Michigan to Host Penn State on Sunday in Annual Flip for Chip Meet

» No. 1 Michigan scored the sixth-highest team score in NCAA history and the second-highest vault score in its last outing at Rutgers (Feb. 4).
» The Wolverines swept this week's Big Ten awards.
» Michigan is 54-10 all-time against Penn State.
» U-M will host the seventh annual Flip for Chip Meet, asking all fans to wear purple.

THE MEET
Sunday, Feb. 13 -- Penn State (Crisler Center), 6 p.m.
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PROMOTIONS
• Flip for Chip Spirit Meet -- Join the Michigan Women's Gymnastics team in their annual Flip for Chip Meet as the Wolverines honor the life of Chip Hills, father of former Michigan gymnast Cailee Hills, and celebrate the passion and enthusiasm that Chip showed for the team.
• #GoBlueWearPurple -- Pull out your favorite purple clothes to match Michigan's purple leotards for the meet.
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Note: Effective Jan. 1, 2022, the University of Michigan has instituted a proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative-test protocol for indoor athletic events. Face masks continue to be required and must be worn during all home indoor athletic events. [ U-M Vaccination Policy ]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The No. 1-ranked University of Michigan women's gymnastics team (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) hosts Penn State (1-3, 0-3 Big Ten) on Sunday (Feb. 13) at 6 p.m. at Crisler Center for the seventh annual Flip for Chip meet. The meet will be broadcast live on ESPN2 with Bart Conner and Kathy Johnson Clarke on the call.

The Flip for Chip meet honors the life of Chip Hills, father of former Michigan gymnast Cailee Hills, celebrating the passion and enthusiasm that Chip showed for the Wolverines. Fans are encouraged to wear purple to match the team's purple leotards.

Wolverine Bites

• This weeken'd meet is the seventh annual Flip for Chip meet in which the Michigan women's gymnastics team honors the life of Chip Hills, father of former Michigan gymnast Cailee Hills. The Wolverines have a 6-0 record in Flip for Chip meets, defeating Nebraska in the 2021 season as Natalie Wojcik earned a perfect 10.0 on the balance beam.

• Michigan's score of 198.525 at Rutgers (Feb. 4) is the sixth-highest score in NCAA history and the highest score since 2004. Michigan is just one of six teams to score a 198.500 or better, joining Georgia, Oklahoma, Stanford, UCLA and Utah.

• Michigan also broke the program vault record with a team score of 49.875, the second highest in NCAA history, topping the previous best of 49.825 set in 1997 against Utah State.

• The Wolverines notched four perfect 10s at the Rutgers Tri Meet (Feb. 4), which ties a Michigan record set in 1997 against both Oregon State and Utah State. Michigan's three 10s on the vault tie the U-M record set against Utah State in 1997. Gabby Wilson sparked the lineup as she became the 10th Wolverine to earn a 10.0 on floor exercise and the first since Nicole Artz in 2017. Sophomore Reyna Guggino led off the vault rotation with a perfect score, while Natalie Wojcik and Abby Heiskell followed with 10.0s of their own. The trio notched the 29th, 30th and 31st perfect vault scores in Michigan gymnastics history. Guggino and Heiskell became the 11th and 12th gymnasts to accomplish the feat; Wojcik has two other perfect vault scores in her career, with the last coming at the 2021 Big Ten Championships.

• The Wolverines swept the Big Ten weekly honors on Wednesday (Feb. 10) after their performance at Rutgers. Natalie Wojcik notched her 13th Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honor after tying the Michigan all-around score and taking home titles on uneven bars, balance beam and vault -- including a perfect vault score. Reyna Guggino earned her first Big Ten Specialist of the Week honor, scoring a perfect 10 on the vault and becoming just the second gymnast in NCAA history to lead off a rotation with a perfect score. Freshman Jacey Vore earned her first career Big Ten honor after sharing the bars title at Rutgers with a career-high 9.925. Vore entered the Michigan lineup for the first time at Minnesota (Jan. 24) and has competed three times on the bars.

• Gabby Wilson has earned a 9.950 on floor exercise a total of six times in her career. At Rutgers, she earned her first perfect 10 and sparked four straight Wolverine perfect scores. Her perfect score on floor marked the 20th time a Michigan gymnast has earned a 10 on the event, coming from 10 different gymnasts, the most recent in 2017.

Opponent Previews

Penn State
Michigan leads 54-10 in the all-time series

Michigan has won the last 13 meetings against Penn State, dating back to the Big Five Meet in 2016. Last season, the Wolverines competed against the Nittany Lions on three occasions with three victories, the last coming at the Big Ten Championship. Penn State head coach Sarah Shire Brown and assistant coach Ralph Rosso have ties to Michigan, as Brown spent one season as the volunteer assistant in 2015-16, and Rosso competed on the U-M men's gymnastics team from 2006-09.

Penn State comes into the meet with a 1-3 overall record and a 0-3 record in Big Ten action. The Nittany Lions are averaging a 195.255 score this season with a season-best 196.425. Penn State ranks 13th nationally on the uneven bars with a season average of 49.145, led by Alissa Bonsall, who has scored a season-best 9.950.

Up Next

Friday, Feb. 18 -- at Big Five Meet (Toledo, Ohio), 7 p.m.