Beavers Finish Third at Pac-12 Championships

Saturday, March 23

Oregon State

196.600

198.400

UCLA

Photo by: Ralph Greene

March 23, 2019 | Women's Gymnastics

Pac-12 Championships results

By: Athletic Communications

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – The No. 14 Oregon State gymnastics team earned a third-place finish at Pac-12 Championships Saturday evening before a crowd of 8,621 at the Maverik Center. The Beavers overcame counting a fall in the opening rotation to fight back throughout the course of the meet to finish third in the session and overall in the final rotation.

UCLA, ranked No. 2 in the nation entering the meet, won the conference title for the second year in a row with a score of 198.400.

"I'm proud of how the team fought back from a rough start," head coach Tanya Chaplin said. "It really was impressive to come back to finish third after counting a fall. They showed resilience and did a nice job of focusing on the moment. We really had some nice routines tonight."

Beginning the meet on the balance beam, OSU quickly found itself in a hole. McKenna Singley, who hails from Bountiful, Utah, led off for the Beavers with a flawless routine to tie her season-best with a 9.850. However, the following two routines were missed before freshman Madi Dagen corrected course for the Orange and Black with a 9.90 routine. Maela Lazaro followed with a 9.90 of her own and Sabrina Gill closed the rotation with a 9.80.

Trailing third place California 49.175-48.600 and Utah, which held the lead at 49.575, OSU moved to its strongest event, the floor exercise. Madi Dagen led off with a 9.825 and Mary Jacobsen followed by tying her career-high with a 9.90. Isis Lowery led the squad with a career-best tying 9.950 while Singley added a season-high 9.90 and Savanna Force scored 9.85 to help the Beavers to a 49.425 on the event.

Having closed the gap on Cal to 98.200-98.025, Oregon State moved to the vault. OSU continued to pick up momentum in the third rotation posting its second-highest vault score of the season, 49.225. Jacobsen tallied a 9.90 in the anchor spot to lead the Beavers. Lena Greene and Kaitlyn Yanish each registered scores of 9.850 and Singley scored 9.825.

Still trailing the Bears for third place, 147.575-147.250, the Beavers moved to the uneven bars where they proceeded to post a season-best 49.350 on the event. Lowery and Mariana Colussi-Pelaez each tied their career-highs with scores of 9.90 to lead the Beavers. Jacobsen tied her season-best with a 9.875 and Halli Briscoe added a score of 9.850 as OSU finally caught Cal to earn a third-place finish.

"We'll look forward to maximizing our training during spring break and look forward to hosting regionals in a couple weeks."

Oregon State returns to host NCAA Regionals April 4-6 inside Gill Coliseum. All-session passes can be purchased starting at $21 by visiting BeaverTickets.com/Gymnastics, in person at the Gill Coliseum Ticket Office or by calling 1-800-GO-BEAVS

The gymnastics program will host an NCAA Selection Show Watch Party on Monday in the Loge Level of Reser Stadium at 2 p.m. The public is invited to join the Beaver gymnasts as they await the official announcement of which teams will join them at the Corvallis regional. Doors open at 1:30 p.m.

Second Session Results
Team Scores: No. 2 UCLA 198.400; No. 6 Utah 198.025; No. 14 Oregon State 196.600; No. 16 California 196.575.
All-Around: 1. Kyla Ross (UCLA) 39.800; 2. MyKayla Skinner (Utah) 39.750; 3. MaKenna Merrell-Giles (Utah) 39.600.
Vault (49.225): T1. MyKayla Skinner (Utah), Felicia Hano (UCLA) 9.950; T3. Mary Jacobsen (OSU), Kyla Ross (UCLA), Kari Lee (Utah), Milan Clausi (CAL) 9.900. Other OSU Scores: Lena Greene 9.850; Kaitlyn Yanish 9.850; McKenna Singley 9.825; Madi Dagen 9.800; Lacy Dagen 9.775.
Uneven Bars (49.350): 1. Kyla Ross (UCLA) 10.000; T2. MyKayla Skinner (Utah), Margzetta Frazier (UCLA), Emi Watterson (CAL) 9.950. OSU Scores: Mariana Colussi-Pelaez 9.900; Isis Lowery 9.900; Mary Jacobsen 9.875; Halli Briscoe 9.850; Sabrina Gill 9.825; Colette Yamaoka 9.800.
Balance Beam (48.600): T1. Katelyn Ohashi (UCLA), Grace Glenn (UCLA) 9.950; T3. Maela Lazaro (OSU), Madi Dagen (OSU), Kyla Ross (UCLA), Adrienne Randall (Utah), Brielle Nguyen (UCLA) 9.900. Other OSU Scores: McKenna Singley 9.850; Sabrina Gill 9.800; Mariana Colussi-Pelaez 9.150; Lacy Dagen 9.100.
Floor Exercise (49.425): T1. Kyla Ross (UCLA), Katelyn Ohashi (UCLA), MyKayla Skinner (Utah) 10.000. OSU Scores: Isis Lowery 9.950; McKenna Singley 9.900; Mary Jacobsen 9.900; Savanna Force 9.850; Madi Dagen 9.825; Kaitlyn Yanish 9.350.

First Session Results – Arizona State 196.400; Washington 196.175; Stanford 195.925; Arizona 193.900.

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