Temple edges Gymnastics for second time this year
One wouldn't think gymnastics meets could get any closer than they did on Feb. 7, when Temple edged Penn by just eight-tenths of a point.
But in the rematch between these two squads, the score was closer -- more than ten times closer to be exact.
Once again Penn's cross-town rivals came away with a victory, this time winning by an agonizingly close 0.075, with a final score of 190.400-190.325. The loss marked the Quakers' final home meet of the season.
The meet didn't come down to who won more events, as both teams won two, but rather who performed better in events they did not win.
The Owls took the vault competition, garnering a score of 47.825 on the apparatus.
Temple sophomore Alexis Zafferes posted the highest score on the vault for the meet.
Penn's best vaulter was sophomore Laura Bouchelle, finishing third overall in the event with a 9.575.
Temple also claimed victory on the uneven bars.
The Owls delivered a 47.825 on the apparatus despite having only the third best individual score in the event.
Red and Blue junior Christy Green posted the highest bars score of the afternoon, notching a career-best 9.8.
Sophomore Christina Anzalone took silver on the bars after scoring a 9.75.
The Quakers were able to win the balance beam competition with a 47.300.
Penn junior Tricia Chan and sophomore Leah Moon tied for the best beam score of the meet with a 9.65. With this score, Chan set a new career high on the apparatus.
Scoring a 48.7, the Red and Blue also took victory in the floor competition.
While the event was won by Temple's Cicely Warrington, two Quakers -- freshman Desirae Gaspero and junior Green -- took second in event with a 9.75.
Moon also won the all-around competition with a score of 37.85.
-- David Burrick
Eveland propels W. Golf to second at G'town Invite
Led by a strong duo of sophomores, the Penn women's golf team surged to a second place finish at the Georgetown Invitational.
Laura Eveland led the way, placing second overall to finish the two-day event with a combined score of 150. The sophomore from Radnor, Pa., finished the second day with a 74.
Eveland was not the only one to excel at the event, however -- this was one of the best weekend's in Penn women's golf history.
Saturday afternoon, the Quakers shot a team-record 317. But that did not satisfy the Quakers. Penn followed the first day-showing with Sunday's 314.
Perennial Ivy-favorite Princeton won the event overall, scoring a 603. Penn finished the two-day event nine shots behind the Tigers at 612.
Princeton rallied from a two-stroke deficit on the second day of the Invitational to outpace the field. Host-Georgetown finished third overall with a 638 and Long Island fourth at 640.
Penn sophomore Melissa Aylor took fourth individually at the event, shooting a 152 overall and 78 on the second day.
The Quakers travel to Williamsburg, Va., this weekend to compete in the William and Mary Invitational.
-- Zachary Silver
Five Penn fencers combine for ninth at NCAA Champs
Colorado's worst snow storm in 90 years wasn't enough to stop members from the Penn men's and women's fencing teams, who tallied 56 victories on the weekend at the NCAA Championships.
The event -- held at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs -- featured 144 of the best collegiate fencers in the nation, representing 31 different schools.
Penn sent five fencers to NCAAs -- foils Yale Cohen and Andrew Radu, epees Michael Sanders and Jean Goto, and sabre Kate Zimmerly.
Cohen, who stood in fifth place at the end of the first day of competition, won 16 bouts overall, finishing in sixth place. That was good enough for a spot on the second-team All-America squad.
Cohen's foil teammate, Radu, finished 14th overall, notching 10 victories.
Sitting in 12th place after day one, Sanders, a freshman, finished 16th overall after tallying nine wins.
On the women's side, Goto joined Cohen on the All-America team as an honorable mention after winning 13 bouts, good enough for ninth place.
Zimmerly placed 18th in the women's sabre field, winning eight of her bouts.
This combined effort of Penn's five fencers placed them as the 11th best team overall.
The national championship went to Notre Dame, who edged out defending champion Saint John's by just three points.
Columbia was the best Ivy League team, finishing fifth, just ahead of sixth-place Princeton.
-- David Burrick
