Emily Nagy tied her career high on balance beam with a 9.65 to tie for fifth place
ITHACA, N.Y. -
Emily Nagy (Merrimack, NH) earned two top-eight finishes, including a fifth-place balance beam showing with a career-high tying score, and
Rachel Filipski (Lancaster) and
McKenna Passalacqua (Whitesboro) finished fourth and sixth, respectively, on vault as Cortland competed in a tri-meet with Division I Ivy League schools Cornell and Penn.
Penn finished with a team score of 190.80 to barely edge the host Big Red's 190.45. Cortland finished with a 184.725.
Nagy matched her career best score of beam with a 9.65 to tie for fifth place out of 18 competitors. She was the top Red Dragon on uneven bars with a 9.525. Filipski recorded a 9.525 on vault for her fourth-place finish, with Passalacqua tying for sixth place with a 9.45.
Arianna Turso (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) and
Lindsay Riggs (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA/Trabuco Hills) were Cortland's top performers on floor exercise. They were part of a three-way tie for 10th place with scores of 9.40. For the freshman Riggs, it was her best collegiate score in the event.
Amanda Scanlon (Glastonbury, CT) competed in the all-around for the first time this seasons and finished with a score of 36.25 as one of two four-event performers at the meet.
Ally Podsednik of Penn won vault with a 9.625 and Kaitlin Green of Cornell was the uneven bars winner with a 9.75. Penn's Rachel Graham won beam with a 9.85 and Kyra Levi, also of Penn, won floor exercise with a 9.75. Cornell's Lyanda Dudley scored a 38.20 in the all-around.
Cortland will host Division I Air Force Academy on Friday, Feb. 12, at 6:30 p.m. at Corey Gym.
Penn 190.80, Cornell 190.45, Cortland 184.725Complete Results (PDF)(Top 6)
Vault:Â 1) Ally Podsednik (PENN) 9.625, 2) Morgan Venuti (PENN) 9.575, 3) Lyanda Dudley (CORNELL) 9.55, 4)
Rachel Filipski (CORT) 9.525, 5) Jill Fordiani (PENN) 9.50, tie 6)
McKenna Passalacqua (CORT) 9.45, tie 6) Alexandria Bourgeois (CORNELL) 9.45
Uneven Bars: 1) Kaitlin Green (CORNELL) 9.75, 2) Elana Molotsky (CORNELL) 9.725, 3) Courtney Spitzer (CORNELL) 9.65, 4) Morgan Venuti (PENN) 9.625, tie 5) Lyanda Dudley (CORNEL) 9.60, tie 5) Kyra Levi (PENN) 9.60Â (top Cortland:Â 8)
Emily Nagy, 9.525)
Balance Beam: 1) Rachel Graham (PENN) 9.85, 2) Kaitlin Green (CORNELL) 9.825, 3) Kelly Tan (PENN) 9.725, 4) Ally Podsednik (PENN) 9.70, tie 5)
Emily Nagy (CORT) 9.65, tie 5) Nicole Swirbalus (PENN) 9.65
Floor Exercise: 1) Kyra Levi (PENN) 9.75, 2) Alexandria Bourgeois (CORNELL) 9.725, 3) Morgan Hunker (PENN) 9.675, 4) Rachel Graham (PENN) 9.625, 5) Carissa Lim (PENN) 9.60, 6) Morgan Venuti (PENN) 9.575 (top Cortland: tie 10)
Arianna Turso and
Lindsay Riggs, each 9.40)
All-Around: 1) Lyanda Dudley (CORNELL) 38.20, 2)
Amanda Scanlon (CORT) 36.25 (only two competitors)