No. 4 Utah Gymnasts at No. 12 Oregon State Friday

Feb. 23, 2015

SALT LAKE CITY -

THIS WEEK IN UTAH GYMNASTICS

The No. 4 Utah gymnastics team (9-0, 5-0 Pac-12) travels to Corvallis, Ore., for a Friday, Feb. 27 meet against No. 12 Oregon State (7-3, 4-3 Pac-12). The meet will be televised live on the Pac-12 Networks starting at 8 p.m. MT.

QUICK STICKS

Georgia Dabritz is ranked No. 1 in the nation on both vault and bars this week. She is tied for fifth nationally on floor ... Tory Wilson is the Pac-12's top-ranked all-arounder and is No. 6 in the nation ... Utah has the country's No. 1 vault team and has three vaulters in the top 10: Dabritz is No. 1 and Wilson and Kailah Delaney are tied for 10th ...Utah stayed at No. 4 overall this week with the switch from total season average to regional qualifying score (RQS). The RQS is obtained by taking the six best scores (three of which must have come on the road), dropping the high score and averaging the remaining five scores. For complete national rankings, see sidebar on page 2 ... Utah is 16-8 all-time in Corvallis, but is looking for its first win in Gill Coliseum since 2009 (see Series Shorts for more) ... Utah is averaging 14,682 fans to its home meets with a season-high 15,202 turning out for last week's win over Stanford ... Utah's 198.050-195.900 win over Stanford tied for the fourth-best score in school history and is its best since a 198.125 vs. Florida on Mar. 16, 2013.

UTE INSIDER

Georgia Dabritz's victory on bars last week was her 70th career win. She has won 6-of-7 bar competitions this season (including two 10.0s) and has 18 total wins ... Junior Breanna Hughes, who competed on bars and floor before an elbow injury knocked her from the lineup for two meets, returned as exhibition on bars last week ... Utah has had four all-arounders score a 39.35 or better: Georgia Dabritz (39.70 best), Tory Wilson (39.55 twice), Corrie Lothrop (39.45) and Rowe (39.35). Wilson and Rowe are expected to go all-around at OSU ... Freshman Kari Lee has two wins on beam and her 9.95 vs. Stanford is Utah's best score on beam this year. Lee has been Utah's high scorer on beam in three of the seven meets ... Kailah Delaney has won on vault in the last two meets, scoring a 9.95 at Washington and a career-high 9.975 against Stanford.

CHALK TALK

Utah is 6-0 at home and 3-0 on the road ... Ute winners this season: Georgia Dabritz (18), Tory Wilson (5), Baely Rowe (2), Kailah Delaney (2), Kari Lee (2), Corrie Lothrop (2) ... Utah has not counted a fall this season. The Utes are 164-168 in hit routines (routines without a fall). Gymnasts who have hit every routine are Wilson (28-28), Lee (19-19), Kailah Delaney (9-9), Tiffani Lewis (9-9), Breanna Hughes (8-8), Kassandra Lopez (7-7) and Maddy Stover (7-7) ... Entering the week, Utah has won six Pac-12 weekly awards, including four for Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week: Tory Wilson (Jan. 12) and Georgia Dabritz (Jan. 19, Feb. 2, Feb. 9). The Utes have won two Pac-12 Special Performance of the Week awards: Corrie Lothrop (Jan. 26) and Wilson (Feb. 9). The awards are announced on Monday afternoon.

SERIES SHORTS

Utah is 62-9 all-time against Oregon State and leads the series 16-8 in Corvallis. Utah's last trip to Corvallis was in 2013 at the Pac-12 Championships, won by the Beavers (Utah finished third). Utah also lost its most recent dual competition in Corvallis in 2011. For complete series results, see page 2.

SCOUTING OREGON STATE

Head Coach: Tanya Chaplin (18th Season)
2014 NCAA Finish: DNQ
National Rank: 12
2015 Record: 7-3, 4-3 Pac-12
Notes: Season high 197.250 in a win at California (196.225) on Feb. 13 ... Madeline Gardiner placed third on beam at the 2014 NCAA Championships as a freshman ... best OSU all-around scores: Gardiner (39.275) and Chelsea Tang (39.075) ... OSU is not currently using an all-arounder.

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