Michigan Women's Gymnastics: Michigan State at Michigan

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Mailbag question: Any other receiver to move position?

Mailbag question: Any other receiver to move position?

I would like to start by saying this is the first thing I check every morning. It is fun but challenging to get exciting for Michigan football in the heart of ND land. Keep up the good work. I have two questions:

First a football question: There has been a lot of talk that one position where depth (number of bodies) may not be an issue is at the receiver spot. T. Jones appears to have made the transition from offense to defense fairly easily. Are there any other receivers that could/should make this move to improve defensive depth? It appears that recruiting WR’s is easier for Michigan than S/CB’s. Obviously with how Kelvin has performed, that is not a move you would want to make, but why didn’t Coach Rod push for that at the beginning of camp?

Second question is a general Michigan question: Which 2009-10 Michigan sports team will be considered the best of the year? Also which team will surprise the most people?

I guess my two questions grew into four.

Thanks for your research, opinions, answers, and hard work!

Darin
South Bend, IN

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Thanks for the question and comments.

Michigan does have a good numbers situation at split end, but we think running back has the best depth of any position.

Michigan needs to have adequate numbers at split end because Michigan uses multiple wide receiver sets a large majority of the time.

So, moving another split end is not as easy as it might appear. If any further receivers were moved, Cam Gordon to safety would currently make the most sense, at least in our opinion. That is why every year it is important to recruit team needs as much as good players. There is a need to balance out every other class and compliment each class back to back.

As far as the other Michigan sports, wow, this might be a tougher question that demands more than just providing a shallow, surface-scratching type of answer. That is one of the neat things about following the University of Michigan. It is not just football and basketball that demonstrate excellence. Most Michigan teams are very successful.

The answer requires an analysis of the usual Michigan teams that have demonstrated consistent quality, such as Softball, Hockey, Volleyball, Women’s/Men’s Gymnastics, Men’s Swimming and Diving, Water Polo, and Wrestling.

Softball should be loaded again this year, losing only two players on the roster and returning starting pitchers Nikki Nemitz and Jordan Taylor. They should make another run for the Women’s College World Series under Coach Carol Hutchins. And maybe this year the ladies will repeat what they did in 2005.

The Women’s Gymnastics team missed the NCAA Championships for the first time in the last sixteen years. That snapped the nation's fourth-longest streak of consecutive NCAA Championship appearances. They should be very good again under Coach Beverly Plocki.

Coach Berenson's hockey program is usually at the top of the CCHA and making it to the Frozen Four is almost a mainstay for his program. This will likely be a tougher road this year, but the Wolverines have many young talented players.

We also predict the wrestling team under Coach Joe McFarland will surprise many people, despite losing Steve Luke.

The surprise team, in our opinion, might be the Field Hockey program, which has struggled the last couple of years. But under Marcia Pankratz the program once again will try to bring that magic back and make it into the NCAA championships.

Michigan has many great athletic programs and we apologize for not mentioning them all. This question reinforces the saying “It’s great to be a Michigan Wolverine.”

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BTN: Michigan Women's Gymnastics claim Big Ten Championship

A few bright spots, but a tough day for Michigan Athletics on television

The basketball team played well in the first half against Oklahoma despite Manny and DeShawn getting into foul trouble, but in the second half, Oklahoma overpowered us, and you could say got a lot of calls.

I'm not going to comment much on the game because everybody was able to watch it for themselves. Michigan should be proud of everything they were able to accomplish this year, beating top teams like Duke and UCLA along with the wins they had in the Big Ten conference. This team is a year ahead of schedule. With most of the key positions returning, along with several key new guys coming in, this team should be able to make a run for the tournament again next year along with battling in the Big Ten conference.


Michigan softball got behind early on when Northwestern hit a grand slam home run and built up the lead, though Michigan fought back to tie the game 5-5. Northwestern rallied in the seventh inning to win the game 6-5. They play again tomorrow. The game is on the BTN at 2:00pm EDT.



Michigan wrestling finished 11th in the National Championship team competition this year, but they did have a bright spot in Steve Luke from Massillon, Ohio who captured the 174-pound national title.


Michigan ice hockey had a tough night losing to Notre Dame in the CCHA Championships at Joe Louis Arena. Michigan lead 2-0 early on, but ended up losing 5-2. Not a very good third period in which it looked like Notre Dame out-worked, out-hustled and out-played Michigan. Maybe this will be a wake-up call to the team and get them focused for the NCAA tournament. Sunday at 11:30am EDT. on ESPN2 is the NCAA tournament selection show.


Michigan women's gymnastics came away with their third Big Ten championship in a row with giving their highest point total of the year 197.075 to edge No. 16 Illinois with 196.750. On Monday, the team will learn where they are headed for in the NCAA regionals.

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A Whip around Campus:

A Whip around Campus:

The 3rd ranked Michigan Hockey team swept Ferris State this weekend with a 4-0 shutout Saturday night. Several seniors lead the team on Senior Night lead by Billy Sauer in between the pipes with 14 saves and Mark Mitera after coming back Friday night from his injury (from the first game of the year ) was able to have a goal and an assist.

Freshmen Robbie Czarnik scored the game's first goal in the second period, then Brandon Naurato added to the Wolverines' lead with a power-play goal in the third period. Sophomore Matt Rust redirected the puck just outside the crease to hit the upper-right corner of the net to add to the scoreboard.

The game was very chippy on Saturday night, especially at the end of the second period, when Tim Miller and Travis Turnball both got game misconduct calls.

Michigan will have next week off with a bye, while they wait for their opponent in the CCHA quarterfinals (held at Yost Ice Arena on March 13-15 weekend.)



Michigan's 6th-ranked softball team had several of their games cancelled this weekend with rain. They have hit a skid here the last couple of games winning only two of their last five games. I hope that the softball team will get back on track next weekend when they venture to Louisville for their annual tournament. The softball team is 13-5 right now and looking to improve before they hit their West Coast swing of the schedule where they will see some very good teams.



Michigan baseball started of like a house on fire, but the last three games they were only able to come away with one win. The troubling part has been all the runs they have given up the past several games. Next week, they will play in the annual exhibition game with the New York Mets. The baseball team is currently 6-2 with a game being delayed on Sunday (as this is being written).



The fourth ranked Michigan swimming and diving team won its second straight Big Ten title and they hold a conference record of 34 titles now. They have one meet left (today) before preparing for the NCAA Championships at the end of March.



Women's 14th-ranked Gymnastics squad upset the 12th- ranked Nebraska team on Senior Night with a season high score. It does not get any easier for the Wolverines as they travel to the the 6th-ranked Florida Gators and then to the sddsfirst place Georgia Bulldogs in the next two weeks before the Big Ten Championships.

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Michigan Women's Gymnastics on BTN

Michigan Women's Gymnastics

Penn State at Michigan

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Michigan Gymnastics on TV Tonight

Michigan Gymnastics

Iowa at Michigan

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Michigan Women's Gymnastics on BTN

Michigan Women's Gymnastics

Michigan at Minnesota

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MGoBlue: Womens Gymnastics Schedule released

Michigan Faces Tough Test With 2009 Schedule

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's gymnastics program released its 2008 schedule on Wednesday (Oct. 1), featuring four teams that competed at the 2008 Super Six, including the four-time defending national champion Georgia Bulldogs. Nineteen of the Wolverines' 22 opponents advanced to an NCAA Regional last season with six moving on to the NCAA Championships.

The schedule is highlighted by the season-opening, sixth-annual Cancun Classic as well as a stretch of four weeks at the end of the regular season that features meets against perennial national powers Utah, Florida and Georgia.

Michigan will host five regular-season meets at Crisler Arena, including dual-meet matchups with non-conference opponents N.C. State, Iowa State and Nebraska as well as a Big Ten showdown with Penn State. The Wolverines will also take their turn hosting the annual State of Michigan Classic, featuring Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan, Central Michigan and Michigan State.

To read the rest of the article please visit: http://www.mgoblue.com/gymnastics-w/article.aspx?id=149384

To see the schedule: http://www.mgoblue.com/gymnastics-w/page.aspx?id=80732

Mailbag Question: Regarding the Athletic Department and Donors

Hey Guys,

With all the talk about facilities and upgrades for the athletic department, I was wondering who the big donors that usually fund these projects are. Are they the same big donors that donate to the university itself?

Does it hurt the athletic department that they have to be self-funded where other college programs aren't this way? Does all the money they have raised over the last couple of years for the school major projects hurt the athletic department? Does the university not like their donors to donate to the athletic department?

What is the deal regarding hoops and why they cannot seem to get any of the donors to donate to their program, but sports like softball, baseball, wrestling, and other women's sports seem to be able to raise money to build new facilities?

I know a lot of question and understand if you guys can't answer them or don't feel like putting this information out there...Thanks...Randy.
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Thanks for the question. There are a several questions in there.

1) Who are the big donors to the Athletic Department and are they the same as the big donors to the rest of the University?

This really varies because there are a couple of people who are among the largest donor to both the Athletic Department and the academic side of the University of -Michigan. These include Steve Ross, Bill Davidson, the Ford family, and Ira Harris (all well above $1million lifetime to the Athletic Department, and far above that to the rest of the University of Michigan).

Second, there are groups of people who focus their giving on the Athletic Department, but not so much elsewhere. These include Junge, Mortenson, and Don Shepherd.

Finally, there are bunches of people who give LOTS of money to the University of Michigan, but little or none to the Athletic Department. These include the Taubers, Erbs, Sam Zell, Al Taubman, etc.

The thing to remember is that this is not a contest. The University of Michigan has a very good development operation--at the Athletic Department and across campus. Joe Parker and his team in athletics work closely with the rest of the development people to figure out who the high potential givers are, and what they are mist interested in. Some like athletics and others could care less. Some love medicine, and other Native American studies. The University of Michigan figures that if you have money, they will offer you something to support, and then send in the right people to push your buttons. Therefore, the Athletic Department and the University complement each other. They really do not compete with each other.

2) Does making the Athletic Department be self-funding hurt the Athletic Department? It definitely makes life more difficult. When they wanted to build Breslin up at Michigan State, they just put a fee on all student bills. When Ohio State wanted new athletics facilities, the University borrowed and guaranteed the money to do it. Bill Martin has to figure out this stuff on his own. Therefore, it definitely makes life more challenging. However, it is also the right thing to do. There are many people at the University of Michigan who do not care about athletics, so why should the University tax them to make Bill Martin's life easier?

There is sometimes some tension between specific units when going after a donor (for example, several units on campus have asks big out of Bill Davidson and Steve Ross. All the units that get a "no" will be annoyed at whichever school gets a yes. Nevertheless, as described above, in general the development people coordinate closely and work toward the same end. It is only the Looney tunes (Duderstadt, Pollack, and women’s' study types) that really see this as a zero sum issue.

3) What is the problem with basketball? There have been two issues that interacted. First, the Ed Martin scandal really turned off many donors. Who wants to be associated with that cesspool? In addition, the University really let this fester so, instead of turning the page, the University essentially frozen for 3-4 years, with a steady drip of revelations.

Second, while Tommy Amaker was clean, he was also a huge introvert who did almost no outreach to donors. The other programs you mention (Baseball, Wrestling, Football, Softball, Gymnastics) all had coaches who did lots of outreach. They got to know the donors. They beat the bushes. They asked for donations. Tommy Amaker did almost none of this--and it showed in the anemic support for his program.

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BTN: Michigan Day on BTN

Thursday, June 05, 2008

6:00AM ET
The Big Ten's Greatest Games - Football:
1997 - Ohio State at Michigan

8:00AM ET
Big Ten Women's Gymnastics:
Big Ten Championship (HD)

10:00AM ET
The Big Ten's Greatest Games - Basketball:
12/9/89 - Duke at Michigan

12:00PM ET
Michigan Campus Programming:
The Michigan Difference 2 (HD)

12:30PM ET
Michigan Campus Programming:
Healthy U 2 (HD)

1:00PM ET
Michigan Campus Programming:
The Michigan Difference 3

1:30PM ET
Michigan Campus Programming:
Healthy U 1 (HD)

2:00PM ET
Big Ten Softball:
Northwestern at Michigan (HD)

4:00PM ET
Big Ten Men's Swimming & Diving '07-'08:
Big Ten Championship (HD)

6:00PM ET
Big Ten Baseball:
Big Ten Tournament Championship: Michigan vs. Purdue (HD)

9:00PM ET
Big Ten Tonight:
Michigan: Year In Review (HD) – Debut

9:30PM ET
Big Ten Legends:
Jim Abbott – Debut

10:00PM ET
The Big Ten's Greatest Games - Football:
2008 Capital One Bowl: Michigan vs. Florida (HD)

Friday, June 06, 2008

1:00AM ET
Big Ten Tonight:
Michigan: Year In Review (HD)

1:30AM ET
Big Ten Legends:
Jim Abbott

2:00AM ET
CCHA Men's Ice Hockey '08:
Mason Cup Championship Game: Michigan vs. Miami

4:00AM ET
Big Ten Softball: Northwestern at Michigan (HD)

Michigan Tidbits: Bill Martin AD at Michigan

Bill Martin has gotten a lot of heat from football alumni and fans the past couple of years concerning the basketball practice facility along with not hiring Les Miles.

I did not understand the direction of the head football coaching job search was handled. Why do you put together a panel of people you trust and then not follow who they decided? That was my only complaint.

That being said nobody should be complaining about how Bill Martin took a crumbling and in debt athletic department over and is making it into a moneymaker and redoing the facilities the right way. Some will say that donors are not happy with Martin and the direction he is taking the Michigan program. From what I am told, most of them like Martin and love his coaches. The real naysayers are some of the football alumni. People like Dufek and other of Bo’s people. If you have not noticed those people have calmed down a bit, but I am sure they will return especially if Coach Rod gets off to a rocky start.

They do not like the fact that Martin was not a Michigan athlete (or even undergrad alum). They do not think he is deferential enough to them, and that he should have just handed Les Miles the job. Bo was a great coach and a great personality, but he was weak as an Athletic Director, which requires very different skills. These anti-Martin football alums are cranky old people who do not want anything to change, ever. They see any change, as an insult to Bo's legacy and all they can roll out is "you're not part of our club" (meaning Bo alum). Ninety-five percent of the big donors love Martin like Ross, Junge, and Davidson, Wilpon, Shepherd, and others really like the Martin. Anyone who understands the business of college athletics knows that Martin is a great Athletic Director and probably one of the top five in the country with what he has to deal with such as stingy alumni that have many opinions, but do not like to open up their wallets a lot compared to other colleges.

Just announced yesterday that a new wrestling facility is going to be introduces to the Regents for their approval. They went out and got support from donors and alumni to bring this into reality. They started so well that they decided instead of having to share a building that they would have their own building and not have to wait for funding from the basketball side. They were able to raise 5.5mil and wanted the plan was for 4 million dollar new wrestling project. So that means they can make it a little bigger if needed and also add the “extra” things along with having money for upkeep. It will be around the Tennis center.

Some people think that Bill Martin is holding the basketball program back, but that really is not true. If you want to blame people then you need to blame the people not buying tickets, giving money to the program, getting behind a coach. How Michigan works is they want money in place before they start to build any facilities and as we have seen with the football field house, baseball/softball complex, hockey, women’s gymnastics practice facility and now the wrestlers the athletic department wants money in the bank before building.

I have been told that the money from donors for the football renovations are coming in quite well that they can shift some of the money that was earmarked for the stadium renovations to the basketball practice facility since no big donor has stepped up yet to contribute to the practice arena. Martin is charging ahead full speed on the hoops practice facility. Donations for the stadium are coming in much stronger than anticipated in the project budget, which frees up money for other things. Martin will be funding the practice facility out of Athletic Department cash flow, which is possible because of the stadium.

They are finalizing the design (have not seen it). It should be going to the Regents sometime soon. They would likely break ground after football season, but do not necessarily have to wait that long to get started if the approvals are in place. Would not lose that much parking for the prep work, and they want all the digging done before the ground freezes if things go as planned. The latest would be spring. Things are good down there although a few people who would never admit it.

Whoever takes over for Bill Martin is going ot have an easy job just counting the money along with jsut having to renovate the buildings every so often. Martin has taken the crumbling facilites and turned them into great facilities and he is not done yet.

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Michigan Women's Gymnastics

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Wolverines Fall Short of Super Six Bid

April 24, 2008
Site: Athens, Ga. (Stegeman Coliseum)
Event: NCAA Championships Preliminaries
U-M Team Finish: 5th Place of 6 Teams (196.075)
Attendance: 8,650
Next U-M Event: Saturday, April 26 -- at NCAA Individual Event Finals (Athens, Ga.)

ATHENS, Ga. -- The University of Michigan women's gymnastics team had its season come to an end with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships Preliminaries, with the Wolverines putting up a score of 196.075 in the evening session Thursday night (April 24).

The silver lining was the performances of freshman Kylee Botterman (New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln-Way Central) and junior Becky Bernard (Stow, Ohio/Stow-Munroe Falls) who each earned First Team All-America honors on the uneven bars, punching their tickets to Saturday's NCAA Individual Event Finals (April 26). Botterman also earned Second Team All-America honors on vault. Bernard and Botterman each scored 9.900 on bars, tying for fourth place with nine other gymnasts. Botterman's 9.875 on vault was good for a share of eighth place and earned her double All-America honors.

The host Georgia Gym Dogs won the session with a score of 197.625 to lead the top three teams which each advance to Friday's national championship meet. Utah scored 196.950 for second and Stanford took third with a 196.900. UCLA finished fourth (196.725) and Denver took sixth (194.200). Michigan finishes the year tied for eighth place in the nation with Oklahoma, which scored 196.075 in the afternoon session. Florida, Alabama and LSU advanced to the Super Six in the afternoon session.

After opening introductions, Michigan waited in its locker room on bye in the first rotation while Denver, UCLA, Stanford and Georgia kicked off the evening session. Stanford set the tone on floor, Michigan's first event in the second rotation, by posting a 49.175, while Denver went 48.625 on vault, UCLA scored 49.475 on bars and the Gym Dogs totaled 49.350 on the beam.

Michigan began its quest for a national title on floor with freshman Kari Pearce (Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron). Pearce stumbled on her final pass and scored a 9.225, followed by senior captain Nellie Kippley's (St. Cloud, Minn./Tech) 9.775. Senior Katie Lieberman (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) put up the Wolverines' highest score in the young meet, going 9.825 in the three spot, with sophomore Sarah Curtis (Reno, Nev./Reno) matching with a 9.825 in the four hole. Fifth/senior Lindsey Bruck (Marietta, N.Y./Marcellus) made it a three-of-a-kind with her own 9.825. In the final U-M performance of the rotation, Botterman capped floor with a 9.850 in her first routine at nationals to give Michigan a solid 49.100 after one event. Meanwhile, on vault, Stanford 49.200, while Utah kicked off its meet on bars with a 49.300. UCLA rotated to beam and scored 48.800, counting a fall to negate its hot start on bars and put its Super Six hopes in serious jeopardy.

In the third rotation, Michigan moved to vault and Pearce got the call once again to lead off for the Wolverines. Pearce vaulted into the teeth of the crowd noise generated by the Gym Dog fans during Georgia's opening floor exercise routine, scoring a 9.750 in her first vault at nationals. Veteran Bruck followed with a 9.800 which was followed by a 9.650 from Curtis. Lieberman scored a 9.775 with the fourth vault, followed by junior Tatjana Thuener-Rego's (Miami, Fla./American School) 9.750. Anchoring once again, Botterman nailed a 9.875 vault to post the highest total through three teams and three individual qualifiers. Michigan's 48.950 kept them in the hunt with half the meet remaining. On the other events, Denver scored 48.850 on bars, putting them at the back of the pack, while Utah went 49.050 on beam and Georgia scored 49.400 on floor to take full control of the meet.

Michigan sat out the fourth rotation on bye before bars, waiting and watching Georgia score 49.375 on vault, Stanford go 49.325 on bars, Denver scored 47.950 on beam and UCLA total 49.200 on floor. With more than half of the meet in the can, Georgia remained well ahead of the field with a logjam of Michigan, Utah, UCLA and Stanford for second and third place. Two of Georgia's vaulters surpassed Botterman's 9.875, but her chances of a shot at an individual event title remained good with just two teams left to vault.

In the fifth rotation, Michigan moved to one of its strongest events, bars, steady senior Bruck scored a 9.850 in the leadoff role with sophomore Maureen Moody (East Lansing, Mich./East Lansing) following her captain's lead with her own 9.850. Curtis scored a third 9.850 for U-M, followed by Thuener-Rego's 9.875 and junior Becky Bernard's (Stow, Ohio/Stow-Munroe Falls) awesome 9.900, tentatively punching her ticket for Saturday. Botterman anchored her third event, matching Bernard's 9.900 to tentatively join her teammate in Saturday's individual event finals. Unfortunately for Botterman, UCLA and an individual competitor from Auburn pushed her 9.875 out of the top four, ending her hopes of seeking an individual title on vault. Michigan's 49.375 put it in the mix with the rest of the Super Six hopefuls. Stanford took its turn on beam, concluding its meet with a 49.200 for a 196.900 final team score. Utah took to the floor for a 49.200, with UCLA wrapping up its meet with a 49.250 on vault, for a team total of 196.725.

Heading into the final rotation, Stanford (196.900) led all teams which had completed all four events, followed by UCLA (196.725). Georgia placed itself well ahead of all programs with just one event remaining, virtually punching its ticket to the Super Six, while Denver lagged with almost no chance of advancing. The fight among the remaining teams came down to Michigan, Utah, UCLA and Stanford. Michigan trailed Utah by 0.125 with the Utes on vault, while U-M needed to post a 49.475 on beam to equal Stanford and a 49.300 to equal UCLA.

With Michigan needing a stellar beam series, junior Huneth Lor (Aurora, Ill./Waubonsie Valley) scored a 9.650 to start things off. Senior Megan Moore (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Adams) scored a 9.750 in her first and last routine at nationals, followed by sophomore Jordan Sexton's (Weddington, N.C./Weddington) 9.175. Curtis went 9.725 and Bernard scored a 9.775, leaving Bruck with one final chance to extend her storied gymnastics career by scoring high enough to advance individually to Saturday. She performed a solid routine, save for one bobble, finishing with a 9.750.

Michigan's season is over, but Botterman and Bernard will compete for individual national championships on Saturday (April 26) in the NCAA Individual Event Finals. The competition will feature the top gymnasts in the nation in their respective events and will start at 6 p.m. in Stegeman Coliseum.
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N O T E S

• Michigan earns its 16th top-10 finish at nationals, tying for eighth with Oklahoma.

• Becky Bernard and Kylee Botterman each earned All-America first team honors for their 9.900s on bars, advancing to Saturday's individual event finals. Lauren Mirkovich (2006) was the last Wolverine to compete on bars at individual event finals. The last time Michigan had two athletes compete in the same event at individual event finals was in 2005 when Mirkovich and Elise Ray both took a shot at the uneven bars title.

• Botterman becomes Michigan's 32nd All-American. Bernard and Botterman become the 22nd and 23rd Wolverine First Team All-Americans and just the sixth and seventh first teamers on bars. Botterman also becomes the 28th Wolverine in program history to earn second team All-America honors.

• Five Wolverines competed at nationals for the first time in their careers (freshmen Kylee Botterman and Kari Pearce, sophomores Sarah Curtis and Jordan Sexton and senior Megan Moore).
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Team Standings

Team Scores Vault Bars Beam Floor Total
1. Georgia 49.375 49.500 49.350 49.400 197.625
2. Utah 49.400 49.300 49.050 49.200 196.950
3. Stanford 49.200 49.325 49.200 49.175 196.900
4. UCLA 49.250 49.475 48.800 49.200 196.725
5. MICHIGAN 48.950 49.375 48.650 49.100 196.075
6. Denver 48.625 48.850 47.950 48.775 194.200

Event-By-Event U-M Individual Scores
VAULT
Kari Pearce 9.750
Lindsey Bruck 9.800
Sarah Curtis 9.650
Katie Lieberman 9.775
Tatjana Thuener-Rego 9.750
Kylee Botterman 9.875 (t8)

UNEVEN BARS
Lindsey Bruck 9.850
Maureen Moody 9.850
Sarah Curtis 9.850
Tatjana Thuener-Rego 9.875
Becky Bernard 9.900 (t4)
Kylee Botterman 9.900 (t4)

BALANCE BEAM
Huneth Lor 9.650
Megan Moore 9.750
Jordan Sexton 9.175
Sarah Curtis 9.725
Becky Bernard 9.775
Lindsey Bruck 9.750

FLOOR EXERCISE
Kari Pearce 9.225
Nellie Kippley 9.775
Katie Lieberman 9.825
Sarah Curtis 9.825
Lindsey Bruck 9.825
Kylee Botterman 9.850

ALL-AROUND
Lindsey Bruck 39.225
Sarah Curtis 39.050

( ) denotes place in the Top 8

Top four finishers earn first team All-America
and fifth through eighth place earn second team
All-America honors

Michigan Womens Gymnastics

#1 Georgia vs. #4 Michigan .... Michigan ended up winning in front of a big crowd.