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Florida, UNH, William and Mary visit West Virginia 2-20-2011
by David F.P.
[See my contribution to Gymnastike's video coverage here.] [Modest image gallery here.]
Morgantown, WV- National powerhouse Florida was one of three teams to visit the WVU Coliseum Sunday afternoon as they were joined by West Virginia’s fellow EAGL opponents New Hampshire and George Washington. The result was a 196.875 score for the Gators to take 1st, West Virginia placed second with a 195.225, New Hampshire had a 194.400, and George Washington a 193.050.
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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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WVU 194.725, Bridgeport 190.850
by David F.P. [Video Coverage is up on Gymnastike]
MORGANTOWN, WV- It was senior day and West Virginia honored their four seniors as well as the graduating student athletic trainer on Friday night. Chelsi Tabor, Shelly Purkat, Ashley Wilson, and Kiersten Spoerke all received recognition in front of their family and friends as they close out their careers. Though if things go well, they will compete at regionals on the floor of the coliseum one last time.
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Women’s Basketball: West Virginia tops Rutgers, heads to Big East final.
By David F.P.
HARTFORD, CT- Minutes before the number 1 ranked team in the country won their game and advanced to the Big East finals leaving Rutgers and West Virginia to battle for who would face them, and a battle it was with numerous fouls being amassed by both teams, though Rutgers had a run on them in the first half especially. WVU pulled out to several leads only to have Rutgers fight back, though the last lead proved to be insurmountable in the time available.
West Virginia tops Maryland, Denver, Rutgers in Quad Meet in College Park
By David F.P.
(Scores from eyewitness account, Maryland Sports Information. For full results either check out the UMD Athletics site or Troester depending on preference. ) [ Image Gallery ] (Note: External Link to Gallery)
COLLEGE PARK, MD- As the snow kept coming down outside the Comcast Center, four teams filed inside for a quad meet. The competitors consisted of nationally ranked #16 Denver and three EAGL teams in West Virginia, Rutgers, and the host Maryland. Denver was looking to as always keep building their national ranking, while Terps had a chance to avenge their loss on the road to WVU on their home floor. Rutgers has been integrating more gymnasts into the lineup either freshmen or previous injured competitors and would be participating in their third straight meet against teams in the northeast corridor.
