Feb. 20, 2000

East Lansing, Mich. - The 12th-ranked UIC men's gymnastics fell to #7 Michigan State Sunday afternoon in East Lansing, Mich., 224.225-217.800.

UIC's best showing as a team came on the pommel horse as it tallied a 37.250 led by a second-place showing from Erin Willingham with a 9.650. Greg Gabel (9.450) and Chris Coorlim (9.350) also turned in strong pommel horse routines for the Flames.

On the still rings, Mike D'Antino's 9.200 tied for first with Michigan State's Jon Plante while David Johnson's 9.200 on the high bar landed him in second place on that event to highlight UIC's stronger performances of the afternoon.

UIC and Michigan State will square off once again next Saturday, Feb. 26, when the Spartans visit Chicago and UIC's Physical Education Building at 7:00 p.m.

Floor Exercise
1. David Ruiz, Michigan State		9.750
2. Brad Golden, Michigan State		9.650
3. Jon Plante, Michigan State		9.450
4t. Nick Becker, UIC			9.400
8. Ram Krishnan, UIC			9.050
9. Jared Grodt, UIC			9.000
10. David Johnson, UIC			8.700
11. Tony Cirullo, UIC			8.650
12. Toby Van Amerongen, UIC		8.450

Pommel Horse
1. Jon Plante, Michigan State		9.925
2. Erin Willingham, UIC			9.650
3t. Russell Young, Michigan State	9.550
3t. Brady Grimm, Michigan State		9.550
5t. Greg Gabel, UIC			9.450
7t. Chris Coorlim, UIC			9.350
10t. Justin Joyce, UIC			8.800
10t. Matt Soucie, UIC			8.800
12. Toby Van Amerongen, UIC		7.350

Still Rings
1t. Mike D'Antino, UIC			9.200
1t. Jon Plante, Michigan State		9.200
3. Jamie Shepard, Michigan State	9.150
7. Toby Van Amerongen, UIC		8.850
9. Matt Soucie, UIC			8.600
10. David Johnson, UIC			8.500
11. Erin Willingham, UIC		7.600

Vault
1. David Ruiz, Michigan State		9.650
2. Brady Grimm, Michigan State		9.600
3. Jeff Moomaw, Michigan State		9.350
4t. Tony Cirullo, UIC			9.300
4t. Toby Van Amerongen, UIC		9.300
7. Greg Gabel, UIC			9.250
8. David Johnson, UIC			9.100
9. Nick Becker, UIC			9.050
12. Matt Soucie, UIC			8.650

Parallel Bars
1. Brad Golden, Michigan State		9.500
2t. Brady Grimm, Michigan State		9.350
2t. Jon Plante, Michigan State		9.350
4. Greg Gabel, UIC			9.300
5. Justin Joyce, UIC			9.250
7. David Johnson, UIC			9.050
8. Jared Grodt, UIC			9.000
11. Ram Krishnan, UIC			7.900

Horizontal Bar
1. Jamie Shepard, Michigan State	9.250
2. David Johnson, UIC			9.200
3. Jeff Moomaw, Michigan State		9.150
4. Justin Joyce, UIC			9.100
5t. Matt Soucie, UIC			8.750
8. Toby Van Amerongen, UIC		8.650
10. Jared Grodt, UIC			8.400
11. Tony Cirullo, UIC			8.250