LOS ANGELES, Ca.-Seattle Pacific University's Alison Siegel and Cassie Althauser finished among the West Region's top competitors on vault and balance beam in the 2001 NCAA West Regional gymnastics meet at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion Saturday night.

Siegel (Jr., Oakland, Ca.) rushed the vault and stuck her landing for a 9.725, her seventh score over a 9.725 during the 2001 season. Earlier in the year, Siegel broke the SPU school record on vault, launching a 9.850 against Western Michigan on February 28. The junior owns the highest vault regional qualifying average (9.780) in USA Gymnastics and finished second highest among at large competitors and 18th overall at UCLA.

Althauser (Sr., Centralia, Wa.) successfully flipped the balance beam for a 9.525, good for fifth place among at-large individuals and 29th place overall. The senior ranks second nationally on beam, but finished the 2000 season as a USAG All-American on the uneven bars.

In the night's featured team competition, NCAA top-ranked UCLA won the meet with a team score of 197.775, while Oregon State finished second (194.075) and Brigham Young University, third (193.050).

Siegel and Althauser will meet up with their Falcon teammates before heading to the USA Gymnastics national meet at UC Davis Thursday (Apr. 12) night. Team preliminaries will begin Thursday and team finals are slated for Friday. The meet will finish with the individual finals Saturday (April 14) night.

NCAA WEST REGIONAL TEAM SCORES:
1, UCLA 197.775; 2, OSU 194.075; 3, BYU 193.050; 4, UCB 192.175; 5, BSU 190.600; 6, CSUF 189.800.

VAULT:
1 (tie), Parker, Willis, Tousek, UCLA, 9.925; 18, Siegel, SPU, 9.725.

BARS:
1, Bhardwaj, UCLA, 9.975; 2 (tie), Thomson, Tousek, UCLA, 9.900.

BEAM:
1, Bhardwaj, UCLA, 9.950; 2 (tie), Tousek, UCLA, Severin, OSU, 9.900; 29, Althauser, SPU, 9.525.

FLOOR:
1, Bhardwaj, UCLA, 9.950; 2 (tie), Willis, Dantzscher, UCLA, Parkinson, BYU, 9.900.

ALL-AROUND:
1, Bhardwaj, UCLA, 39.775; Tousek, UCLA, 39.600; Willis, UCLA, 39.500.