Tribe Breaks All-Time Scoring Record in Loss to N.C. State

William and Mary's team mark of 195.450 crushes the old best of 194.600 set by last year's squad.

03/20/03

WILLIAMSBURG, VA - All signs leading up to tonight’s women’s gymnastics meet be-tween W&M and N.C. State had the Tribe breaking the school-record of 194.600. After all, the last two meets had produced two of the top three marks in school history. And the signs were right. Two individuals tied school-records, and the Tribe crushed its previous-best overall score, notching a 195.450 in a loss to N.C. State on Senior Night at William and Mary Hall.

The Tribe turned in an outstanding performance from the outset of the meet. All four events saw team scores that ranked in the school’s all-time top five, beginning with the vault, where the College tied its fourth-best vault mark in history with a 48.650. All five scores counted towards the team total were at 9.675 or better, led by sophomore Jess Patterson (Westfield, NJ), who tied the tenth-best mark in school history with a 9.775. Freshman Annie Carroll (Virginia Beach, VA) added a 9.750, as did fellow rookie Kristen Gaidish (Abington, PA). Sophomore Jaci Lynn (Copley, OH) led the event off with a 9.700, and junior Suzanne Chaves (Danvers, MA) contributed with a 9.675. The event went well-enough for W&M that senior co-captain Erin Skinner (Lumberton, NJ) scored a 9.625, the second-best vault of her career, and it wasn’t even counted towards the team total.

The College then moved to the uneven bars, notching a 48.625 that tied for the fifth-best score on the event in school history. The anchors of the lineup came through for W&M, as senior co-captain Amy Van Deusen (Concord, MA) and sophomore Rachel Glasmire (Center Valley, PA) proved why they finish the event for the team. Both gymnasts nailed their routines to the tunes of 9.800 scores. In addition, junior Jamie Weinfeldt (Roselle Park, NJ), sophomore Allison Shonerd (Springfield, VA) and Chaves each notched marks of 9.675, while Skinner had a 9.625.

At that point in the competition, the event was already going well for W&M. But after the balance beam was over, it was apparent that W&M could do little wrong. Weinfeldt and sophomore Emma Cross (Ashland, VA) each tied the school-record with a 9.900, and the Tribe blasted its previous-best team score on the apparatus by 0.4 points, scoring a 49.225. That is only the third time the Tribe has scored over 49.000 on any of the events, and was the College’s best-ever performance on a single apparatus.

Chaves led off on beam with a very nice 9.825. Then, Gaidish suffered a fall, meaning that the Tribe had to hit its remaining routines to continue its run of success on the night. The gymnasts rose to the challenge, as Skinner scored a 9.850 and Cross and Weinfeldt followed with the record-tying performances. Patterson closed things out with a 9.750.
On the floor exercise, Chaves closed out the second-best all-around mark in school history with a 9.800. Gaidish then rebounded from her fall on beam to record a 9.675. Van Deusen sparkled en route to a 9.825, and Weinfeldt capped a strong night with a 9.800. That set up Cross and Skinner, the top floor performers for most of the year. They didn’t disappoint, with Cross hitting a 9.850 and Skinner finishing things up with a 9.675.

Chaves and Skinner finished the night at No. 2 and No. 6, respectively, in the record books for their all-around performances. Chaves finished at 38.975, while Skinner had a 38.775. The Tribe is off until next weekend, when it will compete at the Eastern College Athletic Conference championships at Yale University in New Haven, CT.
Competing in their last home meets tonight for the Tribe were Skinner and Van Deusen, along with Kady Dendramis (Cincinnati, OH), Kat Echeverria (Media, PA) and Kerri Simpson (Mount Airy, MD).



Team Scoring
1. North Carolina State 195.900
2. William and Mary 195.450

Top Three Individuals
Vault
1. Molly Pennington NCSU 9.900
2. Cheryl Potacco NCSU 9.850
3. Kylah Bachman NCSU 9.800
Leah Sabo NCSU 9.800

Uneven Bars
1. Marlyn Madey NCSU 9.850
Leah Sabo NCSU 9.850
3. Rachel Glasmire W&M 9.800
Amy Van Deusen W&M 9.800

Balance Beam
1. Kelley Kello NCSU 9.925
2. Emma Cross W&M 9.900
Jamie Weinfeldt W&M 9.900

Floor Exercise
1. Leah Sabo NCSU 9.875
2. Emma Cross W&M 9.850
Cori Goldstein NCSU 9.850

All-Around
1. Leah Sabo NCSU 39.300
2. Suzanne Chaves W&M 38.975
3. Erin Skinner W&M 38.775