Saturday 16 February 2013

NCAA LIVE BLOG: 16/02/13

Hi Guys, I'm really tired so I'm going to bed. 

UCLA will be coming on at 3:00am GMT (10pm EST) 
                  Watch here

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Minnesota keep the lead, Hamline are miles apart. Gustavus gain a place and Winona State drop

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Brooke Hiedstead - Winona - Beam - 8.475

Winona and Hamline are just finishing off

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Paige Dieleham - Gustavus - Vault - 9.225
Kacy Lorber - Gustavus - Vault - 8.975
Cierra Tomson - Minnesota - Bars - 9.250

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Lindsay Mable - Minnesota - Bars - 9.100
Brooke Baures - Winona - Beam - 9.150

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Kimberley Miske - Winona - Beam - 8.900
Dusti Russell - Minnesota - Vault - 9.775
Murielle Mischook - Hamline - Floor - 9.050

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Meghan McCaskey - Hamline - Floor - 9.000
Maddie Henley - Minnesota - Bars - 9.775
Stephanie Wojton - Winona - Beam - 9.350

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Tiffany Ettermann - Gustavus - Vault - 9.125
Jenny Covers - Minnesota - Bars - 9.775

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Air Force hasn't started yet. 

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Gemini are sending Aleeza Yu, Natalie Vaculik and Jade Chorobok (Nadia)

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Minnesota lead their Quad meet. Hamline in second, Winona State in third and Gustavus Adolphus in fourth

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Double Front and Intl Gymnast are live from the COX Centre for the Nadia Invitational 

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The Air Force triangular will get underway soon, blogging to come

Meanwhile, Lauren Hopkins is tweeting updates from the WOGA Classic here

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Janelle Giblin - Nebraska - Vault - 9.775

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Stream is a little choppy but watch AZ v Nebraska here

Be part of the twitter conversation here

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Denver v Illinois-Chicago is about to start any minute, will be blogging

Arizona v Nebraska live stream is starting in a minute or 12:00am GMT

I'm not sure if I can watch the UCLA match due to Networks

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WiFi is being dodgy so updates won't be regular, sorry!

However, I will DEFINITELY be up for Arizona v Nebraska!

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Christa Tanella - Georgia - Vault - 9.875
Bridget Sloan - Vault - UF - 9.925
Natalie Belenstein - Bars - 8.750

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follow Leah Jewett's tweets here

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Lindsey Cheek - Georgia - Bars - 9.800
Kierstan Wang - UF - Vault - 9.825
Sydney Sanabria - Penn - Vault - 9.800

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Gymnastics Fan's tweets on UF v Georgia

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Michigan are leading Penn (49.325 - 49.125)

Georgia are leading Florida (49.55 - 49.375)

Sharaya Musser - Penn - Bars - 9.900
Mackenzie Caquatto - Bars - UF - 9.925

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Brandi Jay - Georgia - Vault - 9.975
Madison Merriam - Bars - Penn - 9.825
Austin Lee Sheppard - Vault - Michigan - 9.850

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Sidney Sanabria-Roles - Penn - Bars - 9.700
Joanna Sampson - Michigan - Vault - 9.850
Lindsey Cheek - Georgia - Vault - 9.900
Kytra Hunter - UF - Bars - 9.825

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Marissa King - UF - Bars - 9.675
Brittany Rogers - Georgia - Vault - 9.875

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Stephanie Colbert - Michigan - Vault - 9.875
Kassidy Stauder - Penn - Bars - 9.800
Bianca Dancose - UF - Bars - 9.875
Noel Couch - Georgia - Vault - 9.925

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Ashanee Dickerson - Bars - UF - 9.800
Cat Hires - Vault - Georgia - 9.825
Chelsea Davis - Georgia - Vault - 9.875

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Michigan v Penn State and Georgia v Florida meets are commencing! I will blogging stats follow these twitter accounts for updates;

Gymnewstics

Lauren Hopkins

Triple Twist




Friday 15 February 2013

NCAA LIVE BLOG: FRIDAY 15th FEB

Blogger is being a pain so I'm not going to Live Blog anymore but I will be tweeting

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Alabama are leading Auburn after the first rotation

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Diandra Milliner - Bama - Vault - 9.925
Caitlin Atkinson - Auburn - Bars - 9.775
Jessica Savona - LSU - Beam - 8.925


BYU finish beam with 48.000, Brittany Potvin-Green is the last competitor for Boise

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Megan Walker - Auburn - Bars - 9.825
Marissa Gutierrez - Alabama - Vault - 9.925
Summer Raymond - BYU - Beam - 9.825

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Lauren Beers - Bama - Vault - 9.875
Abigail Habbicht - Auburn - Bars - 9.775

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Kayla Williams - Bama - Vault - 9.850
Bri Guy - Auburn - Bars - 9.800

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TWU finish Vault with 48.100
Oklahoma finish Bars
Madeline Krentz - Boise - Floor - 9.675

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Payton Shoemaker - TWU - Vault - 9.55
Rebecca Clark - Okla. - Bars - 9.875

Bama v Auburn is close to starting the first rotation

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Oklahoma lead the Perfect 10 meet after one rotation
Randii Wyrick - LSU - Bars - 9.825
Katherine Grable - Ark - Vault - 9.800

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Kaleigh Dickson - LSU - Bars - 9.875
Heather Elswick - Bama - Vault - 9.725

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Llomincia Hall - LSU - Bars - 9.850
Britney Ranzy - LSU - Bars - 9.800

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Alabama v Auburn stream has just started

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Margaret Mayfield - TWU - Floor - 9.475

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BYU finish the first rotation with 49.050

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In 5 minutes, I'll be switching over to watch the Alabama v Auburn meet but I will still have the live stats tabs up

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Sarie Morrison - LSU - Vault - 10.000! 
Amy Borsellino - Arkansas - Bars - 9.825

LSU are leading Arkansas 49.400-48.875

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Rhaegan Courville - LSU - Vault - 9.950!
Katherine Grable - Arkansas - Bars - 9.800

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Maliah Mathis - LSU - Vault - 9.825
Hayley Scaman - Oklahoma - Vault - 9.900

Oklahoma's total on Vault is 49.255

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Brie Olson - Oklahoma - Vault - 9.875
Madison Mooring - Oklahoma - Vault - 9.800
Eliane Kulcyzk - BYU - Bars - 9.825
Amanda Otuafi - Boise - Beam - 9.475

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Jordan Sasburg - Arkansas - Bars - 9.325
Jessica Savona - LSU - Vault - 9.800

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Keara Glover - Arkansas - Bars - 9.750
Jessie Jordan - LSU - Vault - 9.800
Marguerite Lindstrom - BYU - Bars - 9.750 (P10)
Erica Brewer - Vault - Oklahoma - 9.825

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Tori Howard - Mizzou - Floor - 9.800
Kaleigh Dickson - LSU - Vault - 9.825 (LSU v Arkansas)

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Miranda Eubank - Missouri - Floor - 9.625
Alexis Gross - Kentucky - Beam - 9.575

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Audrey Harrison - Kentucky - Beam - 9.825

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Marissa Beucler - Kentucky - Beam - 8.600 (ouch!)
Cathryn Aliceaacosta - Missouri - Floor - 9.675
Sandra Ostad - Missouri - Floor - 9.750

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Taylor Medrea - Missouri - Floor - 9.725
Shannon Mitchell - Kentucky - Beam - 9.775

Perfect 10 Challenge and LSU meets are now live!

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They shouted me out on the SEMO stream haha

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Kayla Sienkowski - Kentucky - Beam - 8.950

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Kentucky are leading the Missouri team

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End to an amazing rotation for Illinois on bars

Illinois are leading

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9.775 for Emma Garrett

Emma Fosno has an amazing FTY!

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Strong Handspring front for Emma Garrett

Missed Taryn's score

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Illinois are rocking bars

Margaret O'Neill scores 9.050

Nice Yurchenko 1/2 for Taryn Vanderpool

Tory Sarentakas scores 9.600 for Illinois on bars

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9.150 for the gymnast who fell

Margaret O'Neill for SEMO sits down a Yurchenko Layout 1/2

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Taylor Penzie - SEMO - Vault - 9.600

Another girl from SEMO falls on vault

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I didn't realise that the Illinois v SEMO meet was on, will be blogging the scores

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Cathryn Aliceaacosta - Missouri - Vault - 9.550

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Laura Kappler - Missouri - Vault - 9.575
Kayla Sienkowski - Kentucky - Bars - 9.575

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You can watch the Central Michigan v Kent State meet here and the Kentucky v Missouri live stats here

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After one rotation, Missouri are leading Kentucky

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19:29 GMT (14:28 EST) I am likely to be watching the Alabama v Auburn, Southern Utah v Illinois and Seattle meet. I am tweeting/blogging stats from the Perfect 10 Challenge, LSU v Arkansas and more.

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16:42 GMT (11:42 EST) Join me live for another weekly NCAA Live Blog, giving the latest scores and results from the NCAA. First meet is at 1:30am GMT (7:30pm EST)

Thursday 14 February 2013

NO RUSSIA AT JESOLO

The official Jesolo competition site has taken down the Russia team from their site. On facebook, I saw that someone said that they are definitely not competing. 

For a consolation, Switzerland have been added to the team list. They have strong new seniors like Nicole Hitz, Ilaria Kaeslin and Laura Schultze who are likely to make the team. 

If you need a full re-cap, here it is;

Saturday 23rd March - 10:00am (9:00am GMT, 4:00am EST) - Junior Competition

Saturday 23rd March - 4:00pm (3:00pm GMT, 10:00am EST) - Senior Competition

Sunday 24th March - 4:00pm (3:00pm GMT, 10:00am EST) - Finals 


The teams competing are; 

  1. Italy
  2. USA
  3. Japan
  4. Swizterland




Tickets are available, ranging from for  12 - 18  both days





Wednesday 13 February 2013

AMELIA HUNDLEY COMMITS TO FLORIDA

Cincinnati elite gymnast Amelia Hundley has just announced that she will be competing for the University of Florida. The first year senior announced this news just 20 minutes ago via Twitter. As she is only 16 years old this year, she will probably start competing for the Gators in 2017. 

It's lovely to finally see a gymnast who is committing to college instead of just going pro. 



NCAA: SUPER SIX PREDICTIONS AND RE-CAP

It's quite early on in the season but I am really excited about the NCAA National Championships. As you know, watching these events can be hard because of time zones and I only really started following the NCAA gymnastics season this year so I consider myself to be a bit of a novice but this is my Super Six;

1. UCLA
I think UCLA and Florida are top of the list to qualify for the Super Six. UCLA have won all their meets this year. They also have a big line-up of greatness with a variety of Freshmans, Juniors, Seniors and Sophomores. I am really anticipating Peng Peng Lee's debut but I doubt she will compete this season.

2. Florida
Florida have lost only one meet but they also have a huge line-up of strength and depth of all ages. They have the highest team season high score also. Not only do they excel as a team but they have very strong all-arounders like Bridget Sloan, Kytra Hunter and Ashanee Dickerson

3. Michigan
Michigan are the dark horses for the NCAA team title. At the start of the season, they were briefly top of the table but that was short after the Florida team. They have also only lost one match this year. They have difficulty and also a great set of all-arounders like Joanna Sampson

4. Alabama
They haven't had such a repetitive win rate but the Crimson Tide could definitely make the Super Six. They don't really have much as all-arounders but they have many gymnasts that are very likely to finally like Marissa Gutierrez and Diandra Milliner.

5. Utah
I think Utah can just scrape into the Super Six this year but it's going to be a struggle after Junior Corrie Lothrop injured herself a few weeks ago. They have strong all-arounders (Georgia Dabritz and Tory Wilson.) They usually score 9.800+ as an average. Tory Wilson scored a 10.00 last week and is top of the standings. 

6. LSU
LSU are really everyone's favorite. They're being backed by many people and for me, I would be thrilled if they could make the Super Six. They have very strong gymnasts from Rheagan Courville, Jessie Jordan and Sarie Morrison. They currently have an amazing floor exercise specialist, Llomincia Hall, it would be so lovely if she could make the event final and possibly win it!


I think that Oklahoma will be 7th, Stanford will be 8th, Georgia for 9th and Nebraska for 10th. 

Comment below saying who you would like to see at the Super Six or at National event finals.


LOUIS SMITH MBE

Earlier on today, Olympic silver medalist Louis Smith received an MBE from the Queen. For those of you who are not familiar with the MBE award, it's an award given to people from Commonwealth nations commemorating the achievements of sport stars, actors and many more people. It's given by the royal Queen Elizabeth. 

He explained that is was a ''surreal moment and an absolute dream.''

If you would like to see the BBC Interview, click here 

Tuesday 12 February 2013

NCAA WEEK SEVEN: GUIDE

Top of the rankings after last week is still Florida. Vanessa Zamarippa and Bridget Sloan are the highest on all-around. Let's see what's on the schedule this week. 

Note: The first teams are the hosts. 

Friday 15th February 2013

6:30pm CST - Iowa State v Northern Illinois - Video (free) - Live Stats

7:00pm EST - Kentucky v Missouri - Video ($)

7:00pm CT - LSU v Arkansas - Video - Stats - Tickets

7:00pm PST - Seattle Pacific v UC Davis - Watch (free) - Live Stats

7:00pm MT - Southern Utah v Sacramento (Breast Cancer Awareness) - Stats

7:00pm PST - Stanford v Arizona State - Video (free, Networks)

7:00pm CT - Oklahoma v BYU v Boise v Texas Woman's - Stats

7:30pm CT - Alabama v Auburn - Video (free?)

Saturday 16th February 2013

4:00pm PST - Arizona v Nebraska - Video (free,stream)

4:00pm ET - Georgia v Florida - Video ($) - Live Stats

4:00pm CT - Illinois v Iowa State (Gym Jam) - Video ($)

4:00pm ET - Michigan v Penn - Stats - Video (BTN)

5:00pm CT - UIC v Denver - Stats 

6:00pm CT - Minnesota v Gustavus v Hamline v Winona State - Video ($)

7:00pm ET - NC State v Bowling Green (Sweetheart Invit.) - Video (free)

7:00pm PT - Oregon State v UCLA - Video (Pac-12 Networks)Stats

Sunday 17th February 2013

2:00pm - Alaska Anchorage v Eastern Michigan - Video (free)

5:00pm ET - Maryland v Rutgers - Video ($)


Judging from these meets, I am likely to be down for watching the Arizona v Nebraska, Alabama v Auburn and LSU v Arkansas. I may be able to watch UCLA, Michigan, Stanford and NC State meets but I'll have to see if the streams are compatible.















SUPERGIRL CUP: WEEKEND'S QUALIFIERS

This was the penultimate week for the Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup qualifying series. We weren't short of great gymnastics. It was the IGI Chicago Style, Gliders Invitational, Fiesta Bowl and Charity Choice meets.

But firstly, at the Fiesta Bowl meet, Desert Lights gymnast Mykayla Skinner showed off a huge Cheng vault, the first time she'd done it in competition. She's always been a dark horse for International teams but with this new Cheng, I'm sure Marta is going to be focusing on her. She scored a 9.875, watch it here

Fiesta Bowl Invitational - Chandler, AZ
Felicia Hano (West Coast)
Alexis Mattern (Artistic)

Charity Choice Invitational - Tacoma, WA
Hannah Miller (Olympus)

IGI Chicago Style, Chicago, IL
Sydney Johnson-Scharf (Brandy Johnson's)
Kari Lee (Flames)
Aja Sims-Monet (Brandy Johnson's)

Glider's Invitational - Ontario, Cal
Alma Kuc (AOGC)
Kaytianna McMillan (National Academy)




Monday 11 February 2013

THE EUROS & WORLDS FANTASY LEAGUE

A new game to get the gymternet buzzed is the European and World Fantasy Gymnastics League, coming soon!

Basically, it's a two competition season, kicking off with the Europeans. You select your team draft (8 gymnasts, 2 substitutes) and you can play them all but you have to make substitutions. 

If you want more information and get alerts for when you can field your team;


               CLICK THIS LINK!!!!

Everyone get your Fantasy Gymnastics on!


NCAA WEEK SIX: RANKINGS & RQS's

After another amazing week in the NCAA, We're already at Week Six. I was lucky to watch the Lindenwood v Bowling Green meet. I also saw the live stats of the Minnesota meet.
Utah's Tory Wilson scored a 10.0 on vault and made it to the ESPN's Top 10, so obviously Utah have managed to get over the upset of Corrie Lothrop's injury. 

So, who is top of the leader board this week?


  1. Florida
  2. Oklahoma
  3. Michigan 
  4. UCLA
  5. Alabama
  6. Utah
Yes, Florida manage another week at the top. Utah have crept up. One of my favourites LSU are just 7th. I really would love to see them at the Super Six this year. 

As you know, over the past couple of weeks, teams have been clocking their RQS's (Regional Qualifying Scores.) A few major teams like Florida, UCLA and Bama haven't yet but here are most of the RQS' in highest to lowest.

  1. Oklahoma (197.025)
  2. Michigan (196.770)
  3. Georgia (196.370)
  4. LSU (196.290)
  5. Denver (195.625)
  6. Arizona (195.525)
  7. Oregon State (195.455)
  8. Auburn (195.385)
  9. Kentucky (195.240)
  10. Ohio State (195.035)
  11. Central Michigan (194.730)
  12. North Carolina State (194.605)
  13. Penn State (194.565)
  14. California (194.315)
  15. Brigham Young (194.310)
  16. Rutgers (193.310)
  17. UC Davis (193.060)
  18. San Jose (192.990)
  19. Ball State (192.805)
  20. Bowling Green (192.500)
  21. Seattle Pacific (190.475)
  22. Alaska Anchorage (190.375)
  23. Lindenwood (188.250)
  24. Winona State (181.865)
  25. Wisconsin-Eau Claire (181.275)
  26. Wisconsin Oshkosh (179.975)
Colleges yet to record their RQS;

  1. Florida
  2. UCLA
  3. Alabama
  4. Utah
  5. Nebraska
  6. Stanford
  7. Minnesota
  8. Boise State
  9. Maryland
  10. Arkansas
  11. Illinois-Champaign
  12. Kent State
  13. Washington
  14. Arizona State
  15. West Virginia
  16. Iowa
  17. Pittsburgh
  18. North Carolina
  19. New Hampshire
  20. Southern Utah
  21. Eastern Michigan
  22. Western Michigan
  23. Missouri
  24. Bridgeport
  25. Iowa State
  26. George Washington
  27. Sacramento State
  28. Michigan State
  29. Northern Illinois
  30. UIC
  31. SE Missouri
  32. Towson
  33. Utah State
  34. Illinois State
  35. Air Force
  36. Texas Woman's
  37. Brown
  38. William & Mary
  39. Cornell
  40. Pennsylvania
  41. Temple
  42. Centenary
  43. Yale
  44. Southern Conn.
  45. Wisconsin - Whitewater
  46. West Chester
  47. Brockport State
  48. Cortland State
  49. Ursinus
  50. Wisconsin La Crosse
  51. Wisconsin Stout
  52. Springfield 
  53. Ithaca
  54. Hamline
  55. Gustavus Adolphus
  56. Rhode Island
  57. Wilson College