No. 14 Michigan State gymnastics took first place at the Saturday Session of the Big Five Meet hosted by Elevate the Stage on Saturday night in Toledo, Ohio, posting a season-best road score of 196.975. With the victory in the second night of the two-part Big Five meet, the Spartans now sit at second-place overall in the Big Ten standings.
MSU posted its second-highest score of the season and the third-best in program history to take home the win. The Spartans tallied a 49.200 on vault, 49.000 on bars, 49.300 on beam and a road-best score of 49.475 on floor en route to the victory.
"We're just so thrilled with how we're progressing," MSU head coach Mike Rowe said. "It was a good field of competition and a lot was expected of every team. Everybody had a foot in it, everyone had good things going on. Our goal was to do our best and see what happens. It's the same philosophy for us every meet: 'one at a time.' We're just going to keep working hard and see that it pays off. That's all we can ask for."
No. 36 Nebraska came in second place with a final score of 196.750. No. 6 Minnesota took third with a 196.500. Penn State placed fourth, scoring a 196.125, and Rutgers rounded things out with a fifth-place 195.475.
No. 1 Michigan took first place Friday night with a 197.950, and clinched the Big Ten regular season title. No. 22 Ohio State finished in second with a 196.900, followed by No. 26 Illinois (196.375), No. 17 Iowa (196.225), and No. 39 Maryland (195.725).
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