With the television cameras on them Saturday night, the Nittany Lions' women's gymnastics team failed to shine, but still remained strong enough to defeat George Washington 195.050-190.325.

The Lions performed well, but were not the near-flawless team they were in last week's victory in West Virginia.

"To make a lot of mistakes and still score a 195 says a lot about our team and our depth," Penn State coach Steve Shephard said. "But we need to correct some of these mistakes if we are going to get to through the post season and qualify for the NCAAs."

Despite not performing at its best, Penn State scored higher than George Washington in every event. The Lions received scores of 48.650 on vault, 48.925 on bars, 48.775 on beam and 48.700 on the floor.

Meredith Hoover won the all-around for the second time this season with a 38.975, and Lindsay Borkan finished second by scoring a 38.925.

The Lions started the night off on the vault, where senior Lisa Clark led the team and won her third vault competition of the year with a 38.975. Borkan set a career high in the event (9.875) and placed second. Meredith Hoover (9.700) finished third and Kate Stopper (9.675) rounded out the top five.

Freshman Kristal Uzelac won the bars with a 9.900. Borkan and Cecile Allen (9.800) tied for second, and Lisa Clark (9.775) set her season-high mark to come in fourth. Hoover placed first on the beam by scoring a 9.825. Borkan and Stopper (9.775) tied for second. They were followed by Genavieve Shingle (9.725) in fourth, and Corissa Pirkl (9.675) in fifth.

Penn State finished the night on the floor, where Stopper won the event with a 9.875. Hoover (9.800) placed second and Pirkl (9.750) finished fifth.

After the Penn State victory, Lisa Clark won the Ann Carr Award. It was the first such award of her career.

"I was extremely happy to get the award," Clark said. "I was actually in tears."

Shephard said he wanted to see improvements on little things that cost the team deductions, like landings on the vault and staying in bounds on the floor.

"Tonight's performance was not to the level where we need to be," Shephard said. "Hopefully we can correct these mistakes and come back next week to do a great job."