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    • VIDEO: MIYUKI. MATSUNE BEAM ROUTINE
 
SEATTLE – Darian Burns equaled her career-high score to tie for third place on the vault and was fourth in the all-around competition Friday for Seattle Pacific, which placed third in a women's gymnastics meet won by ninth-ranked Washington at Alaska Airlines Arena.
 
Burns earned a 9.825 on the vault, the highest score this season by a Falcon on that apparatus. That helped the sophomore forge a four-event total of 38.875.
 
The host Huskies finished atop the team standings with a season-high total of 197.400 points and UC Davis was second with a score of 195.500. They are both NCAA Division I competitors.
 
Division II SPU surpassed the 192-point plateau for the third consecutive week, compiling a team score of 192.700.


 
UW senior Hailey Burleson captured the vault (9.850), balance beam (9.925) and floor exercise (9.925) titles en route to a winning total of 39.600 all-around points. UC Davis gymnasts claimed second and third place in the all-around as Kyla Kessler accumulated 39.250 points and Alexis Brown 39.150.
 
Burleson placed second on the uneven bars (9.900), an event won by Husky teammate Monica Riley with a 9.950.
 
Along with the vault, Burns was the Falcons finest performer on the bars (9.675), placing ninth overall.
 
Sophomore Miyuki Matsune earned a 9.725 on the balance beam and her 12th-place finish was tops among SPU competitors in that event. She performed a one-armed routine as her broken left hand is heavily bandaged.


 
Itzia San Roman had the Falcons best effort on the floor with an 11th-place mark of 9.775. She finished sixth with 38.525 all-around points and freshman teammate McKenna Zimmermann was seventh with 38.475.
 
"All of our all-arounds hit great scores, in the mid-to-high 38s. They really carried the team," said SPU coach Laurel Tindall. "The specialists need to feel that they have to hit because they are only doing one event. That's kind of always been the philosophy that we've communicated to them."
 
Freshman Shelbi Spivey had a stellar meet, posting her highest marks as a collegian in the two events she competed. Spivey scored 9.60 on the vault and then tied her bars best of 9.625. She was an exhibition performer on the beam and received a non-counting score of 9.500.
 
The Falcons faltered on the bars with two falls in the final rotation after notching outstanding scores in their first three events. They posted an impressive season-high 48.650-point team total on the vault in the third rotation.
 
"It was a little bit of a disappointing finish," Tindall said. "We had such a great start on the first three events, beginning with the beam and then were good on the floor and great on the vault. We hit bars great last week and they are certainly capable of doing that. I expect those kids to do a little better on that event next week in our final home meet."
 
NEXT MEET
The Seattle Pacific gymnasts stay in Seattle to host their final home meet, next Saturday, March 17. They will entertain Air Force in Brougham Pavilion on the SPU campus.
 
BEAM
• SPU started the meet on the balance beam and compiled the third highest team score of the season at 48.250.
• The first three Falcons up on the beam, McKenna Zimmermann, Sienna Brane and Darian Burns, each received the same 9.650 score. That streak was broken when Lena Wirth in the No. 4 registered a 9.650.
• Brane was the only SPU gymnast to establish a new season high on that apparatus, adding one-tenth to her previous best with a 9.625.
• Sophomore Miyuki Matsune again provided consistency from her beam anchor spot with the team's top score of 9.725. She scored above 9.70 for the fifth consecutive meet.
 
SPU beam scores in competition order
1-McKenna Zimmermann 9.625, 2-Sienna Brane 9.625, 3-Darian Burns 9.625, 4-Lena Wirth 9.650, 5-Itzia San Roman 9.600, 6-Miyuki Matsune 9.725, EX-Shelbi Spivey 9.500. Team Total – 48.250
 
FLOOR
• The Falcons collectively scored 48.475 points, their third-highest total of the year. Their top 2018 total is 48.674.
• Freshman Kylie Reese returned to the lineup after a two-week absence and achieved her top collegiate mark of 9.700. That edged her previous best of 9.675.
• After back-to-back weeks of 9.700 scores on the floor, Itzia San Roman tallied a season-best 9.775 that equaled the top mark of her career.
• For the second straight week a potential score of 9.850 by Darian Burns was spoiled by a one-tenth deduction for stepping out of bounds. That dropped her to 9.750.
 
SPU floor scores in competition order
1-Kylee Gauna 9.500, 2-McKenna Zimmermann 9.625, 3-Jadacie Durst 9.625, 4-Kylee Reese 9.700, 5-Itzia San Roman 9.775, 6-Darian Burns 9.750, EX-Brittany Atchison 9.500. Team Total – 48.475



VAULT
• The third rotation produced a season-high team total of 48.650 on the vault. All five counting scores were above 9.625 as SPU bettered its previous season standard of 48.575.
• The 48.650 is two-tenths off the school-record of 48.850.
• From the No. 5 position, Darian Burns raced down the runway and vaulted to a score of 9.825 that equaled the career-high she registered on Feb. 23. That is the top vault mark for a Falcon in 2018.
• Freshman Shelbi Spivey anchored for the first time and eclipsed her career-best with a score of 9.600. Her previous high was 9.550.
• Itzia San Roman matched the season-best score of 9.725 that she initially received on Jan. 19.
 
SPU vault scores in competition order
1-Lena Wirth 9.725, 2-McKenna Zimmermann 9.625, 3-Itzia San Roman 9.725, 4-Autumn Huskie 9.750, 5-Darian Burns 9.825, 6-Shelbi Spivey 9.600. EX-Zahra Lawal 9.550. Team Total – 48.650
 
BARS
• The Falcons took a step backward after recording their best bars total of the season last week (48.075). They were forced to count one of the two falls and finished at 47.325 as a team.
• The final rotation started with two solid scores, by McKenna Zimmermann (9.600) and Shelbi Spivey (9.625), and ended with Darian Burns' team-leading 9.675.
• Spivey matched her career-high mark of 9.625 and Zimmermann improved her previous best of 9.575 with a 9.600.
 
SPU bars scores in competition order
1-McKenna Zimmermann 9.600, 2-Shelbi Spivey 9.625, 3-Haven Lanzador 9.000, 4-Itzia San Ramon 9.425, 5-Sienna Brane 8.925, 6-Darian Burns 9.675, EX-Brittany Atchison 9.025. Team Total – 47.325
 
NCAA WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS
Washington Triangular
Friday, March 9, 2018
Alaska Airlines Arena / Seattle, Wash.
 
Team Scores
1, Washington, 197.400
2, UC Davis, 195.500
3, Seattle Pacific, 192.700
 
All-Around
1, Hailey Burleson, UW, 39.600
2, Kyla Kessler, UCD, 39.250
3, Alexis Brown, UCD, 39.150
4, Darian Burns, SPU, 38.875
5, Kelley Hebert, UCD, 38.625
6, Itzia San Roman, SPU, 38.525
7, McKenna Zimmermann, SPU, 38.475
 
Vault
1t, Hailey Burleson, UW, 9.850
1t, Kristyn Hoffa, UW, 9.850
3t, Darian Burns, SPU, 9.825
3t, Joslyn Goings, UW, 9.825
3t, Madison Copiak, UW, 9.825
3t, Kelly Hebert, UCD, 9.825
 
Uneven Bars
1, Monica Riley, UW, 9.950
2t, Hailey Burleson, UW, 9.900
2t, Evanni Roberson, UW, 9.900
     Top SPU placer – 9, Darian Burns, 9.675
 
Balance Beam
1t, Hailey Burleson, UW, 9.925
1t, Evanni Roberson, UW, 9.925
3, Joslyn Goings, UW, 9.900
     Top SPU placer – 12, Miyuki Matsune, 9.725
 
Floor Exercise
1, Hailey Burleson UW, 9.925
2t, Kristyn Hoffa, UW, 9.900
2t, Maya Washington, UW, 9.900
     Top SPU placer – 11, Itzia San Roman, 9.775
 
 
Next SPU Gymnastics Meet
Air Force at Seattle Pacific
Saturday, March 17, 2:00 p.m. PST
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.