Bridgeport, Maryland and Southern Connecticut at Temple

Recap

The Big Storyline: Maryland took first in the quad with its second-highest score of the season. The Terps found their rhythm again, bouncing back on vault but continuing to improve or find consistency on each of their events as they have since the latter part of the season. Temple came in hot in second, scoring over a 49 on three events for the third time this season. Bridgeport put it all together on all events, except floor where it hasn’t quite found its rhythm since early in the season. Southern Connecticut also posted an unusually low score, although the Owls have seemingly broken their high-low scoring pattern on bars, settling into consistency. Beam and floor threw a few snags at the Owls day, with season lows on both.     

Implications: Depending on how the rest of the weekend shakes out, Maryland could slide up a bit further in the Big Ten rankings, especially with Audrey Barber poised to become the highest-scoring Terp in Maryland gymnastics history. Temple will hang right in the middle of the EAGL conference. Both Southern Connecticut and Bridgeport are in the competitive GEC, and both teams will sit tight in sixth and eighth, respectively. 

Records: For Temple, Ariana Castrence scored a career high 9.900 on vault. Caitlin Gray scored a new personal best of 9.825 on bars.