The Penn gymnastics team hosted Brown and Towson at Hutchinson Gym Saturday at 1 p.m. The Quakers finished second with a score of 189.725, falling to Towson, which finished at 192.850. Penn edged out Brown's score of 187.300.
Senior Jordan Brewer was the star for the Red and Blue. She finished second in the all-around competition and tied for first on beam. Her 9.775 score on beam tied the Durham, N.C., native's personal best.
Brewers's balance beam was the only event that was not won by a member of the Towson team. Tigers junior Alise McDonald won three of the five individual events. She finished fifth on beam and came in second to teammate Jackie Schweitzer on parallel bars.
McDonald, a Woodstock, Md., native, is no stranger to the first-place podium. She earned first team All-ECAC honors on vault in 2008.
Penn's Laura DiPaolo finished second on vault behind McDonald.
Two other Quakers finished in the top eight in the all-around competition. Sophomore Elise Bowe took fifth and freshman Rebecca Enberg rounded out the group at number eight.
Up next for the Red and Blue is a Feb. 7 meet at Penn State. Penn will compete against William and Mary, Cornell and host Nittany Lions.
In a Jan. 24 meet at Rutgers, William and Mary edged the Quakers by 1.325 points to take third place out of four teams, dropping the Quakers to the bottom spot.
No. 17 Penn State is coming off of a loss to No. 12 Nebraska in the Cornhusker State.
The Big Red have started their season undefeated but have yet to compete in a meet away from home-base Ithaca.
