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Craig Houtz

Nittany Lions Head to New Hampshire for Regular Season Finale

DURHAM, N.H. - The Penn State women's gymnastics team heads to New Hampshire for a quad meet to close out the regular season on Sunday.
 
The Nittany Lions will face off with New Hampshire, Brown and Southern Connecticut State beginning at 2 p.m.
 
The meet will be streamed live on Watch ESPN.
 
HOW TO FOLLOW
 
Watch ESPN | Live Results
 
A LOOK BACK AT THE PSU QUAD MEET
 
The Nittany Lions placed second on the night with a team score of 195.225, upsetting No. 21 Southern Utah.
 
The day started on vault, where the team posted a 48.950 score. Senior Lauren Bridgens shared the team lead with a 9.825 score.
 
On bars, Cassidy Rushlow recorded her first 9.9 score of the year to place second in the event. Senior Alissa Bonsall recorded a 9.850 in her final appearance in Rec Hall.
 
Making her competition debut on her senior night, Dymiana Cox recorded a 9.750 on beam in a special moment in her final home meet. Freshman Isabella Salcedo led the Nittany Lions with a 9.825.
 
The night ended on floor,, where the Nittany Lions recorded their best score of the night with a 49.275. Isabella Salcedo added another big performance with her second 9.925 score this year. Bridgens and Rushlow recorded matching 9.875 scores. Senior Melissa Astarita continued her long run of 9.8+ scores with a 9.80 in her final home meet.
 
Racking Up the 9.9s
  
The Nittany Lions have added 16 additions to their 9.9 wall, with Isabella Salcedo recording five 9.9 scores, Lauren Bridgens earning four 9.9 scores and Alissa Bonsall earning two. Kourtney Chinnery (vault), Nikki Beckwith (bars), Jessica Johanson (vault) and Cassidy Rushlow (bars) have each recorded one 9.9 score.
 
NEW FACES 
  
Penn State added eight athletes to the roster for the 2022 season. Isabella Salcedo and Elina Vihrova were named Big Ten Gymnasts to Watch ahead of their first meet as Nittany Lions. The duo is among seven gymnasts in Penn State's freshman class. Penn State also welcomed sophomore Sarah Duhe, a transfer from the University of Alabama.