Feb. 11, 2006
Stanford, Calif. - Stanford claimed wins on three events versus California to beat the Bears, 210.700-209.950, in Burnham Pavilion. David Sender posted high scores on floor exercise and rings, while Dylan Carney took top honors on the high bar. Cal tallied individual wins on the pommel horse, vault and parallel bars.
Sender led a Cardinal sweep of the top three spots on the floor exercise after tallying a score of 9.700, his season best for the event. Teammates Sho Nakamori followed in second place with 9.450 and Sean Doolan nabbed the third spot with a score of 9.250. Nakamori and Doolan also posted season-high scores on the floor exercise.
The Cardinal also posted a 1-2 finish on the still rings, led by Sender with a 9.400. Peter Derman followed in second place with a score of 9.200. The Bears' Tyler Block took the third spot with a score of 9.100.
Carney posted the top score of the evening on the high bar with a 9.350, topping Cal's Colin Christ and Tim McNeill in second with 9.300. Carney's score was also a season best on the event. Nakamori finished fourth on the event with a season-best 9.050.
McNeill finished first for the Bears on the pommel horse with a 9.050, folllowed by Stanford's Downs and Sender with 8.850 and 8.700, respectively. Cal also posted wins on the vault and parallel bars. Aaron Moy won the vault for Cal with a 9.300, but the Cardinal filled out the next five finishers. Eli Alcaraz finished second with 9.250, Sender took third with 9.200, and Carney, Doolan and Jason Shen all tied for fourth with a score of 9.050.
Sender posted an all-around score of 52.300, his best combined performance of the season.
Stanford travels next to Philadelphia for the Temple Invitational, featuring squads from Temple, William & Mary, Army and James Madison on Saturday, February 18 (7:30pm).
TEAM SCORES Stanford - 210.700 California - 209.950
FLOOR EXERCISE 1. David Sender - 9.700 - S 2. Sho Nakamori - 9.450 - S 3. Sean Doolan - 9.250 - S 4. Aaron Moy - 8.950 - C 5. Shawn Mowry - 8.850 - C
POMMEL HORSE 1. Tim McNeill - 9.050 - C 2. Nate Downs - 8.850 - S 3. David Sender - 8.700 - S 4. Colin Christ - 8.300 - C 5. Sean Doolan - 8.200 - S
RINGS 1. David Sender - 9.400 - S 2. Peter Derman - 9.200 - S 3. Tyler Block - 9.100 - C 4. Bryant Hadden - 9.050 - S T5. Kirk Caleb - 8.850 - C T5. Kyle Brady - 8.850 - C
VAULT 1. Aaron Moy - 9.300 - C 2. Eli Alcaraz - 9.250 - S 3. David Sender - 9.200 - S T4. Dylan Carney - 9.050 - S T4. Sean Doolan - 9.050 - S T4. Jason Shen - 9.050 - S
PARALLEL BARS T1. Chris Rodriguez - 9.000 - C T1. Tyler Block - 9.000 - C 3. Shawn Mowry - 8.800 - C 4. Tim McNeill - 8.700 - C 5. Colin Christ - 8.650 - C
HIGH BAR 1. Dylan Carney - 9.350 - S T2. Colin Christ - 9.300 - C T2. Tim McNeill - 9.300 - C 4. Sho Nakamori - 9.050 - S 5. Jason Pierce - 8.950 - C
ALL AROUND 1. David Sender - 52.300 - S