Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA Championship Final on April 19, 2025 , , 4th of 4 (197.2375)
Final Score
Gymnastics
4th of 4 (197.2375)
vs NCAA Championship Final
Saturday, January 22
Lincoln, Neb.
7:00 PM
University of Utah
196.200
at
194.750
Nebraska
Ute Gymnasts Beat Nebraska 196.200-194.750
1/22/2011 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
Jan. 22, 2011
LINCOLN, Neb. -
Competing without senior All-American Kyndal Robarts, who injured her knee during pre-meet vault warm-ups, the No. 4-ranked Ute gymnasts gutted out a 196.200-194.750 win over No. 9 Nebraska. Utah, which improved to 3-0 with the win, earned its best score of the season even without its highest-scoring gymnast.
"You can't compare scores from different meets," said Ute coach Greg Marsden. "It wasn't the prettiest meet, but we didn't make the big mistake that (makes you) beat yourself. It's just a gutsy team. When Kyndal got hurt in warm-ups, it was tough on everyone. An already young team just got younger."
The Utes are now down to nine healthy scholarship gymnasts, with freshmen performing 13 of 24 routines against the Huskers. Marsden said that Robarts will have an MRI to determine the extent of the damage when the team returns to Salt Lake City. "I hope it's not permanent, but either way, she'll be out for awhile. Some other people will get an opportunity. We're not going to completely replace Kyndal's scores--she's number one in the country on vault--but we have some people who can step in and do a good job."
Freshman Corrie Lothrop earned her first two career victories--winning the all-around with a career-high 39.375 and tying for first on beam with fellow freshman Mary Beth Lofgren (9.85). Stephanie McAllister won the uneven bars with a career-high 9.925, and finished second in the all-around (39.300).
The teams were neck-and-neck through vault and bars, with Nebraska holding a slender 98.275-98.250 lead. But, as was the case in the first two meets, the Utes won the meet on the balance beam. The first three Huskers fell off the beam, allowing Utah's lead to balloon to 147.250-145.875 after three rotations.
Utah went to beam without Robarts, a 2010 first-team All-American on the event, and its anchor. The revamped lineup nearly cracked 49.000, scoring a 48.95 with two freshmen (co-victors Lothrop and Lofgren) at the end of the lineup.
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