General 1.31.2023 Sammie Grant

Gymnastics Set for Dual Meet with George Washington

When Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Where SECU Arena | Towson, Md.
Team Records Towson (7-2)
George Washington (3-3)
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First Rotation
After a quick turnaround Towson returns home this Wednesday, welcoming EAGL foe George Washington University to SECU for a dual meet during its annual pride night.

Road To Nationals
After week four of competitions Towson is ranked 30th on RoadToNationals.com, moving up one place from last week's rankings. The Tigers currently rank 14th in the nation on bars after their stellar performance on Sunday, where they posted the second highest bars score in program history. George Washington is currently ranked 36th overall and 23rd on vault.

Tigers Making Strides
The Tigers travelled to West Virginia University two days ago for a quad meet with Iowa State and Eastern Michigan University. Towson finished second overall after an exciting four rotations where the Tigers bounced between third and first place.

The Black & Gold posted a 196.025, a season high and the 11th highest score in program history after receiving 48.925 on beam, 48.975 on floor, 48.775 on vault and 49.350 on bars. West Virginia University earned a 196.754 to win the meet, Iowa State took third with 195.825 followed by Eastern Michigan with 194.050.

Towson showed up and showed out for bars, earning the second highest score in program history. These results were led by rookie Isabella Minervini who matched her career high of 9.900, winning the event overall for the second time this season. Grace Vaillancourt and Clara Hong followed closely behind, posting 9.875s which is a season high for Hong.

The Tigers are certainly making strides in the right direction based on this meets results. The athletes posted sixteen individual season high scores and a season high beam score.

Scouting George Washington
George Washington has competed in three meets this season, going head-to-head with two EAGL teams. The team opened its season posting the highest season-opening score (195.300) since 2017 at a quad meet with Nebraska, Cornell and William & Mary. GW earned 49.050 on vault and floor, heavily assisted by Kendall Whitman's gold medal performance on floor (9.925).

Most recently the team participated in a dual meet with North Carolina in Chapel Hill. GW fell to the Tar Heels, but still achieved a season high of 195.350 after earning event scores of 48.900 on beam, 48.975 on vault, 48.675 on bars and 48.800 on floor. Deja Chambliss led the team on vault, posting a 9.875, the highest GW score on the event for the third meet in a row. Chambliss excels on floor as well, posting a 9.900 for the event at the team's season opener.

Last Time Out vs. GW | Mar. 11, 2022 | SECU Arena | Towson, Md.
GW and Towson last saw each other at last season's senior meet where the Tigers posted the third-highest score in program history, 196.625, placing second behind the terps at a quad meet with Maryland, GW and Southern Connecticut State. The Tigers racked scores of 49.000 or better on all four events. Three Tigers received 9.900s.

Towson-George Washington By the Numbers (Since 2009)
-Towson competed against GW 30 times
-Series record since 2009, GW leads 23-7
-Home record 6-8
-Away record 0-11
-Conference record 2-0
-Last meeting Mar 11, 2022
-Towson 196.625, GW 195.575

EAGL Standings
-Towson was ranked second in EAGL for two weeks in a row, with a high score of 195.850 and average of 195.463.
-The Tigers are ranked first on bars and third on beam and floor.
-Isabella Minervini is ranked second on floor and third on bars.
-Carmella Calafati is ranked third on floor.

Towson Leaders by Event
-Vault: Camille Vitoff and Polina Belanovski, 9.825
-Bars: Grace Vaillancourt, 9.925
-Beam: Grace Vaillancourt, 9.825
-Floor: Carmella Calafati and Isabella Minervini, 9.875

Getting Into the Spirit
-The following are the remaining themes for home meets this season:
-February 1: Pride Night (George Washington).
-February 10: Shelley Calloway/Choose Your Cause Meet (NC State, Temple & Pitt).
-February 26: Senior/Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Day (George Washington, Fisk and William & Mary).

Talented Playing Field
-12 out of the 21 teams Towson will compete against for the 2023 season are either ranked or receiving votes in the WGCA Preseason Coaches Poll.
-The highest ranked competitor is University of Denver, ranked 13th with 1119 points.
-Maryland (424) and Iowa State (407) are ranked 29th and 30th respectively.
-West Virginia is ranked 33rd with 214 points.
-George Washington, Temple, New Hampshire, Rutgers, Pittsburg, LIU, Ball State and Fisk all received votes.

In The National Rankings
-Towson was only two points away from being ranked in the Top 36 teams for the WCGA Preseason Coaches' Poll after picking up 142 points.
-George Washington received votes, earning 94 points.

How to Say It: TOWSON
TOWSON is pronounced TOW like towel + Son.

IT IS NOT: TOE-son, Townson, Towsond, Townsend, Townsen, Towzen. One N, no Z.

We are Towson University, no longer Towson State University (and haven't been since July 1, 1997).

Our mascot is Doc The Tiger, named after Donald "Doc" Minnegan, long-time soccer coach and athletics department administrator. Towson became the "Tigers" in 1962 after John Schuerholz (yes, the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame General Manager) pushed for the name change from the "Towson College Knights".

Next Time on Tiger Gymnastics
-Towson is staying home for its next meet, welcoming NC state, Temple and Pitt to SECU for an EAGL showdown.
-This will be the annual Shelley Calloway Invitational meet with a choose your cause theme - gymnasts will pick a charity of their choice to raise awareness for.
-This is also the second annual dog toy toss, fans are encouraged to bring new plush dog toys for MD SPCA shelter animals.
-The meet begins at 6 pm with doors opening at 4:30 pm.

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