Huskers Defeat Rutgers In Double Dual

Lincoln – Three Huskers picked up individual event titles and Hollie Blanske won the all-around title, as the 18th-ranked Nebraska women’s gymnastics team defeated Rutgers 195.825-193.075 in front of 3,032 fans at the Devaney Center on Saturday evening.

Blanske’s all-around score was a season high of 39.500. She picked up the floor exercise title for a second straight week, tying her career high with a 9.95. Grace Williams finished second in the all-around with a solid 39.275.

Megan Schweihofer won the first vault title of her career, scoring a 9.90. Williams won her second uneven bars title of the season, scoring a 9.875, and her third beam title of the year with a 9.90 routine.

Rotation One: Nebraska began the evening on vault, scoring a 49.200, its highest vault score of the season. Schweihofer led the way with a 9.90, the highest vault score by a Husker this year. Williams led off for the Big Red and stuck the landing, scoring a 9.85. Blanske scored a 9.85 as well, while Sienna Crouse and Jennie Laeng both chipped in 9.80s.

The Scarlet Knights started on uneven bars, and scored 48.150, led by Michelle Amoresano and Charly Santagado with 9.80s.

Rotation Two: The Huskers moved to uneven bars for their second rotation, and scored a 48.775. Williams led the way with a 9.875, while Blanske pitched in a 9.85. Breen and Madison McConkey both scored a 9.80.

RU second rotation was on vault and scored a 48.750, led by a 9.80 from Nicolette Wilson.

After two rotations, Nebraska led 97.975-96.900.

Rotation Three: NU’s third rotation came on balance beam, with the Huskers posting a 48.950. Williams led the way with a 9.90, while Blanske scored a 9.85 and Breen hit a 9.825 to lead the Huskers. Schweihofer posted a 9.775 and McConkey scored a career-high 9.60 to help the Husker effort.

Rutgers scored a 48.675 on floor exercise, led by Santagado’s 9.775.

After three rotations, Nebraska led 146.925-145.575.

Rotation Four: The Huskers closed the night on floor, scoring a 48.900. Blanske’s 9.95 was the final routine of the night for the Big Red. Breen and Crouse both added 9.825s, while Williams and Schweihofer both scored a 9.65 for Nebraska

RU’s final rotation came on beam, scoring a 47.500. Clair Jones led the way with a 9.775 for the Scarlet Knights.

The Nebraska men’s gymnastics team, competing at the same time as the women at the Devaney Center, defeated Air Force by a score of 434.300—425.950.

The Huskers will return to action next Friday, Jan. 29, against No. 3 Michigan. Competition is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. CT at the Devaney Center. The meet can be seen in its entirety on NET, with coverage starting at 7 p.m. CT. It will also be shown on Big Ten Network Monday, Feb. 1, at 8 p.m. CT. The theme of the evening is Light Up the Night, as 1,500 LED bracelets will be given away at entrances.

Notes:

• Nebraska improves its record to 4-0 all-time against Rutgers
• Nebraska’s team score of 49.200 on vault was its highest vault score of the season
• Hollie Blanske hit season highs on vault (9.85) and uneven bars (9.85)
• Blanske tied her career high on floor exercise with a 9.95 (at Big Ten Championships, March 22, 2014)
• Blanske’s 9.95 was Nebraska’s first 9.95 on floor since Ashley Lambert at UCLA on Feb. 21, 2015.
• Danielle Breen tied her season high on uneven bars (9.80) and set a career high with a 9.825 on floor exercise
• Sienna Crouse hit a 9.80 in the first vault of her college career
• Madison McConkey set career highs with a 9.80 on uneven bars and 9.60 on balance beam
• Megan Schweihofer scored a 9.90 on vault, a career-high for the freshman and the Huskers’ first vault of 9.90 or above this season.
• Schweihofer’s vault title was the first vault title and the second individual title of her career (balance beam, at Arizona State)
• Grace Williams hit season highs on vault (9.85), uneven bars (9.875) and the all-around (39.275)
• Williams won her second uneven bars title of the season (at Arizona State) and third balance beam title of the season (at Arizona State, at Penn State)

Name	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	All-Around
Hollie Blanske	9.85	9.85	9.85	9.95	39.500
Danielle Breen	--	9.80	9.825	9.825	--
Sienna Crouse	9.80	--	--	9.825	--
Jennie Laeng	9.80	9.45	8.40	--	--
Madison McConkey	--	9.80	9.60	--	--
Catelyn Orel	--	9.15	--	--	--
Megan Schweihofer	9.90	--	9.775	9.65	--
Grace Williams	9.85	9.875	9.90	9.65	39.275
Team	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	Total
Nebraska	49.200	48.775	48.950	48.900	195.825
Rutgers	48.700	48.150	47.500	48.675	193.075