Time for an exciting Big Ten matchup!
Minnesota is looking to continue to establish itself as not only one of the top teams in the Big Ten but in the country as well. Lexy Ramler has received two 10s in a row on beam, but the team did struggle a bit on floor last week, counting a fall.
Ohio State has been strong on vault, bars and floor, but is only ranked 52nd on beam. The Buckeyes’ season high on beam is only 48.275, which has prevented them from breaking into the 196 range this season. Will they finally be able to put a beam rotation together today?
Rotation 1
Ohio State: vault, Minnesota: bars
Abanto (OSU) – sticks y half! Wow great start! – 9.825
Quaglia (Minn) – good piked jaeger to bail, sticks landing on dismount – 9.825
Lowe (OSU) – small hop on y full – 9.8
Willmarth (Minn) – great first handstand to tkatchev, great on bail, step on landing – 9.8
Swartzentruber (OSU) – y full with a small hop – almost identical to Lowe – 9.75
Loper (Minn) – great 1st handstand to maloney to pak, tiny hop on dismount – 9.85
Malas (OSU) – y full with a small hop back – 9.825
Sales (Minn) – god bail, great khorkina, stuck dismount! – 9.9
Aepli (OSU) – stuck y full! – 9.825
Lu (Minn) – beautiful maloney to pak, stuck DLO! – 9.95
Jennings (OSU) – stuck y full! – 9.85
Ramler (Minn) – Beautiful Maloney to park, great van leeuween stuck dismount! Team chanting 10 – 9.975!
Gagliardi exh (OSU) – tucked omelianchik with a step forward
Montgomery – good jaeger, struggles on final handstand, step on dismount
After 1: Ohio State: 49.125 Minnesota: 49.500
Huge rotation on bars for the Gophers paced by Ramler’s 9.975! Ohio State stuck 3 of the 6 vaults and nearly stuck the other 3. I would have probably gone a bit higher on some of the scores, but hey, it’s the Big Ten.
Rotation 2
Ohio State: bars, Minnesota: vault
Quaglia (Minn) – stuck y full, college salutes out of it – 9.8
Hinterberger (OSU) – good first HS, good jaeger, great bail handstand, stuck dismount! – 9.85
Sonier (Minn) – small hop on y full – 9.8
Schweitzer (OSU) – great maloney, good bail handstand, step on dismount – 9.725
Williams (Minn) – small bounce back on y full – 9.775
Adamski (OSU) – good tkatchev, good bail handstand, stuck DLO! – 9.875
Ramler (Minn) – small hop back on y 1.5 – the usual knees – 9.825
Aepli (OSU) – great maloney to bail handstand, stuck half in half out! – 9.925
Loper (Minn) – y 1.5 with a hop forward – 9.875
Miller (OSU) – great maloney, good bail handstand, stuck DLO! OSU nailing these dismounts! – 9.9
Quarles (Minn) – y 1.5 with a hop forward – 9.825
Swartzentruber (OSU) – great maloney, great van leeuween, chest down and small hop on dismount – 9.75
Sales exh (Minn) – small hop on y full
Edwards exh (OSU) – great maloney to pak, step on dismount – 9.675
After 2: Ohio State: 98.425, Minnesota: 98.625
Great rotation on bars from the Buckeyes! Clearly have been working on those sticks. Minnesota with a solid rotation on vault.
Rotation 3
Ohio State: beam, Minnesota: floor
Schweitzer (OSU) – good front aerial to split jump, wobble on BHS LOSO series, good leap series, stuck dismount – 9.7
Sonier (Minn) – great double pike to start, squatty on front lay front full, good 1.5 to front tuck to close – 9.7
Swartzentruber (OSU) – good wolf turn to start, great BHS LOSO series, good front toss to beat jump – slight wobble, good leap series, nearly stuck dismount – 9.775
Sales (Minn) – really fun routine, good double pike to open, great leap series, little squatty on final pass but pulls it through. – 9.775
Abanto (OSU) – slight check on BHS LOSO series, great leap series, slight check on front aerial but connects to beat jump, stuck dismount – 9.7
Remlinger (Minn) – great double pike to open, great leaps, great 1.5 to front lay, really like this routine, great double tuck to close – 9.9
Hankins (OSU) – good wolf turn, great triple series, great leaps, hop on dismount – 9.775
Ramler (Minn) – OOB on double pike, beautiful leaps as usual, great rudi, great 1.5 through to double – 9.675
Hodges (OSU) – fall on BHS LOSO series, good full turn, slight check on LOSO, great leap series, step on dismount – good recovery – 9.175
Loper (Minn) – great front lay to rudi to open, great leaps, beautiful 2.5 twist, great 1.5 to front lay to close – 9.9
Lowe (OSU) – great BHS LOSO series, great leaps, great side aerial, good full turn, hop on dismount – 9.775
Williams (Minn) – beautiful front double full to open, beautiful leaps, good 1.5 to front lay – a little knees on the lay, and a beautiful rudi to close – 9.9
Malas exh (OSU) – great BHS LOSO series, great full turn, great side aerial, great leap series, small hop on dismount. – 9.625
Cronin exh (Minn) – good double pike to open, good leap series, good front lay to front full, spotted on double tuck – chest down
After 3: Ohio State: 147.150 Minnesota: 147.800
Ohio State survived beam! Great clutch performance from Lowe after the fall from Hodges. Good floor rotation for Minnesota but unfortunately had to count that 9.7 after Ramler’s OOB.
Rotation 4
Ohio State: floor, Minnesota: beam
Sonier (Minn) – great BHS LOSO series, great full turn, good leaps, solid LOSO, small hop on dismount. Great start! – 9.875
Rowland (OSU) – great front lay to rudi to open, falls on double pike, good front lay front full to close – 9.175
Lu (Minn) – great BHS LOSO series, beautiful switch half to beat jump, great full turn, good side somi – slight check, stuck gainer full dismount – 9.925
Chesney (OSU) – good double pike to open, sits front lay to front full (has to tuck it), good 1.5 to front lay to close. Counting a fall now. – 9.1
Loper (Minn) – great BHS LOSO series, good front toss, good leap series, stuck 1.5 dismount – 9.925
Abanto (OSU) – great double pike to open, great 1.5 to front lay, great leap series, OOB on double tuck. Great except for the last pass. – 9.725
Korlin-Downs (Minn) – check on BHS LOSO series, beautiful leap series, nearly stuck dismount – 9.7
Hankins (OSU) – OOB on sky high full in, great front lay to half to split jump, stuck double back to close – 9.75
Sales (Minn) – beautiful triple series, beautiful leaps, stuck dismount – 9.925
Aepli (OSU) – great double back to open, great 1.5 to front lay, good leap series, good double pike to close – 9.875
Ramler (Minn) – good full turn to open, great BHS LOSO series, beautiful front aerial to wolf jump, beautiful ring jump, stuck dismount. Could that be three 10s in a row!? Not quite, 9.95
Gagliardi (OSU) – good double pike to open – bouce back, great front lay to rudi, now I understand why everyone is obsessed with this routine, great double back to close – 9.875
Montgomery exh (Minn) – good BHS LOSO series – some knees, good full turn, good leap series, falls on punch front, stuck dismount. – 9.025
Adamski exh (OSU) – good double pike to open, great leap series, good 1.5 to front lay, sky high double back to close – 9.85
Final: Minnesota: 197.400, Ohio State: 195.550
Fourth highest score ever for Minnesota! I see now why the Gophers are the best beam team in the country. Good recovery for Ohio State on floor after those 2 falls
Live blog by Mary Emma Burton
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