Among those was Tobias Ekman who posted a 9.65. Ekman also gave solid performances on the high bar and floor routine.

Army's debacle started with the pommel horse and spiraled from there. Coach Doug VanEveren noticed his gymnasts were looking shaky, and tried to rally them.

"I was hoping to turn around what really started to be a tough break for us," said VanEveren. "It really didn't help. We did turn it around in the end on the high bar and the parallel bars, but other than that I would say this was a pretty rough meet for us."

The Cadets just didn't seem to have it in them to come back from mistakes. Penn State pulled away in the still rings event and never looked back. Army tried to rally at the end with a good high bar routine but it was too little too late.

Lion Ron Roeder exemplified Penn State's night with three near-flawless performances. Roeder posted a 9.7 or better on the floor, the rings and the parallel bars. For Roeder, his night of success couldn't have come at a better time than his final fling in Rec Hall.

"I had a lot of hopes when I was a freshman," said Roeder. "I really didn't think I would be where I am now. I was really nervous; I was never in front of a crowd like this. Now I'm use to it."

Jepson liked what he saw from his All-American.

"(Roeder) did three events for us and he was perfect on all of them," said Jepson. "He is so steady, and I have no doubt in my mind that the three routines he did tonight he could hit almost every time he does them, and it's great having an anchor like that."

Notes:

Saturday was also the last Rec Hall performance for team captain Tim Lashua and senior Danny Beigel. Next week will be the final home performance for the Lion seniors when Penn State hosts Illinois at 7 p.m. Saturday in The Bryce Jordan Center.

Penn State freshman Jose Palacios took the all-around with a 55.25, with Army's Troy Pazcoguin and Scott Harris finishing 2-3 with totals of 50.650 and 50.500, respectively.