LIU and Maryland at Pittsburgh

Recap

The Big Storyline: LIU continues to show improvement in its second season, breaking the program record on beam and recording the third-highest score in its short program history.

Implications: Pitt made its long awaited debut, showing much more depth compared to the 2021 season. Nerves showed, as the Panthers counted a fall on bars and two on beam, but the potential is there. Don’t sleep on Pitt this year! LIU is finally beginning to show its potential, especially on beam, so expect many more program records to be broken this season. Maryland did not get off to the best start, having to count two falls on beam in the first rotation, but the Terrapins put up good totals in the last three rotations to take the win. Notably, anticipated freshman Lindsay Bacheler was absent from the meet, so that will be something to watch in the upcoming weeks. 

Records: LIU’s 48.800 on beam sets a new program record.