Springfield, Mass. -- February 1, 2009 -- Kayleigh Davis had personal bests on both the floor exercise and on the uneven parallel bars to lead her Springfield College women's gymnastics team to an upset victory, 184.950 - 181.575, over No. 2-ranked Ithaca College this afternoon on Super Bowl Sunday at SC's Blake Arena. Three Springfield College seniors were honored on Senior Day during SC's last home meet of the year. They included Penelope Bohunko (Wilkes Barre, Pa.), Jacqui Mazzola (Framingham, Mass.), and Jenna Williams (Townsend, Mass.).
Davis's scores of 9.70 on floor exercise and 9.00 on uneven parallel bars were the best of her career to date. Davis is a junior from Whitefield, N.H. She tied for first on floor, tied for third on bars, and finished fifth on the beam (9.150).
Others who did very well for Springfield included junior Ericca Castagna (Topsfield, Mass.), who won the vault with a score of 9.60, and who finished tied for fifth on the floor (9.58), as well as Mazzola, who finished second in the vault (9.58), and tied for fifth on the floor (9.58).
Springfield finished extremely well in the vault, finishing 1 through 6.
Ithaca had three take firsts. Senior Frances Ente (Fairfield, Conn.) finished first in the bars (9.43). Junior Brianne Sullivan (Ganesvoort, N.Y.) won the beam (9.55), and junior Emily Graber (St. James, N.Y.) tied for first on floor (9.70).
The Bombers finished 1-2-3 in the balance beam.
Final Score -- Springfield 184.950, Ithaca 181.575
Individual Results
Vault
1) Ericca Castagna (SC) -- 9.600
2) Jacqui Mazzola (SC) -- 9.575
3) Brittany Davis (SC) -- 9.450
4) Christina Pagella (SC) -- 9.350
5) Carly Flynn (SC) -- 9.250
6) Jenna Williams (SC) -- 9.200
Uneven Parallel Bars
1) Frances Ente (IC) -- 9.425
2) Jenna Williams (SC) -- 9.200
T3) Kayleigh Davis (SC) -- 9.000
T3) Emily Graber (IC) -- 9.000
T3) Jessica Bolduc (IC) -- 9.000
T6) Carly Flynn (SC) -- 8.900
T6) Ashley Moreck (SC) -- 8.900
Balance Beam
1) Brianne Sullivan (IC) -- 9.550
2) Sammie Brawn (IC) -- 9.425
3) Justine Picciano (IC) -- 9.375
4) Penelope Bohunko (SC) -- 9.350
5) Kayleigh Davis (SC) -- 9.150
6) Brittany Davis (SC) -- 8.850
Floor Exercise
T1) Kayleigh Davis (SC) -- 9.700
T1) Emily Graber (IC) -- 9.700
3) Christine Pagella (SC) -- 9.650
4) Kailee Spusta (IC) -- 9.600
T5) Jacqui Mazzola (SC) -- 9.575
T5) Carly Flynn (SC) -- 9.575
T5) Ericca Castagna (SC) -- 9.575
All-Around
1) Carly Flynn (SC) -- 35.28
Cheryl Raymond, who will be entering her 34th year as the women's gymnastics coach and assistant professor of physical education at Springfield College in 2013-2014, is one of the top college coaches in the region. Read more.
