Black Knights Post Highest Score Since 2016

Saturday, March 7

West Point, N.Y.

1 PM

Army West Point

408.650

397.850

William & Mary

Black Knights Post Highest Score Since 2016

March 07, 2020 | Men's Gymnastics

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point gymnastics team lit up the scoreboard on Saturday, posting its highest team score since the 2017 rule change in a 408.650-397.850 win over William & Mary.

The Black Knights posted season-bests in four out of six apparatuses, winning their second consecutive dual meet.

Mathew Davis posted career-highs on rings (14.300) and horizontal bar (14.100). Matt Martin added the top score in any event on the day, setting a new career mark on pommel horse with a 14.650. All five Cadets who competed on still rings set new career-best marks on the apparatus. Four of the five competitors on pommel also set career-highs.

Army will celebrate senior day next weekend when the team hosts Springfield and Temple at Gross Center. The team will honor its six seniors with a presentation at the meet.

HIGHLIGHTS AND NOTES:

Army's 408.650 score is the program's best since the NCAA scoring change after the 2016 season. The total beats the previous mark of 405.85 against Navy in 2017.
Mathew Davis continues to set career-highs on a weekly basis, this time doing son on rings and horizontal bar.
Matt Martin posted a career-high on pommel for the second time this season, this time clearing his previous mark by .450 points.
Jacob Nauman added yet another 14+ score on vault, doing so for the fifth time in his freshman campaign.
Davis, Martin, Mitchell Monahan, Kiernan Reagan and Darrel Yamamura all set career-highs on still rings.