See no evil, hear no evil. No one looks at the other team, and if someone is caught looking, a team member yells, "Blue-white."

That's one way the women's gymnastics team concentrates on only its own performance in a meet. That's the concentration Penn State (1-0) may need in its season's second away meet against rival Ohio State at 7:30 tomorrow night.

In addition, Michigan State and Pittsburgh will compete in the quad meet.

"That (a quad meet) is better for us; then it's not just us against Ohio State," Coach Judi Avener said. "It takes the edge off and I think it's going to be exciting in a meet with that many people in it. Those are the best atmosphere meets . . . plus we'll be exposed to four different sets of judges."

"That's always nice to compete with, because it has a higher energy level," uneven bar specialist Kira Rohm agreed.

But, after losing to Ohio State at the 1989 NCAA regionals along with the loss of an NCAA bid, the Lady Lions will be out to avenge the loss.

"The revenge factor is that we want to show them how good we are," sophomore Kim Thrasher said. "In head to head competition, they are (our biggest rival)."

In a five meet match-up last week, Ohio State took second, but only to defending national champion Georgia. Ohio State scored in the 181 range.

Although the Lady Lions won their season-opener last week against Pitt, their score was 178.65, considerably lower than their school record-breaking high of 188.35 at the season-ending NCAA regionals. However, Penn State relied heavily on its newcomers and did not use its strongest lineup last week.

"Practices have been going well," top all-arounder Lynn Crane said. "We used Pitt as a learning experience."

"We're not at real great strength right now, though," Avener said. "We are a perennially slow-starting team. We usually finish stronger by the end of the season."

Because of the team's depth, Avener plans to rest three of the gymnasts, Thrasher, Laurie Russo and Allison Barber, by putting them in fewer events. Last week's all-around winner, Thrasher, who suffers from back problems, may only compete on uneven bars. Russo will not compete in the floor exercise or balance beam.

"I need to set some priorities," Avener said. "And the priorities are to win the regionals later on, so that means that anything that . . . might help us right at the moment needs to be put on the back burner."

Crane, a junior, heads the lineup in the all-around. Freshman Tracy Salvino will debut in the event. In the Lady Lions' strongest event, the vault, Barber, Mallios, Paula Bright and captain Carrie Arnesen will compete.

Kira Rohm and Crane on the uneven bars and Bright and Crane in the floor exercise are the only definite Penn State entrants in those events. Besides Crane, and possibly Janice Rogers, Avener is unsure of the beam's lineup.

Ohio State coach Larry Cox also believes his team is a slower, moderate team this year. He believes it will have a progressive season.

Ohio State is depending on a youthful lineup. Sophomores Debbie Black and Claire Wilson and freshmen Tracy Halstade and Emily Arnold make up the all-around. However, Arnold may not compete in everything due to a foot problem.

Ohio State, which broke the NCAA Northeast Regional record with a 189.65 last year, lost two all-arounders who averaged in the 38-point range and one with a 37.5 range average.

"If everyone's healthy, we'll look good," Cox said. "If not, we might start having some problems. We're prepared as much as we can be."

Avener feels the uneven bars may be Ohio State's strongest event and Penn State's weakest. Cox said Ohio State's weakest event is the vault, which is Penn State's strongest.

Michigan State, which placed third, right behind Ohio State, at the 1989 Big 10 Annual Conference Meet, started the season with a loss to Missouri.

Juniors Michelle Ingalls and Laura Johnson and freshmen Ruth Heuayo and Dana Demo lead Michigan State's all-around competition. The team lost two competing seniors from last year. Assistant coach Chuck Shibler said Penn State and Ohio State will provide about equal competition for his team.

"Our stronger rivalry is with Ohio State because it is a Big 10 school and we've competed with them more," Shibler added.