NEW ROCHELLE, NY— The No. 15 Iona University acrobatics & tumbling team registered its third win of the season in a 262.710-247.860 victory over Presbyterian College in a National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association matchup at the Hynes Center. The Gaels won five of the six events on Sunday afternoon.
 

COMPULSORY

Iona took the opening event 36.55-30.95 after posting the high score in three of the four heats. A standout Pyramid heat with a score 9.90 out of 10 highlighted the first event for the Gaels.

ACRO

The Gaels won the second event 28.15-24.65 with the Seven-Element heat being the top score with a 9.65.

PYRAMID

The Gaels swept the three Pyramid heats going 9.70/9.80/9.90 for a total 29.40 out of 30.00 points going into the halftime intermission. 

TOSS

Iona won the toss by a narrow margin over the Blue Hose with a 26.50-25.25 total.

TUMBLING

Iona swept all six heats of the tumbling portion of the meet, 54.050-50.300. The Gaels ended the event strong with back-to-back 9.50 heat scores. Freshman Olivia Montalbano in the Six-Element Pass and graduate Athena Martinez in the Open Pass closed out the event with stellar performances.

TEAM EVENT

In the finale, the scoring for the team event was separated by just .50 as Presbyterian earned a slight 88.56-88.06 event win.

THE LINEUP

#1 Georgia Mason, freshman
#2 Athena Martinez, graduate student
#3 Annabella Cicci, freshman
#4 Alyssa Lentz, junior
#5 Liz Janeiro, freshman
#6 Teresa Jennings, freshman
#7 Brooke O'Brien, freshman
#8 Rachelle Ricafranca, freshman
#9 Olivia Montalbano, freshman
#10 Bella St. Louis, freshman
#11 Samantha Gonzalez, freshman
#14 Sophia Huertas, freshman
#22 Nicole Bonnett, freshman
#23 Jenna Roby, freshman
#26 Rebecca Lane, junior
#27 Alia Ellis, freshman
#31 Portia Dryden, freshman
#43 Gia Arias, freshman
#45 Emma Kelley, freshman

UP NEXT

The Gaels enjoy a nice break before hitting the road on Saturday, March 23 with a matchup at No. 3 Quinnipiac. The dual meet is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at M&T Bank Arena.