leam victorious over Houston Baptist
By unuck Green
Senior Reporter
The Nebraska men’s gymnastics
team finished its regular season un
beaten Saturday night with a win over
Houston Baptist University.
The No. 1-ranked Cornhuskcrs, led
by senior All-America selection Pat
rick Kirksey’s first-place finish in the
all-around pompetition, beat the
Huskies 279.85-/74.30 to finish the
season with a 19-0-1 overall record
and a 7-0-1 dual record.
Kirksey edged teammate Bob Stcl
ter 57.35-56.60 to capture the all
around title. Kirksey earned first-place
finishes in the floor exercise, with a
score of 9.75, and the high bar, with a
career-high 9.90.
Kirksey has won six of the nine
all-around competitions he has com
peted in this season.
Nebraska coach Francis Allen said
it was just another meet for Kirksey.
“It’s good to be able to score a
57.35 in the all-around with a fall on
the pommel horse,” he said.
Houston Baptist’s Miguel Jorge
was third in the all-around with a
56.40. He won the vault with a 9.50,
and finished second in the pommel
horse and floor exercise competitions.
Houston Baptist’s team score was
its highest of the season, and it was
the team’s second loss this season to
the Huskers.
Steltcr won the still rings with a
9.70, while teammate Mark Warburton
was second with a 9.60.
Warburton won the parallel bars
with a 9.80, and finished second to
Kirksey on the high bar with a career
high 9.85.
Stelterand Kirksey tied for second
place on the vault with scores of 9.40.
Nebraska freshman Trent Dimas
missed the meet because of a throat
infection. Freshman Josh Saegert
replaced him and scored a 54.75. It
was his first all-around competition
as a Huskcr.
Allen said he thought Saegert did
well.
“Josh just did a super job for his
first collegiate all-around competi
non, he said. He had a lot of fam
ily watching (Saegert is from Austin,
Texas), so it was kind of his night.”
Nebraska earned season-high team
scores in the high bar (48.50) and still
rings (47.90). But the pommel horse
was a different story.
The Huskers combined for a score
of 43.65 in the event.
‘‘We missed all six routines on
pommel horse and still had a decent
team score,” Allen said. ‘‘Our pom
mel horse score was probably our
lowest ever.”
The meet was the last for the Huskers
before the Big Eight championships
next Friday and Saturday in Norman,
Okla.
Now that the regular season is over,
Allen said, the Huskers can concen
trate on the conference champion
ships, NCAA regionals and NCAA
championships. The Midwest region
als also will be in Norman, Okla., on
April 7.
The NCAA meet will be in Min
neapolis on April 19-21.
‘‘I think we’re in good shape to
win all three,” Allen said. I
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