IOWA CITY, Iowa — The 10th-ranked University of Iowa women’s gymnastics team set a season high overall score to beat No. 11 Minnesota, 196.800-196.325 on Saturday afternoon inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes tied the fourth-best team score in school history and the score is ranked No. 1 in the Big Ten. 
“This week it was all about the details, that’s how we were going to get ahead of Minnesota because they are a meticulous team,” said senior Clair Kaji. “I am so proud of this team. I can’t do what I do without them. I can get all the high scores, but it’s the team that set me up to get those high scores. It has always been all about us.”
The Hawkeyes set three new team season highs and set two individual team high as well as tying one. Iowa had two gymnasts tie for first-place on beam and bars. Kaji, who tied for beam, scored a 9.900. Junior Lauren Guerin tied for first on floor with a 9.950, tying her career best. Six Gymhawks set season-bests in the victory.
“I am extremely proud,” said head coach Larissa Libby. “It’s hard, the stakes rise every day, and not just from the gymnastics standpoint but with staying healthy. We have learned to control the things that we can control, and I believe that is why the great performances are happening. We are so happy to be out there with each other.”
QUOTING HEAD COACH LARISSA LIBBY
“We are so happy to be out there with each other. The thing that I liked the most about today, is a team about Minnesota is wow. They are amazing and they very rarely miss. To compete with them, we needed them to make a couple mistakes. We weren’t perfect tonight, but we were perfect enough to put pressure. You must be able to come back. You must just do your thing, and we looked at the big picture from the beginning. They shock me every day and I am so impressed with them.”
