SPRINGFIELD, MASS. – The Cortland women's gymnastics team broke the 190-point mark for the second time in three meets as the Red Dragons won a dual meet over host Springfield College, 190.55-189.40. The Red Dragons' team score is the eighth-best in school history and comes just one week after a 191.225 score at the Empire State Collegiate Championship.
 
A strong uneven bars performance lifted Cortland to the victory. The Red Dragons outscored the Pride on bars, 47.825-46.425, with the 47.825 the third highest score in program history behind the school record of 47.875 from 2014 and a 47.85 from last weekend. Cortland also recorded a 48.60 on floor exercise – a season high and the sixth best mark in school history.
 
Samantha Meadows (Cypress, TX/Texas Connections Academy) won balance beam with a career-best 9.80. The score is tied for seventh on Cortland's career charts and just 0.025 off the school record. Delaney Brown (Peru) posted a career-best 9.85 on floor to tie for second place; that score also is tied for seventh all-time at Cortland. Brown also tied for fifth on vault with a 9.575.
 
Taylor Goldstein (Dix Hills/Half Hollow Hills West) was runner-up on uneven bars with a 9.625. Alexa Rose Pahila (Greenville, SC/St. Joseph's Catholic) and Rory Allan (Dubai, UAE/Gems International School Al Khail) tied for second on vault, each with a career-high 9.60, and Gabrielle Nadler (Potomac, MD/Richard Montgomery) tied for third on floor with a career-high 9.775.
 
Rianna Adams (South Setauket/Ward Melville) and Kathryn McSweeney (East Brunswick, NJ) tied for third on bars with scores of 9.60. McSweeney matched her career high with the effort. Kiana Wong (Elk Grove, CA/Pleasant Grove) tied for fourth on beam with a 9.55 and Autumn Adkins (Aledo, TX) tied for fifth on bars with a 9.55 and finished sixth on floor with a career-high 9.725.
 
Springfield sported the individual winner in three events. Sage Kaplan won vault with a 9.675, Sophia LeBlanc won bars with a 9.80 and Julia Reer was the floor winner with a 9.90.
 
Cortland will compete in a dual at Ithaca next Sunday at 1 p.m.

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

The team is continuing on with their dominance on uneven bars narrowly missing the program record and in the top 8 for highest team score and floor score. Each meet we are getting cleaner and cleaner and our scores are reflecting it. It's so great seeing this team becoming more consistent and working so hard together to be great. After an exhausting three-meet week, I was very happy to end this way breaking a 190 twice in once week.
 
Cortland 190.55, Springfield 189.40
 
(Top 4)

Vault:  1) Sage Kaplan (SPR) 9.675, T2) Alexa Rose Pahila (CORT) 9.60, T2) Rory Allan (CORT) 9.60, T2) Delaney LaViolette (SPR) 9.60
 
Uneven Bars: 1) Sophia LeBlanc (SPR) 9.80, 2) Taylor Goldstein (CORT) 9.625, T3) Rianna Adams (CORT) 9.60, T3) Kathryn McSweeney (CORT) 9.60
 
Balance Beam: 1) Samantha Meadows (CORT) 9.80, T2) Julia Reer (SPR) 9.625, T2) Ava Kelley (SPR) 9.625, T4) Kiana Wong (CORT) 9.55, T4) Sophia LeBlanc (SPR) 9.55
 
Floor Exercise: 1) Julia Reer (SPR) 9.90, 2) Delaney Brown (CORT) 9.85, T3) Gabrielle Nadler (CORT) 9.775, T3) Stacy Taylor (SPR) 9.775
 
All-Around: no all-around competitors