Black Knights Take Down Tribe and Pride

Saturday, March 16

Williamsburg, VA

1 PM

Army West Point

394.000

391.950

William & Mary

Black Knights Take Down Tribe and Pride

March 16, 2019 | Men's Gymnastics

WILLIAMSVILLE, Va. – The Army West Point gymnastics excelled in Saturday's tri-meet against William & Mary and Springfield.

The Black Knights took away the most points on the day (394.000) to take down William & Mary (391.950) and Springfield (375.250).

For the third week in a row, Mathew Davis won the all-around with a 79.750 and Cole Casanova was second at 79.150.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND MEET NOTES

The Cadets won the pommel horse (63.550), still rings (65.500) and parallel bars (64.300).
The Black Knights improved from last week on the parallel bars, still rings and floor exercise (67.850).
Davis championed the floor exercise (14.100), while Casanova ranked first on parallel bars (13.500). Erik Del Cid led all competitors with a 14.350 on vault.
Del Cid matched his career-high mark on the vault today.
He also set a career-high on floor exercise in the meet after turning out a 14.000 to place second.
Kiernan Reagan's 13.250 on parallel bars surpassed his career-high. He was the runner-up.

COMPETITION

Davis and Del Cid went one-two on floor to lead the Cadets off.
Casanova placed fourth with marks of 13.900.
Elliott Herman ranked 11th with a 13.200.
The Black Knights ranked between fifth and eighth on pommel horse.
Army was led by Casanova (12.950), Brandon Shively (12.850), Matthew Martin (12.750), Rex Scott (12.600) and Elijah-Ty Phelps (12.400).
On still rings, Davis finished as the runner-up after earning a 13.500.
Herman was next in the fifth-place spot (13.150) and was followed by Reagan (13.00) in sixth, Taka Giese (12.950) in seventh and Casanova (12.900) in eighth.
Del Cid hammered home a 14.350 on vault to secure the top spot.
Casanova (13.700) and Davis (13.650) finished sixth and seventh for Army.
Senior captain Casanova followed that performance with a 13.500 on parallel bars to champion the event.
Reagan was second at 13.250 and Davis fourth at 13.150.
Scott was Army's top competitor on high bar where he ranked second overall. He earned a 13.800 to set a new career-high.
Darrel Yamamura (13.250) and Davis (13.200) finished in fourth and fifth.