No. 13 Gymnasts Defeat No. 15 Springfield

Sunday, March 6

Springfield, MA

1 PM

Army West Point

423.15

410.00

Springfield

No. 13 Gymnasts Defeat No. 15 Springfield

March 06, 2016 | Men's Gymnastics

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Senior Jesse Glenn won vault, high bar and all-around with junior Sam Kusnitz and sophomore Ryan Wilson posting career marks capturing floor exercise and still rings, respectively, as the trio led the Army West Point men's gymnastics team past host Springfield, 423.15-410.00, at Blake Arena Sunday.

The win is the third straight for the No. 13-ranked Black Knight who improved to 3-1 in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and 4-2 overall after ruining No. 15 Springfield's home debut. The Pride fall to 1-2 in the conference.

The Black Knights, the defending ECAC champions, set season highs combining for an aggregate score of 423.15 along with marks on still rings (70.75) and high bar (72.00).

Kusnitz won the opening event, floor exercise, behind a career high 15.35 that shattered his former mark of 15.15 set two years against the Pride. Wilson's winning mark of 14.6 on still rings bettered his previous score of 13.85 set at the West Point Open earlier in the year.

Glenn, winning the all-around title for the third straight time, posted a season mark of 87.1. He claimed the title on vault for the second straight week, recording a 14.7, and won high bar for the fourth time this season behind a 14.95. Glenn was also second on floor exercise (15.15) and pommel horse (14.4).

Kusnitz posted his second career mark of the meet registering a 14.75 on high bar, breaking his former score of 14.50 that he tied last week, in placing second. His 14.2 on vault earned him third-place honors.

Junior Leo Genders was second on vault (14.4), tying his season high, as Army swept the top three spots in that event. Plebe Cole Casanova was third in the all-around scoring with an 84.0, just three-tenths off his career mark, after posting season highs on still rings (14.5) and parallel bars (14.15) in earning runner-up and third place honors, respectively. Casanova was also third on high bar with a 14.20 as Army swept the top three finishes.

Army also claimed the top three places on vault following junior Joe Pritts' third-place finish after posting a 14.2. Sophomore Nathan Goff was fourth on high bar (14.15) with plebe Andrew Hufnagel and sophomore Seth Cannon placing fourth (13.9) and fifth on pommel horse (13.8), respectively.

"It was a good meet as we only had four mistakes," said head coach Dou Van Everen. "Our focus is on the conference championships, and our next trip takes us out west where we will allow some of our younger guys to get into those meets.

"We want to rest up a bit so we can be loaded when we go to the conference championship, and everything we do now is gearing up for that meet (April 2-3)."

The Black Knights, who captured five of the six team events along with three individuals who compiled to claim medalist honors in four, close out their dual meet schedule next week when they head to Berkeley, Calif., for a pair of meets against the Golden Bears during spring break.