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No. 18 Huskies Gymnasts Top Stanford
January 21, 2005 | Gymnastics
Jan. 21, 2005
Seattle - The 18th-ranked Washington women's gymnastics team (4-1) utilized a solid performance on beam to beat the pre-season No. 3 Stanford Cardinal (0-1) 192.825-192.425 in front of 1,819 fans at Bank of America Arena on Friday night. Stanford's Liz Tricase won the all-around (39.050), aided by first-place finishes on vault (9.850) and bars (9.825).
On beam, the Huskies set a team season-high with a 48.600. The Huskies swept the top three spots, led by junior Kelly McDonald's first place mark of 9.850. Sophomore Chelsea Bakken and freshman Julie Medeiros tied for second on the event (9.750).
"The girls did a great job tonight," said Coach Bob Levesque. "They were a lot more aggressive on beam tonight and they just sucked it up and did a great job."
The Huskies were without their top overall performer, Carly Dockendorf, and their most consistent beam performer, Molly Seaman, who both sat out with injuries.
Senior Tacia LaBatte paced the Huskies effort on floor, finishing first with a score of 9.850. Tricase tied teammate Natalie Foley for second with a 9.800.
Washington started out quickly by winning the vault as a team, besting the Cardinal 48.425-48.075. UW sophomore Chelsea Bakken led the Huskies, taking second behind Tricase with a 9.775. LaBatte (9.750) was third followed teammate Nikki Waiss (9.725).
The Huskies were forced to count a fall towards their score in their second event bars and finished just behind Stanford 48.000-47.975. McDonald led the Huskies effort on the bars finishing second with a 9.800. Brittney Brabec was third with a career-high 9.775 and teammate Kim Lewis was fourth with a 9.725.
The Huskies return to action next Friday and will host Arizona, Minnesota and Seattle Pacific at 7 p.m.
Team Scoring Vault Bars Beam Floor Total Washington 48.425 47.975 48.600 47.825 192.825 Stanford 48.075 48.000 47.650 48.700 192.425Vault 1. Liz Tricase, STAN 9.850 2. Chelsea Bakken, UW 9.775 3. Tacia LaBatte, UW 9.750 4. Nikki Waiss, UW 9.725 5. Glyn Sweets, STAN 9.675 6. Natalie Gillan, UW 9.625 7. Brittney Brabec, UW 9.550 Alex Pintchouk, STAN 9.550 9. Natalie Foley, STAN 9.525 10. Stephanie Gentry, STAN 9.475 11. Lauren Elmore, STAN 9.375 12. Julie Medeiros, UW 9.225
Bars 1. Liz Tricase, STAN 9.825 2. Kelly McDonald, UW 9.800 3. Brittney Brabec, UW 9.775 4. Kim Lewis, UW 9.725 Glyn Sweets, STAN 9.725 6. Tacia LaBatte, UW 9.675 7. Stacy Sprando, STAN 9.650 8. Lauren Elmore, STAN 9.600 9. Natalie Foley, STAN 9.200 10. Raimey Iselin, UW 9.000 Natalie Gillan, UW 9.000 12. Aimee Precourt, STAN 8.975
Beam 1. Kelly McDonald, UW 9.850 2. Chelsea Bakken, UW 9.750 Julie Medeiros, UW 9.750 4. Lauren Elmore, STAN 9.700 5. Brittney Brabec, UW 9.625 Nikki Waiss, UW 9.625 7. Liz Tricase, STAN 9.575 8. Stacy Sprando, STAN 9.525 9. Glyn Sweets, STAN 9.450 10. Alex Pintchouk, STAN 9.400 11. Stephanie Gentry, STAN 9.200 12. Natalie Gillan, UW 8.925
Floor 1. Tacia LaBatte, UW 9.850 2. Liz Tricase, STAN 9.800 Natalie Foley, STAN 9.800 4. Chelsea Bakken, UW 9.750 5. Brittney Brabec, UW 9.725 Stephanie Gentry, STAN 9.725 7. Alex Pintchouk, STAN 9.700 8. Lauren Elmore, STAN 9.675 9. Natalie Gillan, UW 9.625 10. Stacy Sprando, STAN 9.525 11. Raimey Iselin, UW 8.875 12. Julie Medeiros, UW 8.700
All-Around 1. Liz Tricase, STAN 39.050 2. Brittney Brabec, UW 38.675 3. Lauren Elmore, STAN 38.350 4. Natalie Gillan, UW 37.175
