Saturday, January 6	Scores	Stream
2:00 ET/11:00 PT – Illinois State @ Central Michigan	LINK	CSN($)
4:00 ET/1:00 PT – [25] Eastern Michigan @ Penn State	LINK	FREE
4:00 ET/1:00 PT – UW-Eau Claire @ Gustavus Adolphus	LINK
6:00 ET/3:00 PT – [14] Auburn, [20] Iowa, Iowa State @ Arizona State	LINK	P12+
6:00 ET/3:00 PT – [8] Denver @ Arizona	LINK	P12+
7:00 ET/4:00 PT – Hamline @ UW-Oshkosh		FREE
7:30 ET/4:30 PT – Maryland, New Hampshire, Temple @ Towson
7:30 ET/4:30 PT – Minnesota Intrasquad	LINK	BTN+ FLO
8:00 ET/5:00 PT – UW-La Crosse @ Air Force		FREE
9:00 ET/6:00 PT – [22] Ohio State @ [6] UCLA	LINK	P12N

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#25 Eastern Michigan @ Penn State

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Today’s offerings will begin with Battle Sarah Shire Brown as her team of this season faces off against her team of last season. After Penn State’s…recent unpleasantness…there is “fresh start”-style optimism around the team’s potential results this season, especially with a freshman class expected to be rather legit.

Eastern Michigan could be in the same fresh start-y boat, but after seasons and seasons of upheaval (head coaches getting snatched every year, two of the top gymnasts transferring), how much is EMU going to be left with? It would be a lot for any team to deal with.

Before we get started at Penn State, Central Michigan has already recorded the third-highest score of the weekend with 196.375 at home against Illinois State.

First rotation – Penn State vault, Eastern Michigan bars

LaGuardia – VT – hop back on full – 9.700

Dobronics – UB – good amplitude on Tkatchev, hop on DLO – 9.550. Tight score for that.

Garcia – VT – step back on full, some piking – 9.700

Hultgren – UB – Jaeger to overshoot – giant full to double tuck, very late full, will get hit for leg breaks and late positions 9.600

Bonsall – VT – big height on full, pace backward – 9.800

Clark – UB – fall on Gienger. 8.700.

Chinnery – VT – high full, nice dynamics, but a larger pace backward and some piking in the air. 9.725.

Bezold – UB – Gienger, caught – lost her leg form in an overshoot and had a very late full that will take down the score. 9.450.

Bridgens – VT – sticks quite a clean full. Nice debut. The scoring on vault has been relatively tight, but wise because the judges allowed themselves room to adequately reward Bridgens’ superior vault while still deducting for both direction and shape. 9.825.

Valentin – UB – pause on high bar and works through it exceptionally well, staying vertical and finishing the full. The rest is typical cleanliness, short landing on ftdt with a hop forward. 9.750. Continue reading Saturday Live Blog – January 6, 2018 →

Friday, January 5	Scores	Stream
5:30 ET/2:30 PT – [4] Alabama @ [7] Michigan	LINK	ESPNU
6:00 ET/3:00 PT – Bowling Green @ Michigan State	LINK	BTN+ FLO
7:00 ET/4:00 PT – [2] Florida @ West Virginia	LINK	FREE
7:00 ET/4:00 PT – [21] George Washington, Ball State, SEMO @ [10] Kentucky	LINK	SECN+
8:30 ET/5:30 PT – [19] Arkansas @ [3] LSU	LINK	SECN
9:00 ET/6:00 PT – BYU @ [5] Utah	LINK	P12N

It’s a relatively small opening day compared to some of the Fridays we have in our future, but one that should be nonetheless packed with juiciness (and five of the top ten teams). Settle in.

And if just glancing in, be sure to check out the final scores of the week, where all the results, event winners, and weekly leaders will be recorded for posterity.

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#4 Alabama @ #7 Michigan

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It’s the end of an era. No more “beaverlog.”

Michigan’s vault lineup will be Funk, Shchennikova, Townsend, Zaziski, Kara, McLean.

Rotation 1- Michigan vault, Alabama bars

Funk – VT – near stick on a yfull, some piking, solid beginning. 9.725.

Childers – UB – short first cast handstands – shap with some legs – angle on the bail handstand posittion – late giant 1/2 to half turn into double tuck dismount. OK but things to take. 9.725.

Alabama listed 5 on bars on twitter but they just left out Mahoney.

Polina – VT – another solid full – not the height, hop back, a little piking also. 9.775.

Mahoney – UB – good first hs – toe on + toe shap – FALL – did not have the height on that skill and couldn’t grasp.  Resumes with solid bail – short final hs – big ftdt dismount, small hop to the side and then a salute step. 9.050. Continue reading Friday Live Blog – January 5, 2018 →