| 2007 Highlights |
Walsh Named Head Coach At Ball State University
Walsh replaces Lisa Simonton, who resigned from her position in April after coaching the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Cardinals for two seasons. Last March, Ball State University placed fourth at the seven-team Mid-American Conference Championship. Walsh, 28, spent the last four seasons as UW-Oshkosh's head coach. Her 2007 squad scored 185.575 points to win the NCGA title and tallied 182.675 points to finish second at the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championship. In 2006, Walsh received NCGA and WIAC Coach of the Year accolades after leading UW-Oshkosh to third-place finishes at both the NCGA and WIAC championships. In 2005, she was voted WIAC Coach of the Year after guiding UW-Oshkosh to a third-place finish at the WIAC Championship and a sixth-place finish at the NCGA Championship. In 2004, Walsh coached the Titans to a third-place ranking at the WIAC Championship. UW-Oshkosh
broke numerous school records during Walsh's tenure as head
coach, including all five in the team category. In
2005, UW-Oshkosh set six records, including a team mark
of 187.95 at a triangular hosted by NCAA Division I Bowling
Green State University (Ohio). |
Nadalie Walsh, who guided
the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh to the National Collegiate
Gymnastics Association (NCGA) title last March, has been
named the fifth head women's gymnastics coach in Ball State
University (Ind.) history.Titans Crowned NCGA Champion
The UW-Oshkosh women's gymnastics team saved its
best performance of the season for last and finished first
at the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA)
Championship held Friday and Saturday (March 23-24) in Whitewater. Rounding out the seven-team field were fourth-place UW-Whitewater with 182.975 points, fifth-place Hamline University (Minn.) with 182.575, sixth-place State University of New York-Brockport with 181.50 and seventh-place Ithaca College (N.Y.) with 179.20. UW-Oshkosh had two event champions as Teresa Phipps (Jr. • Rocky Mount, N.C.) won the uneven bars with a score of 9.60 while Vanessa Virbitsky (Jr. • Harrisburg, Pa.) tied for first place on the vault with a mark of 9.525. Virbitsky shared the vault championship with Gabi Hooper and Jackie LaFleur of UW-La Crosse. Phipps earned three additional All-America awards by finishing second in the all-around competition with a score of 38.05, fourth on the balance beam with a mark of 9.50 and fifth on the vault with a value of 9.475. Virbitsky collected two more All-America treasures by placing eighth in the all-around competition with a score of 37.20 and 12th on the balance beam with tally of 8.625. All-America accolades also went to the Titans' Amy Reidy (Fr. • Franklin) and Rachel Morrison (So. • Oswego, Ill.). Reidy finished seventh on the uneven bars with a score of 9.30 and Morrison 12th in the floor exercise with a mark of 8.825. The top-12 individuals in each event and the top-10 individuals in the all-around competition received All-America recognition. Other individual titles at the NCGA Championship went to Julia Zimmerman of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Briana Morrisey of Ursinus College. Zimmermann won the all-around competition with a score of 38.175 and the balance beam with a count of 9.70. Morrissey took first place in the floor exercise with a score of 9.775. The NCGA also named 38 gymnasts to its 2007 All-Academic Team. Among the selections were UW-Oshkosh's Teresa Baldassari (Sr. • Santa Rosa, Calif.), Kim Edson (Sr. • Eastampton, N.J.) and Melissa Riley (Sr. • Hutchinson, Kan.). A gymnast must be in her final year of competition and maintain a 3.00 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.00 scale) in order to qualify for the All-Academic Team. Jeff Schepers of Ursinus College was named the NCGA's 2007 Coach of the Year, while Sarah Bulka of State University of New York-Brockport was selected as the NCGA’s 2007 Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year. UW-Oshkosh
was making its 13th appearance at the NCGA Championship,
with previous visits in 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996,
1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2006. |
Titans Finish Second At
WIAC Championship, NCGA West Regional
UW-Oshkosh recorded its highest team score of the season and finished second at the WIAC Women's Gymnastics Championship held Thursday (March 8) in La Crosse. UW-La Crosse scored a meet-record 187.700 points to win its 11th consecutive WIAC title and 18th overall. UW-Oshkosh finished second in the eight-team meet with 182.675 points, including season-best scores of 46.925 on the vault and 44.425 on the uneven bars. The Titans, who own 14 WIAC championships on their resume, surpassed 180 points for the third time this season. Hamline University (Minn.) finished third in the team standings with a score of 180.975, while UW-Whitewater placed fourth at 180.200, UW-Eau Claire and Winona State University (Minn.) fifth at 177.675, Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) seventh at 177.050 and UW-Stout eighth at 176.650. The WIAC Championship also served as the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) West Regional. Teams advancing from the regional meet to the NCGA Championship on March 23-24 in Whitewater were UW-La Crosse, UW-Oshkosh and Hamline University. UW-La Crosse has claimed five consecutive NCGA West Regional titles. Teresa Phipps (Jr. • Rocky Mount, N.C.) captured two first-place finishes to lead UW-Oshkosh at the WIAC Championship/NCGA West Regional. She set both a WIAC Championship and NCGA West Regional record by scoring 37.875 points in the all-around competition. Phipps tallied a regional-record 9.60 points to take the top ranking on the uneven bars. Phipps also tied for second place on the vault with a score of 9.55, tied for sixth place in the floor exercise with a mark of 9.475 and tied for eighth place on the balance beam with a count of 9.25. Vanessa Virbitsky (Jr. • Harrisburg, Pa.) turned in three solid performances for the Titans, including a seventh-place score of 36.425 in the all-around competition. She also finished ninth on the vault with score of 9.475 and tied for 11th on the balance beam with a value of 9.20. UW-Oshkosh additionally received a sixth-place tying score of 9.475 in the floor exercise from Rachel Morrison (So. • Oswego, Ill.), a 10th-place mark of 9.075 on the uneven bars from Kelly Busacker (So. • LaVista, Neb.) and a 10th-place tying count of 9.45 on the vault from Alyssa Lewandowski (Fr. • Linden, N.J.). Other event champions were Gabi Hooper and Erin Sommer of UW-La Crosse. Hooper tallied a pair of first-place finishes by scoring a regional-record 9.675 points on the vault and a regional-record tying 9.725 points in the floor exercise. Sommer took first place on the balance beam with a score of 9.525. The top six finishers in each category received All-WIAC accolades. Doug Byrnes of Hamline University was named WIAC Coach of the Year, while Katie Krenz of UW-La Crosse was selected as the winner of the WIAC's Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award. |
Titans To Compete At WIAC Championship
 UW-La Crosse will
look to add to its conference-record streak of 10 consecutive women's
gymnastics titles at the 2007 WIAC Championship, which will be conducted
Thursday (March 8) in La Crosse.The conference championship meet will also serve as the West Regional qualifier for the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Championship, which will be held March 23-24 in Whitewater. The top three teams from the WIAC event, along with several qualified gymnasts, will advance to the national championship. UW-La Crosse has also registered six straight NCGA national crowns and brings a No. 4 national ranking into this year's festivities. Hamline University (Minn.) is ranked seventh nationally, while UW-Oshkosh is eighth and UW-Whitewater ninth. UW-Eau Claire has posted four consecutive second-place finishes at the WIAC Championship. UW-La Crosse sophomore Mackenzie Howard won three individual titles last year, securing the vault, all-around and balance beam. Her score of 9.650 in the vault matched a conference championship record. She should receive stiff competition from Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) senior Brittany Moore, Winona State University (Minn.) sophomore Alexandra Nugent, UW-La Crosse freshman Gabi Hooper and sophomore Jackie LaFleur and UW-Oshkosh junior Teresa Phipps. Moore won the event during the 2005 championship. Howard shared the balance beam title with Hamline University sophomore Brynn Stenslie last season. Additional notables competing in the event in 2007 include UW-La Crosse sophomore Erin Sommer, UW-Stout junior Ashley Timm and UW-Whitewater senior Tracy Cummings and junior Alison Lewis. UW-La Crosse senior Ann Fitzsimmons secured the uneven bars championship in 2006. Individuals looking to claim the crown this season include Phipps, UW-La Crosse junior Kasey Clausen and senior Katie Krenz and UW-Whitewater sophomore Danielle Crinzi. Crinzi won the first WIAC floor exercise title in UW-Whitewater history last year. Participants receiving high marks in the event this season consist of Hooper and Howard, Phipps and UW-Stout freshman Meghan Hargens. In the all-around competition, expect Crinzi, Phipps, Nugent, Timm and Hargens to finish in the top of the standings. UW-Eau Claire junior Teresa Lynch has posted high marks in the uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise this year. The top six individuals in each event at the WIAC Championship receive all-conference recognition. Results of the 2007 WIAC Championship/NCGA West Regional can be found at http://perth.uwlax.edu/Athletics/wgymnastics/wiacchampionships/. |
Titans Capture Win Over Blugolds
  UW-Oshkosh recorded its second-highest
score of the season as it defeated UW-Eau Claire, 180.825-176.175,
in a women's gymnastics meet held Thursday (March 1) in Kolf Sports
Center. UW-Oshkosh had the top team score on each of the four apparatus, including marks of 46.625 on the vault and 46.425 in the floor exercise. UW-Eau Claire's best team score was a 45.475 in the floor exercise. The Titans won their final home meet of the year by taking the top-four individual finishes on both the balance beam and vault. UW-Oshkosh also took three of the top-four individual results on the uneven bars. On the balance beam, UW-Oshkosh's Rachel Morrison (So. • Oswego, Ill.) won the event with a score of 9.30. The Titans grabbed the next three positions as Kelly Busacker (So. • LaVista, Neb.) finished second at 9.15, Kim Edson (Sr. • Eastampton, N.J.) third at 8.80 and Darlene Herrmann (Fr. • Newton, N.J.) fourth at 8.75. UW-Oshkosh's Teresa Phipps (Jr. • Rocky Mount, N.C.) secured the top ranking on the vault with a score of 9.50. The Titans also had Vanessa Virbitsky (Jr. • Harrisburg, Pa.) finish second at 9.45, Alyssa Lewandowski (Fr. • Linden, N.J.) third at 9.35 and Morrison fourth at 9.225. Amy Reidy (Fr. • Franklin) took first place for UW-Oshkosh on the uneven bars with a score of 9.15, while Phipps finished third at 9.05 and Brynn Dorsey (Jr. • Oshkosh) fourth at 8.825. Phipps added two more victories for the Titans by posting scores of 36.425 in the all-around competition and 9.525 in the floor exercise. UW-Oshkosh also had Morrison finish third in the all-around competition with a score of 35.80, Edson and Morrison fourth in the floor exercise with a mark of 9.275 and Virbitsky sixth in the floor exercise with a count of 9.20. UW-Oshkosh will compete at the WIAC Championship/NCGA West Regional on March 8 in La Crosse. |
Titans Top Gusties
 UW-Oshkosh scored a season-high 43.85 points on the
uneven bars to defeat Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.), 176.500-171.575,
in a women's gymnastics meet held Saturday (Feb. 24) in Kolf Sports
Center.UW-Oshkosh owned four of the top-five finishers on the uneven bars, including Teresa Phipps (Jr. • Rocky Mount, N.C.) who won the event with a score of 9.35. The Titans also had Kelly Busacker (So. • LaVista, Neb.) rank third at 8.85, Amy Reidy (Fr. • Franklin) fourth at 8.80 and Brynn Dorsey (Jr. • Oshkosh) fifth at 8.55. UW-Oshkosh dominated the competition on the vault as it took five of the top-six positions. Phipps took first place with a score of 9.525, while Alyssa Lewandowski (Fr. • Linden, N.J.) finished second at 9.30, Vanessa Virbitsky (Jr. • Harrisburg, Pa.) fourth at 9.05, Kim Edson (Sr. • Eastampton, N.J.) fifth at 8.975 and Rachel Morrison (So. • Oswego, Ill.) sixth at 8.80. Phipps turned in two more first-place efforts by posting scores of 9.475 in the floor exercise and 36.85 in the all-around competition. In the floor exercise, the Titans also received a second-place score of 9.125 from Morrison and a fourth-place mark of 8.90 from Edson. Morrison added a third-place score of 34.825 in the all-around competition. Gustavus Adolphus College had one first-place finish as Jaime Tsurusaki compiled a winning score of 8.90 on the balance beam. The Gusties' Christine Askham finished second in the all-around competition with a score of 35.125. In addition to its team score on the uneven bars, UW-Oshkosh registered counts of 45.65 on the vault, 44.05 in the floor exercise and 42.95 on the balance beam. Gustavus Adolphus College scored 43.725 points on the vault, 43.70 on the uneven bars, 42.60 in the floor exercise and 41.55 on the uneven bars. |
Titans Nip Blue Devils
| UW-Stout established a new team scoring record, but
the performance wasn't enough as UW-Oshkosh edged the host Blue Devils,
178.425-178.325, in a women's gymnastics meet held Friday (Feb. 16)
in Menomonie. Teresa Phipps (Jr. • Rocky Mount, N.C.) led UW-Oshkosh with first-place scores of 9.60 on the vault and 9.25 on the uneven bars. She also finished second in the all-around competition with a count of 36.425. The Titans picked up another first-place finish when Rachel Morrison (So. • Oswego, Ill.) won the floor exercise with a score of 9.40. She also placed fourth on the vault with a mark of 9.20. UW-Oshkosh's best event was the vault. The Titans scored 46.75 points on the apparatus by owning five of the top six individual listings. In addition to Phipps and Morrison, UW-Oshkosh had Alyssa Lewandowski (Fr. • Linden, N.J.) place second with a score of 9.425, Vanessa Virbitsky (Jr. • Harrisburg, Pa.) third with a tally of 9.375 and Kim Edson (Sr. • Eastampton, N.J.) sixth with a mark of 9.15. UW-Oshkosh completed its top results with Amy Reidy's (Fr. • Franklin) third-place score of 8.95 on the uneven bars, Kelly Busacker's (So. • LaVista, Neb.) third-place sum of 8.975 on the balance beam, Brynn Dorsey's (Jr. • Oshkosh) fifth-place amount of 8.75 on the uneven bars and Stefanie Armstrong's (Fr. • Kennesaw, Ga.) fifth-place value of 9.15 in the floor exercise. UW-Stout set its new scoring mark by totaling 45.65 points in the floor exercise, 45.30 on the balance beam, 45.125 on the vault and 42.25 on the uneven bars. Ashley Timm paced the Blue Devils with first-place scores of 36.90 in the all-around competition and 9.525 on the balance beam. |
NCAA Division I Teams
Oust Titans At Tar Heel Invitational
 The UW-Oshkosh women's gymnastics team competed against
four NCAA Division I squads and the result was a fifth-place finish
at the Tar Heel Invitational held Sunday (Feb. 11) in Chapel Hill,
N.C.Host University of North Carolina won the five-team meet with 194.525 points, while North Carolina State University finished second with 193.975, George Washington University (D.C.) third with 190.975, James Madison University (Va.) fourth with 183.15 and UW-Oshkosh fifth with 182.325. UW-Oshkosh's team score was its highest of the season, surpassing a mark of 178.925 established on Jan. 26 against UW-La Crosse. The Titans also recorded season bests of 46.825 on the vault, 46.625 in the floor exercise and 46.30 on the balance beam. Teresa Phipps (Jr. • Rocky Mount, N.C.) led UW-Oshkosh with three top-16 listings. She finished 12th on the vault with a score of 9.675, 13th in the floor exercise with a mark of 9.60 and 16th on the balance beam with a count of 9.375. The Titans' Vanessa Virbitsky (Jr. • Harrisburg, Pa.) had a pair of 20th-place finishes as she scored 9.50 on the vault and 9.35 in the floor exercise. UW-Oshkosh's Kelly Busacker (So. • LaVista, Neb.) ranked 14th on the balance beam with a score of 9.425, while Kim Edson (Sr. • Eastampton, N.J.) and Darlene Herrmann (Fr. • Newton, N.J) tied for 18th on the balance beam with a mark of 9.35. The Titans also received a 19th-place score of 9.05 on the uneven bars from Amy Reidy (Fr. • Franklin). University of North Carolina's Christine Robella was the meet's individual standout. She compiled winning scores of 39.00 in the all-around competition, 9.90 in the floor exercise and 9.825 on the vault. Amanda Jones of North Carolina State University took first place on the uneven bars with a score of 9.825, while teammate Christine Nguyen grabbed first place on the balance beam with a mark of 9.85. |
Titans Finish Third At Gershon/McLellan Invitational
 Vanessa Virbitsky (Jr. • Harrisburg,
Pa.) finished fifth and Rachel Morrison (So. • Oswego, Ill.)
seventh in the all-around competition as the UW-Oshkosh women's gymnastics
team placed third at the Gershon/McLellan Invitational held Friday
(Feb. 2) in La Crosse. NCAA Division I Southeast Missouri State University won the six-team event with 190.85 points, while host UW-La Crosse finished second with 182.05 and UW-Oshkosh third with 177.925. Rounding out the team scoring were fourth-place Winona State University (Minn.) with 177.35 points, fifth-place UW-Stout with 176.425 and sixth-place UW-Eau Claire with 172.95. Virbitsky accumulated 36.575 points in the all-around competition while placing fifth on the balance beam and in the floor exercise with scores of 9.375 and 9.45, respectively. She also finished 11th on the vault with a score of 9.30. Morrison compiled 36.025 points in the all-around competition while ranking sixth on the balance beam with a score of 9.325 and 11th in the floor exercise with a mark of 9.325. UW-Oshkosh also received a pair of top-14 finishes from Kim Edson (Sr. • Eastampton, N.J.). Edson ranked seventh on the balance beam with a score of 9.30 and 14th in the floor exercise with a tally of 9.25. Other UW-Oshkosh results had Darlene Herrmann (Fr. • Newton, N.J.) list 16th on the balance beam with a score of 9.05, Teresa Phipps (Jr. • Rocky Mount, N.C.) 11th on the uneven bars with a mark of 8.90 and Kelly Busacker (So. • LaVista, Neb.) 18th on the uneven bars with a count of 8.475. UW-Oshkosh's team score was its second-highest of the season. The performance included a season-best score of 45.80 on the balance beam and a 44.90 on the vault. Southeast Missouri State University swept the individual awards with five first-place finishes. The Redhawks owned the top-five finishers on the uneven bars and the top-four finishers in the floor exercise. Southeast Missouri State University's Sandra Blake captured the all-around title with a score of 38.675. She also won the balance beam with a score of 9.70 and the vault with a mark of 9.80. Blake tied teammate Jena Nguyen for first place in the floor exercise with a tally of 9.70. |
Eagles Fly Away From Titans
 Despite four first-place performances
by Teresa Phipps (Jr. • Rocky Mount, N.C.), the UW-Oshkosh women's
gymnastics team lost a 181.125-178.925 decision to 10-time defending
WIAC champion UW-La Crosse on Friday (Jan. 26) in La Crosse.
Phipps won the all-around competition with a score of 36.55 while posting winning marks of 9.55 in the floor exercise, 9.525 on the uneven bars and 9.60 on the vault. She tied UW-La Crosse's Gabi Hooper for the top listing on the vault. UW-La Crosse captured one first-place finish outright as Mackenzie Howard scored 9.60 points on the balance beam. UW-Oshkosh's Vanessa Virbitsky (Jr. • Harrisburg, Pa.) added three top-six finishes by placing third in the floor exercise with a score of 9.30, third on the balance beam with a mark of 9.225 and sixth on the uneven bars with a count of 8.525. Virbitsky tied for third place in the floor exercise with UW-La Crosse's Kelsey Matula. The Titans also had Alyssa Lewandowski (Fr. • Linden, N.J.) finish third on the vault with 9.35 points, Kelly Busacker (So. • LaVista, Neb.) fourth on the uneven bars with 8.85, Darlene Herrmann (Fr. • Newton, N.J.) fourth on the balance beam with 9.15 and Brynn Dorsey (Jr. • Oshkosh) fifth on the uneven bars with 8.575. UW-La Crosse owned four second-place results as Hooper scored 9.475 points in the floor exercise, Kasey Clausen 8.90 on the uneven bars, Jackie LaFleur 34.95 in the all-around competition and Kelsey Matula 9.325 on the balance beam. UW-Oshkosh recorded its highest team score of the season by totaling 45.925 points in the floor exercise, 45.45 on the vault, 43.90 on the balance beam and 43.65 on the uneven bars. UW-La Crosse compiled 46.40 points in the floor exercise, 46.375 on the vault, 45.875 on the balance beam and 42.475 on the uneven bars. |
Titans Fend Off Warriors
| Teresa Phipps (Jr. • Rocky Mount,
N.C.) tallied three first-place finishes as UW-Oshkosh defeated Winona
State University (Minn.), 171.875-165.30, in a dual meet held Friday
(Jan. 19) in Kolf Sports Center. Phipps took first place in the all-around competition with a score of 36.95 and posted the top listing on the uneven bars and vault with marks of 9.35 and 9.40, respectively. She also placed second on the balance beam with a score of 8.95 and third in the floor exercise with a mark of 9.25. UW-Oshkosh picked up another first-place finish when Rachel Morrison (So. • Oswego, Ill.) scored 9.35 points in the floor exercise. Morrison also finished sixth on the uneven bars with a mark of 7.85. UW-Oshkosh's Alyssa Lewandowski (Fr. • Linden, N.J.) contributed a pair of top-five finishes as she placed second on the vault with a score of 9.325 and fifth in the floor exercise with a count of 8.95. The Titans also had Darlene Herrmann (Fr. • Newton, N.J.) finish third on the balance beam with a score of 8.675. Fourth-place efforts went to Brynn Dorsey (Jr. • Oshkosh) on the uneven bars with a score of 8.125, Kim Edson (Sr. • Eastampton, N.J.) in the floor exercise with a mark of 9.00 and Gretchen Fackelman (Fr. • St. Louis, Mo.) on the vault with a count of 8.70. UW-Oshkosh received a fifth-place score of 7.95 on the uneven bars from Kelly Busacker (So. • LaVista, Neb.). The lone Winona State University first-place finish went to Eileen Strube on the balance beam with a score of 9.15. |
Warhawks Overtake Titans
| The UW-Whitewater women's gymnastics team outscored
UW-Oshkosh by five points in the last rotation to post a 175.825-171.075
victory over the Titans on Friday (Jan. 12) in Whitewater.
UW-Oshkosh held a 130.975-130.40 lead going into the last rotation, but the Warhawks rallied for the win after scoring 45.425 points in the floor exercise while the Titans scored just 40.10 points on the balance beam. Teresa Phipps (Jr. • Rocky Mount, N.C.) led UW-Oshkosh with a pair of first-place finishes. She won the floor exercise with a score of 9.60 and the vault with a mark of 9.15. Phipps also placed third in the all-around competition with a count of 35.80 and third on the uneven bars with a tally of 8.90. Rachel Morrison (So. • Oswego, Ill.) contributed two third and two fourth-place finishes for the Titans. Morrison placed third on the balance beam with a score of 8.375 and the vault with a mark of 8.70. She also finished fourth in the all-around competition with a score of 34.80 and in the floor exercise with a mark of 9.275. UW-Oshkosh's remaining individual results were highlighted by Kelly Busacker's (So. • LaVista, Neb.) second-place score of 9.125 on the uneven bars and Amy Reidy's (Fr. • Franklin) fifth-place tally of 33.075 in the all-around competition. Reidy also scored 8.875 in the floor exercise to share sixth place with teammate Alyssa Lewandowski (Fr. • Linden, N.J.). Both squads accumulated their highest event in the floor exercise as the Warhawks tallied 45.425 points and the Titans 45.25. UW-Whitewater also scored 44.125 points on the uneven bars to set a school record. UW-Whitewater, which registered its first dual meet victory over UW-Oshkosh in four seasons, had Tracy Cummings and Ashley George combine for three first-place finishes. George won the balance beam with a score of 9.25 and the uneven bars with a mark of 9.375, while Cummings won the all-around competition with a count of 36.10. |
Titans Edge Pipers In Season Opener
| The UW-Oshkosh women's gymnastics team opened its
2007 season with a narrow 166.875-166.35 victory over Hamline University
(Minn.) on Friday (Jan. 5) in St. Paul, Minn. UW-Oshkosh's Vanessa Virbitsky (Jr. • Harrisburg, Pa.) recorded the highest all-around score in the meet with a count of 33.65 and the top performance on the balance beam with a mark of 8.70. She also finished third in the floor exercise with a score of 8.70 and sixth on the vault with a tally of 9.00. UW-Oshkosh picked up two other victories in the contest as Teresa Phipps (Jr. • Rocky Mount, N.C.) won the floor exercise and uneven bars with scores of 9.00 and 8.75, respectively. She also tied Virbitsky for sixth place on the vault with a score of 9.00. UW-Oshkosh's lone second-place finish went to Rachel Morrison (So. • Oswego, Ill.) in the floor exercise with a score of 8.75. Morrison added a fourth-place finish on the balance beam with a mark of 7.925. The Titans also had Gretchen Fackelman (Fr. • St. Louis, Mo.) finish third on the balance beam with a score of 8.35, Alyssa Lewandowski (Fr. • Linden, N.J.) fourth on the vault with a mark of 9.125 and Amy Reidy (Fr. • Franklin) third in the all-around competition with a count of 32.725, fifth on the uneven bars with score of 8.05 and sixth on the balance beam with a tally of 7.65. Hamline University owned four of the top five rankings on the vault, including Brynn Stenslie's winning score of 9.20. UW-Oshkosh compiled a team score of 44.50 on the vault for its best event of the meet. Last year, UW-Oshkosh opened its season with a 169.325-167.475 victory over Hamline University. |