Rhode Island College at Southern Connecticut

Recap

The Big Storyline: Floor was the tricky event of this dual meet. Southern Connecticut dropped just over a full point from last week, but continued to chug through the season finding its groove on every event except for beam, which continues to plague it with inconsistency. Floor did prove to be a challenge for the Owls, a bit of a fluke for them. However, this left room for Rhode Island to claim the highest floor score of the meet, led by Olivia Keyes and Kelsey Gates. The Anchorwomen achieved or tied a season-high on every single event, except for floor. But based on how they’ve been looking, should be a score they’ll easily leave in the dust. 

Implications: The Owls will most likely continue to hold tight in seventh place in the GEC, edging closer to topping Cornell and Brown to move up through the rankings. Rhode Island will continue to defend its third-place ranking in the NCGA-East after scoring a new season-high of 184.650. If they continue on the current trajectory, Ithaca could find Rhode Island knocking on its door for second place. 

Records: Southern Connecticut set a new program record on vault with a 48.475 and Hannah Stahlbrodt and Hanna Zebdi both scored career highs of 9.775 as well. Rhode Island rewrote history again with a new team beam high of 47.350.