Nebraska 195.625 over University of Arizona 195.400.
It was an off night for Nebraska.
Bars warm-ups looked sharp. Much attention to hitting handstands. Then Jennifer Lauer, first routine, fell on a huge Tkachev. Unexpectedly.
Always the worst way to start a competition.
Nebraska did not have to count that fall, nor any fall. …
“It wasn’t our best day, but …,” Head Coach Dan Kendig said.
Emily Wong is a lovely gymnast, though. Sweet. Petite. Elite quality. Very appealing.
By comparison, Arizona looked better than their score. The home crowd left happy.
… the floor team came back to smash out a 49.275 to wrap up the meet and win the event by three tenths. Sangston opened her second event of the night, starting off with a 9.775. The scores only went up from there, with the Cats taking the 1, 2, and 3 podium spots. In third place was junior Jordan Williams who returned to the lineup after a one meet hiatus to earn a 9.825. Silver went to the double Arabian twins Klarenbach and Cristello who both totaled scores of 9.875. The highlight of the event, however, was a second consecutive floor title for freshman Jessie Sisler who earned a near perfect 9.925.
“Jessie is legit; she is a legitimate floor star. The end of our floor lineup is very exciting, it’s fun to sit back and watch and Jessie’s floor score was well deserved. She’s got a national level routine, her twisting technique is some of the best in the nation bar none and when she’s on there is literally no deductions to take,” Ryden said. …
Amber Womba was underscored on Beam, I felt, at 9.800. (VIDEO)
The Wildcats do some big, entertaining routines.
Congratulations.
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Nebraska was off but they were consistently underscored – they should have walked away with a 196.3 -
Yeah, but some of those Wildcat routines would be scoring much higher if they were from a different team.
The scoring at AZ was harsh. I felt that while most of the scores were FAIR- much closer to what they really deserve (and would get in a JO competition) than what normally happens in NCAA- it’s not fair because RQS essentially demands scoring be equal across all meets. These scores would have been higher other places.
Now, the scores I do think were overall consistent, in general, the better routines got the higher scores.
But Aubree Cristello either stuck her VT (or just a small hop in place), and only got 9.825! (She’s gone 9.95 this season…) And I feel this is only one example of how tight the scoring was.
In the end, scoring was tight although fair between the teams. But Nebraska will be the one MOST hurt (although both hurt) when it comes to RQS.
OK, I’m convinced.
Both teams were getting scores lower than the same routine would get for UCLA or Georgia.
Beam was quite strong for both teams, for example, though the scores didn’t show it.
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