During the second rotation, Penn State's uneven bar team continued on the record-setting rampage, this time led by Nikki Smith. Executing flight elements that made the 5,100 Rec Hall fans gasp in awe, the junior scored a career-high 9.95. The team scored a 49.325, yet another school record.

When the beam team finished the third rotation, it had not set a team record, but what unfolded at the end of the rotation was hardly a letdown.

Once again, senior Missy Leopoldus worked her magic on the beam and scored the first perfect 10 in the history of Penn State women's gymnastics. Leopoldus said she was aware of how perfectly her routine was going, but knew she had to finish strong.

"I knew going into the dismount that I had to stick it," she said. "This was my last dual meet in Rec Hall and this is a huge accomplishment."

But she did not stop there.

Leopoldus, along with fellow senior Ellen Casey, led the floor team to another record-setting score. The two tri-captains each posted scores of 9.95 and tied the school record they already share.

"All I can say is wow, this is a special day all the way," said head coach Steve Shephard. "There was a tremendous energy level here."

Some of that energy level can be attributed to the returning alumni of past Penn State women's gymnastics teams. In a special weekend, former Lions came back to the gymnasium and home crowd that they once called home and family.

One of those people was Florida head coach Judi Markell.

Markell was Penn State's head coach from 1975-1992, and in that time she developed a strong connection with Penn State.

"It's very, very strange for me," Markell said of returning to State College. "It feels so comfortable, but at the same time so wrong. But it was great to see the Penn State alumni because they were such a part of my life. I never truly put it behind me."

The current gymnastics team will not be putting this night behind it anytime soon. In addition to taking its place as one of the best teams in Penn State history, it is now making strides to become one of the best in the Big Ten.

"This will help in terms of the Big Ten Championship in a couple of ways," said Casey. "We are making a name for ourselves and this is a great motivator."