For the seventh time this season, the No. 10 Michigan State gymnastics team surpassed the 197.000 mark to defeat Northern Illinois, 197.800-195.225 Saturday night at Jenison Field House. Sophomore Gabrielle Stephen set a new career high in the all-around with a 37.725, just shy of freshman Nikki Smith’s school record score of 39.775 set last week.
Category: Gymnastics
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Michigan State Sweeps Big Ten Gymnastics Weekly Awards
Michigan State gymnastics freshman Nikki Smith and senior Jori Jackard have earned Big Ten Gymnastics Weekly honors, as announced by the conference Wednesday. Smith receives Gymnast and Freshman of the Week honors while Jackard earns Event Specialist of the Week.
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No. 13 Michigan State Shatters School Record with 198.225
With two perfect 10.0s on the day, Michigan State set the school record with a score of 198.225 Sunday afternoon at Jenison Field House. Sunday was also the Spartans’ annual Jan Howard Breast Cancer Awareness Meet.
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No. 13 Michigan State Hosts Bowling Green, LIU in Pink Meet Sunday
No. 13 Michigan State returns to Jenison Field House for the first time since Feb. 4 on Sunday, March 5, hosting Bowling Green and LIU in a tri-meet at 1 p.m. Live results will be available on MSUSpartans.com with streaming on B1G+.
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No. 13 Gymnastics Sets Bars Program Record in Dominant Win at Eastern Michigan
Highlighted by a program-record bars rotation, No. 13 Michigan State scored a 197.500 to top Eastern Michigan (194.900) and LIU (194.625) Friday afternoon at the George Gervin GameAbove Center in Ypsilanti.
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No. 13 MSU Travels to Ypsilanti for EMU Tri-Meet Friday
Michigan State gymnastics travels to Ypsilanti, Michigan for a tri-meet with Eastern Michigan and Long Island University on Friday, March 3. Action gets underway at 1 p.m. from the George Gervin GameAbove Center.
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MSU Gymnasts Stephen and Smith Collect Big Ten Weekly Honors
Michigan State gymnastics sophomore Gabrielle Stephen and freshman Nikki Smith collected Big Ten Gymnastics Weekly honors, as announced by the conference Tuesday. Stephen earns her first Big Ten weekly award of the season and first Gymnast of the Week award of her career, while Smith collects her fourth Freshman of the Week honor.
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Spartans Earn Top Seed at Big Ten Gymnastics Championships
Michigan State will compete during the evening session as the No. 1 seed at the Big Ten Gymnastics Championships on March 18, as announced by the league Tuesday. The evening session features the top four seeds, who will compete at 5:30 p.m.
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No. 13 Gymnastics Wins B1G Regular Season Title with Victory at No. 24 Illinois
Tying its fifth-best team overall score, No. 13 Michigan State earned a 197.450-196.425 win at No. 23 Illinois to earn its first Big Ten Regular Season Championship in program history Monday night in Champaign.
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No. 19 Spartans Conclude B1G Season at No. 24 Illinois Monday
No. 13 Michigan State returns to action on Monday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT for for its Big Ten regular season finale at No. 23 Illinois at Huff Hall in Champaign. Monday’s meet will stream on B1G+.
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No. 19 Michigan State Sets Program Record in Big Five Victory
Competing in its first meet since Feb. 11, No. 19 Michigan State gymnastics set a program record of 197.675 en route to a dominant victory over No. 18 Minnesota, No. 13 Ohio State, Nebraska and Rutgers at the Big Five Meet Saturday afternoon at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln.
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No. 19 Gymnastics Returns to Action at Big Five Meet
No. 19 Michigan State returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 1 p.m. ET/noon CT for the league’s annual Big Five Meet at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. The meet will be televised nationally on the Big Ten Network with Olivia Karas and Dean Linke on the call. Live results will be available at MSUSpartans.com.
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Stephen Wins Second-Straight All-Around Title in Spartans’ Loss at No. 17 Iowa
No. 12 Michigan State captured three event titles and sophomore Gabrielle Stephen won her second-straight all-around title, but an uncharacteristic night for the Spartans resulted in a 196.150-195.725 loss Saturday night at No. 17 Iowa.
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No. 12 Spartans Head to No. 17 Iowa Saturday
No. 12 Michigan State begins its month-long road stint at No. 17 Iowa on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. ET/5 p.m. CT at Iowa’s Xtream Arena, site of the 2023 Big Ten Championships. The meet will air on B1G+, with live results available on MSUSpartans.com.
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No. 13 Spartans Dominate Penn State With Fourth-Best Score in Program History
Behind the fourth-best score in school history, the No. 13 Michigan State gymnastics dominated Penn State, 197.400-195.475 at packed Jenison Field House Saturday night, celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
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No. 13 Michigan State Hosts Penn State Saturday
No. 13 Michigan State hosts its second meet of the season at Jenison Field House on Saturday, Feb. 4 in a dual meet with Penn State at 7 p.m. The meet will air on B1G+, with live results available on MSUSpartans.com.
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Nikki Smith Named Big Ten Freshman Gymnast of the Week
Michigan State gymnast Nikki Smith has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week, as announced by the conference Wednesday. The West Bloomfield, Michigan, native earns her second Freshman of the Week honor in as many weeks after being named both Co-Gymnast and Freshman of the Week on Jan. 24.
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No. 12 Gymnastics Posts Season-High Road Score in Win at Maryland
Posting a season-high road score and recording a sweep of the event titles, Michigan State gymnastics earned a 196.950-196.425 win over Maryland Sunday at the XFINITY Center in College Park.
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No. 12 Spartans Travel to Maryland for B1G Road Opener
No. 12 Michigan State is back on the road for a matchup with Maryland on Sunday, Jan. 29 in College Park for its second B1G dual meet. Action gets underway at 1 p.m., with live results available at MSUSpartans.com and streaming on B1G+.
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Nikki Smith Receives Big Ten Co-Gymnast and Freshman of the Week Honors
Michigan State gymnast Nikki Smith has been named both Big Ten Gymnast of the Week and Freshman of the Week, as announced by the conference Tuesday. A native of West Bloomfield, Michigan, Smith earns both honors for the first time in her career and becomes the first MSU gymnast to collect both awards in the same week since Skyla Schulte on March 8, 2022.