PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Cortland women's gymnastics team recorded a score of 188.625, the third-highest in school history, in a tri-match versus Division I foes Rutgers and Brown. Rutgers, the host school, finished first with a 192.375 and Brown was second with a 190.125.

Cortland's score is third in program history behind last year's 190.00 at the ECAC Div. III Championships and a 188.95 during the 2003-04 season.

Junior Sarah Nadrowski (Tonawanda/Kenmore East) turned in a career-high 38.45 in the all-around for a second-place finish. The score is the second-best in school history behind Lindsey Marranca's 38.575 during the 2003-04 season. Nadrowksi tied for fourth on floor exercise with a 9.725 and balance beam with a 9.60, both season highs, and tied for eighth on uneven bars with a season-high 9.50.

Sophomore Courtney Mangini (Dix Hills/Commack) won floor exercise in the field of 18 competitors with a career-high tying 9.825. She also placed fifth in the all-around with a 36.80.

Senior Marissa Goodstein (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) and freshman Elise Konikoff (Hamburg) were part of a tie for second on vault with scores of 9.725. Konikoff's effort is her career best in the event. Sophomore Stephanie Sladky (East Islip) tied for fourth on floor exercise with Nadrowski with a 9.725, junior Amanda Recor (Lancaster) finished sixth on balance beam with a season-high 9.575 and freshman Meagan Phelan (River Vale, NJ/Pascack Regional) tied Nadrowski for eighth on uneven bars with a career-high 9.50.

Alexis Gunzelman won the all-around for Rutgers with a 38.75. She was also the individual champion on vault (9.80), uneven bars (9.90) and balance beam (9.85).

As a team, Cortland finished first on floor exercise with a 48.425 and was within a half point of both the Scarlet Knights and the Bears on vault with a 48.05.

Cortland travels to Ithaca next Saturday, Feb. 18, for the Harriett Marranca Invitational and will host Wilson College next Sunday, Feb. 19, in a 1 p.m. dual meet.


Complete Results (PDF)


Rutgers 192.375, Brown 190.125, Cortland 188.625

(Top 8)

Vault:
(Rutg. 48.55, Brown 48.15, Cort. 48.05)

1) Alexis Gunzelman (RUTG), 9.80
tie 2) Marissa Goodstein (CORT), 9.725
tie 2) Elise Konikoff (CORT), 9.725
tie 2) Sara Skammer (RUTG), 9.725
tie 2) Alyssa Straug (RUTG), 9.725
6) Rebecca Freedman (BROWN), 9.70
tie 7) Emily Luffey (BROWN), 9.675
tie 7) Jenna Zito (RUTG), 9.675

Uneven Bars:
(Rutg. 48.55, Brown 47.00, Cort. 46.275)

1) Alexis Gunzelman (RUTG), 9.90
2) Leigh Heinbaugh (RUTG), 9.70
3) Alyssa Straub (RUTG), 9.675
4) Anatasia Halbig (RUTG), 9.65
tie 5) Nicole Abdo (BROWN), 9.625
tie 5) Sara Skammer (RUTG), 9.625
7) Julia Meyer (BROWN), 9.575
tie 8) Sarah Nadrowski (CORT), 9.50
tie 8) Meagan Phelan (CORT), 9.50

Balance Beam:
(Rutg. 47.275, Brown 46.625, Cort. 45.875)

1) Alexis Gunzelman (RUTG), 9.85
2) Jenna Zito (RUTG), 9.775
3) Emily Luffey (BROWN), 9.625
tie 4) Sarah Nadrowski (CORT), 9.60
tie 4) Nicole Abdo (BROWN), 9.60
6) Amanda Recor (CORT), 9.575
7) Allison Rubenstein (BROWN), 9.525
8) Anatasia Halbig (RUTG), 9.475

Floor Exercise:
(Cort. 48.425, Brown 48.35, Rutg. 48.00)

1) Courtney Mangini (CORT), 9.825
tie 2) Emily Luffey (BROWN), 9.80
tie 2) Jenna Zito (RUTG), 9.80
tie 4) Sarah Nadrowski (CORT), 9.725
tie 4) Stephanie Sladky (CORT), 9.725
tie 4) Katie Goddard (BROWN), 9.725
tie 7) Michelle Shnayder (BROWN), 9.70
tie 7) Sara Skammer (RUTG), 9.70
tie 7) Alyssa Straub (RUTG), 9.70

All-Around:

1) Alexis Gunzelman (RUTG), 38.75
2) Sarah Nadrowski (CORT), 38.45
3) Alyssa Straub (RUTG), 38.225
4) Michelle Shnayder (BROWN), 37.475
5) Courtney Mangini (CORT), 36.80