University of Washington
Arizona State/Seattle Pacific
No. 13 ASU Downs Husky, SPU Gymnasts
January 27, 2006 | Gymnastics
Jan. 27, 2006
Seattle - Seattle native April Boone won all-around for Arizona State and led the 13th-ranked Sun Devils (4-0) to a win over Washington (3-6) and Seattle Pacific University (1-2) at Bank of America Arena on Friday night in front of 1,134 fans.
Ashley Houghting (Welland, Ont./Welland Secondary) and Kelly McDonald (Seattle, Wash./Roosevelt HS) won vault and beam respectively for the Huskies. It is the third time this season that the pair has won those events at the same meet.
For the Huskies, the evening was eerily similar to the previous week's meet vs. UCLA. Washington jumped out of the gate like gang-busters in the first rotation, setting a season-high on vault with a 48.875. Like last week, they stumbled in the second rotation, falling three times on their way to a 45.850 score.
The Huskies were once again led on vault by Houghting's second-consecutive 9.9. She was tied by ASU's Cassandra Jusino, who also recorded a 9.9 on the very last vault of the evening's competition. Kristen Omori (Kirkland, Wash./Juanita HS) scored a career-high with a 9.850, while Chelsea Bakken (Mesa, Ariz./Mountain View HS) and Natalie Gillan (Denver, Calif./Pomona HS) each scored season-high's with 9.825 and 9.700 respectively.
McDonald once again did her part to on bars, scoring a 9.800, but the next highest score for the Huskies was Houghting's 9.325. Arizona State was forced to count a fall on bars and scored a 47.950. The Sun Devils were led by Ashley Kelly and Tia Orlando, who each scored a 9.725.
"We were ahead after the first rotation and then they beat us by four points on the second rotation," said Husky Head Coach Bob Levesque. "I was very disappointed on bars. Kelly did a good job. We knew we'd be struggling on bars, but the other kids just hadn't picked it up."
The Huskies were never able to fully recover after the second rotation. Arizona State swept the top three spots on beam, led by Nicole Harris and Ashley Kelly, who each scored a 9.875. Houghting was fourth on beam with a career-high 9.800. Seattle Pacific scored a 47.500 on beam and was paced by Sarah Sullivan's 9.750.
The Huskies managed a season-high 48.875 on floor, but were no match for the Sun Devils' 49.075. Jusino and Boone placed one-and-two respectively in the event followed by Bakken and Omori who tied for third with 9.850. Sullivan was fifth, pacing the way for the Falcons with a 9.825.
The Huskies return to action next Friday, February 3 at Arizona.
Team Scoring Vault Bars Beam Floor Total 1. Arizona State 49.050 47.950 49.100 49.075 195.175 2. Washington 48.875 45.850 47.925 48.875 191.525 3. Seattle Pacific 47.525 46.750 47.500 48.450 190.225Vault 1. Ashley Houghting, UW 9.900 Cassandra Jusino, ASU 9.900 3. Kristen Omori, UW 9.850 4. Chelsea Bakken, UW 9.825 April Boone, ASU 9.825 6. Ashley Kelly, ASU 9.775 Tia Orlando, ASU 9.775 Lauren Powell, ASU 9.775 9. Kristin Bryant, SPU 9.725 10. Natalie Gillan, UW 9.700 11. Jaynie Reynolds, SPU 9.625 12. Katie Boyko, UW 9.600 13. Brianna Schwartz, SPU 9.500 14. Sarah Sullivan, SPU 9.450 15. Jessica Brown, UW 9.350 16. Debra Huss, SPU 9.225 17. Ashlee Hinkle, ASU 9.100 18. Melissa Daniels, SPU 8.925 Emily Epsten, UW 9.325 (exh.) Tracy Smith, SPU 9.325 (exh.)
Bars 1. Kelly McDonald, UW 9.800 2. Ashley Kelly, ASU 9.725 Tia Orlando, ASU 9.725 4. April Boone, ASU 9.650 5. Debra Huss, SPU 9.600 Cassandra Jusino, ASU 9.600 Jaynie Reynolds, SPU 9.600 8. Ashley Domres, SPU 9.525 9. Ashley Houghting, UW 9.325 10. Nicole Harris, ASU 9.250 11. Lauren Powell, ASU 9.175 12. Chelsea Bakken, UW 9.050 13. Sarah Sullivan, SPU 9.025 14. Brianna Schwartz, SPU 9.000 15. Jennifer Chang, UW 8.850 16. Darcee Schiller, UW 8.825 17. Amber Lundgren, SPU 8.700 18. Natalie Gillan, UW 8.575 Shannon McConahey, SPU 8.775 (exh.) Tiana Jean, ASU 9.050 (exh.)
Beam 1. Ashley Kelly, ASU 9.875 Nicole Harris, ASU 9.875 3. April Boone, ASU 9.850 4. Ashlee Hinkle, ASU 9.800 Ashley Houghting, UW 9.800 5. Sarah Sullivan, SPU 9.750 6. Chelsea Bakken, UW 9.700 Tia Orlando, ASU 9.700 8. Jennifer Chang, UW 9.675 9. Ashley Domres, SPU 9.650 Lauren Powell, ASU 9.650 11. Jaynie Reynolds, SPU 9.625 Danna Nelson, SPU 9.625 13. Kristen Omori, UW 9.475 14. Natalie Gillan, UW 9.275 15. Kelly McDonald, UW 9.250 16. Amber Lundgren, SPU 8.850 17. Debra Huss, SPU 8.550 Brianna Piedmonte, SPU 9.550 (exh.) Kelly Gilbert, UW 9.000 (exh.)
Floor 1. Cassandra Jusino, ASU 9.900 2. April Boone, ASU 9.875 3. Chelsea Bakken, UW 9.850 Kristen Omori, UW 9.850 5. Sarah Sullivan, SPU 9.825 6. Nicole Harris, ASU 9.775 Ashley Toner, ASU 9.775 8. Kristin Bryant, SPU 9.750 Kelly Gilbert, UW 9.750 Debra Huss, SPU 9.750 Tia Orlando, ASU 9.750 12. Ashley Kelly, ASU 9.700 13. Natalie Gillan, UW 9.725 14. Tori Quandt, UW 9.700 15. Ashley Houghting, UW 9.675 16. Brianna Schwartz, SPU 9.625 17. Amber Lundgren, SPU 9.500 18. Jaynie Reynolds, SPU 9.150 Darcee Schiller, UW 9.625 (exh.) Haley Krommenhoek, SPU 8.250 (exh.)
All-Around 1. April Boone, ASU 39.200 2. Ashley Kelly, ASU 39.075 3. Tia Orlando, ASU 38.950 4. Ashley Houghting, UW 38.700 5. Chelsea Bakken, UW 38.425 6. Sarah Sullivan, SPU 38.050 7. Jaynie Reynolds, SPU 38.000 8. Natalie Gillan, UW 37.275 9. Debra Huss, SPU 37.125
