Oregon State gymnastics returned to Gill Coliseum to start its series of back-to-back tri-meets. The first being the hosting of both UC Davis and Alaska on a Friday night. 

“This is exactly like (the) post-season, and we’ve done it before, so this is a good opportunity,” head coach Tanya Chaplin said. 

Coming off of a close loss in Auburn, Oregon State truly made the transition back to home court with 5,480 people in attendance and an exciting win.

The final scores were the Beavers on the top with a score of 197.175 to beat out UC Davis at 194.350 and Alaska at 191.825.

The Beavers would begin their night off on vault. 

All scores from OSU never fell below 9.700, with Sophia Esposito once again in the top three scores with a 9.825 while her teammate Sage Thompson gathered a 9.850. Jade Carey was in her usual anchor spot that would set the Beavers apart from their competitors in the first round. 

UC Davis started the night off on bars putting the lowest score of the night from all teams on the board from Isabella Fitz-Gerald with an 8.925.

OSU finished the first rotation with a score of 49.100, while UC Davis scored 48.000 on bars and Alaska with a score of 48.275 on floor.

On the second rotation OSU transitioned over to bars where they would continue to hang on to the lead with a score of 49.150. 

Once again the duo of Thompson and Carey would grace the top scores for the Beavers with Carey scoring 9.850 and Thompson scoring 9.900.

The third rotation was a great showing from UC Davis at a comeback effort. 

For UC Davis, on floor the crowd would see two 9.900 performances from Abraham and Moneymaker, leading their team to a 49.025 floor score, pushing Alaska down to third with a 143.800 after their third rotation at bars.

Despite this, the Beavers would still be the ones stealing the show of the third rotation finishing with a 49.375 beam total, where they are ranked No. 4 nationally. The crowd rose to their feet from Syndey Gonzales’s 9.925 performance and a 9.975 with a skill-filled routine from Carey.

“Definitely hitting that stride, but always wanting to see what I can do better and improve on,” Gonzales said. 

OSU furthered their dominant performance for OSU in the final rotation on floor where they scored 49.550, their highest score of the night.

In this lineup, OSU clocked in four scores that were 9.900 or higher and no scores under 9.875. Carey was the biggest force with a 9.950 score. Many fans opposed the score, chanting for a perfect 10.

Carey took the award with the best all-around score with a total of 39.675. Carey would be the top scorer in three of the four events, with Thompson coming in first on bars alongside her.

“Sage (Thompson) had a great night all the way across. She did a brand new vault,” said Chaplin.

This win at home now puts the Beavers at 4-0 at home on the season.

OSU will look to further this undefeated home record in their next competition of another tri-meet against Alaska once again, with the new third being the University of Washington Huskies on Monday at 6 p.m.