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After a very busy week with back-to-back meets with just one full day between home events, the Tigers are back for a single-meet week as Towson hosts Penn for a Super Sunday Showdown at SECU Arena.

In The Road to Nationals Rankings
Towson vaulted 11 spots in this week's Road to Nationals rankings, landing in 28th with a 195.338 average. Towson is second in the EAGL Standings trailing only North Carolina's 195.545 average. Penn is ranked 50th, averaging 193.805 points.

The Home Sweet Home Sweet Home Tigers
Another weekend in February, another home meet for the No. 28 Towson Tigers as the Black & Gold hosts its third meet at SECU Arena in the first half of the month.

Camille Vitoff paces Towson's vault efforts with a 9.800 average, with Lauren Bolen very close behind with a 9.796 average. Mia Davis is third with a 9.750 score on average.

A freshman and a sophomore lead on bars as rookie Steph Macasu posts a 9.838 while second-year Sarah Girot has a 9.825 in her return to the lineup last week. Another sophomore, Grace Vaillancourt, is third with a 9.783 average.

Towson's beam team has been a force in 2022 with five Tigers averaging a 9.800 or better: Cassidy Stuart (9.875), Clara Hong (9.808), Grace Vaillancourt (9.806), Jenna Weitz (9.800) and Steph Macasu (9.800).

On floor, Amy Stewart leads the way with a 9.817 average, with Hong at a 9.804 average. Paige Casper averages 9.758 with Bolen close at 9.746.

Hong is the only one to go all-around (38.950).

Scouting the Quakers
Penn makes its way to SECU Arena for a dual meet this Sunday, coming off a 193.500-191.900 win over Gymnastics East rival Cornell last weekend at The Palestra. Sunday's meet will be the first road trip this month for the Quakers.

Sara Kenefick paces the Quakers on vault, averaging a 9.800, while Kiersten Belkoff and Sydney Kraez are second and third with averages of 9.767 and 9.756, respectively.

Kraez is tied with Kristen Kuhn for the best bars average as each gymnast scores a 9.775. Sarah Penuela-Wermers averages a 9.700 on average.

Natalie Yang leads on beam with a 9.767 average, while five other Quakers are clustered behind her: Mccaleigh Marr (9.688), Sara Kenefick (9.655), Kraez (9.650), Kuhn (9.642) and Rose Debarberie (9.600).

Lauren Joost has the best floor average, scoring a 9.750 per outing. Kraez is close behind with a 9.737 average followed by Emma Davies (9.733) and Sara Kenefick (9.725).

Penn has two gymnasts that have recorded an all-around score: Kraez leads with a 39.175 average while Sara Kenefick averages a 38.975.

Another Meet, Another Improvement. Again. (And Again) (And Again).
Stop us if you've heard this before (again)

It was another meet and another improvement for the Tigers on the team score as Towson dropped in a 196.700 last week at a home quad-meet with Temple, LIU and Eastern Michigan. It was the second-best score in program history and the highest point total for the Tigers at SECU Arena.

Two days prior, Towson scored a 196.225, then the sixth-best mark in program history, in a tri-meet with George Washington and William & Mary.

On Jan. 28, the Tigers posted a then-season best 195.975 while competing against host UNC and Pittsburgh, increasing its season total by a full point. Towson's previous season best was a 194.975 set the previous weekend at N.C. State in a dual meet.

Towson opened the season with an even 194.000 at UNH before the Tigers' home-opening score of 194.150 in a quad meet with West Virginia, West Chester and William & Mary.

The Friendly Confines of SECU Arena
Towson has been untouchable at home this season, sporting an 8-0 record at SECU Arena heading into Sunday's meet. Most recently, Towson swept a quad-meet with a 196.700 against Temple (194.650), LIU (193.350) and Eastern Michigan (194.575).

The eight wins at home this season are already a program-best under head coach Jay Ramirez, besting the previous mark of 5-1 in his rookie season at the helm in 2020.

Under Ramirez, the Tigers are 16-7 at SECU Arena.

Super Bowl Sunday
Sunday's meet will be the sixth time since the 2000 season that the Tigers will compete on Super Bowl Sunday and just the second time in that span the Tigers will host an event on the same day as the Super Bowl.

Since 2000, the Tiger are 7-5 on Super Bowl Sunday, most recently with a 193.525-192.550 dual-meet win over West Chester.

Super Bowl Sunday Scores
Feb. 2, 2014 - 192.425 - Tri-Meet at West Virginia with George Washington (1-1)
Feb. 1, 2015 - 194.125 - Quad-Meet at Texas Woman's with Centenary (LA), San Jose State (2-1)
Feb. 7, 2016 - 194.575 - Quad-Meet at UNH with Bridgeport, Brown (2-1)
Feb. 5, 2017 - 194.950 - Quad-Meet at George Washington with UNH, Ball State (1-2)
Feb. 3, 2019 - 193.525 - Home Dual Meet with West Chester (1-0)

Adding an Opponent
On Saturday, Feb. 19, the Tigers will host what is now a tri-meet at SECU Arena. Originally scheduled for a dual meet with Ursinus College, the Tigers will now welcome West Virginia back to SECU Arena for the second time this season. Meet time is slated for 6 p.m.

You Look Very Familiar...
Towson and William & Mary met for a second time in the first half of the season as the Tigers hosted the Tribe in Towson's home opener on Jan. 14 and again on February 2.

The February 2 meet was also the first of two meetings between Towson and George Washington. The pair of EAGL rivals meet again in Towson's regular season finale on March 11 before this year's EAGL Championships, hosted at GW's Charles E. Smith Center on Saturday, March 19.

William & Mary, George Washington, West Virginia and Utah State are the four opponents that adorn the Tigers' 2022 schedule multiple times during the regular season.

Last Time Out vs. Penn | January 12, 2020 Philadelphia, Pa. | The Palestra
Towson reignites a series with Penn after a one-year hiatus. Towson won the last meeting 192.650-191.425 at The Palestra to open the 2020 campaign. Towson won three events: vault (48.625-48.250), bars (48.375-47.100), and beam (47.500-47.375). Penn won the floor 48.700-48.150 in the Tigers first meet under head coach Jay Ramirez. Ally Wesoly and Emerson Hurst tied for second on vault with 9.750s as Towson swept the bars behind Tess Zientek (9.775), Wesoly (9.750) and Amy Stewart (9.700). Hurst was Towson's top scorer on beam with a 9.725, taking second. Paige Casper registered Towson's best floor score with a 9.725, taking fifth. Lauren Bolen completed an all-around with a 38.375 for second place.

Week Five Standings
- In the Week Five Road to Nationals Standings, Towson is ranked 28th behind a 195.338 scoring average.
- Towson is 42nd in vault with a 48.788 average, 33rd on bars (48.767), 26th on beam (48.929) and 40th on the floor (48.854).
- The Tigers improved their standing in all five categories entering this week.
- The Tigers are third in the South East region in scoring average, improving three spots this week.
- Towson is eighth on vault, fifth on bars, fourth on beam and sixth on floor.

More History
- Towson continued making history on Feb. 4, 2022.
- The Tigers registered a 196.700, the second-best score in program history and a SECU Arena benchmark for Towson.
- Towson also scored four 49.000s or better in the quad-meet
- The Tigers tied a program-record on vault (49.250), scored a 49.025 on bars, a 49.175 on beam, third-best in program history, and a 49.250 on floor thanks to a 9.95 from Amy Stewart.
- Emerson Hurst posted a 9.925 on beam, grabbing a 10.0 from the head judge on the aparatus.  Stewart had a pair of 9.95s on floor.

Chapel Hill: The New San Francisco
- Like the Gold Rush in the 1800s, Towson became 49ers in Chapel Hill.
- For just the fourth time in program history, the Tigers dropped in at least three 49.000s or better during the tri-meet at UNC.
- Towson won the vault with a 49.100, the only team above 49.000.
- The Tigers also landed a 49.050 on bars, again the only team at that mark.
- Towson hit a 49.150 on beam, edging out host UNC's 49.125.

It's Becoming a Theme
- Prior to winter break, the Tigers announced this season's themes for Towson's six home dates
- January 14: Pink Meet (West Virginia, William & Mary, West Chester)
- February 2: TUCAN night with TUAIDE (William & Mary, George Washington)
- February 4: Pride Meet (LIU, Eastern Michigan, Temple)
- February 13: Shelley Calloway Meet/Domestic Violence Awareness Meet (Penn)
- February 19: George McGinty Alumni Meet/Choose Your Own Cause Meet (Ursinus)
- March 11: Senior Night/Own Your Roar Meet (George Washington, Maryland)