Sacramento State is having its best season in years, but it would take a lot for the Hornets to contend in what looks like a battle between two teams contending for regionals. Southern Utah has been great so far in February and should pose a real challenge to Boise State, but it’s difficult for anyone to close against Boise’s great floor rotation at home.
On the NQS front, Boise State doesn’t yet have its requisite six scores but will after this meet. Southern Utah has a tantalizing 194.000 to drop; getting that off the books before the inaugural NQS rankings would be great for the Thunderbirds. Sacramento State has somewhat less upside, but its drop score is 193.125.
Rotation 1: Boise State VT, Southern Utah UB, Sac State BB
S. Kho (BSU): FTY, not a ton of repulsion but nice straight body position and a small hop. 9.775
Christensen (SUU): Blind to Jaeger, touch short of handstand, toe to bail solid. Nice half pirouette, DLO stuck. Nice. 9.875
Morgenthaler (Sac): BHS LOSO solid. Little check on the pike jump to straddle… quarter? Maybe meant to be a half, but stepped around. Solid one and a half dismount. 9.7
McGovern (BSU): FTY, tiny tiny hop in place. Again, not the most height. 9.8
Routsis (SUU): Slight arch on the first handstand, Maloney a little shapey to bail, missed a handstand on the high bar, DLO with a hop. 9.775
Gilman (Sac): BHS LOSO, bit of form and a baby check. Side aerial with a slight adjustment. Split. short. One and a half, baby hop. 9.725
Popp (BSU): Pretty front pike half, small hop back. 9.85
Goodman (SUU): Blind to pike Jaeger, nice flight on her Pak. Blind full double tuck stuck. 9.85
Jones (Sac): Full turn, BHS LOSO with some form, clean landing. Split to split 3/4 solid, side aerial with soft knees, one and a half with a big hop.
Randolph (SUU): Clear hip to true Shap to bail, awesome. Clear hip to DLO, low chest and a hop. 9.85
Vulaj (BSU): Yurchenko full on tuck off, a little flat and crunchy on the landing with a step forward. Meant to do a pike off, just mistimed the block. 9.525
Neff (SUU): Toe to Maloney to bail, clean. DLO, hop-step forward.
Zimmerman (Sac): Full turn, BHS BHS LOSO with a big bend check and falls. Switch switch side, forward gainer full really nice! 9.0
Lopez (BSU): Really nice FTY, tiny scoot back. 9.9
Schwartze (SUU): We didn’t see her release. Missed a handstand, good bail, blind to Rudi with a big hop forward. 9.75
Lutrel (Sac): BHS LOSO, nice and clean. Beat to split 3/4 a little deep but works through it. Switch leg side aerial, pretty, side aerial one and a half with a little hop forward. 9.825
Blackson (BSU): One and a half, great in the air, medium hop forward. The Vulaj vault will definitely be dropped.
Houghton (Sac): BHS LOSO great, one leg a little low on her switch side, pretty full turn. Double full dismount, tiny hop. Great.
After 1: Boise State 49.200, Southern Utah 49.175, Sac State 48.700
Great first rotation for everyone! Event season highs for Boise State and Sac State, while Southern Utah can be
Rotation 2: Boise State UB, Southern Utah BB, Sac State FX
Werline (BSU): Maloney to Pak, little leg sep, nice half pirouette. Maybe shy of a handstand. Stalder double back, scoot and and an arm swing.
Fernandez (SUU): Full turn, side aerial BHS nice. Kickover front, side aerial one and a half with a step forward.
Dumas-Guzman (Sac): Rudi to split really solid. Switch full, a little bit short of split. Front lay front full solid. 9.8
Buell (BSU): Toe to Maloney, extremely shapey with leg sep, to bail. Short on a handstand, DLO with a hop back. 9.775
McClain (SUU): Kickover front BHS, check. Straddle to straddle quarter solid. Cat leap kickover front. Full turn, slightly chaotic. Gainer full, step.
Houghton (Sac): Front lay to Rudi, pretty and great control. Switch side Popa, imprecise rotation. Double pike, a touch short and fumbles out. 9.8
McGovern (BSU): Clear hip to Gienger to overshoot, little leg sep on the Gienger catch and then comes into the overshoot low but works out. Full out, a bit close to the bar and a pace back. 9.775
Cacciola (SUU): Full turn, switch to split to LOSO to beat. Nice work through that long combo! BHS LOSO, slightly tentative but no check. One and a half dismount with a pace forward.
Jones (Sac): Nice double tuck. Front lay front full, soft knees. Rudi with leg sep, a bit short with a big step to the side. 9.775
Hamby (BSU): Ray to overshoot, solid. DLO a little low with a little scoot back. 9.775
Randolph (SUU): BHS back pike, straddle straddle quarter, emphatic landings so far. Kickover front with bent knees to beat. Round off one and a half, step forward.
Blackson (BSU): Bail, pretty, blind to Markelov great. DLO SO DEEP and barely avoids dropping a knee, huge step forward. 9.775 is a gift.
Morgenthaler (Sac): Nice Rudi LOSO, solid double pike, making landings.
Coutu (SUU): BHS LOSO, split to sheep solid. Full turn. Cat leap side aerial/somi? with a substantial pivot/check situation. Gainer full off the side, foot shuffle.
Lopez (BSU): Nice Jaeger, pretty bail. DLO stuck on her toes. 9.95
Gilman (Sac): Nice double pike. Tour jete half split full, scoot. Front lay to tuck half, not sure what she planned there. Double tuck short, step forward.
Neff (SUU): BHS LOSO with an extra step and falls. Another fall a few skills later.
Lutrel (Sac): Naiiiiled the double pike. Front lay front full, slightly wild in the air and a bigger step. Tour jete half split full, pretty short of splits. Double tuck a bit short, hop to lunge.
After 2: Boise State 98.275, Southern Utah 98.000, Sac State 97.750
Boise State is pulling ahead, but Southern Utah is heading to its favorite event.
Rotation 3: Sac State VT, Boise State BB, Southern Utah FX
Vulaj (BSU): BHS LOSO, major check. Switch… resets. Switch LOSO, bend check. Nice kickover front. One and a half dismount, step back. 9.375
Gilman (Sac): Yurchenko half, moderate hop and just a touch of pike in the air 9.75
Fernandez (SUU): Double tuck, good. Switch half wolf full wolf full is a little awkward on the last landing but that’s a good chunk of bonus. One and a half front lay solid. Rudi, leg sep and a slightly awkward landing. 9.825
Lahmidi (Sac): Yurchenko tuck, solid amplitude, hop back. 9.675
Kho (BSU): Candle mount. BHS back pike, adjustment. Full turn. Sissone to switch half is nice. One and a half, little hop to the side. 9.6
Pardue (SUU): Double tuck, solid landing. Front lay front full, bit of leg sep throughout. Fun bit of handstand choreography. Double pike, chest maybe a touch low but lunges out fine. 9.825
Morgenthaler (Sac): Yurchenko one and a half, little hop to the side but great dynamics. 9.8
Cacciola (SUU): Slightly fudges the double tuck landing but no major issue. Front full front lay and misses the punch but somehow yanks the layout around. Clean Rudi to finish.
Loyim (BSU): Naiiiiled her BHS LOSO LOSO. Side aerial good. Switch switch to great gainer full dismount, tiny scoot if anything. 9.925
Wilson (Sac): Yurchenko half huge and dynamic and flies straight over the top onto her hands.
Lopez (BSU): BHS LOSO good. Great turning leaps, so steady, cat leap kickover front no problem. Gainer full, scoot back.
Gull (SUU): Double pike, long lunge but keeps the front foot down. Rudi to split, slightly shuffly landing there. Tour jete half wolf full. Double tuck, great.
Zimmerman (Sac): FTY, hop-step back.
Popp (BSU): Great on the two foot layout. Stream briefly died. Good gainer full dismount. 9.95
Randolph (SUU): DLO, a bit overcooked but stays in bounds. Front through double back with a little scoot.
Lutrel (Sac): Bails on her run. Oh WOW, a SUU gymnast stepped in front of her. FTY with a moderate hop on the second try.
Leitch (BSU): Stream will not stop lagging!! Switch gainer pike, hop forward. 9.6 so clearly something not perfect there but not sure what.
Christensen (SUU): Nice double back to start. Lagging again, something to front full underrotated and hops around. Switch half wolf full. Rudi, slightly deep landing. 9.6
After 3: Boise State 147.250, Southern Utah 147.125, Sac State 146.550
Rotation 4: Southern Utah VT, Sac State UB, Boise State FX
Cacciola (SUU): FTY, high and clean, medium hop. 9.825
Vulaj (BSU): One and a half front full, great control, switch to tour jete full a bit short with iffy split. L hop, overcooked double pike and takes a long step to avoid losing control of it.
Lutrel (Sac): Blind to Markelov. FTDB with a step. 9.7
Randolph (SUU): FTY, super amplitude, medium hop. SUU vaults so far are tangibly higher than the other two teams at this meet. 9.8
Morgenthaler (Sac): Blind to Jaeger, bit of form, fights for a handstand, Pak to switch kip muscled through. Pushing for her last cast handstand again, DLO stuck. 9.625
Leitch (BSU): Double pike, good start. Switch half wolf full is nice. Front lay front full, solid landing, great control on the double tuck.
McClain (SUU): FTY, a little flatter than the other two but still a good block, hop back.
Wilson (Sac): Jaeger to overshoot, bit of feet, shy on a handstand, DLO stuck. Great landings from Sac State this rotation. 9.8
Pascal (BSU): Great double back. Switch ring tour jete half, bit short of split. One and a half front lay really nice. Rudi to split, little bit of feet.
Pardue (SUU): STUCK THE ONE AND A HALF. 9.95 absolutely ice cold.
Lastra (Sac): Cut in partway on this one, DLO with a step back.
Loyim (BSU): Whip double tuck, lunges a little long but keeps the front foot down. Double pike, travels quite far again.
Gull (SUU): A late sub for Brinlee Christensen. Yurchenko full on tuck off, long step back.
Lahmidi (Sac): Blind to Jaeger to overshoot, touch of feet, FTDB with a tiny hop.
McGovern (BSU): Rudi LOSO, a bit chaotic in the air but lands well. Solid double back to finish.
Houghton (Sac): Blind to Jaeger, high and clean, arches a handstand and goes over but stays on and casts out, good Pak. DLO with a little hop.
Goodman (SUU): FTY, chest a touch low but just bounces on her toes.
Blackson (BSU): Front double full front tuck, drilled. Nailed her two and a half as well. Not a lot to complain about on that one.
FINAL: Boise State 196.650, Southern Utah 196.250, Sac State 195.225
Awesome meet all around with a season high for both the Broncos and the Hornets! Expect both Boise State and Southern Utah to be in regionals position in the rankings come Monday.
VT: Pardue (SUU) 9.950
UB: Lopez (BSU) 9.950
BB: Popp (BSU) 9.950
FX: Blackson (BSU) 9.950
AA: Randolph (SUU) 39.225
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