USU Meet Notes
LOGAN, Utah – Utah State is set to conclude the home portion of its schedule on Friday, March 6, when it hosts No. 17 BYU on Senior Night. The Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference dual meet between the Aggies (6-6-1, 2-4-1 MRGC) and Cougars (10-2, 6-0 MRGC) is slated to begin at 7 p.m., at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
"We are thrilled to close out our home schedule with BYU, and to honor our seniors," said third-year USU head coach
Amy Smith. "We are looking for a great night of competition from BYU, who is having another stellar year. We are also looking to keep our home winning streak intact and stay undefeated in the Spectrum."
The dual meet against BYU will be streamed live on the Mountain West Network as a USU Athletics Production. Additionally, live stats will be available online at utahstateaggies.com and meet updates will be provided through the team's social media outlets.
With a win over BYU, Utah State will end the home portion of its schedule with a perfect 4-0 record. It would mark just the third time in school history the Aggies would reach perfection at home, joining the 1978 (8-0) and 1979 (5-0) teams.
"Going against BYU at home seems to bring the best out of our team each year, so I am very much looking forward to Friday night," Smith said.
Following the meet, Utah State will honor its two seniors in
Brittany Jeppesen (Bountiful, Utah) and
Elle Golison (Long Beach, Calif.). Jeppesen is tied for 10th all-time in school history with a single-season bars average of 9.775, while Golison ranks 11th all-time with a single-season beam average of 9.770.
BYU is tied for No. 17 in the nation with a national qualifying score (NQS) of 196.430 and a season average of 196.269. The Cougars are 16th in the nation on vault (49.125), 24th on bars (49.040), 18th on beam (49.100) and 14th on floor (49.290).
USU is ranked No. 26 in the nation with an NQS of 195.730 and season average of 195.544. The Aggies are tied for 30th on vault (48.915) and rank 36th on bars (48.810), 20th on beam (49.075) and 33rd on floor (49.045).
Junior
Autumn DeHarde and freshman
Sofi Sullivan are tied for first in the MRGC and tied for 22nd nationally with an identical NQS of 9.895 on beam. BYU's Abbey Miner ranks first in the conference and is tied for 27th nationally in the all-around (39.185).
This is the third of four meetings between the Aggies and Cougars this season as BYU beat USU 195.575-194.150 at the Rio Tinto Best of Utah Meet on Jan. 11, at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, and 195.875-194.750 the following weekend in Provo. These two teams will also meet in Boise, Idaho, for the MRGC Championships on Saturday, March 21.
The Aggies are 48-81-1 all-time against the Cougars, including 25-24 at home, 10-35-1 on the road and 13-22 at a neutral site. BYU has won nine straight in the series.
Following Friday's meet, the Aggies will return to the road for an in-state dual meet against No. 4 Utah on Friday, March 13, at 7 p.m., at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City.
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