Springfield Pride, Brown Bears at Southern Connecticut State University Owls

Saturday, January 16th, 1PM Moore Field House, New Haven, CT

(Scores from Troester)

In an eclectic meet of New England teams, the Divison 1 (Ivy League) Brown Bears, and the Division 3 Springfield Pride travel down to New Haven to meet the Division 2 SCSU Owls. The host team is the only one to give out athletic scholarships within the structure of NCAA divisions. Springfield picked up a 180.675 in their victory last weekend to open the season. Brown and SCSU are opening the season up this week. Each team operates in a different division of the ECAC, though Brown and SCSU share status as being part of the USAG Nationals mix of teams.

Despite that difference the teams have shown themselves to have similar scores in certain areas. In the absence of many meets to draw from this year here are some statistics from last season.

Team High Scores 2009:

SCSU: Team: 189.425 Vault: 47.475 Bars: 46.800 Beam: 47.950 Floor: 48.275

Brown: Team: 189.575 Vault: 47.650 Bars: 47.050 Beam: 47.825 Floor: 48.350

Springfield: Team: 184.950 Vault: 47.550 Bars: 44.850 Beam: 45.025 Floor: 48.075

Last season has shown that in areas such as the Vault and the Floor, each team has comparable stats.

This meet is also rare in that it composes a team from 3 of the 4 New England states which feature a varsity gymnastics program.