This Week:
Fri., March 8 #14 California The Event Center, San Jose, Calif. 7:00 p.m. PT
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The San José State women's gymnastics team hosts #14 California this Friday at The Event Center for the final home meet of the season.
This is the first of two meetings for the teams in the next 10 days. California is hosting a quad meet on Sunday, March 17, where the two teams will also compete against Illinois and Sacramento State.
National Rankings Ranking NQS
California 14th 196.460
San José State 53rd 193.605
SENIOR NIGHT
This Friday night's meet will be the final home meet for five Spartans - Kaprece Nadonza, Ellie Pascoe-Long, Josalyn Ray, Stephanie Relova and Michelle Shalit. The gymnasts will be honored after the final rotation along with the four California seniors.
LAST WEEK
The San José State women's gymnastics team won or tied for first in every event as the Spartans scored a 194.075 in a meet at Seattle Pacific last Friday.
Taylor Chan was the big winner of the day, was first on three events and won the all-around with a 39.225. She tied teammate Chelsey Andrada on vault with a 9.725, won the beam with a season-best 9.850 and received her sixth 9.900 on floor for her sixth floor title of the year.
Kaprece Nadonza tied for first on bars with a 9.800, her second bars title in the past three meets.
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. Last 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).
She was honored on February 19, 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 record. She is 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 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
BEAM TEAM SHINES AT SEATTLE PACIFIC
The Spartans scored a season-best 48.825 on beam in the final rotation at Seattle Pacific. Taylor Chan led the team with a 9.850, followed by Chelsey Andrada and Stephanie Relova at 9.800. Tia Gin had a season-best 9.750, Carli Orcutt added a 9.625, while Josalyn Ray had a 9.125.
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 = SIX FLOOR WINS
Taylor Chan likes to win on the floor when she scores a 9.900. In the six meets she scored a 9.900, she won or tied for first. Her latest floor title came at Seattle Pacific on March 1
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
9.900 at Seattle Pacific, March 1