Welcome to this Thursday quad meet! Today will serve as the first of a two-meet weekend for all but Penn, which is fresh off a bye week and ready to rumble. The Quakers’ last outing culminated in a win at the Ivy Classic, a nice confidence boost and a signal that the seasons’ end is soon approaching. Maryland enters following the Big Ten quad weekend, finishing fourth in its session and next to last overall. The Terps are still working towards consistency on bars and beam, but remain strong on the leg events. Though steady with a mid-20’s ranking, the Terps will need to up the ante on their weaker events to achieve greater success in the postseason.
Towson is still searching for its first 196, looking promising so long as it can hit 24 routines—something it has yet to accomplish this season. Isabella Minervini continues to be a standout individual for the Tigers, currently ranked first in the EAGL conference for all-around and No. 15 in the NCAA on bars. Her consistent contributions act as an anchor for the Tigers as they chase the postseason edge. Host Temple rounds out the quad. The Owls have had quite the up-and-down season and will be looking for two complete meets this weekend to bolster their NQS.
The meet will be streamed on ESPN+, and scores can be found here.
Rotation 1: Temple VT, Maryland UB, Towson BB, Penn FX
Best (Temple): Very nice Yurchenko full, and sticks it! 9.650
Saville (Maryland): Hits first handstand, nice Maloney, to Pak, leg sep, DLO to a cold stick! 9.825
Fletcher (UPenn): 2.5 to open, pretty ring to split half, punch Rudi, controlled lunge. Back 1.5 to front layout.
Duerre (Towson): Falls on her BHS LOSO series, good side aerial. Side aerial to 1.5 and sticks. Towson already to fight back after a fall. 9.225
Ley (Temple): Yurchenko full, forward on the table, and lands folded at the hips.
Buckmon (Maryland): Pretty shaposh to bail HS, nice blind full to double tuck, releases early and falls forward, stands up holding her shoulder.
Rosen (UPenn): Switch straddle to Popa, some form in the tumbling but great control on the double tuck landing.
Belanovski (Towson): Good front aerial keeps her arms moving through the BHS connection, little check. Stuck dismount. 9.700
Johnson (Temple): Yurchenko full, hops back. 9.772
Ruffing (Maryland): Blind to jaeger, to bail, DLO dismount steps forward.
Murphy (UPenn): Punch 2/1, some leg cross. Front full to front lay, and she’s breakdancing!
Lindgren (Towson): BHS BHS LOSO solid, RO 2/1 dismount, bit of a leg cross but gets good pop off the beam.
Harden (Temple): Yurchenko full, small hop forward. 9.725
Reade (Maryland): Big Gienger to bail, hits HS, nice and high DLO, a step back.
Lassiter (UPenn): Great double pike, some leg form.
Minervini (Towson): Small check on her series, gainer full is stuck!
Rengifo (Temple): Yurchenko full, LOTS of distance and a small hop back.
Dennis (Maryland): Nice pike jaeger, toe on pike half and sticks it.
Hooten (UPenn): Rudi to double stag with good dynamics, she has nice precision in her choreo.
Trotter (Towson): I missed it, but broadcast says she fell, pretty BHS gainer full to dismount, holds the stick.
Budd (Temple):
Komoroski (Maryland): Pretty straddle Jaeger to Pak, steady DLO, little low chest but good landing.
Fofana (UPenn): Double pike, hops forward. Super floaty 1.5 to layout really nicely done, switch to wolf full x2, double tuck has great chest position
Portillo (Towson): Check on front aerial, BHS LOSO, great form throughout, BHS gainer full, sends it to the side and low chest.
Exh- Flanigan (Temple):
Exh- Bingham (Maryland):
Exh- Drobick (UPenn):
Exh- Edwards (Towson):
AFTER ONE: Maryland 49.050, Pennsylvania 48.900, Temple 48.700, Towson 48.125
First one down! Maryland saved itself from counting a fall on bars and puts up a nice 49+ score on its typically weakest event. Pennsylvania had a great floor rotation with three 9.800 scores, slotting itself into second. Hailey Best opened vault for Temple with a gorgeous stick and the Owls maintained consistency across the board. Towson was unable to recover from a fall in the leadoff spot and will be looking to bounce back on floor.
Rotation 2: Penn VT, Temple UB, Maryland BB, Towson FX
Lindgren (Towson): 2/1 opens with a nicely controlled landing, though legs were crossed. Back 1.5 to layout is good. 9.825
DeHaan (Temple): Piked jaeger, good landing on the dismount. 9.700
Bingham (Maryland): BHS LOSO, off balance and falls. Side aerial is solid, beat to split 3/4, low back leg and a check. Arm swing on the dismount. 9.075
Zuccaro (UPenn): Yurchenko layout half. 9.650
Belanovski (Towson): Front hand to 2/1, stays nice and tight throughout. Front through to Rudi. 9.800
Brueck (Temple): Straddle jaeger, Pak, short handstand on high, whippy DLO, hops. 9.675
Reade (Maryland): BHS LOSO, solid, switch half, step on the dismount. 9.700
Murphy (UPenn): Yurchenko full to a nice stick! 9.825
Calafati (Towson): 9.850
Sutphen (Temple): Piked jaeger, good HS on high, blind full to double tuck, gets the stick! 9.775
Engelmayer (Maryland): BHS LOSO, stutters forward but stays on, dynamic side aerial to 1.5, steps to the side. 9.700
Lassiter (UPenn): Yurchenko full to another stick! 9.750
DeCroo (Towson): Double tuck to open is a bit short, steps forward. Underrotated front lay to finish her second pass but keeps it going. 9.725
White (Temple): Toe on pike half, chest slightly low and a hop, 9.650
DeFrees (Maryland): BHS LOSO super solid, RO 2/1, super high, leg separation but sticks it! 9.875
Patanaku (UPenn): Yurchenko half on half pike off, arm swing and a lifted foot but stays in place on the landing. 9.675
Minervini (Towson):Front lay to Rudi, pretty technique. Back 1.5 to layout gets good rise. 9.775
Dunne (Temple): Toe one , high Maloney to Pak, nice HS on high, full twisting double tuck, step. 9.775
Kogler (Maryland): Nails her BHS LOSO, standing gainer full, 9.800
Fofana (UPenn): Yurchenko full, controlled hop forward. 9.575
Hoffman (Towson): Full in and slides back, front thru to double tuck, nice lunge out there.
Beck (Temple): Short on her blind half, comes off. Good jaeger, double tuck dismount has a step. 9.025
Komoroski (Maryland): Such an incredible showing on flexibility on her mount. One arm-BHS LOSO, holds it, front aerial is nice. Switch leap to split has great extension. RO 1.5 and a lean and fight for the stick. 9.925
Barrow (UPenn): Yurchenko full, legs glued, step back. 9.700
Exh- Lannon (Towson): Punch double full, slightly loose.
Exh- Crochet (Maryland): BHS BHS her foot was way off but brings it back somehow on the LOSO. Sticks her piked gainer.
Exh- Wu (UPenn):
AFTER TWO: Maryland 98.050, Pennsylvania 97.500, Temple 97.275, Towson 97.200
The Terps set themselves apart on beam with another 49 score, and with their two weakest events out of the way they should be able to pick up more momentum in the second half. Though not its best showing, Towson made up a lot of distance on floor. Over on vault, the Quakers delighted with several sticks or near-sticks on vault. The Owls have been inconsistent on bars this season, but fought through and put up a solid rotation today.
Rotation 3: Towson VT, Penn UB, Temple BB, Maryland FX
Lassiter (UPenn): Blind to straddle jaeger, nice bail to HS, blind full to double tuck and a stick! 9.700
Belanovski (Towson): Yurchenko full, small hop forward,
Beck (Temple): Aggressive BHS LOSO, small check. Side aerial, RO 1.5 hop forward.
DeFrees (Maryland): Strong double tuck, front lay to front full
Goodstadt (UPenn): Pretty Maloney, bail HS, short hs on high, double tuck, hop forward
Hoffman (Towson): Yurchenko full, she could get more height on that. Keeps the hop minimal. 9.775
Brueck (Temple): BHS LOSO, leg form and a fight on the landing. Step on her dismount
Kogler (Maryland): Great form on her double tuck, RO 1.5 to layout is good.
Whaley (UPenn): Maloney to Pak, blind full to double tuck.
Minervini (Towson): Yurchenko full on pike off, little bit of a hop.
Best (Temple): BHS LOSO, textbook extension. Switch to switch half, standing gainer full, quite to the side
Engelmayer (Maryland): FHS 2/1 , good leap extension, patient 1.5 to layout
Paris (UPenn): Hits first HS, Maloney to bail, legs and form on that, stalder little short, sticks her double tuck.
DeCroo (Towson): Yurchenko full, bit of a pike down, big step back
White (Temple): Steps forward on her dismount
Komoroski (Maryland): Such precision in her dance, pretty Rudi, 1.5 to branny to split jump, travels a bit.
Toczydlowski (UPenn): Jaeger, bail, blind full, high double tuck, squat and a hop to land.
Lannon (Towson): Yurchenko 1.5, bit of form
Rengifo (Temple): Small check onher turn, BHS LOSO, off on that. BHS 1.5 dismount
Rech (Maryland): Punch 2/1, double tuck, lunges out, switch full wolf full, back 1.5 misses her punch and tucks a tad on the layout, but honestly she sticks that anyway
Barrow (UPenn): Straddle jaeger, blind full to double tuck, releases a little early but gets a good landing.
Rodio (Towson): FHS pike half, close to the table, step.
Dunne (Temple): Wolf full is good, BHS LOSO, legs extended throughout, patient front aerial to split, very nice switch to switch. HS to gainer full dismount, step back.
Reade (Maryland): Broadcast shoutout for Aine Reade’s feature in impactful transfers! So true. Judges conference ahead of Reade’s routine. Her roundoff double lay FLIES, and she maintains good form. Punch front lay to front full, bit of a slide in the lunge. 9.850
Exh- Perkins (UPenn): Straddle jaeger to bail, short hs on high, two-step back on her double tuck.
Exh- Lindgren (Towson):
Exh- Monk (Temple): BHS LOSO, hip break, good split leap
Exh- Ruffing (Maryland):
AFTER THREE: Maryland 147.050, Pennsylvania 146.200, Towson 145.800, Temple 145.550
Maryland threw a party on floor and counted no routine below a 9.8 to maintain its lead. Towson overtook Temple with a balanced vault rotation, whereas Temple successfully erased a fall on beam but a few shakier performances set it back. Pennsylvania bookended its bars with a pair of 9.8s from Marissa Lassiter and Jordan Barrow to maintain its current position in second.
Rotation 4: Maryland VT, Towson UB, Penn BB, Temple FX
Kogler (Maryland): Yurchenko full, little hop
Whaley (UPenn): BHS LOSO, small balance check, front toss is good. RO tucked 1.5, hop fwd.
Gough (Towson): Short HS, blind to stadler jaeger to bail, stuck dismount!
Flanigan (Temple): 1.5 to lay, a little underrotated, back whip to double tuck, little low on the landing.
Engelmayer (Maryland): Yurchenko full, good distaince, hop.
Murphy (UPenn): BHS Loso solid, RO 2/1 step
Belanovski (Towson): Toe hand to Tkatchev, bail handstand, aggressive FTDT, hop back.
Johnson (Temple): Super hype choreo, slides back on her front through to double. Rudi to a big split jump.
Reade (Maryland): Yurchenko full, twists early and lands short to her knees.
Werlen (UPenn): Check on her side aerial, BHS LOSO holding it together well, BHS 1.5 dismount.
Slocum (Towson): Nice Pak, arabian double dismount, hop,
Dunne (Temple): Punch Rudi, not the bounciest, switch ring to siwtch ring full, good extension
Rech (Maryland): Yurchenko full, controlled and maybe a hop in place.
Fofana (UPenn): Moonwalk! RO 1.5 good rebound, small hop forward.
Lindgren (Towson): Nice straddle Jaeger, fast DLO, stumbles back a few steps.
Brueck (Temple): Fall on her first pass. Good height on her double back but lunges forward.
Bingham (Maryland): In for Buckmon. Solid Yurchenko full.
Barrow (UPenn): Floats her BHS LOSO. Effortless front toss to beat jump. Punch front tuck full, hops.
Portillo (Towson): Good HS, straddle jaeger , pretty Pak , nails her DLO for a stick
Rengifo (Temple): Good height and controlled landing on her double pike, switch ring to switch ring half. RO 1.5 to layout, slightly underrotated.
Mendez-Abolnik (Maryland): Big Yurchenko 1.5, sizable step forward.
Fletcher (UPenn): Split to ring jump, great extension, BHS LOSO, floaty and brings it in check. Nice front aerial, even with the tiny four-screen video you can see her smile! RO 1.5, a lean and a hop forward.
Minervini (Towson): Release connection flows, fast giants into a gorgeous DLO, and absolutely sticks.
Budd (Temple): 1.5 to two foot layout, great toe point in that. Switch ring a little low, to switch half. A cross step out of her front twisting.
Exh- Lassiter (UPenn): Wolf turn, small check on her BHS LOSO, punch tuck full, step back.
Exh- Draser (Towson): Nice form on her giants and a big DLO, steps.
Exh- Beck (Temple): Opens with her leap combo first thing, nice double pike, RO 1.5 to front lay, bit of leg separation.
Exh- Goodstadt (UPenn): RO 1.5, foot lifts and a lean.
Exh- Harden (Temple): Front through to double tuck, switch side to straddle half Popa, punch Rudi a little bit short.
FINAL: Maryland 195.900, Pennsylvania 195.075, Towson 195.000, Temple 194.450
VT: Katrina Mendez-Abolnik (Maryland) and Maggie Murphy (Pennsylvania) – 9.825
UB: Isabella Minervini (Towson) – 9.925
BB: Maddie Komoroski (Maryland) – 9.925
FX: Maddie Komoroski (Maryland) – 9.875
AA: Isabella Minervini (Towson) – 39.275
Maryland had a slower-than-usual vault performance and comes up slightly short of a 196, but finishes the meet in the lead. Katrina Mendez-Abolnik shares the title with Pennsylvania’s Maggie Murphy for vault, while Maddie Komoroski nabs both the beam and floor titles with her standout routines. Towson fought hard from an early setback on beam in order to eke out a 195. Isabella Minervini got the bars win and the took the all-around title for good measure.
Maryland and Temple will face off again this weekend in College Park, and Towson will have some time to refocus as it encounters a double header *next week*. Pennsylvania is the third team of this quad facing a double-header, and stays local for the Pink Invitational on Saturday.
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