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Sunday, February 16
6:30 PM
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Gophers Host Sunday Night Showdown
2/12/2020 5:24:00 PM | Gymnastics
The No. 8 University of Minnesota Women's gymnastics team welcomes No. 15 Nebraska to Maturi Pavilion on Sunday, Feb. 16th at 6:30 p.m. This will be the Gophers first time being televised on the Big Network this season.
Last Time Out
The Gophers took down Iowa this past weekend for their fourth straight meet win. The Maroon and Gold won the meet 196.825 to 196.175. Minnesota outscored Iowa on every event, while sweeping the podium on vault and bars.
Tiarre Sales made her collegiate all-around debut when she was squeezed into the vault lineup before the meet began. She put up a 39.300, scoring a 9.825 on every event. Sales took second in the all-around and earned a third place finish on vault and bars.
Ona Loper took away her third-straight all-around title (39.400) with podium finishes on bars (first) and floor (second). Maddie Quarles and Paige Williams tied for first on vault (9.850), while Ivy Lu finished first on bars (9.875) and beam (9.925).
The Gophers put up a season-best 49.350 on floor with the entire lineup scoring a 9.800 or higher.
Gophers in the Rankings
Minnesota comes in a No. 8 for the second time this season. They are ranked second on beam, ninth on bars, 11th on vault and 20th on floor.
Loper continues to be nationally ranked in the all-around and vault, checking in at No. 13 and No. 22. Sales earns a spot in the national all-around rankings, coming in at No. 23. The sophomore has been ranked in the top-10 nationally on beam the entire season and is currently tied for sixth. Lexy Ramler is 12th in the nation on bars.
B1G Rankings
According to the Big Ten, the Gophers are tied for first in the conference with Michigan.
In the most recent Road To Nationals rankings, Michigan moved one spot ahead of the Gophers to come in at No. 7. Road To Nationals has Michigan ranked No. 1 in the conference with Minnesota in second.
The Wolverines are averaging a team score of 196.815 to Minnesota's 196.775. Michigan's season-high is 197.350, while Minnesota still holds the highest team score in the conference with 197.400.
Minnesota has three individuals who are ranked in the top-10 in the B1G in the all-around: Loper (first), Sales (fourth) and Ramler (ninth). Loper is also fourth on vault and floor, and seventh on beam. Sales is first on beam, Lu is fourth on beam and seventh on bars. Ramler remains in the top-two on bars for the fifth straight week.
The Gophers are ranked in the top-five on all four events within the Big Ten.
Beam Queens
Minnesota comes in at No. 2 in the nation on beam, trailing Florida. The two teams have been flip-flopping between first and second for the last three weeks.
The Gophers have been the No. 1 team on beam twice this season and still hold the highest score among all teams with 49.700.
At Ohio State, Minnesota recorded a 49.600 for the third-highest score in program history, with four Gophers scoring a 9.925 or higher.
Earlier this season, Ramler became the third Gopher in program history to record a perfect 10 on beam at the Rutgers quad meet, joining Ivy Lu and Hanna Nordquist to accomplish this.
In the first home meet of the season, the junior accomplished something no Gopher gymnast had ever done - record a perfect 10 in Maturi Pavilion. She scored her second perfect 10 in two weeks in front of her home crowd. No Gopher has ever recorded multiple perfect 10s, on any event, during their time at Minnesota. Ramler is also the only gymnast in the nation to have multiple perfect 10s on beam so far this season.
Record Setting Gophers
The Maroon and Gold had three record-setting performances at Ohio State. In their first rotation of the night, the bars team put up a 49.500 on the event to move into second place all-time.
After setting the program record on beam with a 49.700 at the Rutgers Quad meet, Minnesota put up the third-highest beam score in program history at OSU with a 49.600. Finally, the Gophers put up the fourth-highest team score in program history with a score of 197.400.
Minnesota earned a No. 8 national ranking for the second time this season. The Gophers have been ranked in the top-10 for five consecutive weeks in 2020. This is the second time the Maroon and Gold have spent five straight weeks in the top-10, with the first time being back in 1998. The longest amount of time Minnesota has spent in the top-10, was seven straight weeks in 1999.
Minnesota's highest overall rankings on RoadToNationals:
No. 4 - 1998 (Wk. 1), 2000 (Wk. 1)
No. 6 - 1999 (Wk.1), 2020 (Wk. 2), (Wk. 5)
No. 7 - 1998 (Wk. 2), 1999 (Wk. 4), 2002 (Wk. 1), 2020 (Wk. 3)
No. 8 - 1999 (Wk. 3, 5, 6), 2002 (Wk. 2), 2008 (Wk. 1), 2020 (Wk. 4), (Wk. 6)
No. 9 - 1998 (Wk. 5), 1999 (Wk. 2), 2000 (Wk. 2), 2001 (Wk. 2), 2002 (Wk. 8,9), 2019 (Wk. 10)
In their first meet of the season, Minnesota posted their best opening meet team score since women's gymnastics became an NCAA sport in 1982, recording 196.475 points at Denver.
B1G Weekly Honors
Lu won her second straight, and ninth total, Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week after her performance against Iowa.
2020 B1G Weekly Awards
Ona Loper: B1G Gymnast of the Week - (2/4/20)
Lexy Ramler: B1G Gymnast of the Week - (1/21/20)
Tiarre Sales: B1G Event Specialist of the Week - (1/21/20)
Ivy Lu: B1G Event Specialist of the Week - (2/4/20), (2/11/20)
Scouting Nebraska
Nebraska outranks Minnesota on vault and floor. The Cornhuskers have two individuals ranked in the top-25 on floor and one on vault. The No. 15 Nebraska is sixth on vault, eighth on floor, 20th on beam and 23rd on bars.
They are third in the Big Ten, averaging a team score of 196.056, with a high of 197.100. The team is first on floor, second on vault, fifth on beam and seventh on bars.
Taylor Houchin is fourth in the nation and first in the Big Ten on vault (9.908 Avg.) and 25th in the nation and fourth in the B1G on bars (9.862 Avg.). Sierra Hassel ranks 14th in the NCAA and second in the conference on floor, with a 9.900 average and a high of 9.950.
The Cornhuskers topped Maryland at home this past weekend, 196.175-193.575. Between Houchin and Adnerys De Jesus, they swept the top spot on the podium on every event. De Jesus is eighth in the Big Ten overall, averaging a score of 39.235, and has a high score of 39.450.
Meet Promotions
It will be Girl Scout night, Club night and camp reunion night at the Pav this Sunday.
Up Next
The Gophers will travel to Toledo, Ohio for the Big 5 at Elevate the Stage meet. The meet will take place on Sat., Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. CT (7 p.m. ET). Minnesota will face Michigan, Penn State, Michigan State and Maryland for the first time this season.
Last Time Out
The Gophers took down Iowa this past weekend for their fourth straight meet win. The Maroon and Gold won the meet 196.825 to 196.175. Minnesota outscored Iowa on every event, while sweeping the podium on vault and bars.
Tiarre Sales made her collegiate all-around debut when she was squeezed into the vault lineup before the meet began. She put up a 39.300, scoring a 9.825 on every event. Sales took second in the all-around and earned a third place finish on vault and bars.
Ona Loper took away her third-straight all-around title (39.400) with podium finishes on bars (first) and floor (second). Maddie Quarles and Paige Williams tied for first on vault (9.850), while Ivy Lu finished first on bars (9.875) and beam (9.925).
The Gophers put up a season-best 49.350 on floor with the entire lineup scoring a 9.800 or higher.
Gophers in the Rankings
Minnesota comes in a No. 8 for the second time this season. They are ranked second on beam, ninth on bars, 11th on vault and 20th on floor.
Loper continues to be nationally ranked in the all-around and vault, checking in at No. 13 and No. 22. Sales earns a spot in the national all-around rankings, coming in at No. 23. The sophomore has been ranked in the top-10 nationally on beam the entire season and is currently tied for sixth. Lexy Ramler is 12th in the nation on bars.
B1G Rankings
According to the Big Ten, the Gophers are tied for first in the conference with Michigan.
In the most recent Road To Nationals rankings, Michigan moved one spot ahead of the Gophers to come in at No. 7. Road To Nationals has Michigan ranked No. 1 in the conference with Minnesota in second.
The Wolverines are averaging a team score of 196.815 to Minnesota's 196.775. Michigan's season-high is 197.350, while Minnesota still holds the highest team score in the conference with 197.400.
Minnesota has three individuals who are ranked in the top-10 in the B1G in the all-around: Loper (first), Sales (fourth) and Ramler (ninth). Loper is also fourth on vault and floor, and seventh on beam. Sales is first on beam, Lu is fourth on beam and seventh on bars. Ramler remains in the top-two on bars for the fifth straight week.
The Gophers are ranked in the top-five on all four events within the Big Ten.
Beam Queens
Minnesota comes in at No. 2 in the nation on beam, trailing Florida. The two teams have been flip-flopping between first and second for the last three weeks.
The Gophers have been the No. 1 team on beam twice this season and still hold the highest score among all teams with 49.700.
At Ohio State, Minnesota recorded a 49.600 for the third-highest score in program history, with four Gophers scoring a 9.925 or higher.
Earlier this season, Ramler became the third Gopher in program history to record a perfect 10 on beam at the Rutgers quad meet, joining Ivy Lu and Hanna Nordquist to accomplish this.
In the first home meet of the season, the junior accomplished something no Gopher gymnast had ever done - record a perfect 10 in Maturi Pavilion. She scored her second perfect 10 in two weeks in front of her home crowd. No Gopher has ever recorded multiple perfect 10s, on any event, during their time at Minnesota. Ramler is also the only gymnast in the nation to have multiple perfect 10s on beam so far this season.
Record Setting Gophers
The Maroon and Gold had three record-setting performances at Ohio State. In their first rotation of the night, the bars team put up a 49.500 on the event to move into second place all-time.
After setting the program record on beam with a 49.700 at the Rutgers Quad meet, Minnesota put up the third-highest beam score in program history at OSU with a 49.600. Finally, the Gophers put up the fourth-highest team score in program history with a score of 197.400.
Minnesota earned a No. 8 national ranking for the second time this season. The Gophers have been ranked in the top-10 for five consecutive weeks in 2020. This is the second time the Maroon and Gold have spent five straight weeks in the top-10, with the first time being back in 1998. The longest amount of time Minnesota has spent in the top-10, was seven straight weeks in 1999.
Minnesota's highest overall rankings on RoadToNationals:
No. 4 - 1998 (Wk. 1), 2000 (Wk. 1)
No. 6 - 1999 (Wk.1), 2020 (Wk. 2), (Wk. 5)
No. 7 - 1998 (Wk. 2), 1999 (Wk. 4), 2002 (Wk. 1), 2020 (Wk. 3)
No. 8 - 1999 (Wk. 3, 5, 6), 2002 (Wk. 2), 2008 (Wk. 1), 2020 (Wk. 4), (Wk. 6)
No. 9 - 1998 (Wk. 5), 1999 (Wk. 2), 2000 (Wk. 2), 2001 (Wk. 2), 2002 (Wk. 8,9), 2019 (Wk. 10)
In their first meet of the season, Minnesota posted their best opening meet team score since women's gymnastics became an NCAA sport in 1982, recording 196.475 points at Denver.
B1G Weekly Honors
Lu won her second straight, and ninth total, Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week after her performance against Iowa.
2020 B1G Weekly Awards
Ona Loper: B1G Gymnast of the Week - (2/4/20)
Lexy Ramler: B1G Gymnast of the Week - (1/21/20)
Tiarre Sales: B1G Event Specialist of the Week - (1/21/20)
Ivy Lu: B1G Event Specialist of the Week - (2/4/20), (2/11/20)
Scouting Nebraska
Nebraska outranks Minnesota on vault and floor. The Cornhuskers have two individuals ranked in the top-25 on floor and one on vault. The No. 15 Nebraska is sixth on vault, eighth on floor, 20th on beam and 23rd on bars.
They are third in the Big Ten, averaging a team score of 196.056, with a high of 197.100. The team is first on floor, second on vault, fifth on beam and seventh on bars.
Taylor Houchin is fourth in the nation and first in the Big Ten on vault (9.908 Avg.) and 25th in the nation and fourth in the B1G on bars (9.862 Avg.). Sierra Hassel ranks 14th in the NCAA and second in the conference on floor, with a 9.900 average and a high of 9.950.
The Cornhuskers topped Maryland at home this past weekend, 196.175-193.575. Between Houchin and Adnerys De Jesus, they swept the top spot on the podium on every event. De Jesus is eighth in the Big Ten overall, averaging a score of 39.235, and has a high score of 39.450.
Meet Promotions
It will be Girl Scout night, Club night and camp reunion night at the Pav this Sunday.
Up Next
The Gophers will travel to Toledo, Ohio for the Big 5 at Elevate the Stage meet. The meet will take place on Sat., Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. CT (7 p.m. ET). Minnesota will face Michigan, Penn State, Michigan State and Maryland for the first time this season.
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