Bernard, Lieberman Lead Blue Team to Intrasquad Win

Saturday, December 10

Ann Arbor, Mich.

4:00 PM

Michigan

Maize and Blue Intrasquad (ex)

12/10/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan sophomore Nellie Kippley (St.Cloud, Minn./Tech) led the Maize team with a floor exercise title and a pair of third-place finishes on the uneven bars and balance beam, but it was the Blue team that won the women's gymnastics Maize and Blue Intrasquad, 193.275-190.825, Saturday evening (Dec. 10) at Crisler Arena.

Freshman Becky Bernard (Stow, Ohio/Stow-Monroe Falls) led the Blue squad with a beam title (9.825) and a third-place result on bars (9.825), while Blue team sophomore Katie Lieberman (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) won vault (9.875). Maize fifth-year senior Lauren Mirkovich (Burlingame, Calif./Notre Dame) took the bars title (9.875), while junior teammate Lindsey Bruck (Marietta, N.Y./Marcellus) finished the evening with a pair of second-place results on vault (9.825) and bars (9.850).

Bruck also prevailed in the all-around with a score of 39.050, while Bernard and Blue team senior Jenny Deiley (Dayton, Minn./Elk River) tied for second with 38.925.

In the first rotation, the Blue team took an early 0.675 lead, 48.575-47.900, with Bernard's 9.825 on bars and Deiley's solid 9.775 showing. Bruck managed a 9.825 for third place on vault, while Mirkovich added a 9.725.

In the second rotation, the gap widened to 1.4 points, 97.200-95.80, as Lieberman's title-winning vault of 9.875 pushed the Blue team further ahead. Junior Carol McNamara (Hastings, Minn./Hastings) added a 9.800 for the Blue team to take third place. Mirkovich kept the Maize team in the hunt with a title-winning 9.875 on bars, while Bruck scored a 9.850 and Kippley added a 9.825.

The Blue team widened the gap even further through the final two rotations when Bernard stuck a 9.825 routine on beam to lead all competitors. McNamara's 9.775 on beam was good for second place, while Blue freshman Huneth Lor (Aurora, Ill./Waubonsie Valley) debuted with a third-place 9.675. Kippley was able to help the Maize team post the best floor score of the night with a 9.800, while Maize senior Becca Clauson (St. Paul, Minn./Cretin-Derham) tied for second with a 9.750.

Michigan will host its home opener on Friday, Jan. 27, vs. Ohio State at 7:30 p.m. U-M will also host the 2006 NCAA Northeast Regional on Saturday, March 8, at 6 p.m. in Crisler Arena.

Final Results

Team Scores	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	Total
1. Blue	48.625	48.575	48.025	48.050	193.275
2. Maize	47.900	47.900	47.525	47.500	190.825

Event-By-Event Individual Scores

VAULT
 1. Katie Lieberman, Blue         9.875
 2. Lindsey Bruck, Maize          9.825
 3. Carol McNamara, Blue          9.800
 4. Jenny Deiley, Blue            9.775
 5. Lauren Mirkovich, Maize       9.725
 6. Becky Bernard, Blue           9.675
 7. Nellie Kippley, Maize         9.550
 8. Huneth Lor, Blue              9.500
 9. Tatjana Thuener-Rego, Maize   9.475
10. Megan Moore, Maize            9.325

UNEVEN BARS
 1. Lauren Mirkovich, Maize       9.875
 2. Lindsey Bruck, Maize          9.850
 3. Becky Bernard, Blue           9.825
    Nellie Kippley, Maize         9.825
 5. Jenny Deiley, Blue            9.775
 6. Katie Lieberman, Blue         9.675
 7. Clare Flannery, Blue          9.650
    Huneth Lor, Blue              9.650
 9. Tatjana Thuener-Rego, Maize   9.325
10. Megan Moore, Maize            9.025

BALANCE BEAM
 1. Becky Bernard, Blue           9.825
 2. Carol McNamara, Blue          9.775
 3. Huneth Lor, Blue              9.675
    Nellie Kippley, Maize         9.675
    Lindsey Bruck, Maize          9.675
 6. Jenny Deiley, Blue            9.625
 7. Tatjana Thuener-Rego, Maize   9.550
 8. Megan Moore, Maize            9.525
 9. Clare Flannery, Blue          9.125
10. Becca Clauson, Maize          9.100
11. Lauren Mirkovich, Maize       8.525

FLOOR EXERCISE
 1. Nellie Kippley, Maize         9.800
 2. Jenny Deiley, Blue            9.750
    Becca Clauson, Maize          9.750
 4. Huneth Lor, Blue              9.700
    Lauren Mirkovich, Maize       9.700
    Lindsey Bruck, Maize          9.700
 7. Becky Bernard, Blue           9.600
 8. Carol McNamara, Blue          9.550
 9. Clare Flannery, Blue          9.450
10. Tatjana Thuener-Rego, Maize   8.550

ALL-AROUND
 1. Lindsey Bruck, Maize         39.050
 2. Jenny Deiley, Blue           38.925
    Becky Bernard, Blue          38.925
 4. Nellie Kippley, Maize        38.850
 5. Huneth Lor, Blue             38.525
 6. Lauren Mirkovich, Maize      37.825
 7. Tatjana Thuener-Rego, Maize  36.900