UC Davis Hits Second-Best Program Score
March 16, 2010
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UC DAVIS (13-3) tallied its second best score in team history (194.600) in a tri-meet home win over Texas Woman's University and California. The Aggies also accumulated a 49.000 on floor, their highest in that event since 2004. Katie Yamamura posted a pair of 9.85 career-highs for victories on vault and floor en route to the all-around title (39.100), the third highest total in Aggie history. Erika Van Dyke shared the floor title with Yamamura and won beam (9.85). Lida Gehlen shared the bars title (9.725). UC Davis hosts Stanford Sunday (Mar. 21).
ALASKA-ANCHORAGE (4-13) posted a come from behind win over Air Force last Friday at home, 187.650-187.075. The Seawolves trailed by over two full points entering the final rotation. Courtney Williams won the all-around (37.725) and bars (9.70). Lauren Agostino and Shakea Sanders also recorded two titles each, with the former winning on floor (9.70) and beam (9.575), and the latter on floor (9.70) and vault (9.775). Sunday, UAA earned a 190.050-189.975 win, as Sanders posted a pair of winning 9.8's on vault and floor. Maria Puricelli won bars with a 9.70. Williams was second all-around (38.400). UAA is off until the MPSF Meet on March 27 at Seattle Pacific.
AIR FORCE (5-14) freshman Britany Calley placed second all-around (37.175) in her second-ever meet last Friday at Alaska-Anchorage, as the Falcons (187.075) took second in the dual meet. Junior Brittany Dutton had three top-three finishes that night, second on vault (9.675), and third on uneven bars (9.65) and floor (9.675). Calley won the first beam title of the year for AFA on Sunday (9.775), while Jenna Dudley won the all-around (38.475). The Falcons host Denver Monday (Mar. 22), in a rematch from Feb. 23, in what was one of the top performances (191.725) in Academy history.
SEATTLE PACIFIC (0-18) recorded a score of 187.250 last Saturday, behind host Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, and Western Michigan. Anissa Madrid and Sherah Veron turned in fourth-place finishes. Madrid hit a 9.65 on beam for fourth and 37.075 all-around for sixth. Veron was No. 4 on floor with a 9.75. The Falcons return home for the first time since Jan. 15, taking on Washington Friday.
KATIE YAMAMURA - MPSF GYMNAST OF THE WEEK
UC Davis freshman Katie Yamamura (Palo Alto, CA) wins this award for the third time by virtue of a remarkable all-around meet in wins over California and TWU. Her career-high 139.100 all-around was the third highest in Aggie history, nailing a pair of career-high 9.85 titles on vault and floor along the way. Yamamura hit a 9.75 beam and 9.65 uneven bars routine to help UCD earn its second-best team score ever.