Friday, March 1
Corvallis, OR
7:00 PM
Oregon State
vs
Arizona State
Photo by: Oregon State Athletics
Beaver Gym Hosts Arizona State on Friday
February 28, 2024 | Women's Gymnastics
Friday’s meet, slated to begin at 7 p.m., is the 34th meeting in the two programs’ history.
Matching Up: Oregon State enters this week's meet with some momentum, posting back-to-back 197s in wins over Stanford and Arizona, which also included a clean sweep of the event titles against the Wildcats on Sunday. OSU has dominated ASU in the all-time series, with 26 team wins and seven losses, while also winning nine of 11 matchups at Gill Coliseum. The last time these teams met in Corvallis, Jade Carey was given a perfect 10 on the bars on her way to a 39.825 all-around score in a 197.375-196.550 Beaver victory.
Arizona State enters Friday's meet one spot behind the Beavers in Road to Nationals' rankings, coming in at No. 18 after its third-consecutive victory, downing the Washington Huskies 196.825-196.500 in Tempe. The Sun Devils, led by a 12th-ranked beam lineup, also took down then-ranked No. 17 Arizona (196.850-196.250) and Stanford (196.975-196.875) as part of the streak.
Dominance: Carey's dominance has extended well beyond the aforementioned meet against Arizona State, with the Phoenix, Ariz., native finding her groove in the last two weeks. Across two matchups against Stanford and Arizona, Carey has won eight of 10 possible event titles thanks to back-to-back four title performances, pushing her season total up to 11 despite competing in the all-around just three times.
The program record of 116 career event titles, held by Chari Knight, remains within striking distance, as Carey now sits at 105 with three meets remaining in the regular season.
Hometown Hero: Performing some 100 miles from her hometown of Gilbert, Ariz., Natalie Briones set a new career-high in her second event of Sunday's meet, earning a 9.875 for her vault that surpassed a previous career-high of 9.85 set earlier this season. Having posted a 9.85 on the uneven bars and 9.825 on FX, Briones maintained her perfect hit percentage, as she's 21-21 this season.
Out of the Gate: A big part of the Beaver win on Sunday was how the team came out rolling on the bars. With a 49.525 rotation score, it marked the highest rotation score by either team, and saw all five counted scores finish above a 9.85: Carey led the way with a 9.975 and was joined above 9.9 by Sage Thompson and Jennifer McMillan, who both posted 9.925s. Briones and Taylor DeVries both finished with a 9.85.
19.825: McMillan's 9.925 bars routine marked her third 9.9 or better in the 2024 campaign but second in as many weeks after earning a 9.9 on the bars against Stanford last week. Currently in her second year as a Beaver, the Charlotte, N.C., native has appeared on the bars and beam in every meet this season with one exhibition appearance on FX, averaging a 9.856 on UB and 9.789 on BB.
Jack of All Trades: Along with Carey, there are two other Beaver gymnasts to compete in the all-around this season: Sage Thompson and Sophia Esposito. Thompson, in her first season at OSU, posted a 39.275 in her first ever all-around against Stanford last week before earning a 9.925 on bars during another AA appearance against Arizona. Esposito tied for second in the event title race down in Tucson, finishing with a 39.375 after winning the vault event title with a 9.9.
Dam Worth It: Friday is Oregon State's Dam Worth It meet; OSU works to end the stigma around mental health in athletics on and beyond our campus through story sharing and advocacy. The committee is a completely student and student-athlete volunteer-run branch of the Dam Worth It Company non-profit that relies on donations to support its work. You can donate directly to Dam Worth it by clicking HERE. Thank you for your support and for being part of the mission - you are Dam Worth It!
Injury Updates: Ellie Weaver and Sydney Gonzales both sustained injuries that will keep them out for the remainder of the 2024 season. Lauren Letzsch still remains out indefinitely.
Notes:
• Six different Oregon State gymnasts have won event titles this season: Jade Carey, bars (five times), beam (twice), floor (twice) and all-around (twice); Taylor DeVries, bars; Sophia Esposito, vault (three times) and floor; Kaitlin Garcia, floor; Ellie Weaver, beam and floor; Ariana Young, beam and floor.
• Five different Oregon State gymnasts have won Pac-12 weekly honors this season: Natalie Briones, Coaches' Choice; Jade Carey, Specialist (two times); Taylor DeVries, Newcomer; Sophia Esposito, Newcomer (twice); and Sage Thompson, Coaches' Choice.
• Taylor DeVries, a freshman from Roscoe, Ill., has competed on the bars in every meet this season and posted another strong score against the Wildcats, earning a 9.85. After posting a season-high 9.9 in her first appearance of the season, DeVries has finished with a 9.8 or better in six meets this season and Sunday's 9.85 was her second-consecutive 9.85 or better after earning a 9.875 against the Cardinal last weekend.
• Coming off a career-high 9.9 on the beam against Stanford last weekend, Olivia Buckner was given a 9.8 for her effort against Arizona, making it four meets this season with a 9.8 or better balance beam score.
• Kaitlin Garcia has appeared in every meet this season on vault and floor exercise, posting solid numbers throughout the year on both. On Sunday, Garcia was given a 9.85 for her FX routine, making it three-consecutive meets and six overall with at least a 9.85 floor exercise score; her career high, 9.9, was set against Cal on Jan. 27 and tied last week against Stanford.
Winding Down: The 2024 regular season is nearing conclusion, with just two meets remaining before the Pac-12 Championship; one meet, March 8 against Washington, will take place at Gill Coliseum while the final meet of the season is scheduled for March 17 at 11 a.m. PT against Boise State and Utah State in Boise, Idaho.
Pac-12 Championships: The 2024 Pac-12 Championships will be held in West Valley City, Utah, on Saturday, March 23 and be televised nationally on Pac-12 Network.
Back-to-back: Oregon State won a share of the Pac-12 regular season title for the second-consecutive year in 2023. This is the fourth season the conference has crowned a regular season champion, beginning the tradition in 2020, and the Beavers have shared the title in half of them.
2023: Winning a share of the Pac-12 regular season crown was just one of several highlights for head coach Tanya Chaplin and the Oregon State gymnastics team.
• Advanced to the Regional Finals for the first time since 2019 where they finished in fourth place with the fifth-highest score in program history (197.650).
• Finished in a tie for first place at Regionals (with LSU) after posting a 197.375.
• For the first time in program history, Oregon State went over the coveted 198 mark, recording a 198.075 against Stanford to break the previous program record of 197.850.
• The Beavers posted three of the six highest scores in program history.
• Finished No. 12 in the final 2023 Road to Nationals rankings.
• Jade Carey became just the 13th NCAA gymnast, and the sixth Pac-12 gymnast, to complete the Gym Slam with a 10.000 on vault, bars, beam and floor.
• The 2023 freshmen class of Francesca Caso, Jennifer McMillan, Savannah Miller and Ellie Weaver all had an instant impact, making up more than 50 percent of the team's bar routines.
• Jade Carey was selected the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year for the second-straight season.
• Jade Carey, Madi Dagen and Sydney Gonzales were honored by the Pac-12 Conference, taking home eight different honors for their efforts during the 2023 regular season.
• 19 Oregon State student-athletes were named All-American Scholars by the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) and 15 were selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
• Madi Dagen was named the 2023 Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year, becoming the first Beaver to earn the honor since Madeline Gardiner in 2017.
Up Next: OSU returns to action next weekend, hosting Washington at Gill Coliseum in the team's final home meet of the 2024 season.
Our Mission: Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent, Authentic, Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
Arizona State enters Friday's meet one spot behind the Beavers in Road to Nationals' rankings, coming in at No. 18 after its third-consecutive victory, downing the Washington Huskies 196.825-196.500 in Tempe. The Sun Devils, led by a 12th-ranked beam lineup, also took down then-ranked No. 17 Arizona (196.850-196.250) and Stanford (196.975-196.875) as part of the streak.
Dominance: Carey's dominance has extended well beyond the aforementioned meet against Arizona State, with the Phoenix, Ariz., native finding her groove in the last two weeks. Across two matchups against Stanford and Arizona, Carey has won eight of 10 possible event titles thanks to back-to-back four title performances, pushing her season total up to 11 despite competing in the all-around just three times.
The program record of 116 career event titles, held by Chari Knight, remains within striking distance, as Carey now sits at 105 with three meets remaining in the regular season.
Hometown Hero: Performing some 100 miles from her hometown of Gilbert, Ariz., Natalie Briones set a new career-high in her second event of Sunday's meet, earning a 9.875 for her vault that surpassed a previous career-high of 9.85 set earlier this season. Having posted a 9.85 on the uneven bars and 9.825 on FX, Briones maintained her perfect hit percentage, as she's 21-21 this season.
Out of the Gate: A big part of the Beaver win on Sunday was how the team came out rolling on the bars. With a 49.525 rotation score, it marked the highest rotation score by either team, and saw all five counted scores finish above a 9.85: Carey led the way with a 9.975 and was joined above 9.9 by Sage Thompson and Jennifer McMillan, who both posted 9.925s. Briones and Taylor DeVries both finished with a 9.85.
19.825: McMillan's 9.925 bars routine marked her third 9.9 or better in the 2024 campaign but second in as many weeks after earning a 9.9 on the bars against Stanford last week. Currently in her second year as a Beaver, the Charlotte, N.C., native has appeared on the bars and beam in every meet this season with one exhibition appearance on FX, averaging a 9.856 on UB and 9.789 on BB.
Jack of All Trades: Along with Carey, there are two other Beaver gymnasts to compete in the all-around this season: Sage Thompson and Sophia Esposito. Thompson, in her first season at OSU, posted a 39.275 in her first ever all-around against Stanford last week before earning a 9.925 on bars during another AA appearance against Arizona. Esposito tied for second in the event title race down in Tucson, finishing with a 39.375 after winning the vault event title with a 9.9.
Dam Worth It: Friday is Oregon State's Dam Worth It meet; OSU works to end the stigma around mental health in athletics on and beyond our campus through story sharing and advocacy. The committee is a completely student and student-athlete volunteer-run branch of the Dam Worth It Company non-profit that relies on donations to support its work. You can donate directly to Dam Worth it by clicking HERE. Thank you for your support and for being part of the mission - you are Dam Worth It!
Injury Updates: Ellie Weaver and Sydney Gonzales both sustained injuries that will keep them out for the remainder of the 2024 season. Lauren Letzsch still remains out indefinitely.
Notes:
• Six different Oregon State gymnasts have won event titles this season: Jade Carey, bars (five times), beam (twice), floor (twice) and all-around (twice); Taylor DeVries, bars; Sophia Esposito, vault (three times) and floor; Kaitlin Garcia, floor; Ellie Weaver, beam and floor; Ariana Young, beam and floor.
• Five different Oregon State gymnasts have won Pac-12 weekly honors this season: Natalie Briones, Coaches' Choice; Jade Carey, Specialist (two times); Taylor DeVries, Newcomer; Sophia Esposito, Newcomer (twice); and Sage Thompson, Coaches' Choice.
• Taylor DeVries, a freshman from Roscoe, Ill., has competed on the bars in every meet this season and posted another strong score against the Wildcats, earning a 9.85. After posting a season-high 9.9 in her first appearance of the season, DeVries has finished with a 9.8 or better in six meets this season and Sunday's 9.85 was her second-consecutive 9.85 or better after earning a 9.875 against the Cardinal last weekend.
• Coming off a career-high 9.9 on the beam against Stanford last weekend, Olivia Buckner was given a 9.8 for her effort against Arizona, making it four meets this season with a 9.8 or better balance beam score.
• Kaitlin Garcia has appeared in every meet this season on vault and floor exercise, posting solid numbers throughout the year on both. On Sunday, Garcia was given a 9.85 for her FX routine, making it three-consecutive meets and six overall with at least a 9.85 floor exercise score; her career high, 9.9, was set against Cal on Jan. 27 and tied last week against Stanford.
Winding Down: The 2024 regular season is nearing conclusion, with just two meets remaining before the Pac-12 Championship; one meet, March 8 against Washington, will take place at Gill Coliseum while the final meet of the season is scheduled for March 17 at 11 a.m. PT against Boise State and Utah State in Boise, Idaho.
Pac-12 Championships: The 2024 Pac-12 Championships will be held in West Valley City, Utah, on Saturday, March 23 and be televised nationally on Pac-12 Network.
Back-to-back: Oregon State won a share of the Pac-12 regular season title for the second-consecutive year in 2023. This is the fourth season the conference has crowned a regular season champion, beginning the tradition in 2020, and the Beavers have shared the title in half of them.
2023: Winning a share of the Pac-12 regular season crown was just one of several highlights for head coach Tanya Chaplin and the Oregon State gymnastics team.
• Advanced to the Regional Finals for the first time since 2019 where they finished in fourth place with the fifth-highest score in program history (197.650).
• Finished in a tie for first place at Regionals (with LSU) after posting a 197.375.
• For the first time in program history, Oregon State went over the coveted 198 mark, recording a 198.075 against Stanford to break the previous program record of 197.850.
• The Beavers posted three of the six highest scores in program history.
• Finished No. 12 in the final 2023 Road to Nationals rankings.
• Jade Carey became just the 13th NCAA gymnast, and the sixth Pac-12 gymnast, to complete the Gym Slam with a 10.000 on vault, bars, beam and floor.
• The 2023 freshmen class of Francesca Caso, Jennifer McMillan, Savannah Miller and Ellie Weaver all had an instant impact, making up more than 50 percent of the team's bar routines.
• Jade Carey was selected the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year for the second-straight season.
• Jade Carey, Madi Dagen and Sydney Gonzales were honored by the Pac-12 Conference, taking home eight different honors for their efforts during the 2023 regular season.
• 19 Oregon State student-athletes were named All-American Scholars by the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) and 15 were selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
• Madi Dagen was named the 2023 Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year, becoming the first Beaver to earn the honor since Madeline Gardiner in 2017.
Up Next: OSU returns to action next weekend, hosting Washington at Gill Coliseum in the team's final home meet of the 2024 season.
Our Mission: Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent, Authentic, Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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