No. 8 gymnastics heads south for Regionals
After a third place finish in conference two weeks ago, Oregon State will travel to Tucson, Arizona in search of another trip to nationals
Sami Redmond
Issue date: 4/12/07 Section: Sports
The No. 8 OSU gymnastics team is preparing for another away meet this Friday, but this time the stakes are higher.
The Beavers are on their way to the NCAA South Central Regional Championships in Tucson, Ariz., two weeks after placing third at the Pac-10 Championships. With a team score of 193.6, they fell to both UCLA and Stanford.
"It was one of our more solid competitions," coach Tanya Chaplin said. "I was proud of how they handled themselves out there."
After the Pac-10s, the Beavers were awarded the ninth seed overall for the NCAA regional competition. OSU was placed into the South Central Region as the second seed and will once again face No. 4 Stanford, which occupies the top seed in the region.
The Beavers will also compete against third-seeded No. 15 Arizona. Other seeded teams will include No. 20 Illinois, Illinois-Chicago and Arizona State. OSU fell to both Arizona and Stanford earlier in the season.
The Beavers will kick off their competition rotation on the vault and will follow the events in Olympic order throughout the meet. This rotation is the same the Beavers followed when they compete in Gill Coliseum and may be an advantage.
"They are starting off on the home rotation, which is great," Chaplin said. "That is a plus, and they have things set up and now they just have to go on there and do their job."
The regional pairings are established by seeding the best 18 teams in the country. They are then assigned to a region in an attempt to evenly distribute the competition to the six different regional championships. The top three unseeded teams in each region are also qualified to compete in their region's championship.
The Beavers have made huge strides this season and have increased their final team score dramatically. They began the season with a rough rotation on the vault and a mediocre bars lineup, but have finally found their footing and are sticking their routines. Several vaults have scored above the 9.85 range.
The Beavers are on their way to the NCAA South Central Regional Championships in Tucson, Ariz., two weeks after placing third at the Pac-10 Championships. With a team score of 193.6, they fell to both UCLA and Stanford.
"It was one of our more solid competitions," coach Tanya Chaplin said. "I was proud of how they handled themselves out there."
After the Pac-10s, the Beavers were awarded the ninth seed overall for the NCAA regional competition. OSU was placed into the South Central Region as the second seed and will once again face No. 4 Stanford, which occupies the top seed in the region.
The Beavers will also compete against third-seeded No. 15 Arizona. Other seeded teams will include No. 20 Illinois, Illinois-Chicago and Arizona State. OSU fell to both Arizona and Stanford earlier in the season.
The Beavers will kick off their competition rotation on the vault and will follow the events in Olympic order throughout the meet. This rotation is the same the Beavers followed when they compete in Gill Coliseum and may be an advantage.
"They are starting off on the home rotation, which is great," Chaplin said. "That is a plus, and they have things set up and now they just have to go on there and do their job."
The regional pairings are established by seeding the best 18 teams in the country. They are then assigned to a region in an attempt to evenly distribute the competition to the six different regional championships. The top three unseeded teams in each region are also qualified to compete in their region's championship.
The Beavers have made huge strides this season and have increased their final team score dramatically. They began the season with a rough rotation on the vault and a mediocre bars lineup, but have finally found their footing and are sticking their routines. Several vaults have scored above the 9.85 range.
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