WHO: No. 8 Denver at No. 18 Oregon State with Sacramento State and Brown
WHAT: DU second-straight away meet
WHERE: Gill Coliseum (Corvallis, Oregon)
WHEN: Saturday, January 21, at 1 p.m. PT/2 p.m. MT
 
LAST TIME OUT:
Denver scored a 197.200 to finish second at a tri meet hosted by Michigan on January 13. DU used a program-record 49.550 on vault in the final rotation to secure its final score, which now ranks third all-time for DU in January meets. Five DU vaulters set career highs during the rotation including junior Rosie Casali, who scored a near-perfect 9.975 in competing her upgraded Yurchenko 1.5 for the first time in college and winning the first event title of her career.
 
EYE ON THE RANKINGS:
DU moved up one spot in the Road to Nationals rankings to No. 8 while adding top-16 rankings on all four events. Denver jumped 14 spots in the vault rankings following its record-setting performance at Michigan and is now tied for No. 7 in the nation. DU also retained a top-five ranking on beam.
 
Junior Jessica Hutchinson is ranked in the top 25 on vault, beam and floor while Casali is ranked for the first time in her career, coming in tied for No. 23 on vault.
 
QUICK HITS:

• Denver captured two of the three weekly Big 12 Conference awards with Casali earning Big 12 Gymnast of the Week honors and freshman Mila Brusch collecting the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week award.
• With her vault at Michigan, Casali joins graduate student Lynnzee Brown and junior Rylie Mundell in scoring a 9.975+ at least once in her career. Brown owns four perfect 10.0s and 12 more 9.975s across three events, and Mundell has three 9.975s across bars and beam.
• DU is in the middle of a six-meet streak against Power-5 opponents after facing Big Ten teams Penn State and Michigan in the first two meets of the season.
• Denver's 197.200 at Michigan ties the second-fastest 197+ score in DU history, coming in the second meet of the year. It is behind only 2022's 197.000 in the season opener.
• Saturday marks Denver's return to Corvallis, the site of its 2019 NCAA Regional team championship. Denver upset No. 4-seeded Florida in the NCAA Regional Final and advanced to the NCAA National Championships where it would eventually finish a record-shattering fourth overall in its first NCAA Championship Final appearance.

 
SCOUTING THE BEAVERS:
Oregon State has opened 2023 with back-to-back meets at neutral sites, most recently placing second in the second session of the Wasatch Classic in Utah with a 196.850. Jade Carey scored perfect 10.0s on vault and floor and won the all-around with a 39.775.
 
SCOUTING THE HORNETS:
Sacramento State opened its season with a 191.375 against UC Davis at home on January 8. Sarah Lutrel won a share of the all-around and bars titles, and was named the MPSF Freshman of the Week.
 
SCOUTING THE BEARS:
Brown made its season debut at Yale on January 15, scoring a 191.225. Julia Bedell captured two event titles (vault and floor) while teammate Asta-Sollilja Farrell won the bars title. The two earned weekly recognition from the GEC, Bedell as Specialist of the Week and Farrell as Newcomer of the Week.
 
WHAT'S NEXT:
Denver returns home on Sunday, January 29, for a Big 12 showdown when it hosts reigning NCAA National Champion and current No. 1 Oklahoma in Magness Arena at 1:45 p.m. MT.
 
TICKETS:
Tickets for the 2023 University of Denver gymnastics season are now on sale and can be purchased online, by calling 303-871-4625 or by visiting the Ritchie Center Box Office. Season ticket renewals can be purchased by calling 303-871-4625.

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