No. 12 Stanford (9-5, 3-3 Pac-12)
No. 17 Oregon State (7-3, 3-2 Pac-12)
Mon., Feb. 29 • 7 p.m. (PT)
Gill Coliseum • Corvallis, Ore.
Television • Pac-12 Networks
Live Statistics • Available via GoStanford.com
STANFORD, Calif. – No. 12 Stanford travels to No. 17 Oregon State on Monday at 7 p.m. for its first of two road meets next week.
The Cardinal (9-5, 3-3 Pac-12) takes on the Beavers (7-3, 3-2 Pac-12) to start the week and will travel to Los Angeles on Sunday for a tri-meet against No. 6 UCLA and No. 10 Georgia. Both meets will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks and live statistics will be available via GoStanford.com.
Stanford celebrated its seniors this past weekend in its final home meet of the season against No. 5 Utah. The Cardinal produced multiple individual highlight performances, including individual event wins in three-of-four events, but could not overcome two missed routines on bars and fell to the Utes 197.150-195.875.
Six Cardinal gymnasts combined for nine top-four finishes. Elizabeth Price debuted a new vault and scored 9.925 to earn the individual victory. She also won floor with a meet-best 9.925 and tied for fourth on beam with a 9.850.
Ivana Hong punctuated her Senior Day with a 9.875 on bars to earn the individual win. She has registered an individual victory in five of seven meets this season – three on beam and two on bars.
Highlights from Stanford's meet against No. 5 Utah.
Consistently One of the Best in the Country
• Stanford is one of seven teams in the nation to make at least seven Super Six appearances in the past 14 years (2002-15). (Alabama-13, Utah-11, Georgia-10, UCLA-9, Florida-9, Stanford-7, Nebraska-7)
• Stanford returned to the NCAA Championships for the 12th time in the past 15 years in 2015, six gymnasts combined for nine All-America honors and the Cardinal finished fifth at the NCAA Championships with a 197.250 – the team’s second-highest score ever at an NCAA Championships competition.
• A misconception about the Cardinal is that it starts slow and comes out of nowhere during championship season. However, it should not be a surprise and is not a fluke, as evidenced by the team consistently finishing among the top in the nation.
• The Cardinal coaching staff enters each season with a carefully calculated outline of goals for different points during the season. A major focus for the beginning of the season is on consistency, building depth in lineups and health. As the season continues, the Cardinal adds difficulty and unique elements to routines to ensure it peaks during postseason competition.
Price Continues to Dominate
• Elizabeth Price has won the all-around in five of the six meets she has competed in the event this season, including a season-best 39.650 at Arizona. She is ranked fourth in the nation in the all-around. Price claimed individual victories on vault (9.925) and floor (9.925) against No. 5 Utah.
• Price has scored 9.825 or higher in 24-of-27 performances this season and 9.900 or higher in 34-of-52 performances during her collegiate career. She has registered 20 individual event victories in 32 possible events this season.
• Price was named the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week each of the first three weeks of the season.
Elizabeth Price has at least one individual event win in every meet this year. (Photo by Heather Maynez)
Hong Provides Leadership
• Ivana Hong has been a leader in and out of the gym throughout her career and has continued her role in her final season. She won bars against No. 5 Utah with a 9.875. Hong has five individual event victories this season spanning five meets – three individual wins on beam and two on bars.
• Hong was named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week on Feb. 2 for her standout performances on bars (9.900) and beam (9.925) at the Metroplex Challenge.
Consistency from McNair
• Nicolette McNair continued her consistency, contributing scores in all three events and tying for second on bars (9.850), tying for fourth on beam (9.850) and contributing a 9.825 on vault.
• She has scored 9.800 or higher in 20-of-21 routines this season and has hit 92-of-98 routines (94 percent) on vault, bars and beam in her career.
Nicolette McNair has hit 100 percent of her routines on vault, bars and beam this season. (Photo by Hector Garcia-Molina)
A Welcome Return
• Melissa Chuang missed the 2015 season due to injury but has made immediate contributions in 2016. She scored a 9.925 against No. 5 Utah and held the top score of the meet until the final Utes gymnast and finished second on the day. Chuang has hit all seven of her beam routines this season and scored 9.825 in five-of-seven performances.
• At Georgia (Jan. 18), Chuang provided the decisive performance on beam with a 9.900 to earn the victory for the Cardinal. She also contributed scores on vault and floor.
Spector Providing Power on Floor
• Haley Spector has provided big scores on floors the past two competitions, going 9.925 at Arizona and 9.900 against No. 5 Utah. She tied for first place at Arizona and tied for second against the Utes. Spector’s contributions on floor are crucial and help bolster the Cardinal’s lineup in the event.
Consistency Counts
• Danielle McNair continues to contribute scores on a weekly basis, including a 9.775 on vault this past weekend against No. 5 Utah. She is 7-for-7 on vault, 5-for-6 on bars and 1-for-1 on beam in hit routines this season.
• McNair performed the first beam routine of her collegiate career against Arizona State (Feb. 8) and earned a 9.700. McNair has scored 9.700 or higher in 13-of-14 performances this season.
Daum Returns
• Junior Rachel Daum missed the first three meets of the season as she recovered from a minor injury. She has contributed scores on beam and floor in each of the past two weeks.
A Fresh Start
• Freshman Taryn Fitzgerald has been a solid addition to Stanford’s lineup on vault, beam and floor but was injured in practice the week after taking on No. 5 Utah and is out for the season.
• Fitzgerald competed in three events at Georgia and made significant contributions. She produced a 9.725 on floor and contributed a 9.775 on beam to help spark a strong finish by the Cardinal in the event.
Doing It All
• Taylor Rice was Stanford’s primary all-around competitor a year ago and has picked up where she left off. The 2015 Pac-12 First Team selection in the all-around earned her first victory of the season in the event with a 39.075 against Arizona State. She went 39.100 in the all-around at Arizona, falling .100 shy of her season best.
• Rice has competed in the all-around in 16 of the past 21 meets, dating back to the 2015 season opener. She has competed in 143 events throughout her career – the most of any current Stanford gymnast.
Monday’s Opponent: No. 17 Oregon State
• The Beavers are coming off a 196.850-195.350 victory against California. Kaytianna McMillan claimed the individual event victory on beam and tied teammate Mary Jacobsen for the bars win.
• Stanford is on a three-meet winning streak against Oregon State with two wins coming in 2015 and one victory in 2014 at the Pac-12 Championships. The Cardinal is looking for its first victory against the Beavers in Corvallis, Oregon, since the 2006 Pac-10 Championships when it claimed the conference title, 197.100-196.400.
In the Rankings
• Stanford is ranked in the top 25 in the following events based on its Regional Qualifying Score:
Vault: 12th, 49.035
Bars: 10th, 49.095
Beam: 9th, 49.085
• Stanford gymnasts are ranked in the top 25 in the following events based on their Regional Qualifying Score:
All-Around
Elizabeth Price, 4th, 39.430
Vault
Elizabeth Price, T-6th, 9.895
Bars
Elizabeth Price, T-18th, 9.865
Nicolette McNair, T-18th, 9.865
Beam
Melissa Chuang, T-24th, 9.845
Floor
Elizabeth Price, T-15th, 9.900
