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Beavers to Make Desert Trip for Pac-12’s
March 20, 2018 | Women's Gymnastics
THE MEET
The 11th-ranked Oregon State gymnastics team makes its first trip to the desert in 2018 to compete at the Pac-12 Championships hosted by Arizona. The Beavers will be the fifth-seeded team and will compete in the afternoon session of the championships beginning at 1 p.m.
TV/LIVE VIDEO
• The meet is slated to air live on Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Oregon and Pac-12 Arizona. Jim Watson will be on the call with Amanda Borden providing analysis.
• Fans with subscriptions to the Network can also watch the matches on Pac-12 .com, or via the Pac-12 Now app.
LIVE RESULTS
• Live results will be available for the meet and can be found by visiting the gymnastics schedule page on osubeavers.com.
• To access live stats, via your computer, smartphone, or tablet, visit osubeavers.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA
• Fans are encouraged to follow the Oregon State gymnastics program via social media. There are several platforms to follow the team including :
• Twitter: @BeaverGym
• Instagram: @BeaverGym
• Facebook: /BeaverGym
• SnapChat: @OregonStateGym
OSU AT PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
Here are some quick hitters about Oregon State's history in the Pac-12 Championships:
• Oregon State is one of only four schools - along with UCLA, Stanford and Utah - to have won the Pac-10/12 Championships in the 31-year history of the event.
• The Beavers are seeking their seventh conference title and third since 2010.
• OSU has a 4-0 record against their direct competition this year defeating Stanford, Arizona State and Arizona in Corvallis and topped ASU again last week at Sacramento State.
• Twenty-four OSU gymnasts have combined to win 44 individual conference titles over the course of 31 years.
• Senior Dani Dessaints tied for the Pac-12 vault title in 2017 scoring a career-best 9.950.
OREGON STATE NOTES
• The Beavers have yet to count a fall in 2018 ... OSU counted just two missed routines in 2017, with both coming in a win at Seattle Pacific.
• The Beavers returned just nine out of 24 routines from the 2017 NCAA Championships lineup ... OSU has received significant contributions from a group of five sophomores - Halli Briscoe, Destinee Davis, Lena Greene, Maela Lazaro and Alyssa Minyard - who have combined to hit 48 of 50 routines after combining to provide only one routine as freshmen in 2017. The quintet has combined for 14 event titles in 2018.
• Oregon State has 'hit' 229 out of 240 (95.4%) routines in 2018 ... in comparison, the Beavers 'hit' 300 out of 312 (96.2%) routines last year.
• The Beavers have hit 24-for-24 only twice this season. The first came in their fourth meet of the season, at home against Arizona State; the second was last week at Sacramento State.
• Through 10 meets, OSU's youthful squad, which includes 13 out of 19 underclassmen, the production breakdown looks like this: Sophomores have performed 94 of 240 routines in 2018 (39.2%), juniors have produced 79 of 240 (32.9%), freshmen 40 of 240 (16.7%) and seniors 27 of 240 (11.3%).
• Of particular note is that OSU sophomores only performed 40 routines (out of 312) for the Beavers as freshmen last year.
• Seven out of OSU's 12 opponents on the 2018 schedule are currently ranked in the Top 36; No. 3 UCLA, No. 4 Utah, No. 8 Washington, No. 10 California, No. 17 Arizona State, No. 20 BYU and No. 30 Stanford.
• Oregon State went an undefeated 5-0 at Gill Coliseum in 2018 including four wins over Top 25 teams - No. 23 Stanford, No. 12 Arizona State, No. 24 Arizona and No. 21 BYU.
• Fifteen of the Beavers' 19 gymnasts earned a GPA of 3.0 or higher during fall term ... as a team, the Beavers earned a 3.4778 GPA in the fall.
QUICKLY
• Oregon State opened the season with back-to-back road meets for the second year in a row. OSU kicked off the season with a win at Pittsburgh before traveling to face Utah, where the Beavers upped their previous score by 1.5 points.
• The Beavers are coming off a 19-win season the ended with an 11th-place finish at NCAA Championships
• Oregon State returns one All-American, Dani Dessaints, who was an NACGC/W Regular Season All-American on the vault in 2017.
• Dessaints tied for the Pac-12 title on the vault (9.95) in 2017.
• In 2017, OSU advanced to the postseason for the 43rd straight year ... the last time the Beavers failed to reach the postseason was 1974, when they were still competing in the AIAW.
• OSU finished second at the 2017 NCAA Champaign Regional earning a berth at NCAA Championships. The Beavers finished 11th at the championships in St. Louis.
LAST WEEK AT SACRAMENTO STATE
Oregon State registered its highest away score of the season scoring 196.850 to win a quad meet at Sacramento State with Arizona State and UC Davis.
• The Beavers hit all 24 routines for just the second time this season..
• McKenna Singley tied her career-best and won the all-around (39.400) and tied for top honors on the vault (9.875).
• Other event winners included vault (Mary Jacobsen - 9.875), bars (Jacobsen - 9.900) and floor (Kaitlyn Yanish - 9.925).
• OSU tallied scores of 49.000 or better on all four events for the eighth time this season and fifth meet in a row.
SEEKING PERFECTION
OSU has seven gymnasts that have 'hit' all of their routines in 2018 including: Sabrina Gill (33-33), Shireen Khamedoost (15-15), Dani Dessaints (12-12), Isis Lowery (12-12), Maela Lazaro (8-8), Lena Greene (6-6) and Halli Briscoe (3-3).
LOADING UP FOR 2019
In November, three gymnasts signed the National Letters of Intent to join the Oregon State gymnastics program for the 2018-19 academic year. Leah Bivrell (Louisville, Colo.), Jade Carey (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Madi Dagen (Pleasanton, Calif.) are scheduled to enroll at Oregon State this coming summer ... Carey earned a pair of silver medals for Team USA at the 2017 World Championships ... Dagen's sister, Lacy, transferred from Florida to Oregon State during the offseason.
THE ROSTER
Here are some quick hitters about the Oregon State gymnastics roster in 2018:
• There are only two seniors on the squad (Dani Dessaints and Shireen Khamedoost) who had combined to perform 74 career routines entering the season
• There are six newcomers to the team this year (Savanna Force, Lexie Gonzales, Niya Mack, Colette Yamaoka and Kaitlyn Yanish are freshmen, and Lacy Dagen transferred to OSU in the offseason) ... of the newcomers, Yanish has been in the competition lineup in every meet so far this season, while Force and Mack have performed in the floor lineup eight and four times respectively. Yamaoka has been a bars exhibition six times and Dagen has exhibitioned on beam four times.
• Less than half of the roster competed in a meet for Oregon State last season (nine out of 19). Halli Briscoe, Lena Greene, Jaime Law, Maela Lazaro, and Alyssa Minyard all entered the season seeking their first competition routines in addition to the five freshmen.
• Two of OSU's gymnasts hail from the Beaver State - Lena Greene (Tigard) and Jaime Law (Corvallis).
• Three OSU gymnasts are from outside of the United States - Mariana Colussi-Pelaez and Sabrina Gill are all from Canada, while Isis Lowery is from Australia.
WHICH WAY DO WE GO?
The Beavers, like every other team in the country, are seeking to qualify to the NCAA Championships and the Super Six. But to reach that goal teams must get through NCAA Regionals. In 2017, regionals will be held at Alabama, Minnesota, North Carolina State, Ohio State, Penn State and Utah. The top two finishers at each regional will advance to the NCAA Championships at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Mo.
The 11th-ranked Oregon State gymnastics team makes its first trip to the desert in 2018 to compete at the Pac-12 Championships hosted by Arizona. The Beavers will be the fifth-seeded team and will compete in the afternoon session of the championships beginning at 1 p.m.
TV/LIVE VIDEO
• The meet is slated to air live on Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Oregon and Pac-12 Arizona. Jim Watson will be on the call with Amanda Borden providing analysis.
• Fans with subscriptions to the Network can also watch the matches on Pac-12 .com, or via the Pac-12 Now app.
LIVE RESULTS
• Live results will be available for the meet and can be found by visiting the gymnastics schedule page on osubeavers.com.
• To access live stats, via your computer, smartphone, or tablet, visit osubeavers.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA
• Fans are encouraged to follow the Oregon State gymnastics program via social media. There are several platforms to follow the team including :
• Twitter: @BeaverGym
• Instagram: @BeaverGym
• Facebook: /BeaverGym
• SnapChat: @OregonStateGym
OSU AT PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS
Here are some quick hitters about Oregon State's history in the Pac-12 Championships:
• Oregon State is one of only four schools - along with UCLA, Stanford and Utah - to have won the Pac-10/12 Championships in the 31-year history of the event.
• The Beavers are seeking their seventh conference title and third since 2010.
• OSU has a 4-0 record against their direct competition this year defeating Stanford, Arizona State and Arizona in Corvallis and topped ASU again last week at Sacramento State.
• Twenty-four OSU gymnasts have combined to win 44 individual conference titles over the course of 31 years.
• Senior Dani Dessaints tied for the Pac-12 vault title in 2017 scoring a career-best 9.950.
OREGON STATE NOTES
• The Beavers have yet to count a fall in 2018 ... OSU counted just two missed routines in 2017, with both coming in a win at Seattle Pacific.
• The Beavers returned just nine out of 24 routines from the 2017 NCAA Championships lineup ... OSU has received significant contributions from a group of five sophomores - Halli Briscoe, Destinee Davis, Lena Greene, Maela Lazaro and Alyssa Minyard - who have combined to hit 48 of 50 routines after combining to provide only one routine as freshmen in 2017. The quintet has combined for 14 event titles in 2018.
• Oregon State has 'hit' 229 out of 240 (95.4%) routines in 2018 ... in comparison, the Beavers 'hit' 300 out of 312 (96.2%) routines last year.
• The Beavers have hit 24-for-24 only twice this season. The first came in their fourth meet of the season, at home against Arizona State; the second was last week at Sacramento State.
• Through 10 meets, OSU's youthful squad, which includes 13 out of 19 underclassmen, the production breakdown looks like this: Sophomores have performed 94 of 240 routines in 2018 (39.2%), juniors have produced 79 of 240 (32.9%), freshmen 40 of 240 (16.7%) and seniors 27 of 240 (11.3%).
• Of particular note is that OSU sophomores only performed 40 routines (out of 312) for the Beavers as freshmen last year.
• Seven out of OSU's 12 opponents on the 2018 schedule are currently ranked in the Top 36; No. 3 UCLA, No. 4 Utah, No. 8 Washington, No. 10 California, No. 17 Arizona State, No. 20 BYU and No. 30 Stanford.
• Oregon State went an undefeated 5-0 at Gill Coliseum in 2018 including four wins over Top 25 teams - No. 23 Stanford, No. 12 Arizona State, No. 24 Arizona and No. 21 BYU.
• Fifteen of the Beavers' 19 gymnasts earned a GPA of 3.0 or higher during fall term ... as a team, the Beavers earned a 3.4778 GPA in the fall.
QUICKLY
• Oregon State opened the season with back-to-back road meets for the second year in a row. OSU kicked off the season with a win at Pittsburgh before traveling to face Utah, where the Beavers upped their previous score by 1.5 points.
• The Beavers are coming off a 19-win season the ended with an 11th-place finish at NCAA Championships
• Oregon State returns one All-American, Dani Dessaints, who was an NACGC/W Regular Season All-American on the vault in 2017.
• Dessaints tied for the Pac-12 title on the vault (9.95) in 2017.
• In 2017, OSU advanced to the postseason for the 43rd straight year ... the last time the Beavers failed to reach the postseason was 1974, when they were still competing in the AIAW.
• OSU finished second at the 2017 NCAA Champaign Regional earning a berth at NCAA Championships. The Beavers finished 11th at the championships in St. Louis.
LAST WEEK AT SACRAMENTO STATE
Oregon State registered its highest away score of the season scoring 196.850 to win a quad meet at Sacramento State with Arizona State and UC Davis.
• The Beavers hit all 24 routines for just the second time this season..
• McKenna Singley tied her career-best and won the all-around (39.400) and tied for top honors on the vault (9.875).
• Other event winners included vault (Mary Jacobsen - 9.875), bars (Jacobsen - 9.900) and floor (Kaitlyn Yanish - 9.925).
• OSU tallied scores of 49.000 or better on all four events for the eighth time this season and fifth meet in a row.
SEEKING PERFECTION
OSU has seven gymnasts that have 'hit' all of their routines in 2018 including: Sabrina Gill (33-33), Shireen Khamedoost (15-15), Dani Dessaints (12-12), Isis Lowery (12-12), Maela Lazaro (8-8), Lena Greene (6-6) and Halli Briscoe (3-3).
LOADING UP FOR 2019
In November, three gymnasts signed the National Letters of Intent to join the Oregon State gymnastics program for the 2018-19 academic year. Leah Bivrell (Louisville, Colo.), Jade Carey (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Madi Dagen (Pleasanton, Calif.) are scheduled to enroll at Oregon State this coming summer ... Carey earned a pair of silver medals for Team USA at the 2017 World Championships ... Dagen's sister, Lacy, transferred from Florida to Oregon State during the offseason.
THE ROSTER
Here are some quick hitters about the Oregon State gymnastics roster in 2018:
• There are only two seniors on the squad (Dani Dessaints and Shireen Khamedoost) who had combined to perform 74 career routines entering the season
• There are six newcomers to the team this year (Savanna Force, Lexie Gonzales, Niya Mack, Colette Yamaoka and Kaitlyn Yanish are freshmen, and Lacy Dagen transferred to OSU in the offseason) ... of the newcomers, Yanish has been in the competition lineup in every meet so far this season, while Force and Mack have performed in the floor lineup eight and four times respectively. Yamaoka has been a bars exhibition six times and Dagen has exhibitioned on beam four times.
• Less than half of the roster competed in a meet for Oregon State last season (nine out of 19). Halli Briscoe, Lena Greene, Jaime Law, Maela Lazaro, and Alyssa Minyard all entered the season seeking their first competition routines in addition to the five freshmen.
• Two of OSU's gymnasts hail from the Beaver State - Lena Greene (Tigard) and Jaime Law (Corvallis).
• Three OSU gymnasts are from outside of the United States - Mariana Colussi-Pelaez and Sabrina Gill are all from Canada, while Isis Lowery is from Australia.
WHICH WAY DO WE GO?
The Beavers, like every other team in the country, are seeking to qualify to the NCAA Championships and the Super Six. But to reach that goal teams must get through NCAA Regionals. In 2017, regionals will be held at Alabama, Minnesota, North Carolina State, Ohio State, Penn State and Utah. The top two finishers at each regional will advance to the NCAA Championships at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Mo.
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