Beavers Top 197-Point Mark to Beat Stanford

Friday, February 24

Maples Pavilion - Stanford, Calif.

6:00 PM

Oregon State

197.125

196.325

Stanford

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

February 24, 2017 | Women's Gymnastics

Results Results

By: Oregon State Communications

STANFORD, Calif. – The No. 10 Oregon State gymnastics team (7-2) went over the 197-point mark for the first time this season en route to defeating Stanford, 197.125-196.325. Friday night's win is the first by the Beavers in a regular season dual meet since 1996.

"I'm extremely happy with tonight's performance," head coach Tanya Chaplin said. "I'm really proud of this team coming back on a short week to have another really strong meet and finally get that 197 score. Our start wasn't perfect but they really buckled down in the last three events to make it happen."

Senior All-Americans Madeline Gardiner and Kaytianna McMillan went 1-2 in the all-around scoring 39.450 and 39.400 respectively to lead the Beavers.

Oregon State put together fantastic mid-meet rotations to pass and pull away from Stanford scoring a season-best 49.300 on vault and 49.475 on the floor exercise on the way to the victory on the Cardinal's senior night.

Dani Dessaints led the vault crew with a near-perfect and career-best 9.95 while McMillan and Mary Jacobsen each tallied scores of 9.875 as the Orange and Black squad worked its way past the Cardinal in the second stanza.

In the third rotation, the Beavers caught fire as the heart of the lineup of Silvia Colussi-Pelaez, Isis Lowery, Gardiner and McMillan nailed routine after routine posting scores of 9.90, 9.90, 9.90 and 9.925 respectively. Mary Jacobsen added a season-high 9.850 on the event, while Colussi-Pelaez and Lowery collected career-bests.

The Beavers closed the meet on the balance beam in pursuit of their first 197-point effort of the season. Gardiner secured the event title with a score of 9.925 while Colussi-Pelaez matched her career-best with her second 9.90 of the night. Dessaints and Megan Jimenez each performed strong beam sets to post scores of 9.825 to help the team to a beam score of 49.275.

The Oregon State gymnasts return to Gill Coliseum for their final two meets of the regular season beginning next Sunday, March 5, to host Pacific Northwest rival Washington. The meet is set for a noon start on Pac-12 Network. Doors open at 11 a.m. and the first 100 children to enter the arena will receive a free OSU superhero cape.

Team Scores: No. 10 Oregon State 197.125; Stanford 196.325.
All-Around: 1. Madeline Gardiner (OSU) 39.450; 2. Kaytianna McMillan (OSU) 39.400; 3. Rachel Daum (STAN) 39.250.
Vault (49.300): 1. Dani Dessaints (OSU) 9.950; T2. Mary Jacobsen (OSU), Kaytianna McMillan (OSU), Danielle McNair (STAN), Aleeza Yu (STAN) 9.850. Other OSU Scores: Madeline Gardiner 9.825; Erika Aufiero 9.825; Sabrina Gill 9.800(Exhibition – Shireen Khamedoost 9.725).
Uneven Bars (49.075): T1. Erika Aufiero (OSU), Nicolette McNair (STAN) 9.875; T3. McKenna Singley (OSU), Kaytianna McMillan (OSU), Danielle McNair (STAN), Dare Maxwell (STAN) 9.825. Other OSU Scores: Madeline Gardiner 9.800; Mary Jacobsen 9.750; Shireen Khamedoost 9.750 (Exhibition – Halli Briscoe 9.725).
Balance Beam (49.275): 1. Madeline Gardiner (OSU) 9.925; 2. Silvia Colussi-Pelaez (OSU) 9.900; 3. Nicolette McNair (STAN) 9.850. Other OSU Scores: Megan Jimenez 9.825; Dani Dessaints 9.825; Kaytianna McMillan 9.800; Sabrina Gill 9.750 (Exhibition – Mariana Colussi-Pelaez 9.675).
Floor Exercise (49.475): T1. Kaytianna McMillan (OSU), Elizabeth Price (STAN) 9.925; T3. Silvia Colussi-Pelaez (OSU), Isis Lowery (OSU), Madeline Gardiner (OSU) 9.900. Other OSU Scores: Mary Jacobsen 9.850; Taylor Ricci 9.800 (Exhibition – Erika Aufiero 9.850).