Michigan Treks to Nebraska to Close Out Big Ten Action

» A win by the Wolverines would clinch at lease a share of the Big Ten regular-season title.
» A U-M win coupled with an Iowa loss to ether Penn State or Minnesota in a tri-meet Saturday afternoon would secure an outright Big Ten regular-season title for the Michigan.
» Saturday's matchup is the last B1G meet of the season for U-M, as the Wolverines sit atop the conference standings with a 4-1 record.
» Michigan is ranked third in both the CGA Coaches Poll as well as the Road to Nationals rankings (411.300).

THIS WEEK
Saturday, March 23 -- at Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.), 1:30 p.m. CDT
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The No. 3-ranked University of Michigan men's gymnastics team travels to Lincoln, Nebraska, to close out Big Ten regular-season competition in a matchup against the No. 7 Cornhuskers. Michigan sits atop of the conference standings with a 4-1 conference record, and a win will secure at least a share of the first Big Ten regular-season championship in conference history.

Wolverine Bites

• With a win over the Huskers, Michigan (4-1), would capture at least a share of the first Big Ten regular-season championship in conference history. Iowa (3-1) sits in second place, and will take on Minnesota (2-2) and Penn State (2-2) tri-meet in Minneapolis on Saturday at 1 p.m. CDT. An Iowa loss to either the Gophers or Nittany Lions coupled with a Wolverine win would result in a Michigan outright title.

• In the latest Road to Nationals rankings, U-M ranks No. 3 with a team four-score average of 411.300, and is rated as the No. 3 team in the CGA Coaches poll.

• Sophomore Jacob Moore enters the meet ranked No. 2 in the country on floor exercise after marking a school-record 15.300 against Iowa (March 9). The score has held as the top tally in the Big Ten, and Moore remains tied for the top score in the nation this season with Oklahoma's Yul Moldauer.

• Sophomore Cameron Bock ranks third in the country in the all-around (81.967), and is No. 8 on pommel horse (13.983), No. 4 on still rings (14.283), No. 4 on parallel bars (14.433) and No. 7 on high bar (14.033).

• Based off season averages, U-M ranks in the top-four on four of six events, highlighted by a No. 2 ranking on vault with a four-score average of 72.000. Michigan also ranks fourth on floor exercise (70.150), still rings (69.150), parallel bars (67.800) and high bar (67.550).

• Individually, junior Mack Lasker ranks No. 7 on pommel horse with a 14.067 average, while seniors Ryan Dunning (still rings) and Justin Hopgood (high bar) check in at No. 12 on their respective events.

Opponent Preview

• The Cornhuskers rank No. 7 in the CGA Coaches Poll and the Road to Nationals rankings with a 403.400 four-score average. Nebraska's top event is vault and parallel bars, where the squad ranks fifth on each apparatus with a 71.400 on the table and a 67.633 on the bars.

• Individually, Nebraska is led by reigning Big Ten pommel horse champion Anton Stephenson, who ranks No. 1 in the country on the event with a 14.817. Their next highest-rated gymnast is Griffin Kehler, who ranks 14th on high bar (13.733).

• Michigan holds a 7-3 advantage in the all-time series against Nebraska, but has never competed in a dual meet against the Huskers in Lincoln. The last time the two teams met in a dual meet was in the 2014 season, with U-M taking the victory in Ann Arbor. Nebraska hosted the 2014 Big Ten championships at the Devaney Center, a contest that the Wolverines won with a team score of 448.200.

Tweet of the Week

Shout out to our 11(!!!) Academic All-#B1G honorees!#GoBlue? pic.twitter.com/6wKbZ5m93a
— Michigan Gymnastics (@UMichGym) March 20, 2019

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Next Event

Saturday, March 30 -- vs. Illinois-Chicago - Senior Day (Cliff Keen Arena), 1 p.m.