TOWSON, Md. – In
a matchup of the top two teams in the ECAC, the Towson University gymnastics
team will visit the University of Bridgeport in a dual meet at Harvey Hubbell
Gymnasium on Friday, February 3 at 7:00 p.m.
The Tigers,
who are 6-2 on the season, have a 191.392 scoring average after three meets.
The Purple Knights, who have a 191.631 average, are ranked first in the ECAC.
Senior Lindsay Poplaski has been the Tigers' most consistent gymnast this season. She tops the
ECAC with a 38.425 average in the all-around competition. Poplaski also ranks
third in the ECAC with a 9.73 in the vault.
Poplaski is
one of three Tigers who rank among the top vaulters in the ECAC. While she has
a 9.73 average on vault, senior Avis Hixon is
fourth with a 9.71 average. In addition, junior Britney Russell has a 9.708
average.
As a team,
the Tigers are averaging 48.458 on vault, the top mark in the ECAC.
With a
48.008 average on the uneven bars, the Tigers lead the ECAC in bars in team
score. Senior Kacy Catanzaro, who has a 37.958 all-around average, is the top
performer in the ECAC with a 9.77 average on bars.
Russell and
Hixon are the top two ECAC gymnasts on the floor exercise. Russell leads the
ECAC with a 9.813 average while Hixon, the ECAC Specialist of the Year in 2011,
ranks second with a 9.775 average.
For the
meet at Bridgeport, the Tigers could be very short-handed. Senior Kady Sullivan and sophomore Alexa Davis
have already missed the Tigers' first three meets
with injuries. Sullivan broke her wrist a week before the season started while
Davis, the ECAC Rookie of the Year in 2011, has been sidelined due to
off-season elbow surgery.
At
Bridgeport, the Tigers could be competing without Russell, who has been
bothered by back problems. One of the Tigers' top performers on vault, beam and
floor, she vaulted at West Virginia last week and did not compete on beam and
floor.
She may not
be able to compete in the meet at Bridgeport.
After the
Tigers' meet at Bridgeport, Coach Vicki Chliszczyk and the Tigers return to action on Sunday, February 12 when they
visit Ursinus College for a 1:00 p.m. meet.