This Week:
Fri., March 1 Seattle Pacific, Brougham Pavilion, Seattle, Wash. 7:00 p.m. PT
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The San José State women's gymnastics team travels north to the state of Washington where the Spartans will compete at Seattle Pacific Friday night in a dual meet. The Spartans are coming off a 193.250 at UC Davis last Friday night, while SPU defeated Sacramento State, 192.375-192.175, at home last week, the Falcons first win over the Hornets since 2005.
This is the second of three meetings for the teams this season. The Falcons visited The Event Center on January 25 where they scored a 189.325. The two teams will also compete for the 2019 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship on March 24, hosted by Seattle Pacific inside Brougham Pavilion.
National Rankings Ranking NQS
San José State 51st 193.400
Seattle Pacific 65th 191.185
LAST WEEK
Taylor Chan recorded her fifth 9.900 on floor this season to tie for first place last Friday night at UC Davis. She had a career-best 39.250 in the all-around to finish second. Chan added a 9.825 on beam, tied her season-best on vault at 9.775 and had a 9.750 on bars. The Spartans scored a 193.250 for the meet.
Carli Orcutt competed in the all-around for the first time this season, adding beam for the first time this season, and scored a 38.500. She had a 9.725 on vault, 9.700 on bars, 9.625 on floor and 9.450 on beam.
San José State started the meet on bars with a 48.225, led by Stephanie Relova and Nikki Duggan at 9.775. The vault team had a 48.300, led by Chan's 9.775. The floor team had the team's best score at 48.575, led by Chan at 9.900 and Josalyn Ray at 9.775. The beam team rounded at the scoring with a 48.150, with Chan again leading the team at 9.825 and Chelsey Andrada at 9.750.
SPARTAN COACHING STAFF
Head coach Joanne Bowers is in her first season at the helm of the San José State program. She is the sixth head coach in the program's now 50-year history in August of 2018. From 2007 to 2016, Bowers was the head women's gymnastics coach at the University of Washington.
James Williams and Jeffrey Langenstein are in their first season as assistant coaches for the Spartans after joining the program in September of 2018. Chelsea Spomer is in her second year with the program, serving as the director of operations for the 2019 season.
MPSF WEEKLY HONORS
Three Spartans have won seven MPSF weekly honors this year.
Gymnast Award Date
Taylor Chan Gymnast of the Week January 8
Taylor Chan Gymnast of the Week January 15
Carli Orcutt Freshman of the Week January 22
Carli Orcutt Freshman of the Week February 5
Kaprece Nadonza Specialist of the Week February 19
Carli Orcutt Freshman of the Week February 19
Carli Orcutt Freshman of the Week February 26
Carli Orcutt has received MPSF Freshman of the Week honors four times this season, including the past two weeks. This week she was honored after competing in the all-around for the first time in her collegiate career. She had a 38.500 in the all-around at UC Davis which included a 9.725 on vault, a 9.700 on bars, a 9.625 on floor and a 9.450 on beam (her fist time competing on beam).
Last week, she was honored after tying for second on vault with a 9.775 and added a 9.725 on bars and a 9.550 on floor in a meet with Sacramento State and New Hampshire.
She received her second MPSF Freshman of the Week honor on February 5. In a home meet with UC Davis and Boise State, Orcutt recorded a 9.725 on vault and helped the vault team score a season-best 48.475. She added a 9.725 on bars and a 9.650 on floor.
Her other Freshman of the Week honor came on January 22, as she helped the team to a win at Southeast Missouri. Orcutt started the night with a 9.750 on bars and followed that up with a 9.700 on vault. She then made her debut on floor in the third rotation with a 9.725. For the meet, she was third on bars, tied for fourth on vault and tied for sixth on floor.
Kaprece Nadonza was named the MPSF Specialist of the Week on February 19. She tied for first on bars with a season-best 9.875, her best bars score since the MPSF Championship meet in 2017. Nadonza won just her second bars title of her collegiate career.
Taylor Chan has received the MPSF Gymnast of the Week honors twice this year. At Boise State on January 13, Chan tied her career-best score in the all-around with a 39.175. Chan led the team on the bars with a 9.800, the beam with a 9.825 and the floor with a 9.800. She tied for second in the all-around, tied for third on floor and tied for fourth on beam.
At the NorCal Classic on January 6, Chan finished second in the all-around at the NorCal Classic with a 39.025. Chan tied for first on floor with a 9.900, and added a 9.800 on beam, 9.700 on vault and 9.625 on bars.
ANDRADA TIES BEAM RECORD
Chelsey Andrada scored a 9.900 on beam at Sacramento State on February 8 to tie the San José State school record. She is now one of eight Spartans to receive a 9.900 which has happened 11 times in school history. The last to do it before Andrada was her teammate Taylor Chan who did it in 2017 at the MPSF Championships.
9.900 Tanika Byrd March 3, 2000
9.900 Jennifer Greene March 2, 2003
9.900 Jennifer Greene March 13, 2004
9.900 Michelle Minotti March 18, 2007
9.900 Thomasina Wallace March 12, 2010
9.900 Thomasina Wallace Feb. 11, 2011
9.900 Aubrey Lee Feb. 18, 2011
9.900 Thomasina Wallace March 9, 2012
9.900 Julia Greer Jan. 26, 2014
9.900 Taylor Chan March 18, 2017
9.900 Chelsey Andrada February 8, 2019
VAULT TEAM POSTED SOLID SCORES
The Spartan vault team recorded a season-best 48.475 twice this season - in a home meet with Boise State and UC Davis and at Sacramento State. At the home meet, Chelsey Andrada led the team as she tied her career high with a 9.875. The reigning MPSF Vault Champion, her score tied the third-highest score in school history. At Sacramento State, Carli Orcutt won her first collegiate event title as she led the Spartans with a 9.800.
BARS TEAM SHINES IN HOME MEET
The Spartan bars team scored a season-best 48.825 in a home meet with New Hampshire and Sacramento State on February 15. Kaprece Nadonza led the team with a 9.875 to tie for first place. She was followed by Stephanie Relova at 9.825, Nikki Duggan at 9.775, Carli Orcutt at 9.725, Taylor Chan at 9.625 and Tia Gin at 9.400.
SPARTANS WITH FLOOR BEST AT SEMO
The Spartan floor team recorded a season-best 48.825 in the win at Southeast Missouri on January 18. Taylor Chan led the team as she tied first with a 9.90. Freshman Jasmine Henley had a season-best 9.8000, while fellow freshman Carli Orcutt recorded a 9.725 in her first collegiate floor routine. Josalyn Ray and Stephanie Relova each had a 9.700, and Chelsey Andrada had a 9.675.
CHAN 9.900 = FIVE FLOOR WINS
Taylor Chan likes to win on the floor when she scores a 9.900. In the four meets she scored a 9.900, she won or tied for first. Her latest floor title came in a home meet with Sacramento State and New Hampshire.
9.900 NorCal Classic, January 6
9.900 at Southeast Missouri, January 18
9.900 Air Force, Alaska Anchorage, Seattle Pacific, Jan. 25
9.900 Sacramento State, New Hampshire, February 15
9.900 at UC Davis, February 22
FUTURE PROMOTIONS
March 8 - vs. California, Senior Night, 7 p.m.
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