By David F. P.
(Team scores based on eyewitness account, verified by Troester, individual scores from Troester. Photo credits David F.P. Please do not use the photos on this site without permission.)

Springfield Massachusetts is the home of the Basketball Hall of Fame, but last Sunday gymnastics the city hosted a rare six way gymnastics meet. Three division 3 teams from the ECAC were present, (Brockport, Springfield, and Ithaca) and two division 2 teams Southern Connecticut, and Bridgeport, as well as Yale from division 1. When all was said and done, each team had their highs and lows, but it would be Southern Connecticut picking up a victory over their cross town neighbor Yale, instate rival Bridgeport, and the division 3 teams as well.

Bridgeport would also score nearly five points higher than they did at the season opener last week. Yale started out last season in 185 range as well, before building up to a variety of higher scores throughout that season. SCSU topped their highest score from last year. Ithaca also opened last season with a similar score, but built a string of much higher scores later on in that season. Brockport’s score was close to some of their earlier scores last year, but they also built higher scores later in the season.

Yale put forward a lineup filled with veterans. Alina Liao lead the way towards a 37.275 all around score and picked up a team high of 9.45 on Vault, and a 9.65 on Floor. Brigitte Kivisto also competed in the all around, picking up a 9.6 on Floor as her top score of the meet. Team captain Kristen Campbell also did the all around and picked up a team high of 9.7 on Floor.

Lauren Tatsuno picked up a string of scores including a 9.5 on Floor, and a 9.575 on Beam, the second highest score of the Yale team. Allison Mak, picked up the team high on 9.65, and a 9.5 on Floor. While the team had some struggles on the Uneven Bars, Laura Lombardi topped the team in the scoring chart with a 9.4. Sarah Hughes returned to the lineup on Floor and posted a solid score. Cynthia Leung and Rookie Sherry Yang also competed on the Bars.

Bridgeport’s lineup was a mix of rookies and veterans. Some Purple Knight Freshmen made an immediate impact. Rookie Lorraine Galow lead the team in the all around with a 37.325 including a team high 9.5 on Beam, and a team high 9.375 on Vault. Fellow rookie Stephanie Morgan also competed in the all around, and picked up the team high 9.6 on the floor.
Veteran Katherine Reitz picked up a 9.35 on floor, fellow returnee Taylor Rut picked up the team’s second highest score on Beam. Brandi Embrey lead the team with a 9.45 on Bars. Rookies Jamie DePaola, Jenamarie Henderson, and Hannah Forti all picked up vault scores of 9 or above, and DePaola had a 9.25 on Floor.

Veterans Leila Behbahani, Shannon Cain, Kelsey Fox, Carissa Huggins all were in the lineup as well, as were rookies Breanna Collins, Sara Doody, Yvette Mirando, and Dina Savoca. UB utilized a much larger lineup from a week ago.

For SCSU, Erika Pysh lead the way with a 37.9 in the all around, composed especially of team leading scores on Floor of 9.825, 9.6 on Beam, and 9.35 on Vault. Bethany Jeffords also contributed all around scores to the Southern cause. Briana DiPinto’s 9.8 on floor was second only to Pysh on Floor, and she also put up a 9.425 on Beam good for second place among the Owls.
Sarah Darst lead the team on the Bars with her 9.6 and rookie Justine Basley was right behind her with a 9.55. Basley also picked up a 9.675 on Floor, and 9.275 on Vault in her first collegiate meet. Nicole Fern was right behind her on floor with a 9.65. Rookie Dana Goodknight scored SoCo’s third highest score on Beam in her debut meet. Brittany Otto only trailed Pysh in scoring on Vault with a 9.3. Fellow returnees, Michelle Guillerault, Sarah Holensworth, Taylor Murray, and Stacey Pirelli also appeared in the lineup and contributed their scores.

For Brockport, Lauren Gildemeyer picked up a 9.775 on floor, and 9.65 on vault on her way to a 37.175 in the All Around. Nicole Fisher was right behind her on floor with a 9.75. Stacy Johnson was the team leader on Beam with a 9.6 Although the golden eagles had some struggles on Bars, Christina Baggetta lead her team with a 9.325. Stephanie Baker picked up the second highest vault score with a 9.325.

For the Bombers of Ithaca, Lauren Marcoux lead her team with a 9.5 on Floor, with Valerie Ierley had a 9.45 right behind her. Despite team struggles on the event, Brianne Sullivan picked up a team leading 9.45 on Beam. Frances Ente lead the team on Bars with a 9.275, and Marcoux also lead the team on Vault.

Moves breakdown. (Please let me know of any errors. I do my best given the resources, knowledge, and time available to me.) (I don’t use much actual terminology in the Uneven Bars section, I’m a bit rusty on the lingo at this point, but will keep working on it.)

YALE
Floor Exercise

HUGHES
Tumbling Pass 1: round off, back handspring, back 2 twists.
split jump with full turn, straddle jump with full turn.
Tumbling Pass 2: front handspring*, front layout, front layout.
(Some sort of switch split leap.), sissone
Tumbling Pass 3: front handspring*, full twist.

MAK
pirouette, split jump with full turn.
Tumbling Pass 1: round off, back handspring, 2 twists.
illusion, walkover into sit, switch split leap, strug.
Tumbling Pass 2: front handspring*, front layout, front layout.
2 turns with leg extended.
Tumbling Pass 3: front handspring*, 1 twist.

CAMPBELL
Tumbling Pass 1: round off, back handspring, double back pike.
Split jump with full turn, straddle jump with full turn.
Switch split into Ring Jump. Wolf jump with full turn,
double stag with turn.
Tumbling Pass 2: front handspring*, front layout, front layout.
front handspring*, (Some sort of pike jump into drop to the
floor.), pirouette.
Tumbling Pass 3: front handspring*, full twist.

TATSUNO
Tumbling Pass 1: Front tuck, round off, back handspring, double back tuck.
split jump with turn, straddle jump with full turn.
Tumbling Pass 2: round off, whipback, 1 1/2 twists.
Wolf with full turn.
Tumbling Pass 3: round off, back handspring, 1 1/2 twists.

KIVISTO
Tumbling Pass 1: front handspring*, 2 twists.
Switch split leap, straddle jump, jump to floor.
Tumbling Pass 2: round off, whipback, 2 1/2 twists.
Wolf jump with full turn. Wolf jump with 1 1/2 twists.
Tumbling Pass 3: round off, back handspring, two twists.

LIAO
Tumbling Pass 1: round off, back handspring, 2 1/2 twist, punch front tuck.
Strug. (Jump to the floor.) Pirouette, Tuck Jump.
Tumbling Pass 2: round off, back handspring, double back pike.
Tumbling Pass 3: round off, 1/2 twist, front full twist.

Vault
MAK
Yurcenko, back layout.

LOMBARDI
Tsukahara, back pike.

CAMPBELL
Yurchenko, back pike.

KIVISTO
Yurchenko, back layout.

LIAO
Yurchenko, back layout.

TATSUNO
Yurchenko, Back Layout.

SCSU
Floor Exercise (I’m not sure about the identifications, except for DiPinto and Pysh, but I took a guess.)

GUILLERAULT?
Tuck jump with full turn.
(Some sort of jump to floor.)
Tumbling Pass 1: round off, back handspring, 2 twists.
Straddle jump, straddle jump with twist, Pirouette.
Tumbling Pass 2: round off, 1/2 twist, full twist.
Tumbling Pass 3: round off, 1/2 twist, punch front layout.

FERN?
Tumbling Pass 1: round off, back handspring, double back tuck.
side straddle, wolf jump with full turn.
Tumbling Pass 2: Ro, front layout, front layout.
Straddle jump, dive roll, sissone, wolf full, straddle
jump full, tuck jump full.
Tumbling Pass 3: round off, back handspring, 1 1/2.

BASLEY?
Tumbling Pass 1: round off, back handspring, double back pike.
Straddle full, wolf full.
Tumbling Pass 2: don’t know…
tuck jump full turn.
Tumbling Pass 3: round off, back handspring, back handspring, 1 1/2 twist.

JEFFORDS?
Tumbling Pass 1: round off, back handspring, double back tuck.
Strug, straddle jump with full turn, headstand with full
turn.
Tumbling Pass 2: round off, full twist, front layout.
(Some sort of jump.), pirouette, wolf jump with full
turn. Straddle jump with full turn, tuck jump with full
turn.
Tumbling Pass 3: front handspring*, front full twist.

DiPINTO
Tuck jump with a full turn.
Tumbling Pass 1: round off, back handspring, double back tuck.
Wolf jump with full turn, straddle jump with full turn.
Pirouette.
Tumbling Pass 2: round off, back handspring, 1 1/2 twist, punch front tuck.
round off, Stag jump, split jump with full turn. Wolf jump with
full turn. Split jump.
Tumbling Pass 3: round off, back handspring, 1 1/2 twist.

PYSH
Tumbling Pass 1: round off, back handspring, double back pike.
Wolf jump with full turn. Straddle jump with full turn.
Wolf jump with full turn. (Some sort of jump.)
Tumbling Pass 2: front handspring*, front twist, punch front layout.
Pirouette. (Aerial roundoff)
Tumbling Pass 3: round off, back handspring, 1 1/2 twist.

Vault

(I’m not sure about the idenfications, but I took a guess.)

FERN?
Tsukahara, 1/2 twist off.

JEFFORDS?
Tsukahara, back layout.

BASLEY?
Tsukahara, back layout.

OTTO?
Tsukahara, back layout.

PYSH?
Tsukahara, back layout.

DIPINTO?
Yurchenko, back layout.

Uneven Bars tidbits.

While watching some of the Uneven Bars routines I saw a Tkatcheve and two front tuck dismounts, as well as dismount where the gymnast swings backward off high bar, and does 1 and a 1/2 twists.

BRIDGEPORT
(I’m afraid I don’t have IDs for these, as I don’t have any form of media guide for Bridgeport.)

Floor Exercise

Routine 1
Wolf full, straddle full.
Tumbling Pass 1: round off, back handspring, double back tuck.
Tumbling Pass 2: front handspring*, front layout, front pike.
Switch split leap. Wolf full. Pirouette.
Tumbling Pass 3: round off, back handspring, 1 1/2 twist.

Routine 2
Tumbling Pass 1: front handspring*, full twist, punch front tuck.
straddle jump, straddle jump with full turn.
Tumbling Pass 2: round off, 1/2 twist, punch front pike.
Tumbling Pass 3: front handspring*, full twist.

Routine 3
Tumbling Pass 1: round off, back handspring, double back pike.
Switch split leap, ring jump.
Tumbling Pass 2: front handspring*, front layout, front layout.
Butterfly, wolf jump with full turn. Pirouette.
Tumbling Pass 3: round off, back handspring, 2 twists.
round off, double stag jump.

Routine 4
Tumbling Pass 1: front handspring*, full twist, punch front tuck.
Valdez, wolf jump with full turn.
Tumbling Pass 2: round off, whipback, 1 1/2 twist.
Strug, wolf jump with full turn. Back walkover into sit,
pirouette.
Tumbling Pass 3: round off, back handspring, 1 1/2 twist, punch front tuck.

Routine 5
Tumbling Pass 1: round off, back handspring, 1 1/2 twist, punch front layout.
Straddle jump with full turn, wolf jump with full turn.
Tumbling Pass 2: round off, 1/2 twist, full twist.
Pirouette, straddle jump, straddle jump with full turn.
Tumbling Pass 3: front handspring*, full twist.

Routine 6
Tumbling Pass 1: round off, back handspring, double back tuck.
Tumbling Pass 2: front handspring*, front layout, front layout.
Switch split leap. Strug, Strug.
Tumbling Pass 3: round off, back handspring, 2 full twists.

Vault
(I’m afraid I don’t have IDs for these, as I don’t have any form of media guide for Bridgeport.)

Routine 1
Yurchenko, back layout.

Routine 2
Yurchenko, back layout.

Routine 3
Tsukahara, back layout.

Routine 4
front handspring, front tuck.

Routine 5
Yurchenko, back pike.

Routine 6
Yurchenko, back layout.

Uneven Bars

Routine 1
Dismount: Front tuck off high bar.

Routine 2
Mounts from low bar.
Grip change on high bar.
Aerial transition from high to low.
Aerial transition from low to high.
Dismount: Front tuck off high bar.

Routine 3
Mount from front of apparatus, over low bar to high bar.
Grip change on high bar.
Jaeger.
Aerial transition from high to low.
Grip change on high bar.
Dismount: Double back tuck off high bar.

Routine 4
Mount from front of apparatus to low bar.
Aerial transition from low to high.
Flip from high to low.
Dismount: Double back tuck off high bar.

Routine 5
Mount from front of apparatus to low bar.
Grip change on highbar.
Aerial transition from high to low.
Aerial transition from low to high.
Dismount: Double back tuck off high bar.

Routine 6
Mount from front of apparatus to low bar.
Gienger.
Grip change on high bar.
Aerial transition from high to low.
Dismount: Double back tuck off high bar.

Bridgeport Beam

Routine A
(Unknown mount, dance moves at beam level, switch split leap, switch split leap with turn, aerial roundoff, round off, pirouette, split jump, tuck jump with turn (fall), 1 1/2 twist dismount.

Routine B Partial
(Mount onto beam, dance moves at beam level, switch split leap, split jump, pirouette, handspring walkout, one handed handspring walkout.

Routine C Partial
(Mount onto beam, dance moves at beam level, back handspring walkout, layout stepout, switch split leap, straddle jump, split jump,

Routine D
(Mount onto Beam, Dance moves at beam level, back handspring, layout stepout, switch split leap, tuck jump with turn, pirouette, split jump, back tuck, split jump with turn, roundoff, two twists dismount.)

Brockport

Vault
Routine A
Yurchenko, back pike.

Routine B
Yurchenko, back tuck.

Routine C
Yurchenko, back layout.

Routine D
Tsukhara, back layout.

Routine E
Yurchenko, full twist off

Beam
Routine A
Mount to beam, roundoff, layout stepout, pirouette, tuck jump with turn, switch split leap, straddle jump, straddle jump, changement, tuck jump with turn, tuck jump wth turn, 1/2 twist from standing sideways on the beam to the side of the beam.

Floor
Routine A
P1: RO, BHS, double back tuck.
Strug, pike jump with turn,
P2: Front handspring*, front layout, front layout.
Pirouette, split jump with turn, tuck jump with turn.
P3: RO, BHS, 1 1/2 twist.

Routine B
P1: RO, BHS, 1 1/2 twist, front tuck.
Pirouette, straddle jump with turn, switch split into side split, split jump with turn.
P2: Front handspring*, front layout, front tuck.
Wolf jump with turn, straddle jump with turn, tuck jump with turn.
P3: RO, BHS, 1 1/2 twist.

Routine C
Wolf jump with turn.
P1: Front handspring*, 1 1/2 twists.
Straddle jump with turn, wolf jump with turn.
P2: RO, 1/2 twist, front layout.
P3: RO, BHS, full twist.
Pirouette, tuck jump with turn.

Routine D

P1: RO, BHS, double back tuck.
Wolf jump with turn, straddle jump, tuck jump with turn, pirouette.
P2: Front handspring*, full twist, front tuck.
(It looks like a reverse valdez from a handspring to sitting position.
P3: RO, BHS, 1 1/2 twist.

Routine E

P1: RO, BHS, double back tuck.
Switch split leap, split jump with turn, wolf jump with turn, straddle jump with turn, turn with leg extended, split jump with turn.
P2: Front handspring*, front layout, front tuck.
Wolf jump with turn. (some sort of jump.)
P3: RO, BHS, 1 1/2 twist.

Routine F
(Some sort of dive to the ground, some type of jump.)
P1: RO, BHS, tuck full in?
Pirouette, straddle jump, tuck jump with turn.
Front walkover.
P2: Front handspring*, full twist,
P3: RO, back layout, double back tuck.

Ithaca

Vault
Routine A
Tsukhara entry, back layout off.

Bars
Routine A
Mount unknown…grip change on high bar, aerial high to low transition, back tuck dismount.

Routine B
Mount from front to low bar, aerial low to high transition, grip change, grip change, aerial high to low transition, back tuck dismount.

Beam
Routine A Partial
Mount unknown…BHS, tuck jump with turn, aerial roundoff?, full back twist off end of the beam dismount.

Routine B
…front 1 1/2 twist dismount off end of the beam.

Routine C
Mount unknown…piroutte, back tuck…, back tuck, switch split leap, straddle jump, wolf jump, changement, tuck jump with turn, front handspring?, straddle jump, dismount sideways off beam, 1/2 twist into back tuck dismount?

Routine D
Front flip onto end of the beam mount, …, BHS walkout, back pike, switch split leap, split jump, back tuck, front full twist off the end of the beam dismount.

Floor
Routine A
Pirouette.
P1: Front handspring*, full twist?
Straddle jump, straddle jump with turn, tuck jump with turn.
P2: RO, full twist.
tuck jump with turn.
P3: RO, back layout, 1 1/2 twist.

Routine B

P1: RO, BHS, double back tuck.
Switch split leap, double stage jump,
P2: Front 1 1/2 twists.
Pirouette, wolf jump with turn, tuck jump with turn. (some other jumps)
P3: RO, 1 1/2 twists, front tuck.

Routine C
Turning handstand.
P1: RO, BHS, 1 1/2 twists, front tuck.
Split jump with turn, straddle jump with turn, tuck jump with turn.
P2: RO, 1/2 twist…
Swith into side split, straddle jump with turn,
P3: Front handspring*, full twist?

Routine D

P1: RO, BHS, 1 1/2 twist, full twist.
Wolf jump with turn, straddle jump with turn,
P2: Front handspring*, 1 1/2 twists.
Strug, wolf jump with turn, RO, double stag jump.
P3: RO, BHS, 1 1/2 twists, front tuck.

Routine E

P1: Front handspring*, 1 1/2 twists.
Switch split into ring jump.
P2: RO, 1/2 twist, front layout, front layout.
Pirouette, wolf jump with turn.
P3: RO, 1/2 twist, full twist.

Routine F
P1: Front handspring*, front layout, 1 1/2 twist.
P2: Front handspring*, full twist, front tuck.
Switch split into ring jump, wolf jump with turn, wolf jump with turn, straddle jump with turn.
P3: RO, back layout, 1 1/2 twist.
(leaps up into the air and looks like she’s doing a sheep jump, but only horizontal instad of vertical.)

Team Scores (based on eyewitness account, verified by Troester.)
SCSU 185.85
Yale 185.225
Brockport 182.875
Springfield 182.4
Bridgeport 181.75
Ithaca 178.725 (Troester 178.775)

Individual Winners

All Around
Erika Pysh SCSU 37.9
Lorraine Galow Bridgeport 37.325
Alina Liao Yale 37.275
Lauren Gildemeyer Brockport 37.175
Brigitte Kivisto Yale 36.775
Stephanie Morgan Bridgeport 36.725

Beam
Allison Mak Yale 9.65
Erika Pysh SCSU 9.6
Stacy Johnson Brockport 9.575
Lauren Tatsuno Yale 9.575
Lorraine Galow Bridgeport 9.5
Brianne Sullivan Ithaca 9.45

Floor
Erika Pysh SCSU 9.825
Briana Dipinto SCSU 9.8
Lauren Gildemeyer Brockport 9.775
Nikki Fisher Brockport 9.75
Audrey Lastra Springfield 9.725
Kristen Campbell Yale 9.7

Bars
Sarah Darst SCSU 9.6
Justine Basley SCSU 9.55
Brandi Embrey Bridgeport 9.45
Laura Lombardi Yale 9.4
Bagetta Brockport 9.325
Frances Ente Ithaca 9.275
Audrey Lastra Springfield 9.275

Vault
Lauren Gildemeyer Brockport 9.65
Ericca Castagna Springfield
Jacqueline Mazzola Springfield
Alina Liao Yale 9.45
Lorraine Galow Bridgeport 9.375
Lauren Tatsuno Yale 9.375