ITHACA, N.Y. – The #5 Ithaca gymnastics team (2-1) trailed by two points entering the final rotation, but posted a score of 47.575 on the floor exercise and rallied to defeat #3 Springfield (1-4) 182.225-181.100 in a meet Saturday at the Hill Center Gymnasium. All six of Ithaca's competitors on floor exercise scored 9.4 or higher and the top five scores from each team count toward the team total. Ithaca gymnasts finished first in all four events and led the team to its highest score of the season.

Senior Brianne Sullivan (Schuylerville/Gansevoort) and sophomore Jessica Bolduc (Darien/Darien, Conn.) each won two individual events. Sullivan placed first on balance beam with a score of 9.300 and led Ithaca's strong performance on floor with a score of 9.625, which matches the best score of her career. Bolduc placed first on vault (9.450) and uneven bars (9.325). She was one of two competitors to compete in all-around and totaled 37.500, her best score of the season. Bolduc was third on the balance beam (9.200) and fourth on floor exercise (9.525).

Senior Rachel Taylor (San Pasqual/Escondido, Calif.) was second on the uneven bars with a score of 9.225 and freshman Chelsea Robie (Batt Private School/Hobe Sound, Fla.) was third with a season-best score of 9.025.

Junior Kailee Spusta (Palmyra-Macedon/Macedon) scored a season-best 9.600 to place second on floor exercise.

Ithaca established season-best team totals on uneven bars and floor exercise en route to its highest overall score of the season.

The Bombers travel to Southern Connecticut for a meet Saturday.

#5 ITHACA 182.225, #3 Springfield 181.100
(Event winners and Ithaca scores)

VAULT
1. Jessica Bolduc – 9.450
8. Tiffany Grube (Lindenhurst/Lindenhurst) – 9.000
8. Samantha Whiffen (Sharon/Sharon, Mass.) – 9.000
10. Kay Gordon (Summit/Breckenridge, Colo.) – 8.975
11. Lauren Marcoux (Glastonbury/South Glastonbury, Conn.) – 8.950
12. Rachel Taylor – 8.800

UNEVEN BARS
1. Jessica Bolduc – 9.325
2. Rachel Taylor – 9.225
3. Chelsea Robie – 9.025
6. Kay Gordon – 8.875
11. Emily Graber (Smithtown/St. James) – 8.125
12. Samantha Whiffen – 7.050

BALANCE BEAM
1. Brianne Sullivan – 9.300
3. Jessica Bolduc – 9.200
5. Kimberly Callahan (Rockland/Rockland, Mass.) – 8.875
8. Lauren Moroch (Bishop George Ahr/Matawan, N.J.) – 8.700
9. Lauren Ferrone (Whitesboro/Utica) – 8.575
12. Kay Gordon – 7.650

FLOOR EXERCISE
1. Brianne Sullivan – 9.625
2. Kailee Spusta – 9.600
4. Jessica Bolduc – 9.525
7. Kay Gordon – 9.425
8. Lauren Moroch – 9.400
8. Katie Sampson (Erindale Secondary/Mississauga, Ontario) – 9.400

ALL-AROUND
1. Jessica Bolduc – 37.500
2. Kay Gordon – 34.925