By David F.P.
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February 16th, 2008 (Scores from eyewitness accounts and Troester.)

NEW HAVEN, CT- There were a lot of highs and lows for both teams in a meet where Rutgers would win over Yale 188.25 to 188.20 in front of a sizeable crowd in the Lee Amphitheater. Among the highs though was the send off for Yale’s four seniors, captain Kristen Campbell, Laura Lombardi, Cynthia Leung, and Katherine Yao were honored for their contributions to the team throughout the past four years. Campbell is headed to Psychology graduate school, and Lombardi, Leung, and Yao are pursuing medical school.

Turning to the action itself, Rutgers pulled out to a lead with some strong Vault and Bars scores, and Yale had a rough Bars rotation. However, Rutgers had lower scores on Beam and Floor, and Yale put together a good Floor routine and an very good Beam routine to close the score and nearly win the meet.

For Yale, Brigitte Kivisto picked up three good scores with a 9.675 on floor (which tied for the top team score of the day), 9.625 on Beam, and a 9.525 on Bars. Alina Liao had a 9.725 to lead the team on beam, and a 9.725 on Bars as well to lead the team and she picked up a 38.05 in the all around. Her Vault and Floor scores were counted towards the team totals as well. Allison Mak had the team’s top vault score of 9.475, as well as a 9.525 on Beam, and solid score on Floor. Lauren Tatsuno tied with Kivisto for the team leading score on Floor, and also picked up a 9.675 on Beam, as well as a 9.425 on Vault.

Of the graduating seniors, Campbell finished up her last home meet with a 9.575 on Floor, and solid scores on Beam and Vault. Lombardi had a 9.65 on Beam to contribute to the high score on that event, and also contributed a 9.0 on bars and a 9.2 on Vault. Leung put up a 9.15 on the Uneven Bars, good for 3rd among Bulldogs, and Yao scored a 9.4, on the floor.

For Rutgers, Laura Sevarino in addition to scoring a 38.35 in the all around, picked up a 9.725 on the Beam, 9.625 on Vault to lead the team, a team leading score of 9.6 on Floor, and a9.4 on Bars. Stephanie Pannick picked up a 9.7 to top the Scarlet Knights in scoring on the Uneven Bars. Alison Hartwig had a 9.775 on the Beam to lead the team on that event.

Latara Northcutt picked up a 9.65 on the Bars, and a 9.5 on vault, as well as a contributing to the Beam score. Prishani Seebadri had the team’s third highest vault score with a 9.45, and contributed to the team’s Bars efforts. Alyssa Lewandowki’s 9.45 was the team’s second best Floor score of the afternoon, and she had a 9.425 on Vault as well. Other highlights included Kiah Banfield’s Vault score, Kristy Behr’s Bars contributions, Elizabeth Bohnsack on Floor, Jessica Haddaway on beam, Nicole Rose on Vault, and Maddie Zwiebel on Floor.
Moves

Rutgers Bars
Routine 1
Front mount, grip change, high to low aerial transition, low to high, back tuck dismount.

Routine 2
Front mount, Gienger, aerial transition from high to low, back tuck dismount.

Seebadri
Mount from back to high bar, tkatchev, high to low aerial transition (flips backward from high to low.), low to high, grip change, grip change, back tuck dismount

Schramm
Mount from the front, low to high, grip change, jaeger (straddle) fall. High to low aerial transition, high to low, grip change, back tuck off.

Northcutt
Mount from front, to low immediately to high, grip change, Gienger, high to low aerial, low to high, grip change, back tuck.

Routine 6
Front mount to low bar, aerial transition from low to high bar, Grip change, Grip change, jaeger, aerial transition from high to low, low to high transition, grip change, back tuck off.

Exhibition Routine 1
Front mount to low bar, grip change, Jaeger (pike), aerial transition high to low, low to high, double back layout dismount I believe.

Yale Vault

Yao
front handspring mount, full twist off.

Lombardi
Tsukahara, back layout.

Campbell
Yurchenko, back layout.

Liao
Yurchenko, back layout.

Mak
Yurchenko, back layout.

Tatsuno
Yurchenko, back layout.

Yale Bars

Leung
Mount from the back to the high bar, grip change, grip change, aerial transition from high to low, low to high aerial transition, back tuck dismount.

Hughes
Mount from front I believe, low to high, grip change, grip change, tkatchev fall, high to low aerial, low to high, back tuck off.

Campbell
Mount to low bars, low to high, grip change, gienger fall, high to low aerial transition, back tuck off.

Lombardi
Mount from the back to the high bar, jaeger (pike) fall, Aerial high to low bar, low to high, grip change, back tuck off.

Kivisto
Front mount to lower bar, low to high, grip change, aerial high to low change, low to high, grip change, back layout off.

Liao
Mount from back to high bar, aerial transition from high to low, aerial transition from low to high, back layout off.

Unknown
Mount from back to high bar, (some sort of maneuver I don’t know the name of but looks like a high bar move), aerial high to low transition, grip change on low bar, grip change on low bar, aerial transition low to high fall, low to high, grip change, twisting layout.

Rutgers Vault

One
Yurchenko, back layout.

Two
Front handspring, front tuck.

Seebadri
Looks like a quarter turn on, quarter turn into front tuck I believe.

Four
Front handspring, front tuck.

Northcutt
Yurchenko, back layout

Six
Front handspring, front pike, 1/2 twist.

Exhibition 1
Front handspring, front tuck.

Yale Beam

Campbell
Split jump, back layout step out, pirouette, aerial roundoff, straddle jump, turning, tuck jump, front twisting dismount.

Mak
Flares, illusion, aerial roundoff, layout stepout, wolf jump, back pike off.

Lombardi
Mount onto middle of the beam, split jump, straddle jump, straddle jump,
Back handspring stepout, layout stepout, ring jump, back pike off.

Kivisto
Mount onto middle of beam into handstand, turn while in handstand position into holding onto beam while doing split. Back handspring, into layout stepout. Switch split into Ring Jump. Switch split leap. Straddle jump. Back layout, pirouette. roundoff, 2 twists off.

Tatsuno
Mount unknown, pirouette, switch split leap, straddle jump, back tuck, back handspring, back layout, back pike dismount.

Liao
Mount onto the middle of the beam, wolf jump with turn, one handed layout stepout, layout stepout, cat leap, split jump into straddle jump, aerial roundoff, round off, two twists off.

Unknown Exhibition
Mount unknown. Back tuck, back tuck, pirouette, switch split leap, straddle jump, punch front tuck, fall, turning straddle jump, switch split leap into 1/2 twist dismount.

Rutgers Floor (Dance moves to come later.)

One
Tumbling Pass 1: roundoff, back handspring, double back twist.
Tumbling Pass 2: front handspring*, front layout, front layout.
Tumbling Pass 3: Front 1 1/2 twists.

Two
Tumbling Pass 1: roundoff, back handspring, 2 1/2 twist.
Tumbling Pass 2: front handspring*, front layout, front layout.
Tumbling Pass 3: front handspring*, 1 1/2 twist.

Three
Tumbling Pass 1: Punch front tuck, roundoff, back handspring, double back pike.
Tumbling Pass 2: front handspring*, front twist, front tuck.
Tumbling Pass 3: roundoff, back handspring, double back tuck.

Four
Tumbling Pass 1: front handspring*, front layout, front twist.
Tumbling Pass 2: roundoff, back layout, 1 1/2 twists.
Tumbling Pass 3: front handspring*, front layout, 1/2 twist.

Five
Tumbling Pass 1: roundoff, back handspring, 2 1/2 twists I believe.
Tumbling Pass 2: front handspring*, front twist, front layout.
Tumbling Pass 3: front handspring*, front twist, punch front layout or tuck.

Six
Tumbling Pass 1: roundoff, back handspring, double back tuck.
Tumbling Pass 2: roundoff, back handspring, 1 1/2 twist, punch front tuck.
Tumbling Pass 3: front handspring*, front layout, full twist.

Exhibition One
Tumbling Pass 1: front handspring*, front layout, 1/2 twist.
Tumbling Pass 2: front handspring*, front twist.
Tumbling Pass 3: Front 1 1/2 twist.

Rutgers Beam

One
Mount to the middle of the beam, pirouette, wolf jump with turn, back tuck, back tuck, fall, (handspring roundoff), switch split leap, straddle jump, straddle jump, back tuck off.

Two
Unknown mount, back handspring walk out, layout stepout, tuck jump with turn, switch split leap, (some sort of turning split leap), wolf jump, handspring roundoff, 1 1/2 twist.

Three
Front salto onto beam split leap, straddle jump, straddle jump, front tuck jump, back tuck jump, twist off (at least 1.)

Four
Mount to the middle of the beam, pirouette, back handspring walkout, layout stepout, layout stepout, split jump, (Some sort of turning jump.), full twist dismount.

Five
Mount to middle of the beam, back handspring walkout, layout stepout fall, split leap, straddle jump, straddle jump, switch split into straddle jump, pirouette, full twist dismount.

Six
Mount to middle of the beam. Back handspring walkout, layout stepout fall, straddle jump, back tuck, handspring roundoff, twist off middle of the beam (Not sure how many twists.)

Exhibition One
Mount to the middle of the beam, back handspring walkout, layout stepout, split jump, turning straddle jump fall, pirouette, switch split leap, straddle jump, straddle jump, handspring roundoff, full twist off middle of the beam.

Yale Floor

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.

Yao
Tumbling Pass 1: roundoff, back handspring, 1 1/2 twist, punch front tuck.
Tumbling Pass 2: roundoff, back handspring, full twist.
Tumbling Pass 3: roundoff, back handspring, 2 full twists.

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.
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.

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

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.

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.

Leung Exhibition
Tumbling Pass 1: roundoff, back handspring, 1 1/2 twist.
Pirouette, split jump with turn, wolf jump with turn, tuck jump with turn, cat leap with turn,
Tumbling Pass 2: roundoff, back handspring, full twist
Tumbling Pass 3: front handspring*, front layout, front tuck.