Happy Friday night with a regular season Pac 12 match up! This is definitely going to be an exciting one. No. 16 Oregon State will be taking on No.4 Utah at home for their first meeting of the 2024 season.
This will be Utah’s second home meet in a row, coming off a big 197.675 last week, which was the second highest score of the season for the Utes. Utah shined last week, scoring over a 49.300 on each event, and debuting six 10.0 start value vaults. This is a big deal for any team, but especially Utah, as this has been an event they have historically struggled on, so having this extra difficulty is undoubtedly paying off. Only having to count one score below a 9.8 on vault last week, this is definitely an area the Utes can improve on even more to give them back a few tenths as they chase their first 198 of the season. Nothing lower than a 9.8 was counted on the other events for the Utes, led by a handful of 9.9 plus scores from super seniors Abby Paulson and Maile O’Keefe, as well as junior Grace McCallum and sophomore transfer Ashley Glynn.
Oregon State last week did not have their best meet going up against California, but came away with their second highest score of the season at a 196.775. The Beavers struggled to score above a 49.150 on all events…
