WHO: No. 23 Denver at No. 25 Oregon State
WHAT: DU's regular-season finale
WHERE: Gill Coliseum (Corvallis, Oregon)
WHEN: Saturday, March 14, at 2 p.m. PT/3 p.m. MT
 
LAST TIME OUT:
Denver posted a season-high 197.075 in home finale against Air Force on March 9. With season bests on three of the four events, DU eclipsed the 197+ mark for the first time in 2026, ending with a 49.600 in the final rotation on floor that equaled the program's fourth highest score on the event.
 
DU gymnasts combined to win all four of the apparatus titles with senior Cecilia Cooley winning on both beam and floor for the second meet in a row. She shared the floor title with junior Amanda Hargraves. Freshman Shyla Bhatia won on vault with her near-perfect 9.975 to anchor DU's season-high 49.275 while senior Kiley Rorich scored a 9.950 to win the bars title, DU's highest score on the event so far and also helping the team set a new season high of 49.350 on the event.
 
EYE ON THE RANKINGS:
Denver's March 9 meet against Air Force did not factor into the most recent rankings but will instead be included in calculations for the rankings to be released on Monday, March 16.
 
In the Week 11 rankings that were released on the morning of March 9 – ahead of the Denver-Air Force meet – DU held steady at No. 23 overall while maintaining its spots in the top 25 on all four events. Denver boosted its rankings on vault (up three spots to No. 22) and on beam (up one spot to No. 23) and repeated at No. 13 on floor for a second week in a row. Rounding out the team's event rankings was a No. 23 spot for bars.
 
Cooley continued to hold a national floor ranking, tying for No. 25. Both her and junior Maddison Reidenbach were just outside the top 25 in the all-around as well.
 
QUICK HITS:

• In the penultimate Big 12 weekly awards for 2026, Bhatia was named the Newcomer of the Week for a second time this season while senior Mila Brusch picked up her first with a co-Event Specialist of the Week honor.
• In its last meet, Denver finished with 11 scores of at least 9.900, a season high and tied for the seventh most in a single meet in program history.
• Saturday marks the fourth consecutive year that Denver has ended its regular season on the road and the 10^th time in the last 11 completed seasons.
• All 14 of Denver's gymnasts have competed in at least one full lineup for DU this season, and each of them have made a collegiate debut on at least one event.
  • Eleven of the 14 have won at least one title.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS:
Oregon State is coming off a 196.150 in a second-place finish at Utah State on March 6. Sophia Esposito won the all-around where she is tied for No. 18 nationally. She is also the team's highest-ranked floor worker but is just outside the top 25. Olivia Buckner shared the vault title, an event that she leads OSU on as well.
 
This will be the 20^th all-time meeting between Denver and Oregon State. The teams have competed against each other at least once in six of the last nine years including in quad meets hosted by one another in their last two regular-season meetings. Last year, DU hosted OSU on January 16, 2025, where Denver was first overall (197.125) and Oregon State was second (196.950). DU's last trip to Corvallis saw the Beavers place first (197.200) and DU second (196.725).
 
View DU's complete history against Oregon State.
 
WHAT'S NEXT:
Denver begins the 2026 postseason at the Big 12 Gymnastics Championship in West Valley City, Utah, on Saturday, March 21. DU will learn which of the two sessions for the championship it will compete in on Monday, March 16.
 
The first session of the meet will feature the conference's Nos. 5 and 6 teams, based on NQS, while the second session will including the top four teams, based on NQS.
 
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