Csenge Bácskay performs her floor routine at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Csenge Bácskay performs her floor routine at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Nebraska women’s gymnastics brought home a win on Saturday over New Hampshire, 196.350-195.525.
The competition was a special one, as it was Nebraska’s annual “Stick it to Cancer” meet, where each team member wears and represents a ribbon in support of people who fight cancer daily.
After being away on the road for the past two meets, the Huskers were happy to be back at Bob Devaney Sports Complex. With a large crowd supporting the team, energy was at an all-time high in the complex.
Placing second in their last meet against Ohio State, UCLA and Rutgers, the Huskers were ready for another win, especially a win in Lincoln.
The Huskers started the competition off with the vault. The crowd at Bob Devaney started their slow clap as senior Jenna Sartoretto stuck a near-perfect landing, scoring the Huskers 9.650.
Senior Sophia McClelland followed with an amazing pass, leading to a score of 9.725. Sophomore Whitney Jencks, senior Ayzhia Hall, sophomore Isabel Sikon and senior Emma Spence followed on the vault.
Sikon had the highest score on the vault of 9.850. The Huskers fell a little behind after the first event with a score of 48.675-48.775, but their energy was not down.
“I think we did really good,” said Sikon. “We tried to stay together within our bubble, and we kept feeding off the energy with one another. So, that really helped us stick together.”
The Huskers moved to uneven bars with high hopes and a strong start with McClelland. Scoring 9.775 on the uneven bars, freshman Lauren Hollifield followed with the same score.
Senior Emma Simpton finished her routine with a high score of 9.900. After sticking the landing, Bob Devaney exploded with applause for Simpton. Right after Simpton’s score of 9.900, Jencks and Spence followed with more scores of 9.900, pushing the Huskers ahead of the Wildcats.
Finishing the uneven bars with a score of 49.250-48.925, Nebraska started their third event, the beam.
Jencks started the beam off for Nebraska, scoring 9.825. Jencks was followed by Hall, Simpton, Sikon, Homecillo and McClelland.
Sikon had the highest score on the beam, 9.850, and the Nebraska crowd knew it before the score was posted. The Huskers went crazy, and the energy picked up more than before.
Nebraska did finish behind the Wildcats with this rotation, 49.050-49.125. The Huskers were still ahead, moving to the floor, the last rotation of the night. Nebraska showed up and showed out with their floor routines.
Jencks kicked off the floor with an excellent routine and a score of 9.900. Sophomore Reese Baechle, Homecillo, McClelland, junior Nya Kraus and junior Allie Gard followed with their floor routine.
McClelland had an amazing routine with amazing energy that led her to a high score of 9.925. Gard finished the Huskers off strong on their last event of the night with a score of 9.825. Nebraska ended the rotation with a score of 49.375-48.700.
Individual awards won by the Huskers were: high score of 9.850 on vault by Sikon, high score of 9.900 on bars by Spence, Simpton and Jencks, high score of 9.850 on beam by Sikon, high score of 9.925 on floor by McClelland and all-around score of 39.35 by Jencks.
“Next home meet is going to be super exciting,” Sikon said postgame. “Each one of us is going to do it for all of our seniors because they are all so special to this team, and we cannot wait to have one last party out there with them.”
The Huskers have their last home meet on Saturday, March 15, 2025.
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