ITHACA, N.Y. -- After posting a season-high total of 186.425 and defeating the No. 1 and No. 9 teams in the nation during Saturday's Harriett Marranca Memorial Invitational, the Ithaca gymnastics team has taken over the top spot of the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association team rankings, released Monday. The Bombers' scoring average is 184.6563.

Six Ithaca gymnasts are ranked among the top-10 in the event rankings. Sophomore Kailee Spusta (Palmyra-Macedon/Macedon) is second on the floor exercise with an average of 9.6125 and junior Emily Graber (Smithtown/St. James) is third with an average of 9.600. Freshman Jessica Bolduc (Darien/Darien, Conn.) is 10th on the floor with an average of 9.475. Bolduc also ranks third on the vault (9.600) and fifth on the uneven bars (9.4500).

The Bombers are the highest-scoring team on the uneven bars. Senior Frances Ente (Fairfield Warde/Mattapoisett, Mass.) is tied for first with an average of 9.5375 and senior Roxanne Deshaies (Biddeford/Biddeford, Maine) is sixth with an average of 9.4188.

Junior Brianne Sullivan (Schuylerville/Gansevoort) is ranked seventh with an average of 9.4438.

The NCGA rankings are based on scoring averages, factoring the top four scores on the season, with no more than two of those scores coming in home meets.

Complete NCGA Team and Individual Rankings