In the coming week, the ISU women’s gymnastics team will field a recuperating lineup in efforts to accomplish two major tasks: end one of the longest-running home winning streaks in the nation, and keep its own two-season home winning streak intact.

Sunday, the 10th-ranked Cyclones will head to Lincoln, Neb., to take on No. 2 Nebraska, where the Huskers own a 56-meet home winning streak. Iowa State has come close to ending the Huskers’ streak in the Bob Devaney Sports Center, tying the Huskers 198-198 there last March.

“[The Huskers] are very dangerous at home,” said coach KJ Kindler, noting the Husker’s win at home this season over No. 1 Utah. “It will be a task, that’s for sure.”

Team co-captain and all-arounder Erin Dethloff said her team is up for the challenge.

“We’ve been up against them this season at home and won, but it’s going to be twice as hard at their home,” Dethloff said. “But, if we’ve done it once, we can do it again.”

Dethloff said the team’s spirits have been lifted, as several of the Cyclones’ sidelined competitors are making their way back into the lineup.

Sophomore Ashley Alden will return full-strength to the lineup this week, and senior Abigail Richey is also making a slow comeback from influenza.

“We’re well-prepared and trying to do the best we can to be ready to go when needed,” junior Kacey Oiness said. “I am confident any person that gets put in can hit.”

Oiness said the coaches have simulated pressure situations for the team in practice by making them work in teams, with workouts not ending until a certain amount of routines were hit in a row.

“[The coaching staff] has prepared for this, so we can still be a strong team if someone is injured,” Dethloff said.

Kindler said the Cyclones have been working diligently in the gym this week on landing and polishing routines, fixing the little mistakes that “have to be fixed for us to be competitive.” She said the team will particularly focus on beam, which will be the Cyclone’s last event of the meet and one that led the Cyclones to victory over the Huskers in February.

“We’re not as focused on our score as we are [on] hitting our routines, sticking our landings and finishing with energy and excitement,” Dethloff said.

Next Friday, the Cyclones will compete in their final regular season meet of the year in Hilton Coliseum against No. 19 Minnesota, where the Cyclones will attempt to defend their own 10-meet winning streak at home that stretches back to the 2002-03 season. Kindler said the team will be extremely focused on keeping their home streak alive. She hopes the night will bring in a good home crowd, making up for the number of students who will be off campus for Spring Break.

The No. 10 Cyclones are 11-2 on the season and undefeated in Big 12 action. The team is set to compete at 2 p.m. Sunday in Lincoln before returning to Ames for a 7 p.m. meet March 18 in Hilton Coliseum.