Aggies, Spartans Go 195 + For MPSF-Highs
Feb. 17, 2015 MPSF Women's Gym Release 7
UC DAVIS Katy Nogaki matched her own school vault record of 9.900, her second such score on the apparatus in six days, as the Aggies compiled the top 2015 MPSF total with 195.175 against Seattle Pacific (Feb. 13). The team score also ties for sixth in school history and ties for 18th in the MPSF. Tiana Montell tallied the top all-around (39.075), as did Nogaki on vault, Kala DeFrancesco on floor (9.850), Stephanie Stamates on beam (9.800), and Dani Judal on bars (9.800), to complete the sweep of the event titles. Brown hit a career-high vault to place second (9.850). The vault squad totaled 48.975, No. 2 in school history and No. 8 in MPSF history.
SAN JOSE STATE tallied the second-best team score in the MPSF this year and 20th-highest all-time in the conference at Sacramento State (Feb. 13), in a 195.125-192.850 win. Cami Guyer turned in a career-night, earning at least a share of four titles. She won vault on a career-high 9.825, floor with a 9.850, shared the bars title (9.825), and won the all-around with another career-best and conference season-high (39.250). Maddie Herr posted the beam victory (9.800), and took second to Guyer all-around (39.125).
AIR FORCE defeated SUNY-Cortland at home, 191.500-187.525 (Feb. 14). Jessica Wallander recorded scores of 9.750 on all three of her events, winning the uneven bars outright, tying for first on vault with Jamie Lewis and sharing the top spot on the floor with Alexandra Stych. Seniors Kim McRobbie and Lindsay Ebel rounded out the Falcons' sweep of event titles, as they posted matching scores of 9.700 for first on beam. McRobbie added a runner-up placement on bars (9.675), en route to the all-around victory (38.500).
ALASKA-ANCHORAGE competed in Milwaukee, WI (Feb. 13), as four Seawolves earned a win which led to a second-place finish (189.050) ahead of Winona State and behind the host UW-Whitewater. At Northern Illinois Sunday, UAA totaled 190.925 in the tri-meet, surpassing 190 for the fourth time in the last six meets. UAA tied its second-best floor total ever (48.875), and its highest since 2005, highlighted by Julia York's first-place tie (9.875). M'rcy Matsunami went 38.625 all-around.
SACRAMENTO STATE Lauren Rice finished second on vault (9.800) and tied for second on floor with a career-high (9.825), en route to a fourth-place all-around (37.825) against San Jose State (Feb. 13). Kayla Wonderly tied for second on beam and tied for third on bars with matching scores (9.775). The Hornets accumulated 192.850, highlighted by 10 individual career-bests and a team season-high on vault (48.775).
SEATTLE PACIFIC totaled 189.225 at UC Davis (Feb. 13). Ariana Harger tied for second on floor, as did Kristi Hayashida on beam with identical scores of 9.800. Harger's mark was a career-high.