Towson enters today’s EAGL Championship aiming for a three-peat after winning the last two titles. The Tigers will face stiff competition from George Washington, which, despite holding a lower ranking, boasts the higher season high. Beyond the championship itself Towson is still in the regionals race. Towson controls its own destiny and needs a 195.875 to secure its place, while George Washington was eliminated with Rutgers performance last night.
While only two teams have postseason hopes on the line, expect a fierce competition as all teams look to close out their seasons on a high note. On vault, Delaney DeHaan enters as the top-ranked gymnast, with the title likely coming down to landings. The bars battle will be between Isabella Minervini, known for her consistency, and Lola Montevago, who owns the higher season high. Beam should be another tight race, with Deana Sheremeta and Clara Hong as the favorites. On floor, fan-favorite Kendall Whitman is the one to beat as she looks to claim the event title.
Rotation 1: Temple vault, LIU bars, New Hampshire beam, Towson floor
Hogan (LIU): Hit the Maloney. Lose form on the toe hand to bial. Good giant full finish and step back on the double tuck. 9.65
Budd (TEM): Big Yfull to start, feet and a pike down with a hop back. 9.7
Calafati (TOW): Controlled the front double full to front pike. Off on the rotation of the switch side to Popa. Controlled the Rudi to back layout to jump. 9.85
Welch (LIU): A little close on the jaeger but connected it to the overshoot. Late giant full and some feet going into the stuck double tuck. 9.75
Rengifo (TEM): Great amplitude and distance on that Yfull. Took a hop back and then a step forward as she tried to hold the landing. 9.575
Reade (UNH): Feet on the loso series and bends at the waist. Stays on. Good amplitude on the cat leap to switch half to beat jump. Not the cleanest position on the switch to pike jump. Cross over step on the back 1.5 dismount. 9.325
Kliewer (LIU): Loose form on the Maloney to overshoot, did not go to handstand. Good height on the double layout with a little shuffle on the landing. 9.65
Ruskey (TEM): Feet and a large step back on the Yfull. Piked down a little bit. 9.775
DeCroo (TOW): Good height and control on the double tuck. Almost around on the switch side half to Popa. Controlled the front full to front layout. 9.825
Johnson (TEM): Great height and a large step forward on the Y1.5. 9.825
Beaulieu (UNH): Smooth front toss to bhs. Hit the cat leap to switch side. Quick full turn. Sticks the back 1.5. 9.725
Hong (TOW): Large step forward on the front double full. Got the rotations around in the triple jump combo. Controlled the whip half to front full. 9.8
Challman (UNH): Hit the switch to split. Lean on the dance. Low chest on the loso series. Arm wave on the full turn. Slow connection between the cat leap and front toss, but it was very solid. Small hop back on the back 1.5. 9.7
Hoffman (TOW): Feet on the full in with a controlled landing. Switch side half to straddle half was around. A little slide back on the front throught to double tuck. 9.875
Mullin (UNH): Good amplitude on the loso series. Clean sissone to switch half to beat. Solid cat leap to side aerial. Sticks the back 1.5 with an arm wave. 9.825
AFTER ONE: Towson 49.250, Temple 48.825, New Hampshire 48.450, LIU 48.450
Towson did exactly what it needed to do on floor with controlling landings. New Hamshire was able to avoid counting the major wobble from Aine Reade, but still had to count some lower scores. Temple is the closest to Towson after one rotation thanks the the huge Yurchenko one and a half from Kyrstin Johnson.
Rotation 2: Towson vault, George Washington bars, LIU beam New Hampshire floor
Minaev (UNH): Controlled the double pike. Crossed legs in the back 1.5 to front layout. Feet and a large lunge back on the double tuck. 9.775
Hoffman (TOW): Holds onto the stick on the Yfull. Not the biggest vault. 9.775
Belanovski (TOW): Great extension in the Yfull. Opened up a little early and almost got the stick with some arm waves and had to hop forward. 9.675
Tyeryar (GW): Close catch on the jaeger. Gets the pak. Slow giant full to a double tuck with a large step back. 9.725
Figueroa (LIU): Lean on the front toss. Feet on the loso series, but solid. Solid split to split ring, couldn’t tell how well the position was hit from this angle. Hop back on the back 1.5. 9.575
Katz (GW): Hit the clear hip to bail. Big tkachev. Good finish to the giant full and a hop on the double back. 9.775
Perreault (LIU): Fun press mount. Slow connection and big chest down wobble on the switch to switch half combo. Falls on the loso series. 8.95
Minervini (TOW): Almost all the way around on the full on pike off. Got the 3/4s. Large step back. Good tow point. 9.85
Gardner (TOW): Not the most distance on the front pike half. Large step to the side across the line. 9.825
Montevago (GW): Great toe point on the Ray. Hit the bail. Clean toe hand and stalder into the double tuck. Slight shuffle on that landing. 9.9
Bills-McCoy (LIU): Falls on the bhs bhs loso. Feet and knees throughout. Hit the split to split ring. Step forward on the front full. 8.975
Reade (UNH): Big ro double layout with a controlled landing. Got the switch half to wolf full, but looked like she might have been going for something else. Good height on the front full to front layout. 9.9
Cartwright (LIU): Slight wobble on the switch side. Feet and soft knees on the loso series. Feet on the side aerial. Sticks the double full dismount. 9.725
Challman (UNH): Cross over step on the front double full. Hits a wolf full. And does another in a seperate jump combo. Clean Rudi to loso. 9.925
Cane (LIU): Clean front toss to bhs. Holds onto the landing with a lean. Good toe point in that. Good head release on the double stag after the split jump. Feet on the side aerial after the hitch kick. Step back on the front gainer full. 9.8
AFTER TWO: Towson 98.350, New Hampshire 97.825, LIU 96.275, George Washington 49.050, Temple 48.825
LIU came back after a couple of falls mid rotation to end with two strong beam routines. Towson stays on pace to qualify to regionals with that vaut performance. Bars has been a weakness for George Washington this season so to get out of this rotation with a 49 is a win. New Hampshire put together a big floor rotation thanks in part to the 9.9+ scores of the last two routines.
Rotation 3: New Hampshire vault, Temple bars, George Washington beam, LIU floor
Mullin (UNH): Feet and pike down on the Yfull. Hop back. 9.8
Sanchez (LIU): Feet and controlled landing on the front through to double tuck. Out of control on the jump combination, couldn’t tell the full intent there. 9.7
Dunne (TEM): Loose leg form on the toe hand to Maloney to pak. Shows off the handstand. Step back on the FTDT. 9.75
Ockerbloom (UNH): Almost sticks that Yfull, lands with a slight stagger and moves the right foot in towards her left. Good form in the air. 9.85
Montevago (GW): Great toe point and amplitude on the loso series. Clean switch to straddle quarter. Slight lean on the beat to front aerial. Sticks the back 1.5. 9.8
Mowers (UNH): Lacks some distance on the Yhalf. Hop forward. Good open hips. 9.75
White (TEM): Short first csdt, leg separations on the toe hand to Maloney to pak. Elbows on the toe hand to toe front pike half dismount with a hop. 9.675
Weklar (TEM): Great first cast. Floaty Maloney to bail. Great giant full finish and a hop back on the double tuck. 9.775
Sheremeta (GW): Fun mount. Solid loso series. Falls on the switch half leap series. Clean side aerial. Precise wolf turn. Hop forward on the gainer tuck full. 9
S. Stallings (TEM): Close catch and some feet on the piked jarger. Hit the bail. Clean giant full with a step back on the double tuck. 9.8
Danilchenko (LIU): Good amplitude on the front tuck through to double tuck. Controls the landing. Good position and rotation on the switch ring to switch half to wolf full. Large lunge on the double pike and moved the front foot. 9.725
Peters (GW): Hit the wolf turn. Feet on the side aerial loso series. Foot lift on the switch to straddle. Sticks the gainer pike out of the switch leap. 9.85
McMullen (GW): Bent elbows on the bhs loso. Big bend at the waist on the side aerial. Didn’t get the head release on the double stage out of the switch leap. Step back on the dismount. 9.4
Holmes (LIU): Big bounce on the double tuck. Good amplitude on the jump combo. Controlled the second pass. Big bounce on the front full to front layout. 9.775
AFTER THREE: New Hampshire 196.950, LIU 145.200, Towson 98.350, George Washington 97.650, Temple 97.525
George Washington was able to avoid counting a fall, but that was not the ideal beam rotation to keep the meet close. LIU and New Hampshire were able to go six for six, with LIU earning a season high. Temple was able to avoid counting a fall and was able to keep close to George Washington.
Rotation 4: LIU vault, Towson bars, Temple beam, George Washington floor
Kazmierski (GW): Big double tuck was ontrolled. Bounds forwards on the front layout front full. Stutters on the lunge of the Rudi. 9.8
Perreault (LIU): Large hop back on the front pike vault. Good distance. 9.725
Greene (TOW): Great endo and was off on the piked jaeger and couldn’t connect to the overshoot so she took some empty swings. A couple steps back on the dismount. 9.1
Claiborne (LIU): Not a good block on the table and lacked some height and distance on that Yfull. Hop on the landing. 9.75
Harper (TOW): Floaty Maloneu to pak. Lost her grip on the cast half. Stuck the dismount. Major error on the low bar that I missed most of. 9.3
White (TEM): Clean switch to straddle. Lean on the loso series. Hit the full turn. Almost gets the split full around. Tiny hop forward on the back 1.5. 9.725
Hong (TOW): Hit the major release. Clean bail. Large lunge forward on the double front. Towson is collapsing here. 9.65
Cartwright (LIU): Good open body position on the Yfull. Good height. Small hop back. 9.8
Dorunda (TEM): Not the most amplitude on the bhs loso loso. Slow connection in the switch to switch side. Quick full turn. Small hop forward on the back 1.5. 9.825
Minervini (TOW): Great turnover on the tkatchev to pak combo. Late cast half. Sticks the double layout dismount. 9.9
DeHaan (GW): Large lunge back on the double pike. Moves backward on the Rudi to straddle jump. Great shushonova in the jump combo. Floaty front full to front loso. 9.9
Whitman (GW): Cowboys the double front, but controls it. Controls the front double full to front layout. Good height. The switch side turned into a switch side half. Controls the front double full. 9.95
Donabedian (TEM): Precise full turn. Lean on the switch to double stag. Smooth front aerial to bhs. Steps out of the cat leap to side somi. Sticks the back 1.5. 9.875
McMullen (GW): Jumps into the lunge on the double pike. Not around all the way on the leaps, attempted a switch half to wolf full to wolf full. Controlled the back 1.5 to front layout. 9.725
AFTER FOUR: LIU 194.000, New Hampshire 146.950, George Washington 146.900, Towson 146,675, Temple 146.400
Well, that rotation changed things. That rough bars rotation for Towson turned this meet upside down. Not only does that hurt Towson’s chances of qualifying to regionals, but it also made three-peating a much more difficult task as George Washington and New Hampshire are now neck and neck heading into the last rotation.
Rotation 5: George Washington vault, New Hampshire bars, Towson beam, Temple floor
Whitman (GW): Big bounce back on the fhs front pike half. 9.85
Simpkins (UNH): Leg separation on the Maloney. Short cast. Got the bail out of the toe hand. Stuck the dismount. 9.6
Rengifo (TEM): Big lunge on the double pike. Moves the front foot back. A bounce at the end of the jump combo, good ring position in the switch ring. Big lunge forward on the back 1.5 to front layout. 9.85
Before (UNH): Hit the Maloney to pak combo. Good straight body cast. Hit the clear hip to toe front pike half dismount. 9.775
Ruskey (TEM): Controlled the opening pass. Hit the rotation on the switch side half to Popa. Big lunge back on the double pike. 9.85
DeHaan (GW): Open hips on the Yfull. Small hop back. Good amplitude. 9.875
Mullin (UNH): Leg separtions on the Maloney to bail. Short last cast. Stutters on the FTDT with a lean. 9.75
Thomas (GW): Starts to run and then turns around to restart. Big bounce back on the Yfull. 9.75
Minervini (TOW): Smooth connection into the side aerial acro series. Clean split 3/4s out of the switch leap. Sticks the gainer full. Not the most amplitude. 9.825
Shugman (TEM): Off on the rotation of the leap combo. Large step on the back 1.5 to front layout. Good amplitude. Controls the double pike. 9.9
Trotter (TOW): Strong finish on the loso series. Lean on the full turn. Clean jump positions on the combo. Fun front toss to a sitted position. Sticks the gainer full. 9.85
Donabedian (TEM): Clean Rudi to loso. Good toe point on that. Falls out of the Y turn. Controlled the final pass. 9.875
Hong (TOW): Hit the side aerial to side aerial combo. Precise jump finishes. Small hop forward on the front full. 9.9
Portillo (TOW): Feet on the front aerial. Wobble on the split to split ring. Feet on the loso series. Overturns the full turn. Pikes down the gainer full and sticks it. 9.65
FINAL: George Washington 195.950, Temple 195.775, New Hampshire 195.700, Towson 195.675, LIU 194.000
George Washington is your 2025 EAGL Champion. Towson misses out on the automatic qualifying score for regionals and will be watching the rest of the meets today closely. Temple ended the meet strong, but came away just short. New Hampshire also ended the season on a high note beating Towson tonight.
VT: DeHaan 9.875
UB: Montevago, Minervini 9.9
BB: Hong 9.9
FX: Whitman 9.95
AA: Minervini 39.425
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