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Craig Houtz

Men's Gymnastics Competes at Michigan Friday on B1G Network

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State men's gymnastics travels to take on Michigan on Friday at 7 p.m. The meet will air live on B1G Network.

The Nittany Lions enter as the seventh-ranked team in the nation, while the Wolverines are ranked fourth.

HOW TO FOLLOW
Live Results | B1G Network

SERIES HISTORY
• Penn State leads 13-12 in a series that began in 1958.
• The Wolverines won the past three meetings, while the Lions won the two meets in the series prior to that.
• Michigan won last year's meeting 414.200-400.450. Michael Jaroh was the runner-up on vault. Nick Mock (pommel horse), Colin Wingrove (vault) and Andres Perez Gines (parallel bars) added third-place finishes.

LAST TIME OUT
• Penn State defeated Springfield 393.300-378.700 on Senior Day.
Michael Jaroh was a two-event winner, taking first on pommel horse and parallel bars.
• Other individual event winners included Robbie Shamp (floor exercise), Josh Reinstein (still rings), Matt Cormier (vault), and Michael Artlip (high bar).

LIONS IN THE TOP-10
Michael Jaroh ranks fifth in the nation on rings with a 4-score average of 13.917, ninth on high bar (13.6000) and 10th on parallel bars (13.850).
Matt Cormier ranks 10th all-around with a 4-score average of 75.833.

B1G WEEKLY AWARDS
Gymnast of the Week (2) - Ethan Dick (1/24), Michael Jaroh (2/7)

GENE WETTSTONE AWARD (MVP OF HOME MEETS)
vs. Army - Andres Perez Gines
vs. Illinois - Michael Jaroh
vs. Ohio State - Matt Cormier
vs. Springfield - Michael Artlip

B1G CHAMPIONSHIPS AT REC HALL
• The Big Ten Championships will be held at Penn State on April 1-2.