Just read that New Hampshire is again favored to win the EGAL with N.C. State and George Washington tied for 2nd. How does UNH have a dominant gymnastics team?
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Well of course they do, that’s apparent, but how do they do it successfully vs PITT, NC state and UNC
New Hampshire Earns Top Spot in 2020 EAGL Preseason Poll Defending EAGL Champion Picked to Repeat DURHAM, N.H. (December 27, 2019)
– The East Atlantic Gymnastics League announced the results of its 2020 Preseason Poll in anticipation of the 2020 season which begins January 4. The University of New Hampshire tallied 32 points and three first-place votes to take the No. 1 spot over George Washington University at No. 2, with 27 points and two first-place votes. North Carolina State also finished with 27 points, tallying one first-place vote.
The Preseason Poll is based on ranking projections given by head coaches of the six EAGL schools. The 2020 Preseason EAGL rankings are as follows: 1. University of New Hampshire – 32 points (3 First-Place Votes) 2. George Washington University – 27 points (2 First-Place Votes) 3. North Carolina State University – 27 points (1 First-Place Vote) 4. University of North Carolina – 18 points 5. University of Pittsburgh – 14 points 6. Towson University – 8 points
New Hampshire is the defending EAGL Champion, winning the 2019 title last season with a final team score of 195.950, ahead of GW in second (195.825), followed by NC State (195.275), Pittsburgh (194.9000), UNC (193.950) and Towson (193.450).
https://6b7d5d88-c824-4e39-ad76-635...d/ffb2bf_4100f226bbc1432aaa86f81f1a474584.pdf
– The East Atlantic Gymnastics League announced the results of its 2020 Preseason Poll in anticipation of the 2020 season which begins January 4. The University of New Hampshire tallied 32 points and three first-place votes to take the No. 1 spot over George Washington University at No. 2, with 27 points and two first-place votes. North Carolina State also finished with 27 points, tallying one first-place vote.
The Preseason Poll is based on ranking projections given by head coaches of the six EAGL schools. The 2020 Preseason EAGL rankings are as follows: 1. University of New Hampshire – 32 points (3 First-Place Votes) 2. George Washington University – 27 points (2 First-Place Votes) 3. North Carolina State University – 27 points (1 First-Place Vote) 4. University of North Carolina – 18 points 5. University of Pittsburgh – 14 points 6. Towson University – 8 points
New Hampshire is the defending EAGL Champion, winning the 2019 title last season with a final team score of 195.950, ahead of GW in second (195.825), followed by NC State (195.275), Pittsburgh (194.9000), UNC (193.950) and Towson (193.450).
https://6b7d5d88-c824-4e39-ad76-635...d/ffb2bf_4100f226bbc1432aaa86f81f1a474584.pdf
Who else in the northeast has gymnastics? Maybe they are the closest D1 school for the whole northeastern corner of the country?
How was Edinboro one of the top wrestling programs in the country for a very long time? It's a lot easier for a smaller school to focus on a less popular sport and be successful than it is for them to focus on football or men's basketball and be successful at either of those.
Just checked roster thinking you could have s good point. 5 NJ girls and 3 Pa girls on roster.
It looks like the only other D1 gymnastics schools in the northeast besides Pitt and New Hampshire are Brown, Cornell, Penn, Penn State, Rutgers, Temple and Yale. So that's a total of nine schools and four of them are Ivy League schools. So if you aren't getting in to one of those you are down to five choices.
UNH is not dominant by any means. The league is just ok. Gymnastics has maybe 65 or so programs and 12 scholarships per team. And you only need a handful of scores per event to be good. There is a ton of talent for few scholarships. The cream of the crop (top 6ish teams) get the studs and the rest are all very comparable. Don't know who UNH coach is, but if they are personable they will get reasonable talent because so many kids are vying for the the few scholarships. Pitt has a new coach (year or 2) so time will tell if she can close the door on some better recruits.
UNH coach of 30 years retired the end of last year. Think they travel to PITT this week but could be mistaken
Getting the ACC to officially sponsor it would be more credible.
Md leaving leaving blew that up. Need one more ACC school. Can bring along EAGL schools as 'affiliate' members if they want (similiar to B12 wrestling).
Md leaving leaving blew that up. Need one more ACC school. Can bring along EAGL schools as 'affiliate' members if they want (similiar to B12 wrestling).
