – great y full with a small bounce back, best one so far – 9.875!!
Kent (NCSU) – good maloney, great jaeger to shootover, stuck DLO! – 9.8
Herbine (Pitt) – STUCK y half!! – 9.875
Brooker (NCSU) – beautiful maloney, good to shoot, chest down on DLO and has to take a large step forward
After 1: Pitt: 48.775; NC State: 48.925
Great first rotation from both teams. Vault rotation started out a bit slow, but it was highlighted by those last 2 vaults (career highs for both). NC State’s bars looked strong. And the scoring seems right today, so that’s good.
Rotation 2
Pitt: bars, NC State: vault
Cox (NCSU) – y tucked full – just a small bounce back – 9.675
Dugan (Pitt) – good gienger, great bail, small step back on DLO – 9.725
Kent (NCSU) – good y full with a small hop back – 9.675
Brechwald (Pitt) – great jaeger, great bail, small hop on DLO – 9.7
Grantham (NCSU) – big y full, slightly short with a step forward – 9.6
Ward (Pitt) – great shaposh to bail HS, stuck double back! – 9.7
Shepard (NCSU) – Stuck y full! – 9.875
Weiss (Pitt) – good tkatchev, great bail, stuck DLO! – 9.75
Beucler (NCSU) – great y full with just a small slide forward – 9.675
Floyd (Pitt) – great maloney, great pak, stuck double back! – 9.725
Negrete (NCSU) – huge y full with just a small slide back – 9.8
Burton (Pitt) – beautiful maloney to pak, hop forward on DLO – 9.85
After 2: Pitt: 97.525, NC State: 97.625
Another great rotation for both teams. I though some of the NC State vault scores were a bit low compared to Pitt, but it looks like the judges are being strict on piking down and short landings.
Rotation 3
Pitt: beam, NC State: floor
Herbine (Pitt) – great BHS LOSO series, good leap series, great punch front, small hop on gainer pike – 9.75
Kent (NCSU) – good double pike to open, good leap series, great whip half to front lay, good double tuck to close – slight chest down – 9.75
Robatin (Pitt) – good full turn, great front toss to BHS, great beat jump to split jump, great front kickover to scale, almost stuck dismount but college salutes out of it – 9.825
Shepard (NCSU) – great double pike to open, great leap series, good front lay to front full, great double back to close – 9.775
Liszewski (Pitt) – good full turn, great BHS LOSO series, good dance series, slight wobble on back tuck, great side somi, hop on gainer full – 9.725
Nelson (NCSU) – great 2.5 to front tuck, stuck double pike, great slip leap to wolf jump, good 1.5 to front lay to close – 9.85
Ceccarini (Pitt) – slight check on full tien but covers well, great BHS LOSO series, great leap series, slight check on punch front, step on gainer pike dismount – 9.675
Negrete (NCSU) – huge stuck double pike to open, great front full front lay, great leap series, and a great double tuck to close. That should be a great score. – 9.875
Beckwith (Pitt) – good full turn to start, falls on BHS LOSO series, good switch half, step on dismount – 9.075
Beucler (NCSU) – great double pike to open, good leap series, great 1.5 to front lay, and a great double back to close – 9.875
Burton (Pitt) – good front aerial to beat jump, slight check on BHS LOSO series, good split jump to sheep jump, stuck gainer full – 9.875
Grantham (NCSU) – huge double back to open, great front lay to front full, great leap series, and a great double pike to open – 9.9
Miller exh (Pitt) – great BHS LOSO series, good full turn, good front aerial, and just a small step on dismount – 9.7
Brooker exh (NCSU) – good double tuck to open, good leap series, solid wolf full, great front full to front lay – 9.65
After 3: Pitt: 146.375, NC State: 146.900
HUGE floor rotation for NC State! Those last three routines were very impressive. Pitt had a solid beam rotation, and props to Burton for a clutch routine after the fall.
Rotation 4
Pitt: floor, NC State: beam
Beucler (NCSU) – great LOSO to start, beautiful leap series, big wobble on BHS LOSO series, great leap series, stuck gainer full dismount – 9.675
Herbine (Pitt) – great front full to front full to open, beautiful leap series, great double back to close. – 9.775
Foland (NCSU) – beautiful front kickover to BHS LOSO triple series, good full turn, good front aerial, stuck 1.5 dismount – 9.725
Robatin (Pitt) – good double tuck to open – slight slide back, another Bad Guy routine to add to the list, great front lay to front full – 9.75
Kent (NCSU) – great pike jump to LOSO, solid full turn, great BHS LOSO series, slight wobble on leap series, great front tuck, slight hop on gainer full – 9.825
Miller (Pitt) – good double tuck to open – slight slide back, great front full to front lay, and a good double pike to finish – slightly short and takes a step forward – 9.8
Nelson (NCSU) – good front aerial to back HS, good side somi, stuck dismount – 9.7
Ward (Pitt) – good wolf jump to open, great front full to front lay to open, good ring jump to switch half, OOB on double tuck – better to see her overpowering it rather than under and falling – 9.675
Negrete (NCSU) – good front aerial to BHS to start, beautiful split jump to switch half, stuck dismount – 9.925
Petrikis (Pitt) – great double pike to open, good front lay to front full, love her choreography as always, great leap series, good double tuck to close – a bit short and takes a step forward – 9.775
Grantham (NCSU) – great leaps to start, great BHS LOSO series, good full turn, good side aerial, good dance series, stuck 1.5 dismount – 9.95
Burton (Pitt) – great double tuck to open, great front lay to front full, beautiful leaps, great double pike to close – 9.875
Final: Pitt: 195.350, NC State: 196.025
Huge beam rotation for NC State. Judge 2 went full Carol and threw a 10 for both Grantham and Negrete. Solid rotation for Pitt on floor, led once again by Burton.
Looks like NC State is inquiring a beam score. Will keep you posted.
