COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s gymnastics team will compete in the Covelli Center for the first time this season when it hosts No. 17 Michigan State and No. 20 Illinois on Sunday at 4 p.m. in a tri-meet. The competition will air live on the Big Ten Network.
WEEKLY BASICS
LAST TIME OUT
Ohio State (1-3, 1-2 Big Ten) finished second at a tri-meet with Michigan State and Nebraska last Saturday with a team score of 195.325. As a team, Ohio State claimed the vault title with a 48.975, which tied its season high. Five Buckeyes won shares of three event titles. Elexis Edwards and Sydney Jennings earned a share of the vault crown with scores of 9.825 while Colby Miller and Jenna Swartzentruber shared the bars title with a pair of 9.850s. Alexis Hankins tied for first on floor behind a 9.875.
EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Ohio State women’s gymnastics team (1-3, 1-2 Big Ten) finished second at a tri-meet with Michigan State and Nebraska on Saturday afternoon. The Buckeyes had a team score of 195.325 while the Spartans’ 195.775 won the meet and the Cornhuskers placed third with a 194.725.
As a team, Ohio State claimed the vault title with a 48.975, which tied its season high. Five Buckeyes won shares of three event titles. Elexis Edwards and Sydney Jennings earned a share of the vault crown with scores of 9.825 while Colby Miller and Jenna Swartzentruber shared the bars title with a pair of 9.850s. Alexis Hankins tied for first on floor behind a 9.875.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s gymnastics team heads to East Lansing, Mich. for a tri-meet against Michigan State and Nebraska on Saturday at 2 p.m.
WEEKLY BASICS
LAST TIME OUT
Ohio State (0-2, 0-1 Big Ten) is coming off a 196.550-193.800 setback to No. 9 Iowa last Saturday. Sydney Jennings scored a 9.850 on vault and Ella Hodges had a 9.875 on beam to earn their first titles of the season. Elexis Edwards’ 9.825 on vault tied second while Jenna Swartzentruber’s 9.850 on bars tied for third.
LOOKING AT MICHIGAN STATE
Saturday’s meet will be the season opener for the Spartans. Michigan State was scheduled to open its campaign on the road at Maryland on Jan. 23 but the meet was postponed.