Men’s Gymnastics Falls to Nebraska – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/8/1998 12:00:00 AM | General, Men's Gymnastics
March 8, 1998
LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska beat Ohio State 230.675-230.175 in a men’s gymnastics meet Sunday night, dropping the Buckeyes record to 9-4 overall.
Nebraska, the No. 1 team in the nation, posted the best score of any team in the nation Sunday night. The Buckeyes also recorded a team season best score for the second week in a row.
This was the first meet that Ohio State scored over 230 and is the best road score of any team this year. Ohio State’s Jamie Natalie (Fr., Hockessin, Del.) won the all-around competition with a career high score of 57.975.
Natalie finished ahead of Nebraska’s Jason Hardabure (57.625) and Derek Leiter (57.525), who finished second and third respectively. Natalie also won the parallel bars and the vault. Ohio State’s Peter Landry (Jr., Lewiston, Maine) tied for first place on the rings, Doug Stibel (Jr., Canton Mich.) won the horizontal bar and Mike Morgan (Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio) tied for first place on the floor exercise.
This was the last regular season meet for the Buckeyes before the Big Ten meet held March 20-21 in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Buckeyes have won the last two Big Ten meets.
Meet seven at Nebraska Team Score Ohio State:230.175 Nebraska: 230.675 Floor Exercise Pommel Horse 1. Bill Mulholland, UN 9.775 1. Marshall Nelson, UN 9.750 Marshall Nelson, UN 9.775 2. Derek Leiter, UN 9.725 Mike Morgan, OSU 9.775 3. Bill Mulholland, UN 9.650 Jim Koziol, UN 9.650 Horizontal Bar Vault 1. Doug Stibel, OSU 9.900 1. Jamie Natalie, OSU 9.775 2. Jason Hardabura, UN 9.825 2. Doug Stibel, OSU 9.750 3. Marshall Nelson, UN 9.800 3. Derek Leiter, UN 9.725 Still Rings Parallel Bars 1. Peter Landry, OSU 9.775 1. Jamie Natalie, OSU 9.850 Jim Koziol, UN 9.775 2. Mike Morgan, OSU 9.775 3. Mike Morgan, OSU 9.650 3. Derek Leiter, UN 9.750 Tim Elsner, OSU 9.650 All-Around 1. Jamie Natalie, OSU 57.975 2. Jason Hardabura, UN 57.625 3. Derek Leiter, UN 57.525
