Michigan State sophomore gymnast Nikki Smith earned Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week honors, as announced by the conference Tuesday afternoon. Smith collects her second Specialist of the Week award of the season and fifth overall for the Spartans. MSU has earned nine weekly conference awards in 2024, the most by any school.
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A spectacular final rotation lifted MSU to its third-consecutive Big Five Meet victory en route to the program’s second-straight Big Ten regular season title Friday night at Penn State’s Rec Hall. MSU finished with a 197.275, defeating No. 14 Ohio State, No. 15 Minnesota, No. 23 Nebraska and Rutgers to finish the Big Ten season at 9-0, becoming the first team to go undefeated in conference action since 2022 and fourth team overall.
No. 8 Michigan State gymnastics (8-3, 5-0 B1G) will look to claim back-to-back Big Ten regular season titles at the Big Five Meet on Friday, Feb. 23, at Penn State’s Rec Hall. The Spartans face No. 14 Ohio State (5-2, 4-1 B1G), No. 15 Minnesota (8-1, 4-1), #23 Nebraska (5-4, 3-2) and Rutgers (5-9, 0-5) at 6 p.m. on Big Ten Network.
For the third time in 2024, Michigan State sophomore gymnast Sage Kellerman was named Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week, as announced by the conference Tuesday afternoon. With her trio of Specialist of the Week awards, Kellerman ties Minnesota’s Mya Hooten for the most by a gymnast in the conference this season. Her award is the fourth Specialist of the Week award for the Spartans this season and eighth conference weekly award overall, the most by any school.
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10th-ranked Michigan State gymnastics posted its second-best team score of the season to defeat Maryland, 197.550-195.525 Sunday afternoon in Jenison Field House. MSU’s 2.025-point win was its largest margin of victory this season. The Spartans move to 8-3 and remain the only undefeated team in the Big Ten with an unblemished 5-0 league mark.
10th-ranked Michigan State gymnastics (7-3, 4-0 B1G) hosts its final Big Ten dual meet on Sunday, Feb. 18, taking on No. 25 Maryland (3-2, 2-2 B1G) at 2 p.m. in Jenison Field House. The meet will stream on B1G+ with live scoring on MSUSpartans.com.
10th-ranked Michigan State gymnastics earned a 197.475-196.275 win over No. 25 Illinois Saturday night at Jenison Field House to remain undefeated in the Big Ten this season. MSU moves to 7-3 (4-0 B1G) while Illinois drops to 6-4 (1-3 B1G). The Spartans’ 4-0 record in Big Ten action is their best start to the conference dual season since 1996.
10th-ranked Michigan State gymnastics (6-3, 3-0 B1G) returns home to host No. 25 Illinois (6-3, 1-2 B1G) on Friday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. in Jenison Field House. The meet will celebrate National Girls & Women in Sports Day.Friday’s meet will stream on B1G+ with live scoring on MSUSpartans.com.
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Michigan State gymnasts Sage Kellerman and MaKayla Tucker have earned Big Ten Gymnastics weekly awards, with Kellerman earning the league’s Specialist of the Week honor and Tucker being named Freshman of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.
No. 13 Michigan State gymnastics scored a program-best road score en route to a 198.050-197.625 victory over No. 13 Michigan Sunday afternoon at the Crisler Center. The win marked the Spartans’ first win over Michigan in Ann Arbor since the 1990 Big Ten Championships.
13th-ranked Michigan State gymnastics (5-3, 2-0 B1G) travels to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to face No. 13 Michigan (3-3, 2-0 B1G) on Sunday, Feb. 4 at 4 p.m. at the Crisler Center. Sunday’s meet will air nationally on Big Ten Network with live scoring available on MSUSpartans.com
For the second-straight week, Michigan State gymnastics’ Skyla Schulte was named Big Ten Gymnast of the Week, while sophomore Nikki Smith earned the conference’s Specialist of the Week honor, as announced by the conference Tuesday.
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Nikki Smith scored MSU’s second perfect 10.000 of the season to highlight a 197.400-195.600 victory for 14th-ranked Michigan State gymnastics over No. 20 Iowa Sunday afternoon in Jenison Field House. MSU moves to 5-3 and remains undefeated (2-0) in conference action with the win.
After a three-meet road stretch to start the season, No. 14 Michigan State gymnastics (4-3, 1-0 B1G) hosts No. 20 Iowa (2-1, 0-1 B1G) in its home opener on Sunday, Jan. 28 at 1 p.m. in Jenison Field House. Sunday’s meet will serve as the Spartans’ Alumni Day and 50th Anniversary Celebration.
The league office announced Tuesday that Michigan State gymnasts Skyla Schulte and Gabi Ortiz earned Big Ten women’s gymnastics weekly honors, with Schulte being named Co-Gymnast of the Week while Ortiz took home Freshman of the Week.
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Led by four event titles from junior Skyla Schulte, 16th-ranked Michigan State gymnastics defeated Penn State, 197.475-195.950, to open the conference season Friday night in University Park. The Spartans’ 197.475 is the ninth-best team score in program history.
No. 16 Michigan State gymnastics travels to University Park, Pennsylvania for its third-straight road meet to start the season, taking on Penn State on Friday, Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. in Rec Hall. The meet will be the Spartans’ Big Ten opener.
No. 14 Michigan State gymnastics posted a 196.725 to earn runner-up honors at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad Saturday night at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah.
No. 14 Michigan State gymnastics stays on the road to face No. 6 Cal, No. 19 BYU and NC State in its second meet of the season at the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad on Saturday, Jan. 13 at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah. The meet is set for 9 p.m. ET/7 p.m. MT and will be nationally televised on ACC Network.