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2010 Meet Summaries PSU closed out the quad meet on floor and again claimed the top three spots on the event. Personett took the title with 9.900, freshman Madison Merriam placed second with a 9.825 and Bencsko took third scoring a 9.800. Konsevick rounded out Penn State's top performers with a fifth place score of 9.750. Senior Allie Southard placed 10th with a 9.625 and Rohrbaugh posted a 9.175 for 18th. Penn State Iowa Yale Cornell
V 49.500 48.050 47.200 47.875
UB 49.100 48.775 46.275 45.875
BB 47.825 46.875 45.175 46.425
FX 48.080 48.475 47.275 45.475
Total 195.325 192.175 186.125 185.750
vs. Minnesota & Alabama• January 30 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - No. 19 Penn State women's gymnastics team took second place in their second home meet of the season on Saturday when they hosted No. 1 Alabama and No. 23 Minnesota. Alabama took first with a 196.600, the Nittany Lions placed second with a season-high 196.025 and Minnesota took third with a 192.850. Freshman Sharaya Musser was named the Ann Carr Award winner as PSU’s top performer on three events against Minnesota and Alabama.
vs. Cornell, Iowa &Yale • January 23 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The No. 22 Penn State women's gymnastics team opened its home slate with a first place finish in a quad meet with Cornell, Iowa and Yale. The Nittany Lions scored a 195.325 for top honors, Iowa took second with a score of 192.175, Yale finished third with a score of 186.125 and Cornell placed fourth with a 185.750. Penn State opened the meet on vault where the team tied the program's all-time high score with a 49.500. The Lions scored a 49.100 on the uneven bars, a 47.825 on beam and closed out the meet on floor with a team score of 48.900. Senior Brandi Personett was the Ann Carr award winner after scoring the first 10.0 on vault since Katie Rowland in 2003 and taking the all-around title with a score of 39.575. Sophomore Whitney Bencsko also competed in the all-around and finished second with a 38.675. Five Nittany Lions finished in the top five on vault, with Personett leading the way with a 10.0. There was a three-way tie for second between seniors Casey Rohrbaugh and Rosie Smith and Bencsko. Each member of the trio scored a 9.900 on the event. Junior Danielle Hover finished fifth with a 9.800. Freshman Sharaya Musser finished tied for seventh scoring a 9.775 to finish the PSU competitors. Penn State moved to the uneven bars for the second rotation. Sophomore Natalie Ettl earned the title with a career-high 9.900. Senior Alexandra Brockway finished second with a 9.875 and Musser took third with a 9.825. Personett placed fifth on bars with a 9.800 and Smith tied for seventh place with a 9.700. The Nittany Lions took the top three spots on beam. Personett won the event with a 9.875, while Bencsko scored a 9.750 for second place and Rohrbaugh posted a 9.725 for third. Hover finished 11th with a 9.275 and sophomore Daryl Konsevick placed 13th with a 9.200.
Freshman Sharaya Musser was Penn State's Ann Carr award winner. She was Penn State's top performer in all three of her events. Alabama's Morgan Dennis took home the all-around crown with a score of 39.275. Sophomore Whitney Bencsko took second to lead Penn State with a season-high 39.200. Senior Brandi Personett was fourth with a 38.350. Penn State wowed the home crowd with season high scores on both balance beam and floor with 49.050 and 48.925 respectively. The Lions scored 49.225 on vault and a 48.825 on the uneven bars. Musser and Personett led the Nittany Lions on vault both scoring a 9.900 for a three-way tie with Alabama's Dennis for second. Bencsko placed seventh with a 9.850, senior Casey Rohrbaugh tied for eighth with a 9.800 and senior Rosie Smith placed 10th with a 9.775. Alabama's Geralen Stack-Eaton took home the title with a 9.925. Musser was Penn State's leader on bars with a second place finish and a score of 9.875. Sophomore Natalie Ettl finished tied for seventh with freshman teammate Madison Merriam with a 9.800. Bencsko took ninth with a 9.775 and senior Alexandra Brockway rounded out the Nittany Lion performers with a 9.575 for 14th. Alabama's Ashley Priess won the event with a 9.925. Senior Allie Southard and Musser tied for fourth on beam with a 9.825 to lead the Lions. Southard's score was a season-high. Sophomore Daryl Konsevick (Rutherford, N.J.), Bencsko and Personett all tied for sixth with a 9.800. Alabama's Priess took top honors with a 9.900. Penn State closed out the meet on floor. Personett won the floor title with a 9.900, while Konsevick and Bencsko tied for fifth with a 9.775. Merriam finished tied for eighth with a 9.750 and Rohrbaugh tied for 10th with a 9.725. Alabama Penn State Minnesota
V 49.375 49.225 47.975
UB 49.150 48.825 48.150
BB 49.200 49.050 48.100
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FX 48.875 48.925 48.625
Total 196.600 196.025 192.850
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