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Gymnasts top Tribe for 2nd at Towson

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Gymnasts top Tribe for 2nd at Towson

TOWSON, Md. - Sophomore Melissa Doucette delivered Alaska Anchorage's best all-around performance of the season Sunday to lead the Seawolves to second place in a gymnastics tri-meet at Towson Center.

The Seawolves (3-3) also got a runner-up 9.75 score on uneven bars from freshman Sariaye Jensen as they came back to beat William & Mary on the final rotation, 187.875-184.900. Host Towson ran away with first place with 193.000 points.


Doucette set her career- and UAA season-high for the fourth straight meet, finishing third among seven all-arounders with 38.400 points. The New Hampshire native also set career-highs on floor (9.75) and bars (9.65), while equaling her best mark on balance beam (9.375).


Towson's Kacy Catanzaro won the all-around at 38.900, winning every event but floor exercise.

The Seawolves, who have now already eclipsed their win total from 2011, also got career-highs from freshman Jeanette Conrad, who scored 9.575 on floor and 9.525 on uneven bars, finishing with a 36.225 all-around mark.

UAA trailed William & Mary 141.750-140.957 after three rotations, but the Seawolves delivered solidly on vault - led by Shakea Sanders' 9.675 - and the Tribe struggled with multiple falls on bars.


Sanders, a senior from Federal Way, Wash., tied her season-best on vault and had her top floor score this year with a 9.575. Fellow senior Kaelei Spoor posted a 9.65 for UAA's second-best mark on floor, helping the Seawolves to a season-high 48.075 on that apparatus.


UAA also produced a season-high 47.800 on bars, paced by Jensen, Doucette, Conrad and senior Kathleen Mantell (9.5).


The Seawolves are off next week before traveling for a dual meet at Denver University on Feb. 4 (4 p.m. AST).

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Players Mentioned

Shakea Sanders

Shakea Sanders

5' 5"
Freshman
Kaelei Spoor

Kaelei Spoor

4' 10"
Freshman
Melissa Doucette

Melissa Doucette

5' 4"
Freshman
Kathleen Mantell

Kathleen Mantell

5' 0"
Junior
Sariaye Fishburn

Sariaye Fishburn

5' 5"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Shakea Sanders

Shakea Sanders

5' 5"
Freshman
Kaelei Spoor

Kaelei Spoor

4' 10"
Freshman
Melissa Doucette

Melissa Doucette

5' 4"
Freshman
Kathleen Mantell

Kathleen Mantell

5' 0"
Junior
Sariaye Fishburn

Sariaye Fishburn

5' 5"
Freshman