No. 12 Beavs Secure Season-High 197.300 at No. 25 Washington

Saturday, February 4

Seattle, Wash.

1 p.m.

Oregon State

197.300

195.225

Washington

Photo by: Ralph Greene

No. 12 Beavs Secure Season-High 197.300 at No. 25 Washington

February 04, 2023 | Women's Gymnastics

Results

SEATTLE – Recording a season-high on bars and matching a season-high on vault with a 49.300 on each apparatus, the No. 12 Oregon State gymnastics team recorded a season-best 197.300 to defeat the 195.225 of Washington on Saturday afternoon at Alaska Airlines Arena.

"I'm really encouraged by our effort today," head coach Tanya Chaplin said. "We keep improving week-by-week and our team keeps growing together. I'm excited to get back to Gill and be in front of Beaver Nation the next two weeks."

After recording their highest score at UCLA in program history, the trend continued, as the Beavs 197.300 was the highest mark in a duel against Washington in Seattle. The score also ties the 15th-best score in program history.

Sophomore Jade Carey ran her event titles up to 66 with victories on bars, vault and beam, while resting in the floor rotation. Junior Sydney Gonzales joined Carey on the podium on beam with a career-best 9.950 for her second event title on beam in her career.

Having shown steady improvement throughout the season, the bars squad posted the aforementioned season-high 49.300, behind freshman Ellie Weaver's career-high 9.875 and Carey's season-high 9.975.

BARS:
Beeman – 9.800
Weaver – career-high 9.875
Caso – 9.825
McMillan – 9.825
Briones – 9.150
Carey – 9.975
Miller – 9.725 (exh.)

OSU notched their second 49.300 on the day and second of the season on vault to match a season best on the apparatus. Sophomore Lauren Letzsch tied her career best with a 9.850, while Madi Dagen matched a season high with a 9.850.

VAULT:
Garcia – 9.725
Briones – 9.775
Letzsch – matched career-high 9.850
Gonzales – 9.875
Dagen – 9.850
Carey – 9.950
Chavez – 9.675 (exh.)

Dagen's solid night continued into the second half of the meet with a season-high 9.900 to pace the Beavs and guide the floor group to a 49.200, joining the beam squad as the two groups to go 49+ in every meet this season.

FLOOR:
Peterson – 9.725
Miller – 9.825
Young – 9.800
Gonzales – 9.875
Dagen – 9.900
Letzsch – 9.800
Bird – 9.700 (exh.)

Closing on their strongest event, the Beavs went 49.500 on beam for their second-highest mark of the season so far, nearly surpassing 49.525 recorded in the Beaver Quad Meet. Gonzales's career-high 9.950 was matched by Carey to lead the GymBeavs, while Letzsch had her second season high of the night on beam.

BEAM:
Peterson – 9.800
Domingo – 9.850
Letzsch – 9.875
Gonzales – career-high 9.950
Dagen – 9.875
Carey – 9.950
Young – 9.700 (exh.)

UP NEXT
The Beavs face-off with No. 7 Cal on Friday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. PT for the annual Dam Cancer meet.

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