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EAST LANSING, Mich. –  The University of Illinois women's gymnastics team hit a season-high 196.850 team score on Saturday afternoon to win the B1G Five Meet at the Jenison Field House. UI finished ahead of Maryland (195.700), Ohio State (195.150), Nebraska (194.900) and Michigan State (192.825). The win marks the third-straight Illini victory.

Illinois posted season-best team scores on bars (49.275) and floor (49.400) to propel Illinois to the program's seventh-highest team score in the Illinois record books. Sophomore Rae Balthazor won the all-around competition with a career-high 39.525 score. The all-around title is third for the Illini sophomore this season. Balthazor also took home the bars (9.925) and beam (9.900) titles.

Up next, the Illlini will host the 2018 Big Ten Women's Gymnastics Championships next Saturday at the State Farm Center. With the first-place finish, Illinois earns a spot in the night session that begins at 7 pm.

Illini Notes

• The Orange and Blue tallied a season-best 196.850, good for the seventh-highest team score in program history.
• Illinois hit a season-best marks on floor (49.400) and bars (49.275).
  • The floor score is the third-highest in program history and the bars score matches the 10^th-highest mark in Illinois gymnastics history.
• Balthazor hit a career-best scores on floor (9.925), beam (9.900) and in the all-around (39.525)
  • The all-around performance is the ninth-highest all-around mark in the Illinois record books.
• Freshman Nicole Biondi hit a career-high 9.875 on vault, good for the highest score on vault by an Illini this season.
  • Biondi also matched her career-best tally in the all-around competition with a 39.425.
• Freshman Kylie Noonan matched her career-best mark on floor with a 9.850.
• Senior Bridget Hodan matched her career-high 9.900 score on floor.

Illini Quotes

"I think we did an outstanding job this week at attacking every detail. We transferred everything out onto the competition floor today. I think they were so unified that it made the competition so much better." – head coach Nadalie Walsh

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