For one year, the loss to Ohio State last season by one tenth of a point has haunted members of the Penn State men's gymnastics team.

On Saturday night, in their first meet at the Bryce Jordan Center since 1999, the Nittany Lions exorcised the demons.

Senior Kevin Donohue sealed the Lions' victory and the all-around title (54.750) with a career-best 9.750 on high bar, propelling Penn State to a 220.00-216.875 win. The score of 220.00 marked the season high for the Lions.

"It was a little nerve-racking being the last routine in the entire competition, but having all eyes on me and the crowd reacting definitely helped," Donohue said. "Plus this was the first time in two weeks that I actually hit my high bar routine."

The Lions struggled early on in the meet with misses on both the floor and pommel horse, but the Buckeyes could not capitalize with five of six of their own falling off the pommel horse.

"I was disappointed that we let so many opportunities get away from us," Penn State men's gymnastics coach Randy Jepson said. "We had a fairly strong finish, but pommel horse and floor were really sluggish for us."

Despite the sluggish start, the Lions kept going and battling on every routine with victories and season highs on rings (37.175), high bar (37.125) and vault (37.550), but could not establish a commanding lead.

With a 1.925-point lead going into the final rotation, Jepson told his team that he didn't care what the score was and that he wanted them to think that this was the NCAA championships and for his team to compete like it was the championships.

The team answered the call. Freshman Luis Vargas scored a 9.725 on the high bar after a Palacios fall and Donohue finished with a sensational routine to earn the Lions' 11th straight victory.

Throughout the meet, two Lions consistently stepped it up when the team was struggling and needed a lift. Junior Kevin Tan scored career highs on pommel horse and parallel bars and remained undefeated on the rings with a score of 9.675.

"I've been training really hard lately and wanted to show the team that I'm out there and I want to support us," Tan said. "This weekend it just came down to doing my job."

In addition, freshman Chad Buczek finished with season-high marks on the floor (9.000), rings (9.450) and vault (9.250).

"Chad went out and couldn't do any better than what he did tonight," Jepson said. "He had a performance that he won't forget and I'm so happy for him."

The Lions will enjoy the sweet revenge on the Buckeyes, but Jepson reminded his team that the Big Ten Championships are at Ohio State and that it's only going to get tougher from here on out.