Aggies Surpass 196 Again for Seventh MPSF Title
Photo by: Holly Tedeschi
2023 MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP (20th Edition)
Saturday, March 18, 2023; 2:00 pm MT
Host: United States Air Force Academy
Clune Arena; Colorado Springs, CO.
MPSF Championship Central:
MPSF Women's Gymnastics Championships - Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (mpsports.org)
2023 MPSF Complete Championship Results
2023 MPSF Women's Gymnastics Championship Results (PDF)
2023 MPSF Women's Gymnastics Championship Final Team Scores:
MPSF Champion:
@ucdavisgym 196.200 (MPSF-high 7th conference title, first since 2015)
@SanJoseStateGYM 195.600
@AF_WGYM 195.475
@SacStGymnastics194.550
@GymnasticsUaa 190.075
2023 MPSF Women's Gymnastics Champions:
Vault: Jaudai Lopes/Ariana Castrence
@SanJoseStateGYM -9.825
Bars: Amber Boll
@AF_WGYM-9.925
Beam: Ava Scafani
@ucdavisgym-9.900
Floor: Megan Ray
@ucdavisgym 9.900
All-Around: Lauren Macpherson
@SanJoseStateGYM -39.300
2023 Championship Highlights:
UC Davis:
Overall total was 196.200, third-best in MPSF Championship history.
Uneven Bars total was 49.200, ranked tied for No. 2 in MPSF Championship history.
Balance Beam total was 49.150, ranked No. 3 in MPSF Championship history.
Megan Ray repeats as MPSF Floor Champion
San Jose State:
Eight individual MPSF Champions in the last two years.
Air Force:
Amber Boll scored a 9.925 on uneven bars, tied for second-best in MPSF Championship history and tied for seventh all-time in the conference.
Balance Beam total was 49.100, ranked tied for No. 5 in MPSF Championship history.
Recap by UC Davis:
COLORADO SPRINGS – For the first time since 2015, the UC Davis gymnastics team was crowned champions of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Under the direction of MPSF Coach of the Year
Tanya Ho, the Aggies scored a 196.200 to outdistance the field on Saturday at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
The MPSF title is the seventh overall for the Aggies and the highest score at the championship in program history.
UC Davis won three of the four events, claiming the bars, beam and floor exercise en route to the conference title.
Ava Scafani and
Megan Ray secured individual titles as Scafani scored a 9.90 to win the beam and Ray defended her floor title with a 9.90.
VAULT
The only event the Aggies didn't win was the vault, with a score of 48.625. Sophomores
Keanna Abraham and Ray tied for third with a score of 9.80. Junior
Emma Otsu closely followed in fifth with a 9.750.
BARS
UCD equaled its season-high on the uneven bars with a 49.200 to win the event. Junior
Isabella Fitz-Gerald was the high-scorer for the Ags with a 9.875 to place third overall. Scafani followed in fourth with a 9.850 and Otsu placed seventh with a 9.825.
BEAM
The Ags used a 9.90 from Scafani and a total of four scores in the top-10 to boast a 49.150 to win the beam. Abraham finished fourth with a 9.85, while Ray and Otsu were tied for 10
th with a 9.80.
FLOOR
Two years in the collegiate ranks and two floor titles for Ray as she helped lead the Ags to an event score of 49.225. Ray paced the conference with a 9.90, while Abraham and
Bella Trejo were third with a 9.85 and MPSF Freshman of the Year
Amelia Moneymaker was seventh with a score of 9.825.