North Carolina and Pittsburgh are the two ACC teams that have not lived up to expectations to this point in the season. Both teams have been dealing with injuries to key contributors and the lack of high quality depth has hurt the scoring potential from both teams. This meet brings an opportunity to turn the page to the middle of the season against similar level competition with NQS season looming.
While there are injuries to stars, there are still plenty of routines to look out for. Pittsburgh freshmen Emily Todd has scored 9.9 on bars already this season and has a great jaeger to keep a lookout for. Todd’s fellow Great Britain native Hallie Copperwheat is still working back from offseason surgery, but her beam is still the routine to watch. For the Tar Heels, Kaya Forbes has had some better landings on her Yurchenko one and a half this season and it could be the highlight vault tonight. Julia Knower is hitting her stride on floor, which is her strongest event, and will be the last to go in the third rotation.
Rotation 1: Pittsburgh vault, North Carolina bars
Madsø (PIT): Leg separation and pike in the hips on her Yfull. Landed with her chest down and took a step on the landing. 9.725
Knower (UNC): Big leg separation on the geinger and smaller one on…
