Week 9 Rankings

March 5, 2018 balancebeamsituation 7 Comments

1. Oklahoma Sooners

RQS: 197.980
Previous ranking: 1

Oklahoma’s quest to finish the season ranked #1 is looking increasingly inevitable following an NCAA-high (and mostly fanciful) 198.375 over the weekend, which gives OU five 198s on the season with four meets remaining. Those four meets include a two-meet weekend on March 16th and 18th, so it will be interesting to see what Oklahoma does with lineups and resting gymnasts in upcoming meets because there aren’t really any scores left to get. I would expect to see a “we’re resting Maggie today” meet pre-Big 12s, which should provide a window into who some of the backups are and whether OU has those emergency-scenario 9.850s waiting in the wings, especially on vault and floor.

2. LSU Tigers

RQS: 197.715
Previous ranking: 3

LSU exchanges the 2-3 spots with UCLA again this week after a 198.100 at home against Auburn. The meet provided an interesting signal of transition toward the meaningful part of the season as LSU tried to ramp up its vault competitiveness by showing five Y1.5s. Vault is the only event where LSU is currently ranked outside the top 3, and the team is clearly very conscious of that in putting Harrold’s 1.5s back in and upgrading Cannamela to the 1.5. On the issue of using Cannamela and Harrold with 1.5s (versus Priessman’s full, or Cannamela’s full, or even getting Macadaeg’s full back in the lineup), LSU is faced with the now-classic conundrum of whether you go for a 10.0 start that might have a step back or a 9.95 start that can be stuck. Which decision is more score-smart? This conundrum has rendered vault THE event to watch lineup-wise these last couple years (take notes, other events), and LSU will have to grapple with that in the coming weeks.

3. UCLA Bruins

RQS: 197.650
Previous ranking: 2

Miss Val committed a slight breach of etiquette following UCLA’s victory over Nebraska when she acknowledged that the team keeps getting big scores despite not performing all that well. (Don’t you know you’re supposed to pretend you deserve everything and no one else deserves anything? It’s NCAA gymnastics after all.) UCLA recorded a perfectly acceptable 197.500 to increase its RQS, but from what we saw the performance was a little blah on beam, and based on the scores, really blah on vault. (Beam seems like a blip, but we’re all still worried about vault.) UCLA has a quick two-competition stretch coming up as well with a Sunday and Tuesday meet next week, but Tuesday being senior night provides a pretty natural resting schedule since Sonya Meraz is a senior and should come into lineups to do all the everythings in her final home meet anyway, allowing your Rosses and Ohashis to take a little break.

4. Utah Utes

RQS: 197.415
Previous ranking: 4

Utah didn’t compete over the weekend, so nothing to report, but was able to retain the #4 ranking because Florida had trouble in its quest to pass.

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Live Blog

Sunday Live Blog – March 4, 2018

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Sunday, March 4	Scores	Stream
1:00 ET/10:00 PT – Maryland, Rutgers, Towson @ [19] George Washington	LINK	GW($)
1:00 ET/10:00 PT – Eastern Michigan @ Ball State	LINK	FREE
1:00 ET/10:00 PT – Bridgeport, Brockport, Southern Connecticut @ Brown
2:00 ET/11:00 PT – West Virginia, Penn State, Temple @ Pittsburgh	LINK	ACC+
3:00 ET/12:00 PT – [2] UCLA, [23] Iowa State, Kent State @ [16] Nebraska	LINK	FREE
3:00 ET/12:00 PT – Western Michigan @ Northern Illinois	LINK	ESPN3
3:00 ET/12:00 PT – Michigan State @ Illinois-Chicago	LINK
3:00 ET/12:00 PT – Iowa @ TWU	LINK	FREE
3:00 ET/12:00 PT – Centenary @ Illinois State		FREE
3:00 ET/12:00 PT – DIII West Regional (@ St. Peter, MN)	LINK	FREE
3:00 ET/12:00 PT – West Chester @ William & Mary	LINK	FREE
3:30 ET/12:30 PT – [15] Auburn @ [3] LSU	LINK	SECN
5:00 ET/2:00 PT – Lindenwood, Bowling Green @ Illinois	LINK	BTN+ FLO
5:00 ET/2:00 PT – Central Michigan, Seattle Pacific, Air Force @ San Jose State	LINK

Nebraska is hosting a quad and LSU is hosting Auburn. So pay attention or something. Continue reading Sunday Live Blog – March 4, 2018 →

Scores

NCAA Week 9 Final Scores

March 3, 2018 balancebeamsituation 1 Comment

Friday, March 2	Scores	Event Winners
[21] Ohio State [9] Kentucky	195.725 196.850	AA: Korth (UK) 39.475 VT: Korth (UK) 9.875 UB: Korth (UK) 9.925 BB: Dukes, Hyland (UK) 9.925 FX: Hyland, Korth (UK) 9.875
New Hampshire [22] NC State	195.650 196.075	AA: Knight (NCST) 39.525 VT: Knight (NCST) 9.875 UB: Knight (NCST), Mulligan (UNH) 9.875 BB: Knight (NCST) 9.925 FX: Knight, Itcush (NCST) 9.850
[19] George Washington Rutgers Towson	196.300 193.825 196.250	AA: Drouin-Allaire (GW) 39.525 VT: Winstanley (GW) 9.925 UB: McKellar (Tow) 9.925 BB: Drouin-Allaire, Zois (GW) 9.875 FX: Drouin-Allaire (GW) 9.925
Penn Yale Maryland	192.175 192.900 195.050	AA: Barber (UM) 39.275 VT: Barber (UM) 9.825 UB: Barber (UM) 9.900 BB: Agaran (UM), Firmstone (Yale) 9.700 FX: Barber (UM) 9.875
[16] Nebraska [17] Georgia Stanford Illinois	196.700 195.825 195.925 195.900	AA: Price (Stan) 39.650 VT: Price (Stan) 9.900 UB: Price (Stan) 9.950 BB: Dickson, Snead (UGA) 9.925 FX: Vega (UGA) 9.975
[5] Florida [20] Missouri	196.700 196.925	AA: Boren (UF) 39.500 VT: McMurtry (UF) 9.925 UB: McMurtry (UF) 9.950 BB: McMurtry (UF) 9.950 FX: Boren, Baumann (UF) 9.925
Arizona [10] Arkansas	196.125 197.275	AA: Wellick (Ark) 39.425 VT: Speed (Ark) 9.875 UB: Speed (Ark) 9.950 BB: Carter (Ark) 9.975 FX: Shaffer (Ark) 9.925
SEMO Iowa	192.750 195.500	AA: Sullivan (Iowa) 38.600 VT: Ortiz (Iowa) 9.800 UB: Sullivan (Iowa) 9.900 BB: Youd (Iowa) 9.875 FX: Zurawski, Snyder (Iowa) 9.925
North Carolina [6] Alabama	194.925 197.525	AA: Graber (Ala) 39.500 VT: 3 tied 9.875 UB: Mahoney (Ala) 9.925 BB: Guerrero (Ala) 9.925 FX: Guerra, Guerrero (Ala) 9.925
Sacramento State [14] Boise State	193.450 196.725	AA: Remme (BSU) 39.450 VT: Means (BSU) 9.875 UB: McGregor (BSU) 9.900 BB: Means (BSU), Co Soliwoda (Sac ST) 9.875 FX: Remme (BSU) 9.925
[24] BYU Utah State	196.200 196.100	AA: Evans (BYU) 39.000 VT: Leary (USU) 9.900 UB: Hawes (BYU) 9.925 BB: Marsh (BYU) 9.900 FX: Ward (USU) 9.875
Central Michigan [18] Cal	193.525 196.925	AA: Williams (Cal) 39.550 VT: Williams (Cal) 9.925 UB: Williams, Schank (Cal) 9.925 BB: So Seilnacht (Cal) 9.925 FX: 4 tied 9.825
Air Force UC Davis	194.050 196.350	AA: Hebert (UCD) 39.525 VT: Hebert (UCD), Salamone (AF) 9.850 UB: Landess, Hebert (UCD) 9.850 BB: Brown (UCD) 9.900 FX: Hebert (UCD) 9.950
Saturday, March 3	Scores	Event Winners
Springfield Cornell	187.050 192.950	AA: Shen (CU) 38.975 VT: Kerczeg (CU) 9.775 UB: Kurfist (CU) 9.700 BB: Shen (CU) 9.825 FX: Henry (CU) 9.925
Rhode Island Ursinus	181.150 187.300	AA: Murphy (RI) 37.225 VT: Puryear, LaFountain (UC) 9.400 UB: Palladino (UC) 9.600 BB: Palladino (UC) 9.675 FX: LaFountain (UC) 9.675
Ithaca Cortland	191.400 190.725	AA: None VT: Nichols (IC) 9.800 UB: McConnell (Cort) 9.725 BB: Holcomb (IC) 9.825 FX: Gery (IC) 9.825
[11] Washington Southern Utah	197.075 196.075	AA: Jorgensen (SUU) 39.375 VT: Jozwiakowski (SUU) 9.900 UB: Riley (UW), Yee (SUU) 9.925 BB: Rose, Roberson (UW) 9.900 FX: Washington (UW) 9.900
[7] Michigan [1] Oklahoma	197.175 198.375	AA: Nichols (OU) 39.900 VT: Nichols (OU) 10.000 UB: Nichols, Lehrmann (OU) 9.950 BB: Nichols (OU) 10.000 FX: Nichols (OU) 9.950
[13] Arizona State [25] Minnesota	196.525 196.675	AA: Ramler (UM) 39.375 VT: Ramler (UM) 9.850 UB: Lu (UM) 9.950 BB: Ramler (UM) 9.950 FX: 3 tied 9.900
Sunday, March 4	Scores	Event Winners
Maryland Rutgers Towson [19] George Washington	195.825 193.550 195.250 196.825	AA: Drouin-Allaire (GW) 39.600 VT: Drouin-Allaire (GW) 9.925 UB: Drouin-Allaire (GW), Peterman (UM) 9.900 BB: Pfeiler (GW) 9.900 FX: Drouin-Allaire (GW), Barber (UM) 9.900
Eastern Michigan Ball State	194.225 191.950	AA: Rondeau (EMU) 38.525 VT: MacDonald (BSU) 9.900 UB: Valentin (EMU) 9.850 BB: Valentin, Marino (EMU) 9.825 FX: Rondeau (EMU) 9.850
Bridgeport Brockport Southern Connecticut Brown	194.800 190.975 192.050 193.150	AA: Doran (UB) 38.975 VT: Mager (Brock) 9.775 UB: Doran (UB) 9.900 BB: Doran (UB) 9.800 FX: Reimers (UB) 9.875
West Virginia Penn State Temple Pittsburgh	196.075 196.650 194.250 196.475	AA: Tsang (PSU) 39.500 VT: Bridgens (PSU), Bernard (WVU) 9.925 UB: Bridgens (PSU) 9.925 BB: Tsang (PSU), Brechwald (Pitt) 9.875 FX: Tsang (PSU) 9.925
[2] UCLA [23] Iowa State Kent State [16] Nebraska	197.500 195.575 194.700 197.175	AA: Ross (UCLA) 39.575 VT: Houchin (UN) 9.975 UB: Ross (UCLA) 9.950 BB: Lee (UCLA) 9.950 FX: Hano, Ohashi (UCLA) 9.950
Western Michigan Northern Illinois	194.400 195.725	AA: Potts (NIU) 39.275 VT: Lamberti (NIU) 9.825 UB: 3 tied 9.850 BB: Hoy (WMU) 9.850 FX: Martucci (NIU) 9.975
Michigan State Illinois-Chicago	194.275 194.075	AA: Northern (UIC) 39.050 VT: 4 tied 9.800 UB: Westney (MSU) 9.825 BB: Mitchell, Westney (MSU) 9.825 FX: Northern (NIU) 9.875
Iowa TWU	195.525 195.575	AA: Jones (TWU) 39.175 VT: Lazarus (TWU) 9.875 UB: Zurawski (Iowa) 9.875 BB: Kelly (TWU), Chow (Iowa) 9.875 FX: Jones (TWU), Snyder (Iowa) 9.875
Centenary Illinois State	191.075 193.600	AA: Cooke (ISU) 39.250 VT: Cooke (ISU) 9.825 UB: Marema (ISU) 9.825 BB: Harris (CC), Cooke (ISU) 9.775 FX: Cooke (ISU) 9.900
UW-La Crosse UW-Whitewater UW-Oshkosh UW-Stout Winona State UW-Eau Claire Hamline Gustavus Adolphus	191.875 191.825 184.700 183.825 184.900 187.775 189.700 185.725	AA: Wiekamp (LC) 38.425 VT: Payne (Stout) 9.800 UB: Kachinsky (LC) 9.800 BB: Hutton (WW) 9.750 FX: Tribbett (Ham), Mierow (WW) 9.750
West Chester William & Mary	193.450 195.100	AA: Waldman (WM) 39.300 VT: Waldman (WM) 9.825 UB: Waldman, Pakshong (WM) 9.825 BB: White (WM) 9.800 FX: 4 tied 9.825
[15] Auburn [3] LSU	195.625 198.100	AA: Edney (LSU) 39.775 VT: Hambrick, Edney (LSU) 9.900 UB: Edney (LSU) 9.975 BB: Macadaeg (LSU) 9.950 FX: Finnegan, Hambrick (LSU) 10.000
Lindenwood Bowling Green Illinois	195.625 195.325 196.700	AA: Biondi (Ill) 39.425 VT: Sokolowski (LU) 9.875 UB: Balthazor (Ill) 9.950 BB: Hodan (Ill) 9.950 FX: Biondi, Howell (Ill) 9.900
Central Michigan Seattle Pacific Air Force San Jose State	194.625 193.225 194.500 195.050	AA: Plaska (CMU) 39.050 VT: Chan (SJSU) 9.875 UB: Salamone (AF) 9.900 BB: Clements (CMU) 9.900 FX: Chan (SJSU) 9.900
Monday, March 5	Scores	Event Winners
Southern Utah [12] Denver	194.900 197.300	AA: Karr (DU) 39.725 VT: Karr (DU) 9.900 UB: Karr (DU) 9.950 BB: Karr (DU) 9.950 FX: Karr (DU) 9.925
[24] BYU [8] Oregon State	196.375 196.925	AA: Singley (OSU) 39.400 VT: 3 tied 9.850 UB: 4 tied 9.875 BB: 3 tied 9.875 FX: Yanish (OSU) 9.950

Week 9 Leaders

All-Around

1. Maggie Nichols (Oklahoma) – 39.900
2. Kennedi Edney (LSU) 39.775
3. Myia Hambrick (LSU) 39.725
3. Maddie Karr (Denver) 39.725
5. Nicole Lehrmann (Oklahoma) – 39.675

Vault

1. Maggie Nichols (Oklahoma) – 10.000
2. Brenna Dowell (Oklahoma) – 9.975
2. Taylor Houchin (Nebraska) – 9.975
4. Emma McLean (Michigan) – 9.950
5. Alex McMurtry (Florida) – 9.925
5. Jillian Winstanley (George Washington) – 9.925
5. Toni-Ann Williams (Cal) – 9.925
5. Cami Drouin-Allaire (George Washington – Meet 2) – 9.925
5. Lauren Bridgens (Penn State) – 9.925
5. Robyn Bernard (West Virginia) – 9.925

Bars

1. Kennedi Edney (LSU) 9.975
2. Elizabeth Price (Stanford) – 9.950
2. Alex McMurtry (Florida) – 9.950
2. Braie Speed (Arkansas) – 9.950
2. Maggie Nichols (Oklahoma) – 9.950
2. Nicole Lehrmann (Oklahoma) – 9.950
2. Ivy Lu (Minnesota) – 9.950
2. Kyla Ross (UCLA) – 9.950
2. Myia Hambrick (LSU) – 9.950
2. Rae Balthazor (Illinois) – 9.950
2. Maddie Karr (Denver) – 9.950

Beam

1. Maggie Nichols (Oklahoma) – 10.000
2. Sophia Carter (Arkansas) – 9.975
3. Madison Cindric (Arizona) – 9.950
3. Alex McMurtry (Florida) – 9.950
3. Stefani Catour (Oklahoma) – 9.950
3. Lexy Ramler (Oklahoma) – 9.950
3. Peng Peng Lee (UCLA) 9.950
3. Erin Macadaeg (LSU) 9.950
3. Bridget Hodan (Illinois) 9.950
3. Maddie Karr (Denver) 9.950

Floor

1. Sarah Finnegan (LSU) – 10.000
1. Myia Hambrick (LSU) – 10.000
3. Sabrina Vega (Georiga) – 9.975
3. Anna Martucci (Northern Illinois) – 9.975
3. Kennedi Edney (LSU) – 9.975
6. Kelley Hebert (UC Davis) – 9.950
6. Maggie Nichols (Oklahoma) – 9.950
6. Felicia Hano (UCLA) – 9.950
6. Katelyn Ohasihi (UCLA) – 9.950
6. Kaitlyn Yanish (Oregon State) – 9.950

Live Blog

Saturday Live Blog – March 3, 2018

March 3, 2018 balancebeamsituation 19 Comments

Saturday, March 3	Scores	Stream
12:00 ET/9:00 PT – Springfield @ Cornell		Ivy($)
1:00 ET/10:00 PT – Rhode Island @ Ursinus
1:00 ET/10:00 PT – Ithaca @ Cortland		FREE
3:00 ET/12:00 PT – [11] Washington @ Southern Utah	LINK	FREE
3:00 ET/12:00 PT – West Chester @ William & Mary	LINK	FREE
5:00 ET/2:00 PT – [7] Michigan @ [1] Oklahoma	LINK	FSGo
5:00 ET/2:00 PT – [13] Arizona State @ [25] Minnesota	LINK	BTN+ FLO

On to Michigan and Oklahoma. It’s going to be tough to top earlier today from a crack perspective, where it looks like the vault judges at SUU gave a couple of the SUU Tsuk tuck 1/1s the wrong start value (treating them as 10.0s when they were 9.9 starts because AH HA HA HA nothing matters), but I believe in us. Continue reading Saturday Live Blog – March 3, 2018 →

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