The Meets: 
Towson vs. George Washington, Maryland, Penn
When: Friday, Mar. 13 – 6 p.m.
Where: SECU Arena – Towson, Md.
Tickets: https://www.gofevo.com/group/26TUgymsingles
Promotion: Senior/Pink Meet
Giveaway: Pink Fanny Pack Giveaway – First 100 Fans
Online Broadcast: YouTube Live
 
Towson at George Washington, vs. Maryland, Temple
When: Sunday, Mar. 15 – 1 p.m.
Where: Charles E. Smith Center - Washington, D.C.
Online Broadcast: ESPN+
 
TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University gymnastics team has two more meets before the 2026 EAGL Tournament, beginning with Senior Day at home on Friday, March 13 at 6 p.m. then heading back to D.C. to compete at George Washington on Sunday, March 15 at 1 p.m.
 
Each competition is a quad meet.  Towson hosts GW, Maryland and Penn on Friday then takes on GW, Maryland and Temple on Sunday.  Sunday's meet vs. GW is the final EAGL regular season competition.
 
Tickets for the Friday meet are available here: https://www.gofevo.com/group/26TUgymsingles.  The first 100 fans will receive a pink fanny pack giveaway.
 
Friday's home meet will be broadcast on YouTube Live while Sunday's away meet will be on ESPN+.
 
Towson had one meet last week, finishing with a 195.000 team score in a quad meet at Philadelphia, its fourth meet in a row with at least a 195 team score.
 
Going into the final two weeks of the season, Towson stands at #41 in the Road to Nationals rankings with a 195.136 National Qualifying Score (NQS).  EAGL opponents George Washington and Temple are at #57 and #53 respectively with NQSs of 193.175 and 193.664.  Non-conference foes Maryland and Penn rank at #28 and #39 in Road to Nationals, having NQSs of 195.872 and 195.225 respectively.
 
Towson will be honoring its seven-member senior class in a postmeet ceremony on Friday, celebrating the careers of Polina Belanovski, Carmella Calafati, Isabella DeCroo, Lauren Greene, Adriana Hoffman, Isabella Minervini and Celia Trotter.
 
TWO-TIME DEFENDING EAGL REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION….
Towson returns in 2026 as the two-time defending East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) regular season champion, having swept all EAGL regular season meets over the past two seasons for an 8-0 league record.
 
Towson won the EAGL Tournaments in 2023 and 2024, becoming the first league repeat champion since North Carolina in 2010-11.  Towson finished fourth in the 2025 EAGL Tournament in Philadelphia.
 
FOUR-TIME NCAA TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANT FROM 2021-24
Towson earned a spot in four consecutive NCAA Tournaments from 2021-24 as part of the top-36 teams in the national qualifier scores (NQS) each year.
2021 – NCAA Morgantown Regional Second Round
2022 – NCAA Raleigh Regional First Round
2023 – NCAA Pittsburgh Regional First Round
2024 – NCAA Gainesville Regional Second Round
 
Despite the team missing the NCAA Tournament in 2025, Isabella Minervini and Clara Hong qualified as NCAA Tournament competitors in the all-around and beam respectively.
 
MINERVINI - #10 NATIONALLY ON BARS
Isabella Minervini continues her impressive performance on the uneven bars, currently ranking 10th overall in the Road to Nationals rankings with a 9.920 national qualifying score (NQS).  She has twice earned a 9.950 this season, tying for third in Towson history.
 
She also ranks 31st nationally in the all-around with a 39.275 NQS and 58th nationally on floor with an 9.885 NQS.
 
BRINGING BACK SEVEN 2025 ALL-EAGL HONOREES
Seven returners to Towson's roster earned a combined 15 All-EAGL selections last season. The returners are headlined by Isabella Minervini, who was a 2025 All-EAGL honoree in all four rotations and all-around, being First Team on all-around, bars and vault, and Ava Harper, the 2025 EAGL Rookie Specialist of the Year and First Team All-EAGL on vault.  Polina Belanovski was  a three-time All-EAGL recipient last year, First Team on vault and Second Team on bars and floor.
 
In addition to the above trio, Isabella DeCroo, Lauren Greene, Adriana Hoffman and Celia Trotter all were All-EAGL in 2025.
 
TOWSON PICKED TO FINISH SECOND IN EAGL IN 2026
Towson, the two-time reigning EAGL regular season champion, was predicted to finish second in the league in the EAGL preseason coaches poll.  Towson is coming off a perfect 4-0 EAGL campaign last year.  Reigning EAGL Championship winner George Washington is predicting to finish first.
2026 EAGL Predicted Order of Finish (first-place votes)
1. George Washington (2), 22
2. Towson (1), 18
3. New Hampshire (1), 14
4. Temple (1), 13
5. LIU, 8
 
THE FANTASTIC FLOOR
On March 1, Towson earned its second-highest team score on floor exercise ever, finishing with a 49.450.  The routines were spearheaded by three 9.900 performances by Carmella Calafati, Isabella DeCroo and Isabella Minervini.
 
As a team, Towson ranks 28th nationally on floor with a 49.131 national qualifying score, earning at least a 49+ score in nine meets this season in that event.
 
NEARING PERFECTION
Among Towson's returners include several athletes who have notched a 9.9+ score on a rotation.
Highest Scores (Date)
Polina Belanovski – Vault (9.925, 2/26/23), Floor (9.900, 1/9/26)
Carmella Calafati – Floor (9.950, 2/23/24)
Isabella DeCroo - Vault (9.925, 3/4/25), Floor (9.900, 3/1/26)
Adriana Hoffman - Floor (9.900, 2/21/25)
Isabella Minervini – Bars (9.975, 2/16/24), Beam (9.900, 1/23/26), Floor (9.900, 2/1/23)
Brissa Portillo – Bars (9.900, 2/16/24)
Celia Trotter - Beam (9.900, 1/23/26)
 
1,000-POINT CLUB
Towson brings a lot of experience to the 2026 team, including Isabella Minervini, who surpassed the career 1,000-point mark on March 16, 2025.  Several other Tigers are approaching the career 1,000-point mark.
Career Points
Isabella Minervini (Sr.): 1,511.475
Polina Belanovski (Sr.): 971.400
Isabella DeCroo (Gr.): 840.925
---Illinois State (2022-24): 392.100
---Towson (2025-26): 448.825
 
TOWSON VS. GEORGE WASHINGTON BY THE NUMBERS (since 2009)
--Series Record: 17-30                       Last Meeting: Feb. 22, 2026 - Washington, D.C.
--Home Record: 12-8                         Towson 195.900
--Away Record: 2-14                          GW 194.825
--Neutral Record: 3-8
 
TOWSON VS. MARYLAND BY THE NUMBERS (since 2013)
--Series Record: 2-18                         Last Meeting: Mar. 5, 2026 - Philadelphia, Pa.
--Home Record: 0-4                            Towson 195.000
--Away Record: 0-5                            Maryland 195.900
--Neutral Record: 2-9
 
TOWSON VS. PENN BY THE NUMBERS (since 2011)
--Series Record: 8-4                           Last Meeting: Mar. 5, 2026 - Philadelphia, Pa.
--Home Record: 4-0                            Towson 195.00
--Away Record: 4-1                            Penn 195.075
--Neutral Record: 0-3
 
TOWSON VS. TEMPLE BY THE NUMBERS (since 2013)
--Series Record: 17-8                         Last Meeting: Mar. 5, 2026 - Philadelphia, Pa.
--Home Record: 8-3                            Towson 195.000
--Away Record: 5-2                            Temple 194.450
--Neutral Record: 4-3
 
TWO TOWSON ATHLETES EARN EAGL WEEKLY AWARDS
Towson's strong performance last week resulted in two EAGL weekly awards.
--Isabella Minervini: EAGL Gymnast of the Week
--Natalie Lindgren: EAGL Rookie of the Week
 
TOP-10 PERFORMANCES IN HISTORY
Towson's gymnasts earned scores in 2026 that currently stand in the top-10 all-time in program history.
Polina Belanovski
--Floor: 9.900, t-9th all-time (Jan. 9, 2026)
Carmella Calafati
--Floor: 9.900, t-9th all-time (Mar. 1, 2026)
Isabella DeCroo
--Floor: 9.900, t-9th all-time (Mar. 1, 2026)
Isabella Minervini
--All-Around: 39.450, 4th all-time (Jan. 23, 2026)
--Bars: 9.950, t-3rd all-time (Feb. 15, 2026)
--Beam: 9.900, t-10th all-time (Jan. 23, 2026)
--Floor: 9.900, t-9th all-time (Feb. 13, 2026)
Celia Trotter
--Beam: 9.900, t-10th all-time (Jan. 23, 2026)
 
AN ALL-AROUND COMPETITOR EMERGES
Isabella Minervini served as Towson's all-around competitor in 10 meets in 2025, earning six first place and two second place finishes.   This includes a 39.425 score to be the EAGL all-around champion, 4th all-time in Towson history. Before Minervini, Towson's last all-around competitor was in 2022.  This year, she finished first in the all-around eight times.
 
Polina Belanovski also is an all-around competitor this season, finishing top-3 in the first three meets.
 
WILLACY ENTERS TOWSON ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME
Decelia Willacy '08 was inducted into the Towson Athletics Hall of Fame in 2025.  At time of induction, she was third on the program's all-time scoring list with 1,865 points.  The 2008 ECAC Gymnast of the Year was an All-ECAC honoree in all events, including all-around, and helped the Tigers win the 2007 USA Gymnastics National Championship and four ECAC titles.  Willacy is the 19th gymnast to be inducted into the Towson Athletics Hall of Fame.
 
STUDENT-ATHLETES
Towson had one of the top years in the classroom in the nation in 2024-25, earning the 11th-highest grade point average in the country at 3.76. 
 
In addition, 20 of the team's 24 student-athletes were honored as WCGA Scholastic All-Americans, having a 3.5 or higher cumulative GPA.  It is the second-straight year with at least 20 Towson gymnasts earned WCGA Scholastic status in the same season.
 
Isabella Minervini, one of the 20 WCGA Scholastic All-Americans, also was a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® At-Large Team honoree for the second straight year.  It her second-straight selection, being qualified with a 3.5 GPA or higher and ranking top-75 nationally in an event.
 
DAN O'CONNELL (1953-2026)
Dan O'Connell, who worked in the Towson media relations office for 35 years from 1979-2014, passed away in January 2026.  He was the longtime SID for Towson gymnastics among other sports at Towson plus worked with statistics in the NFL, CFL, MLB and several colleges in the area.  He was a Towson Athletics Hall of Fame inductee in 2021.