COLORADO SPRINGS – For the first time since 2015, the UC Davis gymnastics team was crowned champions of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Under the direction of MPSF Coach of the Year Tanya Ho, the Aggies scored a 196.200 to outdistance the field on Saturday at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

The MPSF title is the seventh overall for the Aggies and the highest score at the championship in program history.

UC Davis won three of the four events, claiming the bars, beam and floor exercise en route to the conference title. Ava Scafani and Megan Ray secured individual titles as Scafani scored a 9.90 to win the beam and Ray defended her floor title with a 9.90.

VAULT
The only event the Aggies didn't win was the vault, with a score of 48.625. Sophomores Keanna Abraham and Ray tied for third with a score of 9.80. Junior Emma Otsu closely followed in fifth with a 9.750.

BARS
UCD equaled its season-high on the uneven bars with a 49.200 to win the event. Junior Isabella Fitz-Gerald was the high-scorer for the Ags with a 9.875 to place third overall. Scafani followed in fourth with a 9.850 and Otsu placed seventh with a 9.825.

BEAM
The Ags used a 9.90 from Scafani and a total of four scores in the top-10 to boast a 49.150 to win the beam. Abraham finished fourth with a 9.85, while Ray and Otsu were tied for 10^th with a 9.80.

FLOOR
Two years in the collegiate ranks and two floor titles for Ray as she helped lead the Ags to an event score of 49.225. Ray paced the conference with a 9.90, while Abraham and Bella Trejo were third with a 9.85 and MPSF Freshman of the Year Amelia Moneymaker was seventh with a score of 9.825.

UC DAVIS MPSF TITLES HISTORY
2023 – 196.200
2015 – 195.300
2013 – 194.950
2012 – 193.675
2011 – 192.975
2010 – 194.150
2008 – 194.700