Oregon State
UCLA
Pac-10 Champs!
March 19, 2011 | Women's Gymnastics
March 19, 2011
LOS ANGELES -
Complete Results in PDF Format 
The No. 5 Oregon State gymnastics team took care of business hitting all 24 routines and a season-high score of 197.200 en route to winning the final Pac-10 Championship meet Saturday afternoon at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. Leslie Mak earned three individual conference titles scoring a career-high in the all-around with a 39.525 and a career-best on the balance beam with a 9.95. Olivia Vivian and Makayla Stambaugh along with Mak tied for the Pac-10 on the uneven bars.
“I'm really proud of the way this team performed tonight,” head coach Tanya Chaplin said. “They had to overcome changes to the lineup and met the way they met the challenge was incredible. I'm so proud. This is great momentum as we head into the NCAA Championship season.”
For OSU the conference title is its first since 1996 and fifth overall and is the first under Chaplin. On the way to the title, the Beavers posted the top team scores on bars, beam and floor and tied for the top score on vault.
“Oregon State was the best team in the house tonight,” said UCLA head coach Valorie Kondos Field. “I can handle losing a meet as long as we don't lose it. We did really well. We got beat by a better team tonight.”
OSU opened the meet on a bye but came out for the second rotation loose and ready to compete. The Beavers' vault squad tallied a season-high tying 49.300 to take the early lead and never relented in their quest for the championship title. A career-high 9.90 by Blalock and a matching score from Britney Ranzy were good enough to tie for second in the seven team meet. Becky Colvin vaulted to a 9.85 and Stambaugh and Mak added scores of 9.825.
After a second bye, the Beavers returned to the floor determined to keep the pressure on fellow top 10 teams Stanford and UCLA. Moving to their best event, the uneven bars, where OSU is ranked No. 1 in the nation, the Beavers just missed another season-high with an outstanding performance including six stuck landings and a team score of 49.425. Olivia Vivian, who is tied for No. 1 in the country on the event, Stambaugh and Mak each tallied scores of 9.90 to tie with three other competitors for the event title. Jen Kesler and Stephanie McGregor added scores of 9.875 and 9.85 respectively and Blalock, competing on the bars for the first time in her career, scored 9.80.
The Beavers were unrelenting as they moved to the balance beam and the scores kept coming. Mak, who was the runner-up on the beam last year, posted a career-best 9.95 to win the Pac-10 title. The entire lineup set up Mak for the win with career-best performances from Vivian and Blalock at 9.90 and 9.85 respectively. Kesler tossed in a 9.85 and Stambaugh and Melanie Jones tallied scores of 9.80.
Following its final bye, Oregon State moved to the floor holding a six-tenth lead over UCLA. Blalock scored 9.75 to start the rotation and Vivian followed with a 9.80, Mak scored 9.85 and Jones came next with a 9.775. Stambaugh performed a beautiful routine and fought through music problems to score a 9.875 and seal the win for the Beavers. Ranzy finished the scoring for OSU with a 9.825 and gave the team a score of 49.125 on the event.
Oregon State is back in action Saturday, April 2, to host the NCAA Corvallis Regional at Gill Coliseum at 4 p.m. Fans can purchase their tickets to the NCAA Regional Championship by calling 1-800-GO-BEAVS, online at osubeavers.com or in person at the OSU Ticket Office inside Gill Coliseum. Teams involved in the regional meet will be announced Monday.
Notes: The Pac-10 Championships will be televised via tape delay. The conference championship will air on FSN NW Thursday, Mar. 24 at 12 p.m. and will re-air Thursday, Mar. 24, at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Mar. 26, at 1 p.m. and Sunday, Mar. 27, at 1 p.m. … After the meet Tanya Chaplin was named as the Pac-10 Coach of the Year for the second year in a row and fifth time in her career … Leslie Mak was announced as the Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year. Mak is the fourth gymnast in OSU history to earn the honor joining Joy Selig (1991), Chari Knight (1992 & '94) and Mandi Rodriguez (2009) … With the win head coach Tanya Chaplin became OSU's all-time leader with 217 regular season wins.
Team Scores: No. 5 Oregon State 197.200; No. 6 UCLA 196.750; No. 17 Washington 196.025; No. 3 Stanford 195.975; No. 24 Arizona 195.475; California 191.575; Arizona State 190.450.
All-Around: 1. Leslie Mak (OSU) 39.525; 2. Makayla Stambaugh (OSU) 39.400; 3. Kelsi Blalock (OSU) 39.300.
Vault (49.300): 1. Olivia Courtney (UCLA) 9.950; T2. Kelsi Blalock (OSU), Britney Ranzy (OSU) 9.900. Other OSU Scores: Becky Colvin 9.850; Makayla Stambaugh 9.825; Leslie Mak 9.825; Stephanie McGregor 9.750.
Uneven Bars (49.425): T1. Makayla Stambaugh (OSU), Leslie Mak (OSU), Olivia Vivian (OSU), Olivia Courtney (UCLA), Aisha Gerber (UCLA), Samantha Walior (WASH) 9.900. Other OSU Scores: Jen Kesler 9.875; Stephanie McGregor 9.850; Kelsi Blalock 9.800.
Balance Beam (49.350): 1. Leslie Mak (OSU) 9.950; T2. Katie Matusik (ARIZ), Olivia Vivian (OSU), Aliza Vaccher (WASH) 9.900. Other OSU Scores: Kelsi Blalock 9.850; Jen Kesler 9.850; Melanie Jones 9.800; Makayla Stambaugh 9.800.
Floor Exercise (49.125): T1. Ashley Morgan (STAN), Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (UCLA) 9.900; T3. Makayla Stambaugh (OSU), Sydney Sawa (UCLA) 9.875. Other OSU Scores: Leslie Mak 9.850; Britney Ranzy 9.825; Olivia Vivian 9.800; Melanie Jones 9.775; Kelsi Blalock 9.750; Britney Ranzy 9.825.
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