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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Miyuki Matsune placed fourth on the balance beam Friday while teammate Darian Burns was fifth in the all-around and seventh on the vault for the Seattle Pacific gymnasts in a third-place team result at the Sacramento State Triangular.
 
Matsune earned a career-high score of 9.800 on the beam, improving upon the 9.775 she posted last week. The SPU sophomore executed a routine without using her left arm, which is heavily bandaged due to a broken hand. All of the skills in her routine that require a hand are performed with only her right arm.
 
Burns compiled a four-event total of 37.775 that would have been higher except for a fall on the floor exercise. Her seventh-place vault score was 9.750 and she posted a 9.675 on the uneven bars, tops on the team, and 9.600 on the beam.
 
Sacramento State recorded a season-high total of 195.400 to win the team title at home in the Hornets Nest. San Jose State was second with 194.050 points and the NCAA Division II Falcons' third-place mark was 189.200. SPU's opposition were both Division I members.
 
Sacramento's Annie Juarez was the all-around winner, compiling 39.200 points that included a first-place score of 9.850 on the floor. Her teammate, Jackie Sampson, topped the bars field (9.875).
 
Kaprece Nadonza claimed first place on the vault for San Jose State with a score of 9.825. The Spartans' Chelsey Andrada and Sacramento's Caitlin Soliwoda tied for top honors on the beam with matching marks of 9.875.
 
Junior Itzia San Roman was SPU's best floor performer with a 10th-place score of 9.650.
 
BEAM
SPU got off to a terrific start , shattering its season-best beam total with 48.125 points. The previous high on that apparatus was 47.725.

 

The Falcons did not have to count their one fall as the other five competitors stayed on the beam. After fine scores in the middle of the lineup from Darian Burns (9.600) and Lena Wirth (9.650), the final two gymnasts were standouts.
 
In the No. 5 spot, San Roman received a score of 9.750 that surpassed her previous season-high of 9.675 by three-quarters of a point.

Matsune followed in the anchor position and recorded a career-best tally of 9.800. That improved upon the 9.775 she earned last week. Matsune's performance as all the more remarkable considering she only used her right arm as her left was heavily wrapped due to a broken hand.
 
SPU beam scores in competition order
1- McKenna Zimmermann 9.325, 2-Shelbi Spivey 9.050, 3-Darian Burns 9.600, 4-Lena Wirth 9.650, 5-Itzia San Roman 9.750, 6-Miyuki Matsune 9.800. Team Total – 48.125
 
FLOOR
The Falcons then took to the floor and did not produce any season high marks en route to a team total of 47.000 that was their second-lowest of the year.
 
The second rotation was not without highlights as a trio of gymnasts in the middle of the rotation posted impressive scores. From the No. 2 hole, freshman Jadacie Durst received a 9.575 in her fourth consecutive meet in the floor lineup. Another freshman, Kylie Reese, was up fourth and produced 9.600 points.
 
San Roman turned in the team's top floor score from the No. 5 spot with a mark of 9.650.
 
SPU floor scores in competition order
1-Kylee Gauna 9.325, 2-Jadacie Durst 9.575, 3-Brittany Atchison 8.850, 4-Kylie Reese 9.600, 5-Itzia San Roman 9.650, 6-Darian Burns 8.750. Team Total – 47.000
 
VAULT
Two lofty vault scores headlined the third rotation for the Falcons. The 47.475 combined points represented their second-lowest vault output of the season.
 
Freshman Autumn Huskie nailed a solid vault to score 9.675 in just her second appearance in the lineup. That was an improvement of seven-tenths from her first outing.
 
Burns was the final vaulter and she topped the team for the third time this season in that event with a 9.750.
 
SPU vault scores in competition order
1- Zahra Lawal 9.475, 2-Autumn Huskie 9.675, 3-Itzia San Roman 8.975, 4-Shelbi Spivey 9.125, 5-Lena Wirth 9.450, 6-Darian Burns 9.750. Team Total – 47.475
 
BARS
The Falcons concluded the meet on the uneven bars, which has proven to be their most challenging apparatus this season. That was the case again Friday as they had to count two falls en route to a 46.600-point team total.
 
Freshman Shelbi Spivey produced the season-high mark for a Falcon on the bars. Her score of 9.625 was over a point better than in her inaugural routine last week.
 
Solid scores were achieved by McKenna Zimmermann (9.525), and Burns (9.675).
 
SPU bars scores in competition order
1-McKenna Zimmermann 9.525, 2-Brittany Atchison 7.350, 3-Shelbi Spivey 9.625, 4-Kylie Reese 8.700, 5-Darian Burns 9.675, 6-Sienna Brane 9.075. Team Total – 46.600
 
NEXT MEET
The Seattle Pacific gymnasts return home to compete in Brougham Pavilion for the first time in the month of February. They host Alaska Anchorage and Sacramento State on Friday at 7 p.m.
 
 
NCAA WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS
Sacramento State Triangular
Friday, Feb. 16, 2018
Hornets Nest / Sacramento, Calif.
 
Team Scores
1, Sacramento State, 195.400
2, San Jose State, 194.050
3, Seattle Pacific, 189.200
 
All-Around
1, Annie Juarez, SAC, 39.200
2, Caitlin Soliwoda, SAC, 39.175
3, Kaitlin Won, SJSU, 38.525
4, Taylor Chan, SJSU, 38.400
5, Darian Burns, SPU, 37.775
 
Vault
1, Kaprece Nadonza, SJSU, 9.825
2, Taylor Chan, SJSU, 9.800
3t, Annie Juarez, SAC, 9.775
3t, Chelsey Andrada, SJSU, 9.775
3t, Kaitlin Won, SJSU, 9.775
3t, Ellie Pascoe-Long, SJSU, 9.75
7, Darian Burns, SPU, 9.750
 
Uneven Bars
1, Jackie Sampson, SAC, 9.875
2, Kaitlin Won, SJSU, 9.825
3t, Annie Juarez, SAC, 9.800
3t, Courtney Soliwoda, SAC, 9.800
5t, Caitlin Soliwoda, SAC, 9.775
5t, Ellie Pascoe-Long, SJSU, 9.775
     Top SPU placer – 11, Darian Burns, 9.675
 
Balance Beam
1t, Caitlin Soliwoda, SAC, 9.875
1t, Chelsey Andrada, SJSU, 9.875
3, Jackie Sampson, SAC, 9.850
4t, Miyuki Matsune, SPU, 9.800
4t, Courtney Soliwoda, SAC, 9.800
4t, Stephanie Relova, SJSU, 9.800
 
Floor Exercise
1t, Taylor Chan, SJSU, 9.850
1t, Jennifer Brenner, SAC, 9.850
1t, Annie Juarez, SAC, 9.850
4, Ellie Pascoe-Long, SJSU, 9.800
5, Caitlin Soliwoda, SAC, 9.775
6t, Josalyn Ray, SJSU, 9.750
6t, Jackie Sampson, SAC, 9.750
   Top SPU placer – 10, Itzia San Roman, 9.650
 
 
Next SPU Gymnastics Meet
Alaska Anchorage & Sacramento State at Seattle Pacific
Friday, Feb. 23, 7:00 p.m. PST
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.