UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The No. 13-ranked University of Denver women's gymnastics team posted its second highest score of the year on Saturday with a 197.075 at a Penn State quad meet.
 
Denver placed first overall and swept the event titles. Host Penn State was second (195.225), No. 21 Southern Utah placed third (194.425), and Cornell finished fourth (190.100).
  
SIGNIFICANT STATS

• Sophomore Jessica Hutchinson extended her all-around winning streak to five meets, scoring a 39.525, highlighted by her third straight 9.950 on floor, which ties her career best.
• Freshman Mia Hebinck won the first event title of her career with a personal-best 9.950 on bars.
• Sophomore Rylie Mundell placed second in the all-around and won her third vault title of 2022.
• In total, six DU gymnasts set a career high including at least one on each event.
• All four of Denver's team event scores ranked among the top five of the season.

BARS RECAP
Denver began the meet by tying the team's second highest bars score of the year (49.375) with five counted scores above the 9.800 mark. Hebinck's career-high 9.950 finished as the meet's top score. Mundell and senior Alexandria Ruiz tied for third with 9.875 with Ruiz's matching her season high. Sophomore Rosie Casali, too, matched her 2022 best score with a 9.850, and Hutchinson tallied a 9.825.
 
BEAM RECAP
DU rallied after a fall in the leadoff spot on beam, hitting the remaining five routines and finishing with a 49.225, the season's fourth highest score. Hutchinson won her first event title of the night with a 9.925 that was just .025 off her career high. Junior Emma Brown returned to the lineup for the first time in a month and set a personal best with a 9.900 to finish second overall. Ruiz added another third-place tie and another season high-tying 9.875. Sophomores Mundell and Bella Mabanta had DU's final counted scores with a 9.750 and a 9.775, respectively.
 
FLOOR RECAP
Denver's 49.275 on floor became the team's third best score of the season, highlighted by Hutchinson's event-winning and career high-tying 9.950. Mundell improved on her personal best, scoring a 9.900 and placing third. Mabanta was right behind her after scoring a 9.875 that was only .025 from her career high. Freshman Momoko Iwai added a 9.800 while Emma Brown scored a 9.750 for DU's fifth counted score.
 
VAULT RECAP
DU dug deep in the final rotation, tallying a 49.200 that was the team's fourth highest score of the season despite only competing with five vaulters. Iwai led off the lineup with a career-best 9.850, which Casali later matched to also set a personal best. Ruiz had a 9.775, and Hutchinson scored a 9.825. Mundell anchored the lineup in the fifth spot and earned a 9.900 to finish in first on the event.
 
PODIUM FINISHES
All-Around
Hutchinson: First Place – 39.525
Mundell: Second Place – 39.425
 
Vault
Mundell: First Place – 9.900
 
Bars
Hebinck: First Place – 9.950
Mundell: Third Place (tie) – 9.875
Ruiz: Third Place (tie) – 9.875
 
Beam
Hutchinson: First Place – 9.925
E. Brown: Second Place – 9.900
Ruiz: Third Place (tie) – 9.875
 
Floor
Hutchinson: First Place – 9.950
Mundell: Third Place – 9.900
 
NEXT UP:
Denver hosts its final regular season meet of the year on Sunday, March 13, to host a Power-5 showdown with Oregon State, Arkansas and Nebraska.
 
CORONAVIRUS UPDATES
Masks are required at all indoor athletic events. For the latest University of Denver updates on the coronavirus, click here.
 
TICKETS
Tickets for the 2022 Big 12 Gymnastics Championship are now on sale and can be purchased online or by calling 303-871-4625.
 
SHOP PIONEERS
Get dressed for game day! Get your Pioneers gear at ShopPioneers.com, the official online store of University of Denver Athletics.
 
DONATE 
Fans interested in making a donation to the gymnastics program can do so online. Your contribution will make a direct impact on the success of YOUR Pioneers. Thank you in advance for your unwavering support of our student-athletes and their quest for excellence.
 
- OUR JOURNEY, OUR TIME –
Like Denver Pioneers and Denver Gymnastics on Facebook.
Follow @DU_Pioneers and @DU_Gymnastics on Twitter.
Follow @DenverPioneers and @DU_Gymnastics on Instagram.