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NEBRASKA WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS 2018 MEET NOTES #HUSKERS @HUSKERSWGYM /NEBRASKAWGYM HUSKERSWGYMNASTICS HUSKERS.COM #BEUNSTOPPABLE 2018 SCHEDULE (11-3, 5-0 BIG TEN) MEET 11 - No. 11 NEBRASKA at B1G FIVE MEET at No. 17 PENN STATE* Jan. 13 | University Park, Pa. | W, 195.550 - 195.050 vs. RUTGERS* (DOUBLE-DUAL WITH MEN’S GYM) Jan. 20 | Devaney Center | W, 196.300 - 192.975 vs. No. 8 MICHIGAN* Jan. 27 | Devaney Center | W 196.875 - 196.525 vs MINNESOTA* Feb.® 3 | Devaney Center | W, 196.850 - 196.350 ILLINOIS MARYLAND MICHIGAN STATE #24 OHIO STATE at IOWA* No. 11 NEBRASKA Feb. 10 | Iowa City, Iowa | W 195.675 - 194.900 CORNHUSKERS ILLINI TERRAPINS SPARTANS BUCKEYES Record (Big Ten): 11-3 (5-0) Record (Big Ten): 13-5 (3-2) Record (Big Ten): 18-7 (2-3) Record (Big Ten): 5-9 (0-5) Record (Big Ten): 7-4 (3-2) at OKLAHOMA (PERFECT 10 CHALLENGE) Feb. 16 | Oklahoma City, Okla. | L 196.425 - 196.175 RQS: 196.660 RQS: 195.745 RQS: 195.900 RQS: 194.845 RQS: 195.815 Last Meet: L, Florida, Last Meet: at Illinois Classic Last Meet: Maryland Five Last Meet: L, vs. Oregon Last Meet: 2nd/3, vs PITTSBURGH 197.925 - 196.700 1st/4, 195.025 1st/5, 196.325 State 196.800-191.350 196.525 Feb. 24 | Devaney Center | W 196.425 - 193.600 Head Coach: Dan Kendig Series: NU, 23-5 Series: NU, 10-0 Series: NU, 17-2 Series: NU, 17-11 at No. 17 GEORGIA (ELEVATE THE STAGE 2018) Record at NU (Yr.): 582-217-4 Head Coach: Nadalie Head Coach: Brett Nelligan Head Coach: Mike Rowe Head Coach: Meredith March 2 | Augusta, Ga. | W 196.700 - 195.825 (25th) Walsh Paulicivic vs. ILLINOIS (ELEVATE THE STAGE 2018)* March 2 | Augusta, Ga. | W 196.700 - 195.900 MEET INFO ROTATION ORDER vs. STANFORD (ELEVATE THE STAGE 2018) Date ............................................................... Saturday March 17 Rotation Neb. Md. OSU MSU Ill. March 2 | Augusta, Ga. | W 196.700 - 195.925 Time (CT) ............................................................................ 1 p.m. 1 Vault Bars Beam Bye Floor vs No. 23 IOWA STATE (MASTERS CLASSIC) Location .........................................................East Lansing, Mich. 2 Bars Beam Bye Floor Vault March 4 | Devaney Center | W 197.175 - 195.575 Venue (Capacity) ............................. Jenison Field House (5,017) 3 Beam Bye Floor Vault Bars TV/Internet: ..............................................................BTN/BTN2Go 4 Bye Floor Vault Bars Beam vs KENT STATE (MASTERS CLASSIC) 5 Floor Vault Bars Beam Bye March 4 | Devaney Center | W 197.175 - 194.700 Live Scores ......................................................MSUSpartans.com vs No. 2 UCLA (MASTERS CLASSIC) THE OPENING PASS March 4 | Devaney Center | L 197.500 - 197.175 at FLORIDA No. 11 Nebraska women’s gymnastics travels to East Lansing, Mich. this week to participate in the March 9 | Gainesville, Fla. | 197.925 - 196.700 B1G Five Meet, featuring Michigan State, Illinois, Maryland and No. 24 Ohio State on Saturday March at ILLINOIS (B1G FIVE MEET)* 17 at 1 p.m. CT. The Big Five meet will be carried live on BTN and BTN2Go. March 17 | East Lansing, Mich. | TBA The Big Five Meets are used to determine the regular season Big Ten Champion, and the seeding vs MARYLAND (B1G FIVE MEET)* at next week’s Big Ten Women’s Gymnastics Championships, which will be hosted by Illinois on March 17 | East Lansing, Mich. | TBA Saturday, March 24. at MICHIGAN STATE (B1G FIVE MEET)* March 17 | East Lansing, Mich. | TBA NUMBERS TO KNOW Nebraska sits in the Big Ten driver’s seat with a perfect 5-0 record and looks to secure its second straight Big Ten Regular Season vs OHIO STATE (B1G FIVE MEET)* Nebraska is the only Big Ten team March 17 | East Lansing, Mich. | TBA Championship. Michigan (4-1 Big Ten), which will be competing without any conference losses, putting at the Big Five Meet at Rutgers, will be the main competition BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS* them in the Big Ten Regular Season for the Huskers, but Nebraska has a slight advantage over the March 24 | Champaign, Ill. | TBA 0 Championship drivers’ seat. Wolverines after defeating them head-to-head on Jan. 27 earlier NCAA REGIONALS this season. The Huskers must finish in first or second at their April 7 | Campus Sites | TBA Two Huskers have earned a 9.975 on respective Big Five Meet to secure or share a Big Ten Regular NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS vault this season, Taylor Houchin and Season title, pending the outcome of the eastern Big Five Meet, April 20-21 | St. Louis, Mo. | TBA 2 Sienna Crouse. which will take place at 4:30 p.m. CT. * All times Central and subject to change *Meets marked with an * are Big Ten meets Nebraska slipped to 11-3 overall last weekend against No. 5 * Home meets at the Bob Devaney Sports Center listed in RED Florida, but posted a season-high-tying road score of 196.700 to boost Nebraska’s RQS to 196.660, * For ticket information, visit Huskers.com/Tickets or call 1-800-8-BIG-RED good enough to jump to an 11th-place national ranking. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS INSIDE THE MATCHUP Women’s Gymnastics Contact: Lorie Garnett Nebraska Illinois Maryland MSU OSU Email: [email protected] 2018 Record (Big Ten) 11-3 (5-0) 13-5 (3-2) 18-7 (2-3) 5-9 (0-5) 10-5 (3-2) Cell Phone: (209) 993-1417 2018 Ranking 11 T30 28 46 24 Office Phone: (402) 472-7776 Overall Team RQS 196.660 195.745 195.900 194.845 196.085 Web Site: Huskers.com Women’s Gymnastics Twitter: @HuskersWGym Team Vault RQS 49.250 48.885 48.930 48.645 49.020 Women’s Gymnastics Facebook: NebraskaWGym Team Bars RQS 49.205 49.145 49.225 48.835 49.090 Women’s Gymnastics Instagram: HuskersWGymnastics Team Beam RQS 49.115 49.145 48.885 48.545 49.085 Women’s Gymnastics Snapchat: NebraskaWGym Team Floor RQS 49.190 49.040 49.090 48.850 49.215 Overall Team High 197.175 196.700 196.575 195.550 196.775 Team Vault High 49.475 49.075 49.250 48.850 49.175 Team Bars High 49.325 49.225 49.325 49.000 49.225 Team Beam High 49.325 49.300 48.950 49.050 49.350 Team Floor High 49.475 49.325 49.400 49.250 49.575 25 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 25 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES 155 ALL-AMERICANS | 5 NCAA CHAMPIONS | 16 COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS 2018 NEBRASKA WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS MEET NOTES QUICK FACTS 2018 NEBRASKA WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ALPHABETICAL ROSTER GENERAL INFORMATION Name Events Ht Year Hometown (High School/College) (Club) Name of School University of Nebraska Danielle Breen A-A 5-4 Sr. Ames, Iowa (Gilbert HS) (Triad Gymnastics) City, Zip Lincoln, NE 68588 Kelli Chung A-A 5-1 So. Torrance, Calif. (Torrance HS) (Gym-Max) Founded 1869 Sienna Crouse A-A 5-3 Jr. Fargo, N.D. (Fargo South HS) (American Gold Gymnastics) Enrollment 26,091 Makayla Curtis A-A 5-2 Fr. Savannah, Ga. (Islands HS) (Summit Gymnastics) Nickname Cornhuskers, Huskers Anika Dujakovich A-A 5-4 Fr. Lenexa, Kan. (Shawnee Mission West HS) (Fuzion Gymnastics) Abbie Epperson A-A 5-2 Sr. Allen, Texas (Allen HS/Maryland) (Metroplex Gymnastics) School Colors Scarlet and Cream Sierra Hassel A-A 5-3 So. Johnston, Iowa (Johnston HS) (Triad Gymnastics) Affiliation NCAA Division I Taylor Houchin A-A 5-3 So. Republic, Mo. (Republic HS) (Gold Metal Gyms) Conference Big Ten Karley Hutchinson A-A 5-3 Fr. Pearland, Texas (Pearland HS) (Pearland Elite) President Dr. Hank M. Bounds Torri Hutchinson A-A 5-2 Fr. Pearland, Texas (Pearland HS) (Pearland Elite) Chancellor Ronnie Green Catelyn Orel A-A 5-3 RSo. Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs South HS) (GAGE) Director of Athletics Bill Moos Kynsee Roby A-A 5-1 Fr. Windsor Heights, Iowa (Valley HS) (Triad Gymnastics) Facility (Capacity) Bob Devaney Sports Center (7,907) Megan Schweihofer A-A 5-0 Jr. China, Mich. (St. Clair HS) (Hunt’s Gymnastics Academy) Athletic Department Phone (402) 472-4224 Rachel Thompson A-A 5-7 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln Southwest HS) (Nebraska School of Gymnastics) Ticket Office Phone (402) 472-3111 Megan Verceles Carr A-A 5-5 Fr. Monte Sereno, Calif. (Los Gatos HS) (West Valley Gymnastics School) (800-8-BIG-RED) Grace Williams A-A 5-1 Sr. Linden, Mich. (Brighton HS) (Twistars USA) Gymnastics Office Phone (402) 472-3808 *Photo roster is located on last page COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE GYMNASTICS HISTORY Head Coach: Dan Kendig (25th year; Kentucky, 1979) ANIKA DUJAKOVICH .......... ON-ick-uh do-YAWK-oh-vich First Year of Gymnastics 1976 Career Record: 685-326-5 (.673) (34 years) Taylor HOUCHIN ............................................HOW-chin Overall All-Time Record 937-481-7 (.658) Nebraska Record: 572-214-4 (.723) (24 years) Catelyn OREL .......................................................OR-ull Regular Season All-Time Record 708-245-4 (.741) Associate Head Coach: Heather Brink (Seventh Year) KYNSEE ROBY .....................................KIN-zee ROBE-ee Postseason All-Time Record 229-236-3 (.493) Assistant Coach: Chris Brooks (First Year) Megan SCHWEIHOFER ..............................SHWY-hof-er NCAA Championships Appearances 25 (Last, 2017) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Russell Warfield (Third Year) Megan VERCELES Carr ...............................VER-suh-less NCAA Championships Best Finish 4th (Last, 2011) Student Managers: Jake Jundt (Third Year) Kami Shows (First Year) NCAA Super Six Appearances 11 (Last, 2014) Athletic Trainer: Tom Dufresne (20th Year) Conference Titles 25 (Last, 2017) Strength Coach: Dan Ridenour (Third Year) TEAM INFORMATION HUSKER CAREER HIGHS 2017 Overall Record (Big Ten) 29-10 (8-1) Gymnast V UB BB FX AA 2017 Big Ten Championships Finish Fourth (196.475) Danielle Breen 9.90 9.90 9.95 9.90 39.500 2017 NCAA Lincoln Regional Finish Second (196.625) Kelli Chung -- -- -- -- -- 2017 NCAA Championships Finish Seventh (197.2125) Sienna Crouse 9.975 9.925 9.825 9.975 39.550 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 9/2 Makayla Curtis 9.775 -- -- -- -- Newcomers 7 Anika Dujakovich 9.85 -- -- 9.75 -- Abbie Epperson 9.90 9.925 9.85* 9.875 39.450 MEDIA INFORMATION Sierra Hassel -- -- 9.875 9.875 -- PLAYER AND COACH INTERVIEWS Taylor Houchin 9.975 9.90 9.925 9.95 39.650 All media requests for interviews with Nebraska women’s Karley Hutchinson 9.775 -- -- -- -- gymnastics coaches and student-athletes should be Torri Hutchinson -- 9.80 -- 9.80 -- directed to Lorie Garnett in the Nebraska Communications Catelyn Orel 9.80 9.925 9.775 9.875 39.250 Office ([email protected]) at least 24 hours in advance.