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I NU gymnasts face 3 ranked teams tonight
By Lori Griffin
Staff Reporter
Three teams ranked in the top 20
and about 9,000 fans will greet the
Nebraska women’s gymnastics
team when itcompetes in a quadran
gular meet tonight at Salt Lake City.
The No. 7-ranked Comhuskers
will face six-time defending na
tional champion Utah, which is
ranked No.4 in the nation. Nebraska
also will face No. 18-ranked Cal
State-Fullerton and No. 19 Utah
State.
Nebraska women’s gymnastics
coach Rick Walton said the meet
will be fun to compete in because of
the crowd. He said Utah has desig
nated this meet as “School Pride
Night.”
“It will be fun to be out there,”
Walton said. “There is a lot of elec
tricity out there and it will be an
outstanding meet.”
Walton said the Lady Utes are
very competitive.
“I think that a bomb would have
to fall on their campus for them not
to be competitive,” Walton said.
Walton said the Huskers will
have to be competitive and perform
their routines perfectly to stay in
contention for the team title. The
team score will take care of itself if
Nebraska performs its routines well,
Walton said.
“This is the kind of meet for the
athlete to enjoy,” Walton said. “It is
a blast to be in this kind of a meet.”
Walton said the Huskers plan to
use the crowds to their best advan
tage.
“The girls are performers and
they do better in front of large
crowds,” Walton said. “I enjoy
going to places where the crowd is
large. It’s an advantage for us.”
Utah women's gymnastics coach
Greg Marsden said he expects Ne
braska to be competitive against the
Lady Utes. He said the fans attend
ing the meet will help his team’s
progress.
“Our kids feel a lot of support and
it is a motivator for us,” Marsden
said. “Our fans will support any
good performance.”
Utah, 7-2, is led by Hilarie
Ported, who scored a 37.7 in the all
around competition against Okla
homa earlier this season. Utah
posted a 189.8 against the Sooners,
its highest score of the season.
Utah State women’s gymnastics
coach Ray Com said he doesn’t
expect his team to be competitive
against Utah, nut the Aggies can
give Nebraska a challenge.
Corn said his team has three
consistcntad-arounders: Lena Ado
mat, Stephanie Green and Julie
Ryan. The other eight team mem
bers will be used as specialists.
“We are doing this in order to
have a good meet,” Corn said.
Ryan has been scoring consis
tently in the 37-point range in the
all-around competition, Corn said.
Green broke the school record in the
uneven bars against Denver by scor
ing a 9.7 5, breaking the old record of
a 9.7 held by 1987 graduate Robin
Conklin.
Corn said Utah State has to per
form five solid routines to contend
with Nebraska.
“We need solid routines, espe
cially on the bars and balance
beam,” Com said. “1 hope we are
able to show signs of consistency
Monday night.”
Com said he hopes to see his
team break the 184-point barrier as
it did against Denver. The Aggies
defeated Denver 184.6-180.1.
Cal State-Fullerton women’s
gymnastics coach Lynn Rogers said
the Utah gymnasium makes com
peting difficult. He said gymnasts
are able to see their own scores but
can’t see the team standings. He said
that despite the trouble of not know
ing where each team is point-wise,
the meet will be a good one.
Rogers said his team consists of
eight freshmen who are “young,
strong and aggressive.”
“We hope to give them a run for
their money,” Rogers said. ‘This is
not going to be a slouch meet. I’ll be
surprised if this is not a close meet.
This is our first chance to see any
body further east than Utah.”
Rogers said Cal State-Fullerton
wants to beat Nebraska and Utah.
He said the Titans will have to per
form well to accomplish that goal.
“The meet will be a confidence
builder,” Rogers said.
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