Feb. 16, 2008

Complete Results in PDF Format

Minneapolis, Minn. - Even with Nikolai Korepanov winning his third consecutive still rings title, it wasn't enough as UIC fell to No. 8 Minnesota 345.000-330.700 on Saturday night.

The Flames won their only event of the night on still rings with a combined team score of 55.850.

Korepanov led UIC as he won his third still rings title of the year with a 14.150.

Once again, Neal Thompson was no disappointment as he tied his season-all around score with an 82.850, placing second overall. Thompson also finished second on the pommel horse (14.050), still rings (14.100), and on the parallel bars (14.500).

Other highlights on the night included a fourth place performance on vault for Bobby Solomon with a 15.100 and a fifth place finish for Kevin Baune on the high bar scoring a season-best 13.650.

Co-captain Andrew Stover also completed his first all-around score of the season, finishing the night off with a combined 80.500.

UIC will be back in action on Friday, Feb. 22 as they travel to West Point, N.Y. to take on Army and Temple beginning at 5 p.m.