Iowa State begins a double meet weekend on the road tonight. The Cyclones have fended off program drama en route to several decent showings, but last week’s home loss to Central Michigan was not a result they’ll want to repeat. Tonight, they have the chance to rebound against Lindenwood. The Lions have had a lot of highs and lows thus far, from going over 196 in Week 4 (a mark Iowa State has yet to reach this season) to logging a 191.425 at home the following week. The Lions will need to be at their best to fend off a Power Five foe at home.
Rotation 1: Lindenwood VT, Iowa State UB
Jones VT: yfull, not the most amplitude but just a small hop.
Langkamp UB: piked jaeger, nice last handstand position, DLO sticks. 9.725
Caffey VT: bent legs towards the end, small hop back.
Basuel UB: catches Jaeger close to the bar, some flexed feet, DLO really fights for the stick but holds it. 9.675
Lopez VT:
Ricks UB: Her first competitive routine for the Cyclones. Doesn’t quite hit first handstand, tkatchev is a weird fall, completely misses the bar and it almost looks like she’s suspended in the air for a second before falling. Someone gif that. Aw she fell again. hits the ground w her feet on the Pak, stumbles forward a few times on DLO. She did get…