Saturday, February 11
Corvallis, Ore.
2:00 PM
Oregon State
vs
Utah
Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics
Beavers to Host Utes for DAM Cancer Meet
February 07, 2017 | Women's Gymnastics
THE MEET
No. 11 Oregon State (5-1, 1-1 Pac-12) returns to Gill Coliseum to host No. 4 Utah (7-0, 2-0) in the annual DAM Cancer meet Saturday at 2 p.m. The meet will air live on Pac-12 Oregon and Pac-12 Mountain with Rich Burk on the call with Nastia Liukin providing analysis.
DAM CANCER BRUNCH & SILENT AUCTION
Oregon State Athletics is hosting the 10th annual DAM Cancer Brunch and Silent Auction this Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. in the Club Level of Reser Stadium. The event concludes at 1 p.m. when doors open for the DAM Cancer gymnastics meet across the street at Gill Coliseum. All proceeds from the Brunch and Silent Auction event will be donated to The Corvallis Clinic's Project H.E.R. (Help. Enlightenment. Resources.). For more information about the Brunch and Silent Auction click here. Pink DAM Cancer t-shirts can be purchased at the Beaver Store across the street from Gill Coliseum with a portion of the proceeds will also go to The Corvallis Clinic's Project H.E.R. (Help. Enlightenment. Resources.). Fans wearing the official DAM Cancer shirt receive a free general admission ticket to the Beavers' women's basketball game on Friday, Feb. 10 against USC as well to the gymnastics meet this Saturday.
HAIRCUTS FOR CANCER
In the spirit of the DAM Cancer meet, OSU gymnasts Mariana Colussi-Pelaez and Jaime Law, along with OSU women's basketball star, Sydney Wiese, will get haircuts following Friday's women's basketball contest against USC.
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QUICKLY
The Beavers picked up their first conference win of the season last Saturday against Arizona in Tucson. OSU has now scored 196+ points in three straight meets ... OSU has climbed to No. 11 in this week's rankings ... If you were to throw out the score from the Beavs' clunker at Seattle Pacific in Week 2, they would be ranked 8th ... Oregon State is ranked in the top 25 on all four events: vault is 12th (49.065 average); uneven bars is 16th (48.875); balance beam is 16th (48.955); and floor exercise is ranked 9th (49.085) ... Tanya Chaplin is in her 20th season as the Beavers' head coach and won the 300th regular season win of her career earlier this month at Seattle Pacific ... Two freshmen, Sabrina Gill and Isis Lowery, made their collegiate debuts in the season-opener. Destinee Davis made her first competition lineup appearance against UCLA on the balance beam ... Fellow freshman, Halli Briscoe has also performed in exhibition ... 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.
VS. UTAH
Oregon State meets Utah in the regular season for the 52nd time and the 77th time overall on Saturday. The Utes hold a 66-9-1 lead in the all-time series. However, the last time these teams met resulted in a 196.925-196.925 tie for second place at Pac-12 Championships last March. OSU is 8-18 all-time against Utah in Corvallis ... The Utes, who are ranked No. 4 for the third week in a row, enter Gill Coliseum with a 7-0 record and 2-0 in conference. Utah is ranked fourth on vault (49.245 average), No. 4 on floor (49.290), No. 5 on beam (49.300) and No. 7 on bars (49.115).
LAST WEEK VS. ARIZONA
Oregon State opened last week's meet at Arizona with a fall on the bars but recovered to 'hit' the next 23 routines en route to a 196.200-195.375 win in Tucson. It was the 21st straight victory over the Wildcats for the Beavers. Kaytianna McMillan once again had an outstanding meet scoring 39.450 in the all-around, including a season-best 9.875 on the balance beam and boasting a 9.90 on the floor exercise to win the event title. Madeline Gardiner, who only performed on beam and floor, tied her career-high on the beam with a 9.950 to secure an event title of her own. Dani Dessaints led the Beavs' efforts over on the vault with a fantastic routine that netted a 9.875 while Erika Aufiero added a team-high 9.875 on the uneven bars.
TEAM NOTES
• The Beavers have counted two falls in 2017, one on bars and one on beam ... both came in a win at Seattle Pacific ... OSU counted just one missed routine in 2016.
• Oregon State has 'hit' 113 out of 120 (94.2%) routines in 2017 ... in comparison, the Beavers 'hit' 276 out of 290 (95.2%) routines last year.
• The Beavers went 24-for-24 for the first time this season in the third meet of the season, against Northern Illinois & Seattle Pacific, and accomplished the feat the very next week against UCLA, for a second time. In 2016, it took until the season's seventh meet to 'hit' all 24 routines.
• Seven out of OSU's 10 opponents on the 2017 schedule were ranked in the preseason Top 36; No. 4 UCLA, No. 6 Utah, No. 8 Auburn, No. 10 California, No. 11 Stanford, No. 18 Arizona and No. 20 Washington.
• Eighteen of Oregon State's 20 gymnasts earned 3.0 or higher GPA's during fall term.
SEEKING PERFECTION
OSU has eight gymnasts that have 'hit' all of their routines in 2017 include: Madeline Gardiner (16-16), Mary Jacobsen (15-15), Erika Aufiero (8-8), Taylor Ricci (8-8), Megan Jimenez (6-6), Silvia Colussi-Pelaez (5-5), Destinee Davis (1-1) and Shireen Khamedoost (1-1).
THE ROSTER
Here are some quick hitters about the Oregon State gymnastics roster in 2017:
• Only half of the roster competed in a meet for Oregon State last season (Mariana Colussi-Pelaez, Silvia Colussi-Pelaez, Dani Dessaints, Madeline Gardiner, Mary Jacobsen, Megan Jimenez, Shireen Khamedoost, Kaytianna McMillan, Taylor Ricci and McKenna Singley).
• There are six seniors on the squad (Erika Aufiero, Silvia Colussi-Pelaez, Madeline Gardiner, Megan Jimenez, Kaytianna McMillan and Taylor Ricci) who combined to contribute 13 out of 24 routines at last year's regional meet.
• Oregon State returns three All-Americans - Madeline Gardiner (BB - 2014, '15, '16; AA - 2014), Erika Aufiero (UB - 2015) and Kaytianna McMillan (UB - 2016).
• Nine freshmen have joined the squad last fall (Halli Briscoe, Kaitlin Campbell, Destinee Davis, Sabrina Gill, Lena Greene, Jaime Law, Maela Lazaro, Isis Lowery and Alyssa Minyard).
• Of those freshmen, Sabrina Gill, Isis Lowery and Destinee Davis are the only three to have performed a competition routine through the season's first five meets. Halli Briscoe has also performed in exhibition.
• Four of the Beavers' are from the state of Oregon - Kaitlin Campbell (West Linn), Lena Greene (Tigard), Jaime Law (Corvallis) and Kaytianna McMillan (Coburg).
• Six OSU gymnasts are from outside of the United States - Mariana Colussi-Pelaez, Silvia Colussi-Pelaez, Madeline Gardiner, Sabrina Gill and Taylor Ricci are all from Canada, while Isis Lowery is from Australia.
• The Beavers have 21 out of 24 routines returning from 2016 making lineup spots hard to come by.
• Eighteen of the Beavers' 20 gymnasts earned a GPA of 3.0 or higher during fall term.
TANYA CHAPLIN
Here are some quick hitters about head coach Tanya Chaplin:
• In her 20th season as head coach at Oregon State.
• Holds the Oregon State record for wins during the regular season as well as overall. She set the record at the 2014 home opener with a 196.425-194.850 victory over Iowa State. Now in her 20th season Chaplin has 374 career wins including 302 victories during the regular season.
• Chaplin recorded the 300th regular season win of her career last Friday at Seattle Pacific.
• Chaplin has led the Beavers to conference titles twice, winning the 2011 Pac-10 title and the 2013 Pac-12 Championships.
• She has directed OSU to the NCAA Championships 11 times in her 19 seasons at the helm.
WHICH WAY DO WE GO?
The Beavers, like every other team in the country, are seeking to qualify to the NCAA Championships and the Super Six. But to reach that goal teams must get through NCAA Regionals. In 2017, regionals will be held at Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Nebraska, Washington and West Virginia. The top two finishers at each regional will advance to the NCAA Championships at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Mo.
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. Currently, Utah is ranked No. 4, followed by No. 5 UCLA, No. 11 Oregon State, No. 15 California and Washington is No. 17.
THREE MORE FOR 2018
In November, two gymnasts signed the National Letters of Intent to join the Oregon State gymnastics program for the 2017-18 academic year. Savanna Force (Reno, Nev.) and Kaitlyn Yanish (Chandler, Ariz.) are scheduled to enroll at Oregon State this coming summer. In addition, Alexis Gonzales (Newport Beach, Calif.) signed an intent to enroll and will also join the OSU gymnastics program in July.
No. 11 Oregon State (5-1, 1-1 Pac-12) returns to Gill Coliseum to host No. 4 Utah (7-0, 2-0) in the annual DAM Cancer meet Saturday at 2 p.m. The meet will air live on Pac-12 Oregon and Pac-12 Mountain with Rich Burk on the call with Nastia Liukin providing analysis.
DAM CANCER BRUNCH & SILENT AUCTION
Oregon State Athletics is hosting the 10th annual DAM Cancer Brunch and Silent Auction this Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. in the Club Level of Reser Stadium. The event concludes at 1 p.m. when doors open for the DAM Cancer gymnastics meet across the street at Gill Coliseum. All proceeds from the Brunch and Silent Auction event will be donated to The Corvallis Clinic's Project H.E.R. (Help. Enlightenment. Resources.). For more information about the Brunch and Silent Auction click here. Pink DAM Cancer t-shirts can be purchased at the Beaver Store across the street from Gill Coliseum with a portion of the proceeds will also go to The Corvallis Clinic's Project H.E.R. (Help. Enlightenment. Resources.). Fans wearing the official DAM Cancer shirt receive a free general admission ticket to the Beavers' women's basketball game on Friday, Feb. 10 against USC as well to the gymnastics meet this Saturday.
HAIRCUTS FOR CANCER
In the spirit of the DAM Cancer meet, OSU gymnasts Mariana Colussi-Pelaez and Jaime Law, along with OSU women's basketball star, Sydney Wiese, will get haircuts following Friday's women's basketball contest against USC.
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QUICKLY
The Beavers picked up their first conference win of the season last Saturday against Arizona in Tucson. OSU has now scored 196+ points in three straight meets ... OSU has climbed to No. 11 in this week's rankings ... If you were to throw out the score from the Beavs' clunker at Seattle Pacific in Week 2, they would be ranked 8th ... Oregon State is ranked in the top 25 on all four events: vault is 12th (49.065 average); uneven bars is 16th (48.875); balance beam is 16th (48.955); and floor exercise is ranked 9th (49.085) ... Tanya Chaplin is in her 20th season as the Beavers' head coach and won the 300th regular season win of her career earlier this month at Seattle Pacific ... Two freshmen, Sabrina Gill and Isis Lowery, made their collegiate debuts in the season-opener. Destinee Davis made her first competition lineup appearance against UCLA on the balance beam ... Fellow freshman, Halli Briscoe has also performed in exhibition ... 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.
VS. UTAH
Oregon State meets Utah in the regular season for the 52nd time and the 77th time overall on Saturday. The Utes hold a 66-9-1 lead in the all-time series. However, the last time these teams met resulted in a 196.925-196.925 tie for second place at Pac-12 Championships last March. OSU is 8-18 all-time against Utah in Corvallis ... The Utes, who are ranked No. 4 for the third week in a row, enter Gill Coliseum with a 7-0 record and 2-0 in conference. Utah is ranked fourth on vault (49.245 average), No. 4 on floor (49.290), No. 5 on beam (49.300) and No. 7 on bars (49.115).
LAST WEEK VS. ARIZONA
Oregon State opened last week's meet at Arizona with a fall on the bars but recovered to 'hit' the next 23 routines en route to a 196.200-195.375 win in Tucson. It was the 21st straight victory over the Wildcats for the Beavers. Kaytianna McMillan once again had an outstanding meet scoring 39.450 in the all-around, including a season-best 9.875 on the balance beam and boasting a 9.90 on the floor exercise to win the event title. Madeline Gardiner, who only performed on beam and floor, tied her career-high on the beam with a 9.950 to secure an event title of her own. Dani Dessaints led the Beavs' efforts over on the vault with a fantastic routine that netted a 9.875 while Erika Aufiero added a team-high 9.875 on the uneven bars.
TEAM NOTES
• The Beavers have counted two falls in 2017, one on bars and one on beam ... both came in a win at Seattle Pacific ... OSU counted just one missed routine in 2016.
• Oregon State has 'hit' 113 out of 120 (94.2%) routines in 2017 ... in comparison, the Beavers 'hit' 276 out of 290 (95.2%) routines last year.
• The Beavers went 24-for-24 for the first time this season in the third meet of the season, against Northern Illinois & Seattle Pacific, and accomplished the feat the very next week against UCLA, for a second time. In 2016, it took until the season's seventh meet to 'hit' all 24 routines.
• Seven out of OSU's 10 opponents on the 2017 schedule were ranked in the preseason Top 36; No. 4 UCLA, No. 6 Utah, No. 8 Auburn, No. 10 California, No. 11 Stanford, No. 18 Arizona and No. 20 Washington.
• Eighteen of Oregon State's 20 gymnasts earned 3.0 or higher GPA's during fall term.
SEEKING PERFECTION
OSU has eight gymnasts that have 'hit' all of their routines in 2017 include: Madeline Gardiner (16-16), Mary Jacobsen (15-15), Erika Aufiero (8-8), Taylor Ricci (8-8), Megan Jimenez (6-6), Silvia Colussi-Pelaez (5-5), Destinee Davis (1-1) and Shireen Khamedoost (1-1).
THE ROSTER
Here are some quick hitters about the Oregon State gymnastics roster in 2017:
• Only half of the roster competed in a meet for Oregon State last season (Mariana Colussi-Pelaez, Silvia Colussi-Pelaez, Dani Dessaints, Madeline Gardiner, Mary Jacobsen, Megan Jimenez, Shireen Khamedoost, Kaytianna McMillan, Taylor Ricci and McKenna Singley).
• There are six seniors on the squad (Erika Aufiero, Silvia Colussi-Pelaez, Madeline Gardiner, Megan Jimenez, Kaytianna McMillan and Taylor Ricci) who combined to contribute 13 out of 24 routines at last year's regional meet.
• Oregon State returns three All-Americans - Madeline Gardiner (BB - 2014, '15, '16; AA - 2014), Erika Aufiero (UB - 2015) and Kaytianna McMillan (UB - 2016).
• Nine freshmen have joined the squad last fall (Halli Briscoe, Kaitlin Campbell, Destinee Davis, Sabrina Gill, Lena Greene, Jaime Law, Maela Lazaro, Isis Lowery and Alyssa Minyard).
• Of those freshmen, Sabrina Gill, Isis Lowery and Destinee Davis are the only three to have performed a competition routine through the season's first five meets. Halli Briscoe has also performed in exhibition.
• Four of the Beavers' are from the state of Oregon - Kaitlin Campbell (West Linn), Lena Greene (Tigard), Jaime Law (Corvallis) and Kaytianna McMillan (Coburg).
• Six OSU gymnasts are from outside of the United States - Mariana Colussi-Pelaez, Silvia Colussi-Pelaez, Madeline Gardiner, Sabrina Gill and Taylor Ricci are all from Canada, while Isis Lowery is from Australia.
• The Beavers have 21 out of 24 routines returning from 2016 making lineup spots hard to come by.
• Eighteen of the Beavers' 20 gymnasts earned a GPA of 3.0 or higher during fall term.
TANYA CHAPLIN
Here are some quick hitters about head coach Tanya Chaplin:
• In her 20th season as head coach at Oregon State.
• Holds the Oregon State record for wins during the regular season as well as overall. She set the record at the 2014 home opener with a 196.425-194.850 victory over Iowa State. Now in her 20th season Chaplin has 374 career wins including 302 victories during the regular season.
• Chaplin recorded the 300th regular season win of her career last Friday at Seattle Pacific.
• Chaplin has led the Beavers to conference titles twice, winning the 2011 Pac-10 title and the 2013 Pac-12 Championships.
• She has directed OSU to the NCAA Championships 11 times in her 19 seasons at the helm.
WHICH WAY DO WE GO?
The Beavers, like every other team in the country, are seeking to qualify to the NCAA Championships and the Super Six. But to reach that goal teams must get through NCAA Regionals. In 2017, regionals will be held at Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Nebraska, Washington and West Virginia. The top two finishers at each regional will advance to the NCAA Championships at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Mo.
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. Currently, Utah is ranked No. 4, followed by No. 5 UCLA, No. 11 Oregon State, No. 15 California and Washington is No. 17.
THREE MORE FOR 2018
In November, two gymnasts signed the National Letters of Intent to join the Oregon State gymnastics program for the 2017-18 academic year. Savanna Force (Reno, Nev.) and Kaitlyn Yanish (Chandler, Ariz.) are scheduled to enroll at Oregon State this coming summer. In addition, Alexis Gonzales (Newport Beach, Calif.) signed an intent to enroll and will also join the OSU gymnastics program in July.
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