Every gymnast improved her score on each event, improving the team all-around score to 115.9 (almost 12 points higher than the last meet).  Ellis Gymnastics finished with a 130.3. Micayla Evans placed 2nd in the all-around with a 31.5, second to an Ellis gymnast.  High scores on bars went to Micayla Evans, 8.2 and Sara Silk, 7.0.  Ayla Rosen and Sammie Miller were also stand-outs on bars, both improving significantly since their last competition.  Thayer's high scores on the beam went to Sarah Balinger (6.8), Micayla Evans (6.8) and Sarah Middleton (6.7).  Thayer's high scores on the vault went to Micayla Evans (8.1), Sara Silk (8.0) and Sarah Bookstein (7.8).  On the floor exercise our high scores included an 8.4 from Micayla Evans, a 7.5 from Sarah Balinger, and a 7.3 from both Victoria Hasenfuss and Ayla Rosen.  Allie Bookstein and Erica Limont also competed on the vault for Thayer and did a fantastic job. Great job girls!  Our next home meet will be Tuesday, January 16th in the Tiger's Den; I hope to see you there!

With two very good teams and a good crowd, it was no surprise that the game was very exciting.  There was end to end action, great saves, great goals and great misses for both teams.  Southfield opened the scoring in the first period on the power play with Nikki Haskins scoring on a pass from Kathryn Picarello.  Thayer answered with 2 goals in the second period as they out shot Southfield 18-10 for the period.  Kaleigh Fitzpatrick and Danielle O’Dwyer scored for the Tigers to give them a 2-1 lead heading into the third period.  Mallory Collins scored 5 minutes into the 3rd period to give Thayer a 2 goal advantage but Southfield answered with a goal less than a minute later from Lily Gacicia on a scramble in front of the Thayer net.  Thayer’s goalie Mae Planert shut the door for the remainder of the game as Southfield peppered the Thayer goalie with 13 shots in the third period.  Thayer survived the third period as it earned its third victory in a row and evened its record at 5-5-3 for the year.  Thayer got great contributions from Caroline Casper, Kristen Aiello and Jaci Magner on defense with Leah Lessard, Emily Rooney, Kayla Florence and Bridget Darling making significant contributions on the offensive end.  It was a great result for Thayer.