University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heel Gymnasts Set To Take On The Tribe
January 24, 2003 | Women's Gymnastics
Jan. 24, 2003
The North Carolina gymnastics team will travel to Williamsburg, Va., Saturday to take on William & Mary at 4 p.m. in its second 2003 meet. The Tar Heels head confidently into the meet with a season record of 6-0 so far and a series record of 34-8 against the Tribe.
Carolina competed against William & Mary in its first meet of the season, the George Washington Invitational. The Tar Heels' score of 192.300 defeated the six other teams at the meet, including William & Mary who earned a 187.150. Two of Carolina's freshmen performed outstandingly in their first-ever collegiate meet: Mikel Hester placed first on vault, and Courtney Bumpers claimed the all-around title.
North Carolina conquered William & Mary four times last year. At the season opener in Williamsburg, freshman Amy Williams set a UNC record of 9.950 on vault in her first collegiate meet, aiding in a Tar Heel victory, 192.550-185.600.
In the second Tar Heel/Tribe match-up, Carolina placed second at the George Washington Invitational, defeating William & Mary, 191.275-190.450. Williams won the vault for the second consecutive meet.
Carolina's last home meet of the 2002 season resulted in a victory over William & Mary and Towson. The winning score of 195.100 topped runner-up William & Mary's 190.550. Tar Heel gymnasts captured first place spots in every event except floor exercises, in which they took second, third, fourth and fifth.
Finally, North Carolina met William & Mary at the NC State Invitational. The Tar Heels championed the meet with a score of 196.150, good enough to beat the other five teams, including William & Mary with a 192.200. The team's vault score of 49.050 set a UNC record.
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