PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The William & Mary women's gymnastics team earned its best score of the season en route to a third-place finish at a quad meet hosted by Penn on Sunday afternoon.
 
Cornell claimed the team title with a 194.125 and was followed by Penn (193.750), W&M (192.750) and Bridgeport (191.225).
 
Ascha Laird highlighted the Tribe's individual performances by tying for third on bars with a season-high 9.750, while Michelle Ngo and Grace Costello tied for fifth on floor with a 9.800. The score represented a career high for Costello.
 
Sarah Kuper and Madeline Frazier also posted top-10 finishes, as Kuper tied for seventh on vault (9.725, equaled season high) and Frazier tied for ninth on beam (9.600).
 
En route to posting its best team total of the season, W&M recorded season highs in three events – vault (48.125), bars (48.450) and floor (48.475).

Event Recaps
Vault – 48.125 (season high)
Sarah Kuper – 9.725 (equaled season high)
Grace Costello – 9.675 (season high)
Hannah Burke – 9.625
Sofia Huang – 9.575
Michelle Ngo – 9.525
Anne Marie Kuebler - 7.700
 
Bars – 48.450 (season high)
Ascha Laird – 9.750 (T3rd, season high)
Catherine Bare – 9.700 (career high)
Sarah Kuper – 9.675 (season high)
Caroline Blatchford – 9.675
Tori Sipes – 9.650 (equaled season high)
Sarah Wozniak – 9.100
 
Beam – 47.700
Madeline Frazier – 9.600
Michelle Ngo – 9.550
Grace Costello – 9.550
Sarah Kuper – 9.525
Melanie Faulkner – 9.475
Caroline Blatchford – 9.300
 
Floor – 48.475 (season high)
Michelle Ngo – 9.800
Grace Costello – 9.800 (career high)
Hannah Burke – 9.725
Summer Penzi – 9.650 (career high)
Sophie Chandler – 9.500 (season high)
Madeline Frazier – 9.025
 
Up Next
W&M will return to action when it competes in a five-team meet hosted by George Washington on Feb. 16.