After tying its highest season season-opening score ever last week, Maryland is off to an impressive start this season. Notable routines were Natalie Martin’s anchoring Yurchenko one-and-a-half and Rhea LeBlanc’s 9.875 on bars. This week The Terps will be looking to dial in on some of last week’s mistakes. Maddie Komoroski, who has the potential to break into the 9.9s on beam, only went 9.075 last week. Hailey Merchant and Emma Silberman had uncharacteristic mistakes on bars and are both capable of breaking into the 9.8s.
Rutgers is coming off a 194.650 at last week’s home quad meet. The Scarlet Knights had great routines on the leg events (including a floor score that beat Oregon State) anchored by Emily Leese’s 9.925, but bars remains a weak event for them after just cracking into the 48s last week.
I’m also wondering if travel fatigue could play a role in Rutger’s overall team performance. After just making it back from Monday’s canceled MLK day meet in Tennessee, I’m wondering if the quick four-day turnaround back down south could play a role in the team’s performance on Friday so keep that in mind throughout the meet.
Oh, also this is a pride meet! There’s a huge pride flag in the arena and Maryland has sleeveless pride leos. …
