Beavers Finish Third at Pac-10 Championships

The Beavers must wait until Monday when regional seedings are announced to learn where they’ll compete next.

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TEMPE, Ariz. - Oregon State’s ninth-ranked gymnastics team won the floor exercise and sophomore Tasha Smith finished second in the all-around and Jami Lanz tied for third but it wasn’t enough for the Beavers who finished third at the Pac-10 Championships.

OSU finished with a score of 196.300 while No. 8 UCLA scored 197.200 to win the Pac-10 title.

No. 4 Stanford finished second (196.950). No. 15 Arizona was fourth (196.000), Washington was fifth (194.775), No. 25 Arizona State finished sixth (194.550) and California was seventh (193.650).

Opening the meet on the uneven bars the Beavers put together a solid set of routines but were held back by low scoring early on.

Lanz, Smith and freshman Laura-Ann Chong each scored 9.800’s to lead OSU and Mandi Rodriguez added a 9.775.

Moving to balance beam OSU stumbled to start with a fall, but the remaining five Beavers nailed routine after routine.

Once again Lanz (9.900) and Smith (9.825) keyed OSU’s success on the event as the team finished with a score of 49.050.

Following a bye in the third rotation the Beavers moved on to floor exercise where they finally began to make headway with the leaders.

A solid start of 9.700 by Megan Devencenzi led to Yuki Lamb and Kera Bolen’s 9.825s. Lanz scored her second 9.900 of the night and Smith delighted the crowd of 2,190 as she moonwalked to a 9.925.

The Beavers finished the rotation with the top floor score of the night at 49.175.

After their second bye of the night the Beavers were the first team to finish moving quickly through the vault lineup.

Brooke Barclay took the pressure off her teammates with a solid 9.725. Lamb’s vault went off course forcing a small step on the landing but still tallied a 9.800.

Lanz followed with a 9.850 and Smith nailed a huge vault that earned a 10.0 from one judge but resulted in a 9.925 for her effort. Rodriguez finished the scoring for the Beavers with a 9.875.

The Beavers must wait until Monday when regional seedings are announced to learn where they’ll compete next. The NCAA Regionals take place April 14 at Alabama, Arizona, California, Denver, Michigan and West Virginia.

Team Results

1) UCLA 197.200

2) Stanford 196.950

3) Oregon State 196.300

4) Arizona 196.000

5) Washington 194.775

6) Arizona State 194.550

7) California 193.650

VAULT Results

1) Tasha Schwikert (UCLA) 9.950, Ashley Houghting (UW) 9.950

3) Cassandra Jusino (ASU) 9.925, Tasha Smith (OSU) 9.925, Alex Pintchouk (STAN) 9.925, Michelle Selesky (UCLA) 9.925

BARS Results

1) Liz Tricase (STAN) 9.950

2) Karin Wurm (UA) 9.925, Tabitha Yim (STAN) 9.925

BEAM Results

1) Anna Li (UCLA) 9.950, Tasha Schwikert (UCLA) 9.950

3) Nicole Harris (ASU) 9.925

FLOOR Results

1) Tasha Schwikert (UCLA) 9.950

2) Tasha Smith (OSU) 9.925

3) Jami Lanz (OSU) 9.900, Carly Janiga (STAN) 9.900

All-Around Results

1) Tasha Schwikert (UCLA) 39.750

2) Tasha Smith (OSU) 39.475

3) Nicole Harris (ASU) 39.450, Jami Lanz (OSU) 39.450, Anna Li (UCLA) 39.450

OSU: VAULT: 49.175, BARS: 48.900, BEAM: 49.050, FLOOR: 49.175

VAULT: Tasha Smith 9.925*, Mandi Rodriguez 9.875, Jami Lanz 9.850, Yuki Lamb 9.800, Brooke Barclay 9.725, Megan Devencenzi 9.700

BARS: Laura-Ann Chong 9.800, Jami Lanz 9.800, Tasha Smith 9.800, Mandi Rodriguez 9.775, D'Anna Piro 9.725, Keegan Fitzgerald 9.700

BEAM: Jami Lanz 9.900, Tasha Smith 9.825, Laura-Ann Chong 9.800, Brooke Barclay 9.775, Mandi Rodriguez 9.750, Courtney Dennison 9.200

FLOOR: Tasha Smith 9.925, Jami Lanz 9.900, Kera Bolen 9.825, Yuki Lamb 9.825, Megan Devencenzi 9.700, Mandi Rodriguez 9.625

All-Around: Tasha Smith 39.475, Jami Lanz 39.450, Mandi Rodriguez 39.025

* Personal Record

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