Senior Courtney McCool posted a clutch 9.925 in Georgia’s final routine to lead the top-ranked Georgia Gym Dogs over No. 7 Stanford by a score of 195.150-195.050 Saturday in front of a sellout crowd of 10,224 at Stegeman Coliseum.
“It took the 10,000 people and our entire team to help me do that routine,” said McCool of her meet-clinching floor performance. “I am so proud of my team. …
The tilt with Stanford was the first of three straight meets against top-10 opponents for the Gym Dogs, who will face a total of nine ranked teams in 2010.
“I am happy that the team stayed in there and hung tough,” said Jay Clark, making his debut as head coach of the five-time defending national champions. “We made too many mistakes, there is no question about that. We had an opportunity early in the meet to be up by a good margin halfway through the meet, but we made uncharacteristic mistakes on bars that we really just haven’t ever seen. We all understand that we have to do a better job next weekend. We are glad to get the win, but at the same time, I am not excited about a low 195. I just don’t think that is where this team is and we have to do a better job from here on out.” …
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