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EAGLs Wrapup
by David F.P.
DURHAM, NH- The EAGL Championships brought together all eight teams in the conference in a contest to determine the team champion and individual champions. Also not out of sight is NCAA regionals set for two weeks from now. The North Carolina State Wolfpack arrived in Lundholm Gymnasium as the defending champions, but would face a tough fight to keep the title against a variety of top 36 teams and teams on the edge of that list. The North Carolina Tar Heels pulled out to a lead, and traded it back and forth with the host UNH Wildcats, as the Wolf Pack, West Virginia Mountaineers, Pitt Panthers, and Maryland Terrapins especially threatened to jump a few places. Due to the rotation order, Maryland and West Virginia finished first with WVU’s 195.075 being set as the score to beat. NC State, UNH, UNC, and Pitt then too part in the last rotation and as the scores were flashed up it was clear that NC State had broken past West Virginia, but North Carolina had topped NC State as well if the scores held up leading the gymnasts to cheer wildly amidst their rotation aware of what was about the happen. The final score for the heels was 196.025 to NC State’s 195.700.
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Week In Review: 1-30 to 1-31
By David F.P.
(Scores from Troester and some official sports information releases. )
Here’s just a recap of the meets I was not in attendance at involving the area’s teams.
Pitt tops Connecticut Volleyball in three sets on Sunday.
By David F.P.
STORRS-CT- It was senior day at UConn and with a good crowd on hand the Huskies celebrating the careers of their three seniors, Devon Farrell, Chauntay Mickens, and Jessica Isaac. All three would play key roles in the match that was to follow although it would end being a loss. The Pittsburgh Panthers came into town coached by Toby Rens to take on Holly Strauss-O’Brien’s Huskies in the ongoing Big East slate. The visiting Panthers would manage to sweep the U of C in three straight sets.
Pittsburgh tops UConn Volleyball in 3 sets at Gampel
It was senior day at UConn but the Pitt Panthers topped the Huskies in 3 straight sets this afternoon.
More details to come later on.
Northeast Regionals set to take place April 4th
by David F.P.
Alabama is hosting the Northeast Regionals and is among the teams competing there as well as Oklahoma, Missouri, Central Michigan, New Hampshire, and Maryland.
The Individual Qualfiers include Alicia Talucci from Pitt, Lorraine Galow from Bridgeport, Katie Canning from Temple, Alina Liao from Yale, and Jordan Brewer from Pennsylvania in the All Around. The event specialist qualifiers include Dani Bryan from Pitt on Vault, and Alix Croop from Pitt on Bars, Beam, and Floor.
(Source: NCAA)
