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Rutgers gymnastics won its first meet of the season on Sunday and earned its first ever win over Nebraska since joining the Big Ten seven years ago. The Scarlet Knights won 194.025-193.800 on the road, as they scored season highs on the vault, bars and beam.
Senior Belle Huang and sophomore Hannah Joyner led the way, finishing first and second in the all-around standings. They scored 39.150 and 39.100 respectively.
Overall, Rutgers had eight top three finishes and had at least one RU gymnast in the top three for every event.
On the bars, senior captain Emily Drauss finished third with a season high score of 9.800.
Senior captain Emily Drauss leads us off with a 9.800 on bars to open our meet strong at Nebraska ‼️ pic.twitter.com/PR01O8yUMA
— Rutgers Gymnastics (@RUGymnastics) February 7, 2021
Huang won the floor event with a score of 9.825.
Senior captain Belle Huang with a beautiful routine on floor, posting a 9.825 for #RUGYM‼️ pic.twitter.com/VRzDAFsxtG
— Rutgers Gymnastics (@RUGymnastics) February 7, 2021
Joyner won the vault with a score of 9.850, tying her career high.
Sophomore Hannah Joyner matches her career-high on vault with a 9.850 ‼️ pic.twitter.com/t3Es46gSUP
— Rutgers Gymnastics (@RUGymnastics) February 7, 2021
Both Huang and Joyner registered 9.900 scores on the beam, tying for second in the event, which secured the meet victory. As a team, Rutgers produced the second highest beam score in program history, as Junior Kiera Doherty-Herwitz scored at 9.857 and freshman Stephanie Zannella scored 9.825, career highs for both gymnasts.
Back-to-back 9.9s for the BEAM QUEENS Hannah Joyner and Belle Huang to close out the meet for #RUGYM‼️ pic.twitter.com/xtHUzNF71X
— Rutgers Gymnastics (@RUGymnastics) February 8, 2021
Rutgers is now 1-3 this season and will host Ohio State (3-3) this Sunday, February 14 at the RAC at 1 p.m. ET.