West Chester Tops SUNY Cortland in Dual Meet

Meet Results

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – West Chester won three of the four events, and posted a 49 on the floor exercise, en route to a 192.425-188.025 victory over SUNY Cortland Sunday afternoon inside the Sturzebecker Health Science Center.
 
Junior Jessica Meakim (Downingtown, Pa.) posted a 38.875 in the all-around, winning the floor exercise with a 9.875. Her score was the highest amongst two other teammates, who also scored north of 9.8 on the floor. Rose Fanara (Fredericksburg, Va.) was right behind Meakim with a 9.85, and McKenna Kissinger (Chambersburg, Pa.) was third with a career-high 9.825.
 
Junior Yoli Nodarse (Pompton Plains, N.J.) won the uneven bars as host West Chester swept the top three spots in that event as well. Nodarse posted a 9.775, which climbed past Meakim's 9.725 and Ashley Duke's (Fredericksburg, Va.) 9.7.
 
Freshman Kiah Johnson (Philadelphia, Pa.) won the vault with a score of 9.65. She led a pair of teammates in that category as the Golden Rams once again swept the top three spots. Meakim was runner-up with a 9.6 while Kissinger was third with a 9.575.
 
SUNY Cortland posted a season-best team score of 188.025 Sunday while junior Emma Schulz won the balance beam with a score of 9.8.
 
West Chester travels to The Palestra in Philadelphia for a quad meet with host UPenn, ECAC rival Bridgeport and William & Mary at 11 a.m. next Sunday.