No. 2 Stanford (8-2, 4-1 MPSF)
Saturday, March 28 • 4 p.m. (PT)
Cadet West Gym • Colorado Springs, Colo.
Live Stream • Available via GoStanford.com
No. 1 Oklahoma
No. 7 California
No. 10 Air Force
STANFORD, Calif. – No. 2 Stanford returns to action after a two-week break that included final exams as it pursues it fifth Mountain Pacific Sports Federation title Saturday at 4 p.m. (PT) in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The Cardinal (8-2, 4-1 MPSF) claimed MPSF championships in 1993, 1995, 2009 and 2011, and went on to win NCAA Championships in each of those seasons.
Stanford has been strong all season, spending every week ranked in the top-four in the country. The Cardinal has broken the 440-point mark in three of its past four meets and has finished first in each of the past four competitions.
Cardinal Update
• Stanford concluded its regular season with two victories in three days, defeating No. 3 Illinois 440.300-420.400 and finishing first with a 425.800 at No. 17 UIC and Arizona State.
• The Cardinal outscored Illinois in all six events, highlighted by a season-best performance on vault that produced a 74.900. Eight Stanford gymnasts combined for 14 top-three finishes.
• Akash Modi claimed all three of Stanford’s individual event victories, placing first on floor (15.550), pommel horse (15.250) and parallel bars (15.500). He has earned 17 individual event victories against NCAA teams this season: all-around (4), parallel bars (4), floor (3), pommel horse (3), rings (2) and high bar (1).
• Dennis Zaremski earned a pair of second-place results on rings (15.300) and parallel bars (14.750).
• Robert Neff tallied a career best 15.100 on high bar to place second and added a third-place finish on vault with a career high 15.050.
• Brian Knott continued his steady season, tying for third on parallel bars (14.800), pommel horse (14.650) and high bar (14.400).
• Michael Levy scored a season-best 15.200 on floor to place third.
• Stanford outscored UIC and Arizona State in all six events to pick up the first-place result in a meet that saw a variety of Cardinal gymnasts who typically have not been in lineups this year. Stanford opted to rest a good amount of lineup regulars and get additional gymnasts competition experience.
• Levy picked up individual event wins on floor and rings with scores of 14.950.
• Brandon Beckhardt contributed a season-best 14.200 on parallel bars to finish first.
• Ryan Sheppard produced a career high 15.150 on high bar to earn Stanford’s fourth individual event victory of the competition.
In the Rankings
• Stanford is ranked in the top 25 in the following events based on its four-score average:
Floor: 4th, 74.150
Pommel Horse: 5th, 71.283
Rings: 6th, 73.750
Vault: 2nd, 74.383
Parallel Bars: 3rd, 73.233
High Bar: 2nd, 72.900
• Stanford gymnasts are ranked in the top 20 in the following events based on their four-score average:
Floor
Akash Modi, 10th, 15.183
Michael Levy, 13th, 15.017
Robert Neff, T-14th, 14.983
Sean Senters, T-20th, 14.867
Pommel Horse
Akash Modi, 9th, 14.950
Brian Knott, 13th, 14.800
Rings
Brandon Beckhardt, T-15th, 14.983
Vault
Sean Senters, T-2nd, 15.300
Akash Modi, T-8th, 15.017
Taylor Seaton, T-17th, 14.900
Parallel Bars
Akash Modi, 1st, 15.533
Brian Knott, T-11th, 14.917
High Bar
Brian Knott, T-7th, 14.933
Robert Neff, 17th, 14.700
All-Around
Akash Modi, 1st, 89.683
Robert Neff, T-9th, 84.283
Ryan Sheppard, 13th, 83.117
