Iowa at Michigan State

Recap

The Big Storyline: It was a close battle between these two teams. Iowa ended up taking the win, but Michigan State was a great contender and will only use this close loss as fuel for the next meet.

Implications: Alex Greenwald seemed to have injured herself after vault because she was out for the rest of the meet. That will be a tough loss for the Hawkeyes, as she is an all-around contributor. However, Mackenzie Vance filled in for Greenwald for the rest of the day and performed well.

Records: MSU’s Gabi Stephen scored a perfect 9.950 for her Yurchenko full on vault.

Controversies: The MSU sideline reporter was fun to watch on the stream, but missed routines and camera angles with jumps to the other team when someone else was competing was not.

Preview

Current Rankings: No. 17 Iowa at No. 16 Michigan State

Why You Should Make Time to Tune in: Michigan State broke its season-opening program record score week one with freshman Skyla Schulte taking home the Big Ten Freshman of the Week award. Iowa is coming off a Monday competition against top teams Minnesota and UCLA where it finished second to Minnesota. The meet was close, but a rough bars rotation took the Hawkeyes out of the meet. That’ll be an area of focus on Saturday.

Need More Proof? Iowa’s floor rotation is lights out with the likes of Lauren Guerin and JerQuavia Henderson scoring 9.925 and 9.900, respectively, last week. For MSU, Schulte will be one to watch for the Spartans in the all-around, as well as sophomore Delanie Harkness on bars.