Complete Results

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut State University gymnastics team placed third in a four-team meet with Brown, Bridgeport and Rhode Island College earlier tonight. The Owls continued to perform well as a team and eclipsed the 190.00 total for the fifth time this year.

TEAM SCORES:  Bridgeport – 194.45 | Brown – 193.425 | SCSU – 190.35 | RIC – 182.95

EVENT SCORES:
Bridgeport – 48.575 (Vault), 48.475 (Bars), 48.225 (Beam), 49.175 (Floor)
Brown - 48.475 (Vault), 47.675 (Bars), 48.8 (Beam), 48.475 (Floor)
SCSU - 47.8 (Vault), 46.425 (Bars), 47.425 (Beam), 48.7 (Floor)
RIC - 47.175 (Vault), 43.325 (Bars), 46.025 (Beam), 46.425 (Floor)

Rotem Porat (Plantation, Fla.) and Alexandra Avendano (Burlington, Mass.) tied for the highest event placement of any Owl on the night. Avendano was third on the floor exercise with a 9.875, while Porat placed third on the beam with a 9.825.

The Owls had two of the top four scores on the beam, as Kathleen Aberger (Plano, Texas) captured fourth place with a 9.8.

Aberger's score of 9.625 on the bars was tops among all Owls in that event and good for an eighth place finish.

Alexandra Lesperance (Valrico, Fla.) led the Owls on the vault in ninth place with a score of 9.65.

The Owls had four of the top 10 scores on the floor. After Avendano, Abigail Bensley (Malvern, Pa.) was seventh with a 9.75. Kylyn Dawkins (Bridgeton, N.J.) and Aberger tied for 10th with scores of 9.7.

UP NEXT: at Temple with Penn and Ithaca, Saturday at 12 p.m.