Gymnastics Takes On Penn State On Saturday
2/3/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State gymnastics team travels to University Park, Pa. to take on Penn State on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 4 p.m. ET at REC Hall. MSU is 3-3 on the season and looking for its first Big Ten win, while Penn State is 4-2 on the year and 1-2 in the conference. A live stream of the meet can be found here, and fans can follow live stats .
MSU owns an average score of 193.775 with a high score of 194.175 entering the weekend. The Nittany Lions average score through three meets is 194.075 with a high score of 195.525. The Spartans best event has been bars where they average a score of 48.575 with a season-high score of 49.025 (vs. UIC, 1/6). Michigan State averages a 48.525 on the floor exercise while ranking seventh in the central region on the balance beam with an average score of 48.444.
Senior Nicola Deans picked up her second all-around title of the season last weekend at Rutgers where she scored a career-high 39.250. Deans ranks 12th in the Big Ten in the all around standings. She also picked up the floor title for the second consecutive week and owns a 9.813 average score. For the third time this season and eighth time in her career, Deans also took home the vault title last weekend.
Junior Hailee Westney looks to get back on track on the bars this weekend where she has taken home the event title in three meets already this season, with a high score of 9.900. The Spartans have won the bars title at every meet so far in 2017, as junior Lindsey Lemke posted a season-high score of 9.825 last weekend to take the title at Rutgers.
Senior Kira Frederick leads the Spartans on the floor exercise with an average score of 9.831 and she has picked up two event titles so far this season.
Michigan State returns home next weekend to take on Michigan at 2 p.m. inside of Jenison Field House. It will be the Alumni Meet for the Spartans and all alumni are invited back to Jenison Field House to be recognized at the end of the meet.
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