Friday, January 13
Seattle, Wash.
7:00 PM
Oregon State
at
Seattle Pacific
Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics
No. 9 Beavers Gear Up for Trip to SPU
January 10, 2017 | Women's Gymnastics
THE MEET
No. 9 Oregon State (1-0) is back on the road this Friday when the Beavers head north along the I-5 corridor to face Seattle Pacific (0-0) in the Emerald City at Brougham Pavilion. The meet is scheduled for a 7 p.m. start and stream here:
WEBCAST: Seattle Pacific will provide a webcast here. Former Beaver gymnastics All-American, Yuki (Lamb) Igarashi will provide the commentary.
LIVE STATS: There will be live stats at this link.
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SOCIAL MEDIA: Live updates will be available on Twitter.
QUICKLY
Oregon State is looking to start 2-0 for the first time since 2014 when the Beavers won a three-team meet at Ohio State defeating the Buckeyes and Bowling Green on opening night. The last time the Beavers won their first two meets of the year came in 2012 when they beat Oklahoma in Corvallis and Arizona in Tucson to open the season ... Tanya Chaplin is in her 20th season as the Beavers' head coach and is seeking the 300th regular season win of her career this week in Seattle ... Two freshmen, Sabrina Gill and Isis Lowery, made their collegiate debuts last week at Auburn ... Oregon State is in the midst of opening the season with back-to-back road meets for the first time since 2014 when the Beavers opened the season at Ohio State and followed it eight days later at UCLA ... Seven out of OSU's 10 opponents on the 2017 schedule were ranked in the preseason Top 36 ... Oregon State returns three All-Americans - Madeline Gardiner (BB - 2014, '15, '16; AA - 2014), Erika Aufiero (UB - 2015) and Kaytianna McMillan (UB - 2016) ... Madeline Gardiner tied for the Pac-12 title on the balance beam (9.95) in 2016 ... Erika Aufiero, who missed the entire 2016 campaign, and Dani Dessaints, who suffered a season-ending injury prior to the season's second meet, made their return to competition last week with both hitting two routines, Aufiero on vault and uneven bars, Dessaints on vault anf balance beam ... Eighteen of Oregon State's 20 gymnasts earned 3.0 or higher GPA's during fall term.
VS. SEATTLE PACIFIC
Oregon State and Seattle Pacific meet for the 47th time in history with the Beavers undefeated in the series 46-0. The Beavers are 5-0 at SPU with the most recent visit to Brougham Pavilion coming in 2005 - a 195.675-192.100 win. The Falcons, along with Northern Illinois, will make the trip to Corvallis next week for the Beavers' home opener, a three-team meet at Gill Coliseum next Saturday, Jan. 21, at noon.
SEASON OPENER
Oregon State, ranked No. 13 to open the season, traveled to SEC Country to take on No. 8 Auburn to open the season. The Beavers, led by Kaytianna McMillan (39.125), who won the all-around title for the first time in her career, defeated the Tigers 195.575-195.275. OSU beat Auburn on three events and tied on the other with both teams scoring 48.900 on the uneven bars. The Beavers' vault lineup exceeded the 49-point mark, a feat they accomplished only three times in 2016 with a tally of 49.025. Madeline Gardiner posted the meet's highest score with a 9.900 on the balance beam and Erika Aufiero secured the event title on the bars with a 9.850. McMillan and freshman Isis Lowery tied for the event title on the floor exercise with scores of 9.825 ... The Beavers' return trip from Auburn to Corvallis was fraught with travel issues. The squad's return flight was cancelled due to a winter storm in Atlanta and upon arriving on the west coast, the Beavers were forced to stay the Saturday night in Portland due to an ice storm that covered most of the state of Oregon. The team eventually caught a bus home with the Beavers' men's basketball team, whose own travel plans were derailed by an overnight stop in Lacey, Wash. due to the weather. The teams arrived back in Corvallis at approximately 1 p.m. on Sunday, 24 hours later than the gymnastics team had been scheduled.
CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS
In the preseason coaches poll, the Pac-12 Conference had seven of its eight teams ranked in the Top 36, which is the number of teams that qualify to NCAA Regionals. UCLA is ranked No. 4, No. 6 Utah, No. 10 California, Stanford is 11th, Oregon State is 13th, Arizona 18th and Washington ranks 20th. Arizona State is the lone conference team that enters the season unranked.
No. 9 Oregon State (1-0) is back on the road this Friday when the Beavers head north along the I-5 corridor to face Seattle Pacific (0-0) in the Emerald City at Brougham Pavilion. The meet is scheduled for a 7 p.m. start and stream here:
WEBCAST: Seattle Pacific will provide a webcast here. Former Beaver gymnastics All-American, Yuki (Lamb) Igarashi will provide the commentary.
LIVE STATS: There will be live stats at this link.
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SOCIAL MEDIA: Live updates will be available on Twitter.
QUICKLY
Oregon State is looking to start 2-0 for the first time since 2014 when the Beavers won a three-team meet at Ohio State defeating the Buckeyes and Bowling Green on opening night. The last time the Beavers won their first two meets of the year came in 2012 when they beat Oklahoma in Corvallis and Arizona in Tucson to open the season ... Tanya Chaplin is in her 20th season as the Beavers' head coach and is seeking the 300th regular season win of her career this week in Seattle ... Two freshmen, Sabrina Gill and Isis Lowery, made their collegiate debuts last week at Auburn ... Oregon State is in the midst of opening the season with back-to-back road meets for the first time since 2014 when the Beavers opened the season at Ohio State and followed it eight days later at UCLA ... Seven out of OSU's 10 opponents on the 2017 schedule were ranked in the preseason Top 36 ... Oregon State returns three All-Americans - Madeline Gardiner (BB - 2014, '15, '16; AA - 2014), Erika Aufiero (UB - 2015) and Kaytianna McMillan (UB - 2016) ... Madeline Gardiner tied for the Pac-12 title on the balance beam (9.95) in 2016 ... Erika Aufiero, who missed the entire 2016 campaign, and Dani Dessaints, who suffered a season-ending injury prior to the season's second meet, made their return to competition last week with both hitting two routines, Aufiero on vault and uneven bars, Dessaints on vault anf balance beam ... Eighteen of Oregon State's 20 gymnasts earned 3.0 or higher GPA's during fall term.
VS. SEATTLE PACIFIC
Oregon State and Seattle Pacific meet for the 47th time in history with the Beavers undefeated in the series 46-0. The Beavers are 5-0 at SPU with the most recent visit to Brougham Pavilion coming in 2005 - a 195.675-192.100 win. The Falcons, along with Northern Illinois, will make the trip to Corvallis next week for the Beavers' home opener, a three-team meet at Gill Coliseum next Saturday, Jan. 21, at noon.
SEASON OPENER
Oregon State, ranked No. 13 to open the season, traveled to SEC Country to take on No. 8 Auburn to open the season. The Beavers, led by Kaytianna McMillan (39.125), who won the all-around title for the first time in her career, defeated the Tigers 195.575-195.275. OSU beat Auburn on three events and tied on the other with both teams scoring 48.900 on the uneven bars. The Beavers' vault lineup exceeded the 49-point mark, a feat they accomplished only three times in 2016 with a tally of 49.025. Madeline Gardiner posted the meet's highest score with a 9.900 on the balance beam and Erika Aufiero secured the event title on the bars with a 9.850. McMillan and freshman Isis Lowery tied for the event title on the floor exercise with scores of 9.825 ... The Beavers' return trip from Auburn to Corvallis was fraught with travel issues. The squad's return flight was cancelled due to a winter storm in Atlanta and upon arriving on the west coast, the Beavers were forced to stay the Saturday night in Portland due to an ice storm that covered most of the state of Oregon. The team eventually caught a bus home with the Beavers' men's basketball team, whose own travel plans were derailed by an overnight stop in Lacey, Wash. due to the weather. The teams arrived back in Corvallis at approximately 1 p.m. on Sunday, 24 hours later than the gymnastics team had been scheduled.
CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS
In the preseason coaches poll, the Pac-12 Conference had seven of its eight teams ranked in the Top 36, which is the number of teams that qualify to NCAA Regionals. UCLA is ranked No. 4, No. 6 Utah, No. 10 California, Stanford is 11th, Oregon State is 13th, Arizona 18th and Washington ranks 20th. Arizona State is the lone conference team that enters the season unranked.
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