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Moore Sets School Record in No. 3 Michigan's Narrow Loss to No. 10 Iowa
3/9/2019 3:52:00 PM | Men's Gymnastics
» Jacob Moore posted a 15.300 on the floor, setting a U-M school record and tying the best score in the NCAA this year.
» As a team, the Wolverines won floor exercise, still rings, vault and high bar.
» U-M gymnasts claimed six event wins, with Cameron Bock (still rings, parallel bars) and Jacob Moore (floor exercise, all-around) winning multiple events.
» The loss is U-M's first Big Ten defeat of the season, dropping the Wolverines to 2-1 in conference action.
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Cliff Keen Arena)
Score: #10 Iowa 408.250, #3 Michigan 408.000
Records: U-M (6-3, 2-1 B1G), Iowa (5-5, 2-2 B1G)
Next U-M Meet: Saturday, March 16 -- at Penn State, vs. Illinois (State College, Pa.), 4 p.m.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The third-ranked University of Michigan men's gymnastics team suffered a narrow 408.250-408.000 defeat at the hands of No. 10 Iowa Saturday (March 9) inside Cliff Keen Arena.
As a team, Michigan (6-3, 2-1 B1G) won floor exercise (69.80), still rings (69.85), vault (69.40) and high bar (68.70). Individually, sophomore Jacob Moore won floor exercise and the all-around, junior Mack Lasker won pommel horse, sophomore Anthony Tawfik earned his first win on high bar, and sophomore Cameron Bock took top honors on both still rings and parallel bars.
U-M was able to grab an early lead, thanks to a strong performance on the floor that included two season highs for the Wolverines. Junior Parker Chiapuzio, competing in his first meet of the season, posted a 14.250, while Moore secured a school-record 15.30. Moore's mark also tied the top score in the NCAA on the exercise all season.
The second rotation went Iowa's way, as the Hawkeyes took a 135.800-135.350 lead into the third rotation. Thanks to a 1-2 finish by Bock (14.50) and redshirt senior Marty Strech (14.35), Michigan resecured the lead (205.200-205.100) heading into the fourth rotation.
In the fourth, Michigan extended its lead to 274.600-273.300, but Iowa made up the difference and then some in the fifth, outpacing the Wolverines in the rotation, 67.30-64.70, with Bock scoring a 14.30 on parallel bars for his second event title of the meet. The Hawkeyes headed into the final rotation leading the Wolverines, 340.800-339.300.
Despite a career best and the first event title of Tawfik's career (14.10), U-M was unable to overcome the slight Hawkeye advantage in the final rotation, mustering up a 68.70 on high bar but coming up .250 short.
Tweet of the Meet
Michigan takes the lead back!
— Michigan Gymnastics (@UMichGym) March 9, 2019
After a strong ring performance, led by @cameron_bock & @martystrech , the Wolverines now hold a slim 205.2 - 205.1 advantage.
Michigan will be on vault for the fourth rotation.#GoBlue pic.twitter.com/lKuHWWTisq
Michigan will hit the road for a crucial Big Ten tri-meet next Saturday (March 16), facing Penn State and Illinois in State College, Pennsylvania. The meet will commence at 4 p.m. inside Rec Hall.
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