Pitt to Compete at Maryland Five Meet
3/5/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
Live Stats | Live Video ($) | Meet Notes
PITTSBURGH – The University of Pittsburgh gymnastics team will head to College Park, Md., for its final multi-team meet of the season. Pitt will compete against Texas Woman’s University, Yale, George Washington and the host team, Maryland. The meet will begin at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 6.
MULTIMEDIA
Live stats and a live video feed ($) will be available for viewing during the meet.
SERIES HISTORY
Pitt leads the all-time series against three of its four opponents on Sunday. The Panthers are 15-10 all-time against George Washington and 8-1 against Yale. The Panthers’ win over Texas Woman’s on Feb. 20 gave them a 2-1 advantage in the overall series with the Pioneers. Pitt is 20-34 against the Terrapins all-time, including a narrow loss on Jan. 10 earlier this season.
LAST TIME OUT
Pitt returned home from Columbus, Ohio last weekend with a third-place against Ohio State and Eastern Michigan, scoring a 193.450. The Panthers posted a season-best 48.700 on vault for the second consecutive meet.
Senior Lindsay Offutt recorded Pitt’s highest finish of the meet, coming in fourth in the all-around with a 39.000. Offutt tied with teammate Tracey Pearson for a fifth-place finish on beam with a score of 9.750. Meanwhile, senior Tiara Chadran posted a career-high on bars (9.725) and junior Erika Reichert earned a season-best score on beam (9.675) and a career-best on vault (9.775).
NATIONAL RANKS
Pitt currently ranks in the top-50 in three different events and in the all-around. The panthers sit tied for 45th in the nation on bars (48.540), rank 47th on floor (48.710) and 48th on vault (48.460). In the all-around Pitt is 49th with an RQS of 193.565.
Individually, Offutt ranks 26th in the nation in the all-around with an RQS of 39.160. The senior is also in the top-50 on both beam and floor.
Qualification for regional competition is based on a team's and an all-around competitor's six best regular-season-meet scores, of which three must be away. To obtain the regional qualifying score (RQS), the high score is eliminated and the remaining five scores are averaged. Teams with a "0.0" RQS have not yet competed enough meets to compute an RQS.
SCOUTING MARYLAND
Maryland enters this weekend’s meet after scoring its highest score of the season at the George Washington Quad Meet last week. The Terps posted a 196.025 overall score and earned their highest floor score, a 49.175.
Maryland is currently ranked 37th in the nation with an RQS of 194.715.
SCOUTING TWU
Pitt will face Texas Woman’s University for the second time this season at the Maryland Five Meet. The Panthers defeated the Pioneers just two weekends ago. Last weekend, TWU defeated Centenary, 192.625-187.800.
TWU ranks 57th in the nation and comes to Maryland with an RQS of 191.885.
SCOUTING YALE
Yale enters this weekend’s meet after a successful weekend at the Ivy Classic. The squad achieved their highest team score since 2001 on bars with a 48.675. They finished third overall behind Brown and Cornell, but defeated Penn.
Yale falls in at 67th in the nation with an RQS of 190.885.
SCOUTING GEORGE WASHINGTON
George Washington travels the short distance to Maryland after falling to NC State on Friday. The Wolfpack defeated the Colonials 196.175-195.800.
George Washington will enter the competition at No. 21 in the country, the highest ranking of all teams competing in the meet. The Colonials boast an RQS of 195.765.
EAGL CHAMPIONSHIP
Pitt is two weeks away from welcoming conference members George Washington, New Hampshire, North Carolina, NC State and Towson to the Fitzgerald Field House for the 2016 EAGL Championships. The six-team meet is set to begin at 2 p.m. on March 19 and will be broadcast live on ESPN3.
The Panthers will host the championships for the second time in four years. The last time Pitt hosted was in 2012.
General admission seating for adults is $15, while youth/senior tickets are $10. Groups of 15 or more can purchase tickets at a rate of $5 per ticket.
Tickets to the event are now available on PittsburghPanthers.com or through the Panthers Ticket Office at 1-800-643-PITT (7488). General admission tickets are available online, while youth/senior tickets are only available by calling the Panthers Ticket Office or at the door on the day of the event. Group rate tickets must be purchased in advance.
UP NEXT
Pitt will travel to West Virginia on Friday, before welcoming the Mountaineers on Sunday for senior day.
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