West Chester Hits Season-High Score in Win Over Bridgeport 193.175-192.200

WCU vs. BRIDGEPORT STAT SHEET

WEST CHESTER, PA – Senior Sarah Eskew (Pittsburgh, Pa.) shined on Senior Day as host West Chester earned a 193.175-192.200 victory over Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) foe Bridgeport in a dual meet inside the Sturzebecker Health Science Center Saturday afternoon.
 
West Chester's team score of 193.175 was a season-best for the Golden Rams fueled by season-best scores on both the balance beam and the floor exercise in the last two rotations of the day.
 
Eskew opened up her senior meet with a pair of wins on both the vault and the uneven bars. Her score of 9.700 on the vault topped the field while her 9.675 was the winning score on the bars.
 
Freshman Aly Sobczak (Pittsgrove, N.J.) was fifth on the vault while teammates Gianna Smith (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Jaslyn McComeskey (Swarthmore, Pa.) tied for sixth with a 9.550 each.
 
Eskew's 9.675 helped West Chester sweep the top three spots on the bars. Smith was second with a 9.650, and Melina Ringas (Glen Allen, Va.) tied for third with a 9.625. West Chester's team score of 48.150 on the bars marked the second time this year that the Golden Rams went over 48 on the season.
 
West Chester put up a season-high 48.425 on the balance beam powered by a pair of individual season-best efforts out of the first two. EmmaGrace Kelly (Tampa, Fla.) posted a 9.750 to tied for second place while Anna Lacey (Bethlehem, Pa.), and Tatum McGuinn (Glen Mills, Pa.) each scored a 9.700 to tie for fourth. Lacey's score was a season-best for the senior. Classmate Macarthy Keane (Trumbull, Conn.) posted a season-best score of 9.65 as well.
 
Senior Karah Vargo (Ft. Myers, Fla.) hit a career-high on the floor exercise with a score of 9.625. Junior Lydia Stoner (Palmyra, Pa.) led off on the floor with a 9.750 to tie teammate  Catherine Keener (Holly Springs, N.C.) for third overall in the final event of the afternoon. Corinne Gruber (Boyertown, Pa.) followed up with a 9.800. Lacey posted a 9.825 to round out an excellent showing on the floor. Lacey, Gruber, Stoner, Keener swept the top four spots in that event. The squad's 48.650 was the second-best score of the year on the floor.
 
Smith competed in the all-around finishing second with a 37.650 combined score.
 
West Chester returns to the gym next Saturday night when the Golden Rams head to Philadelphia for the annual Pink Invitational.