Spartans Record Season-High Team Score In Win Over Utah StateSpartans Record Season-High Team Score In Win Over Utah State

Spartans Record Season-High Team Score In Win Over Utah State

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Mikaela Pitts, Victoria Kisch and Genesis PeBenito won individual titles, and the San José State gymnastics team recorded the 11th-highest team score in school history with a 196.350 to win a dual meet against Utah State (195.675).

  • Pitts anchored the vault team with a 9.850 to win her second title of the season.
  • Kisch won the bars, her first collegiate event title, in the second rotation with a season-high 9.90.
  • The bars team recorded a 49.175, the seventh-highest bars score in school history. Devyn Valuch scored a 9.850, followed by PeBenito and Kaviana Jurries at 9.825, and Sophie Patterson and Samantha Macasu at 9.775.
  • The beam team had its best score of the season with a 49.225, tying for the seventh-highest beam score in school history. Marissa Ashton and Patterson each had a 9.875 to lead SJSU. Vaulch had a season-high 9.850, followed by PeBenito at 9.825, Mia Nelson at 9.800, and Macasu at 9.750.
  • PeBenito won the floor with a season-best 9.850, and the floor team recorded a 49.050. Ashton had a 9.825, while Jurries and Ava Johnson recorded a 9.800. Kaylee Larson recorded a 9.775, and Nelson rounded it out with a 9.750.
  • The 196.350 team score is the 11th-best in school history, and the first time any Spartan team has achieved that score.

UP NEXT – The Spartans continue at home next Sunday, February 22, with a tri-meet against Air Force and UC Davis. The meet begins at 2 p.m., inside the Provident Credit Union Event Center. Tickets can be purchased at the Box Office on the day of the meet, and children 12 and under are free.

San José State    196.350

Utah State          195.675

Vault

  1. Mikaela Pitts, SJSU 9.850

SJSU Scores – Kaviana Jurries 9.825, Ava Johnson 9.775, Sophie Patterson 9.750, Devyn Valuch 9.700, Samantha Macasu 9.675.

Bars

  1. Victoria Kisch, SJSU 9.900
  2. Olivia Oregno, Lundyn VanderToolen, USU 9.900

SJSU Scores – Devyn Valuch 9.850, Genesis PeBenito 9.825, Kaviana Jurries 9.825, Sophie Patterson 9.775, Samantha Macasu 9.775

Beam

  1. Mya Witte, USU 9.900

SJSU Scores – Marissa Ashton 9.875, Sophie Patterson 9.875, Devyn Valuch 9.850, Genesis PeBenito 9.825, Mia Nelson 9.800, Samantha Macasu 9.750

Floor

  1. Genesis PeBenito, SJSU 9.850

SJSU Scores – Marissa Ashton 9.825, Kaviana Jurries 9.800, Ava Johnson 9.800, Kaylee Larson 9.775, Mia Nelson 9.750

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