Rutgers Gymnastics Travels to West Virginia
Jan 11 | Women's Gymnastics
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (January 11, 2012) - Rutgers University gymnastics hits the road for the first time this season, traveling to West Virginia University for a dual meet on Sunday, Jan. 15 at 2 p.m. against the Mountaineers inside the WVU Coliseum.
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"We expect to show improvement based upon what we saw last week," said first-year head coach Louis Levine. "We are adding a few more new routines into the lineup with higher start values so we are really excited to get out to West Virginia and show them what we have."
Rutgers (0-1, 0-1 EAGL) started the season on Saturday, Jan. 7 with a 191.050-189.575 defeat to East Atlantic Gymnastics League opposition New Hampshire. The Scarlet Knights used five all-arounders in the meet, led by sophomore Luisa Leal (Cali, Columbia) who posted meet highs in the all-around (39.000), vault (9.850) and uneven bars (9.825). Classmate Alexis Gunzelman (Tabernacle, N.J.) also performed strongly, posting the top floor exercise score in the meet (9.825).
West Virginia (1-1, 1-0 EAGL) opened its season with a second-place finish (195.100) against No. 13 Penn State and Maryland in Morgantown on Sunday, Jan. 8. The Mountaineers were led by EAGL Gymnast of the Week Hope Sloanhoffer and her all-around score of 39.300. Head coach Jason Butts is also in his first season at the helm of the program.
WVU took last year's regular season meeting versus the Scarlet Knights at the Coliseum, 194.075-191.150. Leal paced the field with a 38.850 all-around score and a 9.800 mark on the vault. The Mountaineers have won all 20 regular season match-ups in a series that dates back to 1990.
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