Gymnastics comes in last at Penn
The gymnastics team finished fourth of four teams at the Ivy Classic at the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday. Brown had a total of 186.975 points, behind first-place finisher University of Pennsylvania with 191.550 points, Cornell with 190.600 points and Yale, with 190.550 points.
Despite the result, Brown earned its highest point total of the season. Bruno also had several fantastic individual performances on the day.
Alicia Sacramone '10 continued her strong performance with a 9.875 score on the beam, a new school record. Sacramone also dominated in the all-around - her 39.250 mark was a meet-best and also a school record.
Sacramone became the first gymnast in the history of the Ivy League to place first on every event en route to winning the all-around. Her high marks on the beam tied the meet record and her score in the all-around set a new meet record.
Sacramone was not the only Bear to perform well on the vault. Alanna Kwoka '10 and Jennifer Sobuta '09 did well with scores of 9.550 and 9.500 respectively, helping Bruno finish with a 46.650 score.
The Bears posted a 47.200 score on the bars with Sacramone grabbing first place with a 9.775 mark. Hannah Goldstein '08 tallied a personal best score of 9.625.
Brown next travels to New Haven to take on Yale on Saturday, March 3 at 1 p.m.
- Justin Goldman
M. squash finishes 13th at Team Nationals
The men's squash team finished their season by taking 13th at the Team Nationals held at Yale this weekend. Competing in the Hoehn Division, Brown suffered an agonizing 5-4 loss to Bowdoin College. The Bears' No. 1 and 2 players, Daniel Petrie '07 and Edward Cerullo '08, won their matches in three straight sets, but the Polar Bears swept the next four spots. Brown managed to win at the seventh spot with the effort of Jacob Winkler '09, but Bowdoin snagged the eighth-position victory to secure the team win.
The Bears then faced the University of Rochester and delivered a powerful performance, defeating their opponents by 8-1. Although Petrie lost in the No. 1 position, Bruno's other players won their respective matches.
At the end of the weekend, Brown took on the United States Naval Academy and suffered a devastating 8-1 loss. No. 5 Patrick Haynes '07 was the only Bear to win his match.
- Madeleine Marecki
