Thirteen-Ranked Gymnasts Head to No. 15 Springfield Sunday

WEST POINT, N.Y. - The Army West Point men's gymnastics team, coming off a triangular sweep last weekend, will look to expand on its win streak as it heads to Massachusetts to take on Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) rival Springfield Sunday, 1 p.m., at Blake Arena.

The No. 13-ranked Black Knights (3-2, 2-1 ECAC), who list second in the ECAC, outpointed conference rivals No. 15 Springfield (413.85-399.85) and No. 14 William & Mary (413.85-395.10) in last week's home finale.

HOW TO FOLLOW: There will be a live video of the meet provided by the host Pride (http://portal.stretchinternet.com/springfield/). You can also follow the Black Knights on Twitter @ArmyWP_Gym for updates.

ARMY LAST TIME OUT: Jesse Glenn captured two of the individual events, along with winning all-around for the third time this season, leading his classmates to a pair of wins on Senior Day. He broke his own school record on high bar (15.40) and his score is tied for the fourth highest in the country thus far this season. Glenn is ranked fourth nationally on that apparatus with a 15.20 average, and lists first in the ECAC.

Plebe Cole Casanova won still rings, was second on vault, third on high bar posting season highs, and took second in all-around, and his classmate, Elliott Herman, rounded out Army's winners capturing floor exercise.

Army, which shows a national average of 420.617, turned in a team high 422.85 in its win over Air Force, while its conference average is 415.475.

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE LAST TIME OUT: Joe Zirna led the way for the No. 15 Pride, helping them outpoint William & Mary in last week's triangular hosted by Army. Zirna captured pommel horse (15.05) and tied for first place honors on parallel bars (13.7) along with tying his season-high 13.75 on floor exercise.
The Pride's highest score of the season is a 409.15 scored in a second place finish at the Peachtree Invitational. Springfield shows a three-score national average of 404.267 and a 401.48 mark in the conference.
ECAC: Army is ranked second in the ECAC with a three-score national average of 420.617 and conference average of 415.475, and Springfield lists fourth behind averages of 404.267 and 401.48, respectively.

The Black Knights are the team leader in four (floor exercise, pommel horse, vault and high bar) of the six events along with listing second on still rings and third on parallel bars. The Pride are ranked second behind Army on pommel horse (68.767) and list one higher than the Black Knights on parallel bars with a 68.65 average, but Army has a higher team score (71.70-69.15).

Individually, Jesse Glenn of Army ranks first in the conference in all-around (85.233 average) and high bar (15.20), and second on vault (14.683), fourth on parallel bars (14.10), pommel horse (14.50) and floor exercise (15.05).

HIGH BAR - Army First (71.517), Springfield Third (67.917): One of Army's strongest events is high bar where the team average of 71.517 ranks eighth in the country. Three Black Knights are ranked in the top four in Glenn, who is first, followed by No. 3 Leo Genders (14.65) and No. 4 Nathan Goff (14.45). Overall, Army has five among the top nine.

The Black Knights also have five ranked among the top nine on vault and floor exercise, where Army is ranked 12th nationally in both.

VAULT - Army First (72.433), Springfield Fourth (68.75): Glenn (14.685), Sam Kusnitz (14.583) and Ryan Wilson (14.567) hold the No. 2 through No. 4 spots respectively in the league with Cole Casanova (14.433) tied for sixth and Joe Pritts tied for ninth (14.383).

FLOOR EXERCISE - Army First (72.683), Springfield Fourth (69.150): Glenn and Kusnitz are fourth (14.75)

and fifth (14.633), respectively, with Seth Cannon and Casanova tied for seventh (14.483) and Elliott Herman listed ninth (14.55).

POMMEL HORSE - Army First (69.400), Springfield Second (68.767): Plebe Andre Hufnagel is ranked fifth in the conference on pommel horse (14.40) behind Glenn with Nathan Goff tied for sixth (14.107).

STILL RINGS - Army Second (69.033), Springfield Fifth (65.00): Casanova ranks fifth on still rings (14.067) with Elliott Herman sixth (14.107) and Goff tenth (13.933).

PARALLEL BARS - Springfield Second (68.65), Army Third (68.433): Glenn (14.10) and Goff (13.967) are Army's leaders on parallel bars ranking fourth and seventh, respectively. The Pride is ranked ahead of the Black Knights (68.65 average)with Mike Grimaldi (14.033) listed sixth and Jannik Hass (13.783) tied for ninth individually.

HOW THEY STACK UP

	ARMY	SPRINGFIELD
SCORE AVERAGE	420.617 (No. 13)	404.267 (No. 15)
FLOOR EXERCISE	73.85 (No. 12)	69.15 (No. 17)
POMMEL HORSE	69.40 (No. 11)	68.767 (No. 12)
STILL RINGS	69.033 (No. 13)	65.00 (No. 19)
VAULT	72.433 (No. 12)	68.75 (No. 18)
PARALLEL BARS	68.433 ((No. 14)	68.65 (No. 13)
HIGH BAR	71.517 (No. 8)	67.917 (No. 14)
CGA RANKING	13th (146 points)	16th (96points)

NEXT UP: Army closes out its regular-season dual slate next weekend when it travels to California to take on the No. 9 Golden Bears of Berkeley. The Bears are members of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federal (MPSF).

Thirteen-Ranked Gymnasts Head to No. 15 Springfield Sunday

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Players Mentioned

Seth Cannon

Cole Casanova

Leo Genders

Jesse Glenn

Nathan Goff

Elliott Herman

Andre Hufnagel

Sam Kusnitz

Joe Pritts

Ryan Wilson

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