Army Falls to Penn State on the Road

Saturday, January 20

University Park, PA

4 PM

Army West Point

384.100

407.600

Penn State

Army Falls to Penn State on the Road

January 20, 2018 | Men's Gymnastics

RESULTS

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The Army West Point gymnastics team completed its first dual of the year with a 407.600-384.100 deficit to No. 7 Penn State.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

The Black Knights exceled on the vault today with a team score of 67.300. It was the highest event score of the evening.
Army improved by 2.150 points from last weekend on the parallel bars and turned out a 64.900 tonight.
The team also increased marks on the still rings with a 64.300.
Elliott Herman had another stand out meet as he championed the floor exercise with a 14.000 for a career-high mark.
The performance ranks third in Army's records from the past two seasons with Herman on the team.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Nathan Goff and Matthew Martin were Army's top finishers on the pommel horse. The pair turned out scores of 13.250 to tie for fourth.
Ryan Wilson (12.950), Taka Giese (12.900) and Elliott Herman (12.900) led the way for the Black Knights on rings.
On vault it was Seth Cannon who received top marks for the Cadets with a 13.950. Cole Casanova and Ryan Wilson trailed closely behind with marks of 13.750 and 13.600, respectively.
The parallel bars saw Penn State with the top-four finishers, but Goff led Army with a 13.500, while Alejandro Tombrink (13.250) and Nick McAfee (13.200) trailed.
Casanova broke into the top-four on high bar with a 13.200.