Coming off a meet in which the ISU women’s gymnastics team won by almost six points, the ninth-ranked Cyclones came from behind to win Friday. The competition might have had something to do with it as No. 10 Minnesota and No. 17 Oklahoma came to town.Iowa State headed into the final event trailing Oklahoma, but a school record 49.550 on the floor exercise enabled the Cyclones to squeak past the Sooners by a final score of 196.150-195.375. Minnesota finished third in the triangular meet with 195.025. The Cyclone gymnasts improved their record to 5-2 overall and 2-1 in the conference.Perhaps the biggest performance of the night came from Shelly Kringen. With her team on the ropes, the junior pulled off a near flawless floor exercise routine to win the event. She scored 9.950 to match her career high for the third straight meet. However, it was not a one-woman effort on the floor exercise. Jessy Smith was right behind Kringen with a career-high 9.925 to take second place. Fellow co-captain Lauren Goldberg also broke a career high, matching teammate Sissy Huey at 9.90 to tie for third.Kringen said her coach gave the team some extra motivation before the floor exercise. “I told them we were in the meet, but we have to really nail the floor [exercise],” ISU head coach K.J. Kindler said. “They stepped up to the challenge. The floor team was phenomenal.”The Cyclones’ balanced attack was also evident on the uneven bars. Smith, Kringen and Huey all matched Oklahoma’s Carla DeMartini for second place in the event with scores of 9.925. The mark tied a personal best for Huey and established new career highs for Kringen and Smith. Huey, who was beaten in the bars for the first time this season, also took second in the all-around competition with a 39.425.After seeing three of her teammates fall before her, Stephanie Sweitzer knew she needed a big performance on the beam. The junior met the challenge with a 9.90 to match her personal best and earn a tie for first-place with Minnesota’s Jenny Alf.”I try not to think about [the falls],” said Sweitzer. “I just think about what I have to do as an individual because that helps me more and takes pressure off.”Huey and Chee Chee Calina also gave Iowa State a boost with strong beam performances to help offset the slips. Huey put up a season-high 9.850 to tie for third while the freshman Calina scored a solid 9.80.Three Cyclones were involved in a five-way tie for third place on the vault. Karen Kuplicki, Kendra Ciancio and Kringen all posted 9.80 to match Oklahoma’s Kasie Tamayo and Minnesota’s Courtney Norman. Iowa State scored the highest of the three teams in the event (48.900).When the meet was over, Kindler was glowing with pride for her club. “I’m ecstatic,” she said. “They’ve come off three wins, and it would be easy to let down right now. I think they handled it real well. What a great score for a meet that had a few problems.”The Cyclones can fly higher, said Kringen. “We have a lot of room to improve,” she said. “We had 196.1 and we’ve been going 196.3, and we had to count two falls on beam. There’s always room for improvement, no matter what.”Minnesota will get a chance for revenge this Saturday, Feb. 24 when the Cyclones meet the Golden Gophers at 7 p.m. in Minneapolis.