Beavers Travel to Bayou to Face No. 4 LSU

Friday, March 8

Baton Rouge, LA

5:00 PM

Oregon State

LSU

Photo by: Ralph Greene

March 05, 2019 | Women's Gymnastics

OSU at LSU notes

By: Athletic Communications

ON TAP
• Oregon State is on the road this week traveling to LSU Friday at 5 p.m. PST.
• OSU remains ranked No. 15 in this week's rankings according to RoadToNationals.com.
• The Beavers will look to post a high score to replace last week's 195.825 in their National Qualifying Score (NQS).
• OSU enters this week's meet with a 9-2 overall record and is 4-2 in Pac-12 competition.
• The Beavers are undefeated with a 6-0 record in four road contests in 2019.
• LSU, which is ranked No. 4 this week, has a record of 9-3. The Tigers haven't lost since a Feb. 8 dual at Kentucky. Their lone home loss was against then-No. 3 Florida.

LIVE VIDEO & RESULTS
• The meet will stream live on SEC Network+ through WatchESPN.com and the app.
• Live results will be available for the meet and can be found by visiting the gymnastics schedule page on osubeavers.com.
• To access the web stream and results, via your computer, smartphone, or tablet, visit osubeavers.com.

REGIONALS IN CORVALLIS
• Oregon State will host the 2019 NCAA Regional Championships April 4-6.
• All-session tickets are available now for the three-day regional competition.
• All-session reserved passes are $42. Adult general admission is $27 and senior (62 and up)/youth (ages 3-18) general admission is $21.
• Single session tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m. each day of the regional competition for that day's session(s) only.
• Tickets can be secured by visiting BeaverTickets.com, by calling 1-800-GO-BEAVS and at the OSU Ticket Office.

QUICK STICKS
• All four of OSU's lineups are ranked among the top 26 in the nation. The floor lineup is the highest ranked for the Beavers tied at No. 9 (49.270, season average), beam is next tied at No. 12 (49.155), vault is at No. 15 (49.065) and bars ranks 26th (48.990).
• Oregon State has 'hit' 179 out of 192 (93.2%) routines in 2019 ... in comparison, the Beavers 'hit' 274 out of 288 (95.1%) routines last year.
• The Beavers have hit 24-for-24 once this season, for the first time this season against California.
• Through eight meets, OSU's routine production breakdown looks like this: Juniors have performed 66 of 192 routines in 2019 (34.4%), seniors have produced 56 of 192 (29.2%), sophomore 47 of 192 (24.5%) and freshmen 23 of 192 (12.0%).
• OSU scored 197.450 against UCLA, tying the sixth-highest score in school history, a score that only nine teams (Oklahoma, UCLA, Florida, LSU, Utah, Denver, Georgia, Michigan and Minnesota) have topped this season.
• The Beavers registered a 49.600 on the floor exercise, missing the school-record by just .100, and besting the Bruins' top-ranked floor lineup.
• Oregon State opened the season on the road for the third straight season ... the Beavers now have a 5-0 record in those road season-openers.
• Eleven of OSU's 15 regular season opponents on the 2019 schedule are ranked in this week's Top 36, including three among the top five.
• Oregon State hosts NCAA Regionals April 4-6. It is the first time OSU has hosted the regional round since 2013 ... this year's regional will be the first season with the new format that includes three days (four meets) of competition.
• Seventeen OSU gymnasts earned a 3.0 GPA or better during fall term - 11 of those were 3.5 or above including two 4.0s. The Beavers represent seven different colleges among their majors and two study in the Honors College.
• Senior McKenna Singley has recently been accepted to the University of Utah's S.J. Quinney College of Law.
• Madi Dagen earned Pac-12 honors for the first time in her career when she was named as the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week following the Beavers' win at Arizona, Feb. 8. She tied her career-high with a 9.875 on the vault and won the first event titles of her career on vault and beam (9.90).
• Kaitlyn Yanish picked up Pac-12 Specialist of the Week honors for the first time in her career following OSU's win at Arizona State, Feb. 22. She registered a career-best 9.90 on the vault to win the event title and addeda 9.925 on the floor to tie for the event high. Yanish also earned Pac-12 Freshman of the Week once in 2018.

LAST WEEK AGAINST ALASKA AND BOWLING GREEN
• Oregon State, ranked No. 15, defeated Alaska Anchorage and Bowling Green in a home tri-meet.
• Isis Lowery won the floor exercise title with a 9.925.
• Freshman Madi Dagen registered a 9.90 on the balance beam to secure the event title.
• Mariana Colussi-Pelaez grabbed her second event title of the year on the uneven bars with a 9.875.
• Mary Jacobsen and Lena Greene each posted scores of 9.85 on the vault to pace the Beavers ... it was Greene's first vault of the season.

SEEKING PERFECTION
OSU has nine gymnasts that have 'hit' all of their routines in 2019 including: Mary Jacobsen (24-24), Kaitlyn Yanish (24-24), Madi Dagen (22-22), Isis Lowery (20-20), Colette Yamaoka (7-7), Destinee Davis (3-3), Lexie Gonzales (3-3), Niya Mack (2-2) and Kristina Peterson (1-1).

GETTING BY
• Oregon State got by early this season despite missing several routines due to injury ... McKenna Singley missed the UCLA meet due to injury but has returned to her three events ... Destinee Davis, who finished 2018 in three lineups, made her 2019 debut against UCLA performing in the beam lineup and then vaulted for the Beavers against California. She joined the floor lineup for last week's home tri-meet, but has still totaled only three routines this year ... Sabrina Gill, who was an all-arounder six times in 2018, battled illness and injury early in the season performing a total of two routines through the first four meets, has returned to the bars and beam lineups ... Lena Greene, who was featured in the vault lineup last season made her debut on the bars against UCLA but was injured (finger) on the routine. She made her vault debut in last Friday's tri-meet ... Alyssa Minyard, who performed in the bars and beam lineups most of the season last year, will miss the 2019 season due to injury.

THE ROSTER
Here are some quick hitters about the 2019 Oregon State gymnastics roster:
• The Beavers have three seniors on the team (Mariana Colussi-Pelaez, Mary Jacobsen and McKenna Singley). The trio had combined to perform 224 routines in their career entering the season.
• There were four additions to the squad this fall with the arrivals of freshmen Leah Bivrell, Madi Dagen, Alex McClung and Kristina Peterson.
• Thirteen of the 21 gymnasts on the 2019 team competed in at least one meet for the Beavers last season
• Redshirt junior Lacy Dagen and sophomore Lexie Gonzales as well as freshmen Madi Dagen and Kristina Peterson made their Beaver debuts in the season opener at Illinois ... Sophomore Colette Yamaoka made her career debut against Utah.
• The Beavers have three gymnasts that hail from the state of Oregon - Lena Greene (Tigard), Jaime Law (Corvallis) and Alex McClung (Salem).
• OSU also has three gymnasts from outside the United State - Mariana Colussi-Pelaez and Sabrina Gill (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) and Isis Lowery (Melbourne, Australia).
• The Beavers return 22 out of 24 routines from the 2018 NCAA Regionals lineup. Both graduated routines by (Dani Dessaints and Shireen Khamedoost) were on the uneven bars.

LOADING UP FOR 2020
In November, three gymnasts signed the National Letters of Intent to join the Oregon State gymnastics program for the 2019-20 academic year. Kayla Bird (Chandler, Ariz.), Jenna Domingo (Honolulu, Hawai'i) and Jane Poniewaz (Henderson, Nev.) are scheduled to enroll at Oregon State this coming summer ... In addition, 2018 signee Jade Carey (Phoenix, Ariz.), who has deferred her enrollment this year to train for the U.S. National Team, plans to attend OSU in the future. Carey earned a pair of silver medals for Team USA at the 2017 World Championships.

CLEAR BAGS
As a ticketed event, Oregon State gymnastics meets now adhere to the Athletic Department's Clear Bag Policy, which was implemented in the spring as an additional security measure and to provide fans a more consistent and efficient entry process. For more information on the policy, click here.