April 17, 2015
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - By Anita Nham, GoPSUsports.com Student Staff Writer UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - After finishing off the regular season with two second-place finishes, there was doubt in how well the men's gymnastics team could perform in the postseason. The Nittany Lions used that uncertainty and their passion as motivation to finish off the 2014-15 season in a tremendous way.
Big Ten Championships
In front of 1,060 fans inside Rec Hall, the Penn State men's gymnastics team completed a perfect home record by capturing its third Big Ten title with a score of 436.700 after edging by Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Iowa and Nebraska in a vigorous battle that came down to the final set.
Junior Trevor Howard ended the championship on floor exercise with a score of 15.100 to let Penn State secure the conference crown.
Howard, senior Matthew Felleman, freshman Thad Lawson, senior captain Tristian Duverglas, redshirt-sophomore Leroy Clare, Jr., senior Craig Hernandez and junior Alexis Torres all competed in the individual event finals.
Howard competed in four individual event finals, the most of any gymnast, and seized the lone individual title of the night for Penn State. He defended his Big Ten still rings title from the year prior.
After finishing the Big Ten Championships with a score of 87.200, Felleman earned the Big Ten all-around title. He also placed second on high bar and was named an honoree alongside Howard for the first team All-Big Ten team.
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