UCLA powered to the road win at Berkeley, led by Sam Peszek 39.45 AA win and Vanessa Zamarripa's 10.0 on vault. Zamarripa added a win on UB while Peszek tied for the BB title with teammates Lichelle Wong and Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs. Hopfner-Hibbs won the floor to complete the sweep.
Link: UCLA Release
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Towson posted the win at Ursinus Sunday afternoon, led by Britney Russell and Lindsay Poplaski. The pair tied for the vault title with teammate Avis Hixon, while Russell also won FX and Poplaski the AA. Teammate Kacy Catanzaro won the UB. For West Chester, Amber Miller won the BB.
Link: Ursinus Recap
PSU hit 23 for 24 to roll to a win at UNH. Sharaya Musser of Penn State won vault, balance beam, the AA (39.425) and tied for the BB title to lead the Nittany Lions. Teammate Madison Merriam won the FX and shared the UB title with Musser and UNH's Danielle Reibold. PSU employed five AAers in the meet.
Link: PSU Release
Western Michigan upset #21 Kent State, the NCAA Cindarella last season, in a home victory. For Kent State, frosh led the way. Chelsea Drooger won the VT while Whitnee Johnson posted a 38.625 to win the AA. Lindsey Runyun won the UB and Marie Case won the FX, but it was not enough to overcome the Broncos' team effort.
Link: WMU Release
UNC won the Lindsey Ferris Invitational, powering to a 192.65 win. UNC's Kristin Aloi won the VT, while teammate Morgan Evans took the UB. Cornell's Melanie Standridge captured the BB while GWU's Stephanie Stoicovy won the AA and the FX.
Team:
1. UNC 192.65
2. GWU 190.325
3. Penn 189.025
4. Cornell 188.95
5. William & Mary 188.8
6. Temple 187.45
Link: Cornell Release
Results from the Rocky Mountain Open, hosted by Air Force. OU won, powered by Chris Stehl win (or share) of the AA, Rings, and PB.
Team
1. OU 343.7
2. Air Force 333.3
3. NU 331.3
4. ASU (club) 314.1
5. Washington (club) 248.1
AA: Chris Stehl, OU 83
FX: Patrick Piscitelli, OU 14.3
PH: Michael Reid, OU 14.4
R: Stehl, 15.7
VT: Piscitelli, 15
PB: Stehl and Eric Schryer, NU 14.5
HB: Jake Dalton, OU 14.7
Link: OU Release
Results from UIC's Windy City Invitational
Team
1. Ohio State 344.5
2. Illinois 341.9
3. Michigan 338.7
4. Minnesota 338.1
5. UIC 327.2
6. Iowa 316.8
AA: CJ Maestas, Illinois, 86.5
FX: Sam Mikulak, Michigan, 15.6
PH: Ellis Mannon, Minnesota 14.8
R: Maestas and Anthony Sacramento, Illinois 15.4
VT: Philip Oronato, Ohio State, 15.1
PB: Syque Caesar, Michigan, 15.5
HB: Paul Ruggeri, Illinois, 15.4
Link: UIC Release
PSU junior Scott Rosenthal posted a school record 16.3 on the rings to lead the Nittany Lions to a win. Classmate Mackenzie Dow won the VT and PB, while another classmate, Parker Raque, won FX. Tony Beck on PH and Wasef Burbar (HB) completed the sweep. PSU was without Felix Aronovich, who was in London earlier in the week, where he qualified to the 2012 Olympics.
Link: PSU Release
Seniro Kileigh Chapman won the UB and tied for the BB title to lead the College at Brockport to the win over Ithaca.
Link: Brockport Release