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Hornet Gymnasts Win Four Individual Events to Out-Tumble SPU
January 14, 2005

SACRAMENTO, Ca. (Jan. 14)--Debra Huss won the all-around competition and Jaynie Reynolds finished second on bars, but Sacramento State captured titles on all four individual events to out-tumble Seattle Pacific University 191.600 to 189.500 in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation women's gymnastics meet Friday night at Hornet Gym.

Huss (So., Orangevale, Ca.) notched a 38.250 in the four event all-around contest, her performance highlighted by a second place 9.850 on floor exercise. The Hornets' Stefanie Aeder danced a 9.9 to lead all competitors on the mats.

Sacramento's Jessica Hoffman launched a 9.725 on vault for first place and later finished third on floor (9.825). Kimiye Narasaki won beam (9.775) and Alex Tsurumoto swung a 9.850 on bars for her second top finish in as many weeks on the apparatus.

Seattle Pacific's Jaynie Reynolds rode a solid dismount to a 9.750 second place finish to Tsurumoto on the unevens, and negotiated the balance beam to a 9.575, the top finish for an SPU athlete in the rotation. The Falcons tallied a 46.050 team total on beam.

The Falcons' best event on the night was the uneven bars (48.150). Kari Kelly (Sr., Yakima, Wa.) vaulted a 9.600, tying with teammate Sarah Sullivan (So., Salem, Or.) for fourth in the standings.

The Falcons (0-1), who have qualified for the USA Gymnastics national meet the last 22 years running, return to Seattle where they will open the home season on Friday night against the MPSF's San Jose State. Official start time is 7PM.

VAULT: 1) Hoffman, SAC, 9.725; 2) (tie) Giao, Zaher, SAC, 9.625; 3) Kelly, SPU, 9.600

BARS: 1) Tsurumoto, SAC, 9.850; 2) Reynolds, SPU, 9.750; 3) Williams, SAC, 9.725

BEAM: 1) Narasaki, SAC, 9.775; 2) Genovese, SAC, 9.675; 3) McCarler-Ribakoff, SAC, 9.625

FLOOR: 1) Aeder, SAC, 9.900; 2) Huss, SPU, 9.850; 3) Hoffman, SAC, 9.825

AA: 1) Huss, SPU, 38.250; 2) Kinghom, SAC, 37.750; 3) Hoffman, SAC, 37.575


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