NU Treks to Illinois for Big Ten Matchup

NU is headed to Illinois to take on the Fighting Illini this Sunday, March 12, for the final dual of the season. The Huskers look to bounce back after suffering a close loss against Oklahoma at home, despite collecting six season-best team scores. The meet will kick off at 3:00 p.m. CT at Huff Hall with television coverage by the Big Ten Network.

Last Time Out

The Huskers posted their season-best score of 417.550 in the tri-meet with #2 Oklahoma and Simpson, their highest score since 2017. Despite the loss, the Big Red made impressive marks with season-best event scores on floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, and parallel bars.

Four individual event titles were collected. Donte McKinney and Taylor Christopulos shared the title on vault (14.80), McKinney on high bar (14.25), Chris Hiser on rings (14.30), and Christopulos in the all-around (83.25), also a personal-best for the junior.

National individual rankings highlight Christopulos in fourth on floor (14.40) and vault (14.85) and ninth on high bar (13.95), Cooper Giles in fourth on pommel horse (14.50), Chris Hiser in fifth on rings (14.30), and on high bar, Donte McKinney in third (14.25) and Zac Tiderman in fourth (14.20).

Ahead of the meet, No. 5 NU ranks among the top five on events including third on pommel horse (68.80) and high bar (69.05), fourth on rings (67.917) and vault (72.80), and fifth on floor (70.70).

Scouting the Competition

No. 7 Illinois took second place in a tri-meet with No. 2 Stanford and No. 11 California on Saturday afternoon.

Illinois was led by seniors Connor McCool and David Pochinka. McCool claimed his 12th floor title (14.50), and ranks second in the country on the event. Pochinka earned the title on parallel bars, tying his career-best score (14.60).

Nationally, Illinois ranks among the top five on events including second on pommel horse, third on floor, and fifth on vault.

Follow the Huskers

Fans can follow @NebraskaMensGym on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter for live updates during the meet. The meet will also be broadcasted live on BTN beginning at 3:00 p.m. CT.