CORTLAND, N.Y. – Cortland posted a season-high score in its 189.625-182.875 home dual-meet loss to Division I Cornell University.
Four different athletes won events for the visiting Big Red. Emily Santoro (Freehold, NJ/St. Rose) won vault with a 9.725 and Maddie Pearsall (LaGrange, IL/Lyon Township) took uneven bars with a 9.625. Melanie Standridge (West Chester, PA/Unionville) captured balance beam with a 9.85 and Brittany Howse (Deerfield, IL) was the floor exercise winner with a 9.725.
Cornell's McKenna Archer (Newport Beach, CA/Newport Harbor) was the vault runner-up (9.675) and Gabriella Sanguineti (San Juan, PR/Robinson School) finished second on uneven bars (9.55). Kim O'Donnell (Reading, MA/Reading Memorial) placed second on balance beam (9.50) and Santoro tied for second on floor exercise (9.65).
Cortland was led by senior
Jenn Najuch (North Tonawanda), who tied for second on floor exercise with a 9.65 and finished third on balance beam with a 9.40. She also tied for sixth on vault with a 9.425.
Also for the Red Dragons, senior
Chris Cate (Concord, NH) finished third on vault (9.55) and senior
Christine Haungs (Derby/Lake Shore) was fourth on balance beam (9.25). Sophomore
Ashley Fleming (Holbrook/Sachem East) finished fifth on floor exercise (9.50) and sixth on balance beam (9.175), senior
Alyssa Neely (Allentown, PA/Parkland) tied for sixth on floor exercise (9.375) and senior
Jessica Ruocco (Bayside/The Mary Louis Academy) finished fifth on uneven bars (9.40).
Haungs finished with a combined score of 36.475 as the lone all-around competitor of the afternoon.
Complete Results
Cornell 189.625, Cortland 182.875
(Top 3) Vault: 1. Emily Santoro (CORN) 9.725, 2. McKenna Archer (CORN) 9.675, 3.
Chris Cate (CORT) 9.55; Uneven Bars: 1. Maddie Pearsall (CORN) 9.625, 2. Gabriella Sanguineti (CORN) 9.55, 3. Bethany Neczypor (CORN) 9.50; Balance Beam: 1. Melanie Standridge (CORN) 9.85, 2. Kim O'Donnell (CORN) 9.50, 3.
Jenn Najuch (CORT) 9.40; Floor Exercise: 1. Brittany Howee (CORN) 9.725, tie 2.
Jenn Najuch (CORT) 9.65, tie 2. Emily Santoro (CORN) 9.65; All-Around: 1.
Christine Haungs (CORT) 36.475 (only all-around competitor)