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  Women Gymnasts Are Defeated By Illinois
 
Spartans take first in four events.
 
 

 

 
 
Michigan State women's gymnastics team fell to Illinois on Saturday, January 29, in Champaign. The Spartans finished with a score of 190.775, while the Fighting Illini ended with 193.475 points.

Melissa Green (Jr., East Lansing, Mich.) placed first on the uneven bars with a 9.875, which ties her best uneven bars score from last season. Erin Mullen (Sr., Kalamazoo, Mich.) also placed on the bars with a 9.750, taking second. Elisabeth Forshier (Jr., South St. Paul, Minn.) landed a first place on the vault with a 9.825, with Lori Ruane (Jr., Granger, Ind.) tied for second with a 9.750. With a 9.850, sophomore Jane McIntosh (Concord, Mich.) tied for first on the floor exercise. Freshman Christy Linder (Fremont, Ohio), tied for third on the uneven bars (9.725), had a fifth place finish on the floor exercise (9.725) and scored a 38.675 to finish first in the all-around.

The Spartans return to action on Sunday, February 6 at the Michigan Classic in Kalamazoo at 2 p.m. Michigan State will compete against Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan. 

Top Three Scores
All-Around						Floor Exercise
38.675	Christy Linder, Michigan State			9.850	Phaedra Dixon, Illinois
38.525	Phaedra Dixon, Illinois				9.850	Jane McIntosh, Michigan State
38.325	Karen Hawley, Illinois				9.775	Lisa Pellegrinetti, Illinois
							9.775	Carissa Ericson, Illinois
Vault
9.825	Elisabeth Forshier, Michigan State
9.750	Michelle Buranich, Illinois
9.750	Lori Ruane, Michigan State




Uneven Bars
9.875	Melissa Green, Michigan State
9.750	Erin Mullen, Michigan State
9.725	Jana Gallagher, Illinois
9.725	Karen Hawley, Illinois
9.725	Christy Linder, Michigan State




Balance Beam
9.825	Jana Gallagher, Illinois
9.775	Gina Wiechmann, Illinois
9.750	Phaedra Dixon, Illinois