Bridgeport Women's Gymnastics Closes Out Season With Several Strong Performance In 2014 USAG Individual Event Finals

Providence, R.I.-The University of Bridgeport women's gymnastics team, which captured its sixth straight USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate Team National Championship on Saturday night, closed out its 2014 season with several fine performances in the USAG Individual Events Finals on Sunday to close out the 2014 USAG Championship Weekend at Brown University.

Highlighting Sunday's action was UB's Melissa Doucette (Sr., Somersworth, N.H.) and Caitlin Perry (Jr., N. Kingston, R.I.) tying for first place in the floor exercise with scores of 9.8750.

On the beam on Sunday, freshman Brianna Comport (Gilbertsville, Pa.) tied for third on the beam with a score of 9.7550, and Melissa Doucette tied for fourth on the vault with a score of 9.7750.  Senior Lissette La Fex (Diamond Bar, Calif.) closed out her stellar UB career by tying for fourth on the bars with a score of 9.8250.

A total of 12 University of Bridgeport women's gymnastics performances earned All-American honors over the weekend at the 2014 USA Gymnastics National Championships.

Earning First Team USAG All-American honors were:

First Team

Bars- Christine Liautaud, Amber Hill and Lissette La Fex

Beam- Brianna Comport

Floor Exercise- Melissa Doucette,  Caitlin Perry and Lissette La Fex

Vault- Lissette La Fex, Melissa Doucette and  Kimberly Stewart

Second Team All-Americans

Amber Hill and Jenna Hamala-Smith