TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University gymnastics team will welcome William & Mary and George Washington to SECU Arena for the Shelli Calloway Invitational on Friday, February 12. The meet is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
Roll into Action
For your listening pleasure, fans can listen to the voices of Tiger Gymnastics,
Ben Rosenbaum and Tandy Knight, by clicking the link:
https://youtu.be/fEhRZsMKYHk and via live stats:
http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=325562
New Faces
The Tigers added seven newcomers to the mix this season. Towson will be introducing fans to
Mackenzie Butler,
Sarah Girot,
Simona Kerekes,
Amanda Pedicelli,
Cassidy Stuart,
Grace Vaillancourt and
Allison Zuhlke.
Returners
Towson brings back one competing senior (
Tess Zientek), two juniors (
Nikki Borkowski and
Emerson Hurst) and five sophomores (
Lauren Bolen,
Paige Casper,
Amy Stewart,
Camille Vitoff and
Jenna Weitz) to round out the roster this year.
Last Time Out
The Tigers tied their season high score of 194.475 in a quad meet hosted by NC State Saturday afternoon. The Tigers also posted its highest bar and beam scores inside of Reynolds Coliseum.
Camille Vitoff tied third place on vault scoring a 9.8 and a career-high 9.825 on bars.
Lauren Bolen,
Grace Vaillancourt and
Emerson Hurst tied for third place on beam scoring a 9.850.
Nikki Borkowski tied for her career-high score of 9.850 on floor and
Allison Zuhlke scored a 9.8 on bars.
Tigers in the Community
The Towson University athletics department deems community service as one of its highest priorities to give back to the Greater Baltimore area.
Towson was on track to have its 8th consecutive year of over 10,000 hours of community service in 2019-20 before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all activity.
Towson finished with 7,527 hours last year, good for third in the NCAA Teamworks Helper Helper competition.
Towson ranked #1 nationally for community service and won the 2018 National Championship for Community Service through the Helper Helper NCAA Team Works Competition. Towson also won the 2018 Volunteer of the Year Award from Susan G. Komen of Maryland.
Scouting the Opponents
George Washington Colonials
This will be the first outing for the Colonials. Their first two meets were postponed.
William & Mary Tribe
This is also the first meet for the Tribe.
Amplitude the Awards
- For week four, sophomore Camille Vitoff was named Specialist of the Week after completing her Yurchenko 1.5 for the second time ever, earning a 9.800 for third place on vault. Her 9.825 on bars was a career-high and good enough for fourth place in the quad meet on Sunday, helping the Tigers post their highest bar total of the season.
- Sophomore Lauren Bolen was named East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) Gymnasts of the Week for week three. Bolen was named Gymnast of the Week after competing in the all-around for the first time this season, scoring a career-high 39.050, and her first 39 ever. She won the all-around competition in an EAGL tri-meet.
She tied for first on vault scoring a 9.900 on her Yurchenko Full which is out of a 9.950, which was also a career high.
- Freshman Allison Zuhlke earned her first weekly award after being named Co-Rookie of the Week from the East Gymnastics League (EAGL) on Jan. 19. She posted two 9.7 scores for the Tigers helping them post their highest opening score in school history. She placed fifth on both bars and beam posting the third-highest score for the Tigers on both events.
Conference Rankings
- Towson is ranked No. 37 in the NCAA rankings.
- Lauren Bolen is ranked first in the all-around with an average score of 38.950, 39.050 high.
- Bolen is also ranked seventh on vault with an average score of 9.806, 9.9 high. Jenna Weitz is tied for 13th (9.725 average, 9.775 high)
- Grace Vaillancourt is tied for sixth on bars with a 9.8 average, 9.825 high.
- Vaillancourt is ranked third on beam with a 9.850 average, 9.850 high. Weitz is ranked fifth (9.788 ave. 9.850 high).
- Nikki Borkowski is tied for sixth with a 9.825 average, 9.850 high. Amy Stewart is tied for eleventh (9.781 ave. 9.825 high).
Virtual Tickets- Get your Personalized Cutout Today
In conjunction with FanSummit, fans have a pair of virtual season ticket options, each with great benefits and gifts. All virtual season tickets, starting as low as $60, give you a personalized fan cutout, which will be placed in SECU Arena for the rest of the year. All information for virtual season tickets is below.
In addition, if you would like more than one personalized cutout, you can buy up to three additional fan cutouts at $30 each with the purchase of any Towson virtual season ticket. Place yourself, your family and friends in the SECU seats to help support the Tigers. You can see yourself in the stands for gymnastics on the Towson Sports Network.
Up Next
The Tigers will be back home hosting the George McGinty Alumni Meet on Friday, Feb. 19 in SECU Arena. Towson will welcome Pittsburgh, UNC and LIU for the quad meet.
