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Oregon State Gymnastics Opens 2023 Home Slate on Saturday
January 20, 2023 | Women's Gymnastics
CORVALLIS, Ore. –The No. 18 Oregon State gymnastics team opens the 2023 home portion of the schedule welcoming No. 8 Denver, Brown and Sacramento State to Legendary Gill Coliseum on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 1 p.m.
The Beavs will follow Olympic order, starting on vault, then rotate to bars, beam and finish the meet on floor. No. 8 Denver is set to begin on bars with Brown on beam and Sacramento State on floor.
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POST-MEET AUTOGRAPHS
Post-meet autographs with OSU gymnasts will take place in the lobby of Gill Coliseum after the completion of awards and post-meet media obligations. Fans are limited to one item and must go through the entirety of the team line.
TICKETS
Reserved seats for the meet are sold out, but general admission tickets still remain. To purchase tickets for Saturday, click HERE. Season and single-meet tickets for the 2023 Oregon State gymnastics season are available for purchase HERE or by calling 1-800-GO-BEAVS.
LAST TIME OUT
Jade Carey posted 10s on floor and vault, to guide the Beaver to a second-place finish in the night session of the Wasatch Classic at the Maverik Center last Saturday. Overall, the Beavs took second behind their 196.850. Cal's 197.450 won the session for the Bears, while the Beavs outlasted Iowa's 196.575 and Pitt's 193.650.
BEHIND ENEMY LINES
No. 8 Denver - Led by Melissa Kutcher-Rineheart for the last quarter of a century, Denver scored a 197.200 to finish second at a tri meet hosted by Michigan on January 13. DU used a program-record 49.550 on vault in the final rotation to secure its final score, which now ranks third all-time for DU in January meets. Five DU vaulters set career highs during the rotation including junior Rosie Casali, who scored a near-perfect 9.975. Denver captured two of the three weekly Big 12 Conference awards with Casali earning Big 12 Gymnast of the Week honors and freshman Mila Brusch collecting the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week award.
Brown - Head coach and former OSU gymnast Brittany Harris is in her first season as the leader of the Bears. Brown was defeated by Yale in their season opener, with their score of 191.225 being the highest point total in a season-opener since 2017. Sophomore Julia Bedell was named the GEC Specialist of the Week, winning both events she competed with a new career-high on vault at 9.850, and also took home first on floor with her score of 9.700, while junior Asta-Sollilja Farrell was recognized as the Newcomer of the Week, winning her lone event of afternoon on bars with a score of 9.850 in her collegiate debut.
Sacramento State - Randy Solorio is in his fifth and final season, announcing that he will retire following the 2023 season after nearly four decades of service to Sacramento State. The Hornets totaled 191.375 in their season opening meet against UC Davis. Sarah Lutrel was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Freshman of the Week, after tying for first place on both bars and in the all-around in her first collegiate meet. The Citrus Heights, Calif., native opened the meet with a 9.750 on vault which placed her fifth on the event. She then led the team with a 9.725 on bars to finish in a four-way tie for first place. Lutrel closed the meet with a 9.525 on beam and a 9.450 on floor. Her all-around total of 38.450 tied her for the top spot in the competition.
UP NEXT
Oregon State faces a busy week ahead, battling Rutgers at home on Friday, Jan. 27, at 6 p.m. PT, before a short turnaround for their Pac-12 opener at UCLA on Sunday, Jan. 29 at 3 p.m. PT. The meet with the Bruins is set to air on the Pac-12 Networks.
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