Beavers Score 196.825, Fall to Bears

Saturday, February 18

Berkeley, Calif.

4:30 PM

Oregon State

196.825

197.075

California

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

February 18, 2017 | Women's Gymnastics

OSU at California results Results

By: Oregon State Communications

BERKELEY, Calif. – The Oregon State gymnastics team 'hit' all 24 routines for the second straight week, and fourth time in five meets, and recorded its second-highest score of the season but came up short, falling to No. 18 California Saturday afternoon, 197.075-196.825.

The Beavers' beam team made a final rotation comeback push registering a season-best team score of 49.350 including a near-perfect 9.950 from Madeline Gardiner, to win the event title, and a season-best 9.875 from Silvia Colussi-Pelaez. Despite shaving .125 off the Bears' lead in the final stanza, it was too late.

"I'm really proud of the fight we showed tonight," head coach Tanya Chaplin said. "I saw more sticks than we've had recently."

"Silvia (Colussi-Pelaez) had an amazing competition, going in at the last minute on the floor and scoring a 9.875 in her first routine was fantastic. She's been working on that routine for a long time and she really came through for the team in a tough spot."

On the floor exercise, the Beavers were forced to alter the lineup during warm-ups removing Megan Jimenez and Sabrina Gill to insert Mary Jacobsen and Colussi-Pelaez into the top half of the lineup. Colussi-Pelaez, in the first floor routine of her OSU career, posted the team's highest score.

Oregon State led in the early-going scoring 49.300 in the opening rotation on the uneven bars. Shireen Khamedoost scored a season-best 9.850 in the meet's lead-off spot and was eventually tied by Jacobsen. Kaytianna McMillan and Erika Aufiero finished off the rotation with scores of 9.90.

Senior All-Americans Gardiner and McMillan tied for the all-around title with scores of 39.425. OSU's other event winner was Dani Dessaints, who tied for the vault title with a 9.875.

The Beavers are back in the Bay Area next week when they take on Stanford on The Farm, Friday, Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. on Pac-12 Network.

Team Scores: No. 18 California 197.075; No. 12 Oregon State 196.825.
All-Around: T1. Kaytianna McMillan (OSU), Madeline Gardiner (OSU) 39.425.
Vault (49.075): T1. Dani Dessaints (OSU), Arianna Robinson (CAL) 9.875; T3. Kaytianna McMillan (OSU), Sylvie Seillnacht (CAL) 9.850. Other OSU Scores: Madeline Gardiner 9.825; Shireen Khamedoost 9.775; Erika Aufiero 9.750; Mary Jacobsen 9.650 (Exhibition – Taylor Ricci 9.650)
Uneven Bars (49.300): 1. Alicia Gallarzo (CAL) 9.925; T2. Kaytianna McMillan (OSU), Erika Aufiero (OSU), Emily Richardson (CAL), Chelsea Shu (CAL) 9.900. Other OSU Scores: Shireen Khamedoost 9.850; Mary Jacobsen 9.850; Madeline Gardiner 9.800; McKenna Singley 9.500 (Exhibition – Halli Briscoe 9.850).
Balance Beam (49.350): 1. Madeline Gardiner (OSU) 9.950; 2. Alicia Gallazrzo (CAL) 9.900; 3. Silvia Colussi-Pelaez (OSU) 9.875. Other OSU Scores: Kaytianna McMillan 9.850; Dani Dessaints 9.850; Megan Jimenez 9.825; Sabrina Gill 9.825 (Exhibition – Isis Lowery 9.775).
Floor Exercise (49.100): T1. Arianna Robinson (CAL), Zoe Draghi (CAL) 9.900; 3. Silvia Colussi-Pelaez (OSU) 9.875. Other OSU Scores: Silvia Colussi-Pelaez 9.875; Madeline Gardiner 9.850; Kaytianna McMillan 9.825; Mary Jacobsen 9.775; Isis Lowery 9.775; Tayor Ricci 9.750 (Exhibition – Erika Aufiero 9.650).