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SACRAMENTO – The 12th-ranked Stanford women's gymnastics team earned its second consecutive victory by defeating Sacramento State and Seattle Pacific in a tri-meet on Friday night at The Nest.
 
Coming off a season-opening win last Sunday at Sacramento State against the Hornets, San Jose State and UC Davis, the Cardinal claimed first in every routine in the quick turnaround.
 
"We showed a lot of fight early in the meet, but we're a much better team than we showed," said head coach Tabitha Yim. "We're still young and it was a good learning experience. We're going to go back to work and prepare for our first conference meet."
 
After sweeping all four events and the all-around last week, sophomore Kyla Bryant picked up where she left off. She prevailed on the uneven bars (9.850) and in all-around (39.175), finished second on the balance beam (9.800) and third on vault (9.800).
 

Senior Taryn Fitzgerald closes out beam in style and equals career-high set last season with 9.850. Cardinal concludes with 48.700.#GoStanford

— Stanford Gymnastics (@StanfordWGym) January 12, 2019

 
Also garnering titles were senior Taryn Fitzgerald on beam (9.850) and sophomore Rachael Flam on vault (9.850), while freshman Morgan Hoang shared first in the floor exercise (9.875).
 

.@m_hoangzers crushes routine and nails last pass to capture career and team-high 9.875. Cardinal scores 49.075, improving from last week's 48.950.#GoStanford

— Stanford Gymnastics (@StanfordWGym) January 12, 2019

 
"I thought Taryn handled the pressure really well," Yim said. "Kaylee (Cole) gave us a strong start in the first two events, and Morgan had the best routine of the night."
 
Stanford starts its Pac-12 season on Jan. 21 at Cal in a 6 p.m. meet. The competition will be televised by Pac-12 Network.
 
The first of four home meets for the Cardinal is Jan. 27 against top-ranked UCLA in Maples Pavilion at 4 p.m. The first 500 fans will receive free Stanford women's gymnastics t-shirts. Following the meet, Cardinal players will sign autographs and free posters will be distributed.