COLLEGEVILLE, PA. - Abby Bang (Montgomery, MA/Gateway Regional) and Kamryn Rodriguez (Middletown/Minisink Valley) earned individual event victories and Glynis Curcione (Wilson) posted a runner-up finish as the Cortland women's gymnastics team competed in a quad meet with Springfield, Ithaca and host Ursinus. 
 
The Red Dragons finished with a team score of 181.40. Ursinus won the meet with a 185.825, Ithaca was second at 184.925, and Springfield edged Cortland for third with a 181.70. 
 
Bang tied for first place on vault with a 9.575 and matched her career best on floor with her fifth-place score of 9.625. Rodriguez won balance beam with a 9.65 and tied for third on floor with a 9.65, and Curcione was second on uneven bars with a 9.475. 
 
Other highlights for the Red Dragons included Rianna Adams (South Setauket/Ward Melville) placing eighth on uneven bars with an 8.975 and Samantha Nothnagel (Vail, CO/Eagle Valley) tying for ninth on bars with an 8.95. 
 
Ursinus' Taylor Cusick tied Bang for first on vault with a 9.575, Ithaca's Nicole Lonski won bars with a 9.55, and Ursinus' Kaylin Knapsack won floor with a 9.80. Alyssa DeLorme of Ursinus was the best of the two all-around performers at the meet with a combined score of 37.875. 
 
Cortland is idle next weekend and will travel to Division II West Chester University in Pennsylvania on Saturday, Feb. 5. for meet that will also feature Division I Brown and Division II Bridgeport.

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

"Five underclassmen stepped it up to put together routines and compete in their first collegiate gymnastics competition to help their team amid some recent injuries. The team spirit was unmatched and once again we had a floor party in our floor rotation. The tumbling was sky high and the dance magnetizing. You couldn't be in that gym and not watch our floor routines. Our goal for this season is to keep improving each meet and be better than yesterday- so far that's what the girls are doing! "
 
Ursinus 185.825, Ithaca 184.925, Springfield 181.70, Cortland 181.40

(Top 8)
 
Vault:  tie 1) Abby Bang (CORT) 9.575, tie 1) Taylor Cusick (URS) 9.575, 3) Jillian Freyman (ITH) 9.55, 4) Anne Kiley (SPR) 9.475, tie 5) Alyssa DeLorme (URS) 9.425, tie 5) Rae Anna Schutz (SPR) 9.425, 7) Delaney LaViolette (SPR) 9.40, 8) Kaitlyn Lindsay (SPR) 9.375
 
Uneven Bars: 1) Nicole Lonski (ITH) 9.55, 2) Glynis Curcione (CORT) 9.475, 3) Alyssa DeLorme (URS) 9.375, 4) Alex Panetta (URS) 9.325, 5) Winter Osborne (SPR) 9.175, 6) Cameryn Nichols (ITH) 9.125, 7) Tori Sipes (SPR) 9.075, 8) Rianna Adams (CORT) 8.975
 
Balance Beam: 1) Kamryn Rodriguez (CORT) 9.65, 2) Madison Zimmerman (URS) 9.625, 3) Alyssa DeLorme (URS) 9.525, 4) Rae Anna Schutz (SPR) 9.475, tie 5) Lindsey Thornton (URS) 9.40, tie 5) Zoe Kyriakopoulos (ITH) 9.40, 7) Julia O'Sullivan (ITH) 9.30, 8) Ai-Zhen Tung (ITH) 9.20
 
Floor Exercise: 1) Kaylin Knapsack (URS) 9.80, 2) Amelia Bailey (ITH) 9.675, tie 3) Kamryn Rodriguez (CORT) 9.65, tie 3) Nicole Lonski (ITH) 9.65, 5) Abby Bang (CORT) 9.625, tie 6) Caitlin Pellegrino (ITH) 9.60, tie 6) Sophie Parquet (SPR) 9.60, 8) Alyssa DeLorme (URS) 9.55 
 
All-Around: 1) Alyssa DeLorme (URS) 37.875, 2) Kaylie Goodwin (ITH) 34.525  (only two all-around competitors)