CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Cortland women's gymnastics team posted a season-high floor exercise score, led by Emma Schulz's (Poughquag/Arlington) first-place finish, as the Red Dragons hosted Springfield College and Ithaca College in their first home meet of the season.

Springfield won the meet with a score of 188.875, followed by Ithaca with 187.50 and Cortland with 186.925.

Cortland's floor score of 48.00 featured Schulz's winning effort of 9.80 and Emily Speciale's (San Antonio, TX/James Madison) career-best 9.65, which tied for fourth place, and Julie Giardina's (Wantagh) season-best 9.60, which tied for eighth place.

Schulz also finished second on balance beam with a 9.675 and tied for fifth on vault with a 9.375. Giardina tied for third on beam with a 9.50 and Glynis Curcione (Wilson) tied for third on uneven bars with a 9.425.

Speciale placed sixth on bars (9.40) and was second in the all-around (37.35). Megan Hanley (Lynbrook/Malverne) placed third in the all-around with a 36.575.

Two other Red Dragons finished in the top half of their events. Kamryn Rodriguez (Middletown/Minisink Valley) tied for seventh on beam (9.425) and Ashley Scarantino (Pittston, PA/Pittston Area) tied for eighth on vault (9.30).

Springfield's Sara King won both uneven bars (9.575) and balance beam (9.75) and the Pride's Ali Rushlow was the vault winner (9.55). Ithaca's Cameryn Nichols took top honors in the all-around (37.85).

Cortland closes out the regular season next Sunday at 1 p.m. with a home meet versus Brockport.

Coach's Corner - Comments from Head Coach Sulekha Modi Zaug:

There was a lot of energy in our gym for our first home meet and thank you to our extremely supportive families, alumni, and local gymnastics supporters for coming out to our Alumni Meet! Emma had solid performances building her confidence for Nationals. The team looked powerful on vault though scores did not reflect that, but I was very pleased with their execution. I had asked the girls to perform like I knew they could on floor, and we finished up the competition with exciting dance and powerful tumbling leading us to our high floor score of the season.  We are excited and ready to finish up regular season this weekend with our last home meet!

Springfield 188.875, Ithaca 187.50, Cortland 186.925

Complete Results

(Top 6)

Vault:  1) Ali Rushlow (SPR) 9.55, 2) Cameryn Nichols (ITH) 9.50, tie 3) Courtney Christoforo (ITH) 9.45, tie 3) Tabitha Schwab (SPR) 9.45, tie 5) Emma Schulz (CORT) 9.375, tie 5) Tali Twomey (SPR) 9.375, tie 5) Taylor Jackson (SPR) 9.375

Uneven Bars: 1) Sara King (SPR) 9.575, 2) Katie Holcomb (ITH) 9.475, tie 3) Glynis Curcione (CORT) 9.425, tie 3) Zoe Kyriakopoulos (ITH) 9.425, tie 3) Tori Sipes (SPR) 9.425, 6) Emily Speciale (CORT) 9.40

Balance Beam: 1) Sara King (SPR) 9.75, 2) Emma Schulz (CORT) 9.675, tie 3) Julie Giardina (CORT) 9.50, tie 3) Emily Szembrot (ITH) 9.50, tie 5) Sophie Parquet (SPR) 9.475, tie 5) Sarah Murphy (SPR) 9.475

Floor Exercise: 1) Emma Schulz (CORT) 9.80, 2) Cameryn Nichols (ITH) 9.775, 3) Baylie Trammell (ITH) 9.675, tie 4) Emily Speciale (CORT) 9.65, tie 4) Emily Szembrot (ITH) 9.65, tie 4) Tali Twomey (SPR) 9.65

All-Around: 1) Cameryn Nichols (ITH) 37.85, 2) Emily Speciale (CORT) 37.35, 3) Megan Hanley (CORT) 36.575  (only three competitors)