Feb. 28, 2010

Complete Results

CHICAGO - The No. 3 Illini men's gymnastics team improved to 9-0 on the season with a 351.300-337.200 victory at No. 12 UIC (2-11) Sunday afternoon in Chicago. Senior Luke Stannard won his first two event titles of the year on floor exercise (15.000) and pommel horse with a season-high score of 15.200, while sophomore C.J. Padera placed first on parallel bars (14.800) and high bar with a career-high score of 15.000.

Junior Paul Ruggeri secured his second vault title of the season, tallying a score of 15.300 and senior Tyler Williamson led the Illini on rings, tying for first place (14.750). Freshman Malcolm Brown placed seventh on pommel horse (13.850) in his collegiate debut, while sophomore Maxwell Portocarrero also made his first-career appearance for the Illini and posted a 13.150 on floor exercise and 12.000 on rings. Junior Daniel Ribeiro competed on parallel bars for the first time this season and placed sixth (14.050) and also finished in second place on pommel horse (14.800) and third on vault (15.100).

Several Illini set new career highs on the day, including junior Kyle Moe on rings (6th; 14.250), freshman Yoshi Mori on pommel horse (3rd; 14.600) and parallel bars (2nd; 14.450), sophomore Devin Regan on high bar (8th; 13.500) and senior Chad Wiest on high bar (7th; 13.650).

As a team, the Illini won on all six events and recorded a season-best on pommel horse with a score of 58.800.

The squad returns to Big Ten action next Sunday, March 7 at No. 10 Iowa at 2 p.m. CT.