Ithaca, NY - The Centenary gymnastics team placed second on Sunday afternoon versus host Cornell University with a 188.225 score inside Newman Arena at Bartels Hall.
The Ladies, who finished third on Friday night with a score of 188.075 in a tri-meet against the host West Chester University Golden Rams and the William & Mary Tribe in West Chester, Pa., earned a season-high 47.625 on bars in Sunday's meet. Cornell, a division 1 program, is current ranked 63rd nationally in the latest Road to Nationals rankings while the Ladies are 82nd.
Sophomore Sophie Schmitz (Trophy Club, Texas) recorded a new season and career-high 9.775 on bars to finish second and finished second in the All-Around with a new season and career-best 37.925. Schmitz also tied for seventh place on vault with a 9.55. Schmitz, who competed in the AA for the first time in her career on Friday against West Chester and William & Mary, also earned a season and career-high 9.55 on floor to finish eighth.
Freshman Olivia Williams (Cape Coral, Fla.) was the Ladies' top finisher on floor with a 9.65, her second-best score of the season in the event, to place seventh. Senior Isabel Plaza (San Antonio, Texas) led the way for Centenary on vault as she scored a season and career-high tying 9.575 to finish sixth. Sophomore Amy Foret (Bedford, Texas) tied Schmitz for seventh place on vault with a 9.55 and Foret also finished seventh on beam (9.525).
Senior Roxanne Myers (Prairieville, La.) was the top finisher for the Ladies on bars with a new career-high 9.575 to place sixth and Rylie Molina (Moss Bluff, La.) led the way on beam as she tied for third place with a 9.75. Freshman Brooke Murdock (Garland, Texas) finished sixth on beam (9.575) and senior Kendall Huff (Riviera, Texas) finished 10th on vault with a 9.475.
Sophomore Claire Flores (Oklahoma City, Okla.) finished ninth on bars with a 9.50, and ninth on floor with a season-high tying 9.50 and junior Emma Lavelle (Mandeville, La.) placed 10thon bars with a 9.40.
The Ladies return to action next Sunday, March 17 as they face the host Texas Woman's University Pioneers, Michigan State University, and Rutgers University in a quad meet hosted by the Pioneers inside Kitty Magee Arena in Denton, Texas at 2 p.m.
See the Ladies' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/gymnastics/2023-24/schedule
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