Jan. 21, 2008

LOGAN, Utah - In search of its first win, Utah State (0-2, 0-2 WAC) will host Boise State (1-0, 1-0 WAC) on Tuesday in a Western Athletic Conference gymnastics dual. The meet will start at 6:30 p.m. at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.

In the recent Troester Women's Gymnastics Poll released Monday, the Aggies are ranked No. 46 while the Broncos are No. 28.

Fans can watch all USU gymnastics home meets live via the internet through UtahState.tv, available through www.UtahStateAggies.com, the official web site of USU athletics.

The Aggies are 0-2 after dropping their home opener Friday to two-time defending WAC champion Sacramento State, 192.575-191.050.

Freshmen Chelsea Marquardt and Jasmine Minion each stuck a 9.800 to share top honors on vault, which is the highest score on the event this season for USU.

On bars, Simoneau nabbed top honors in the event for the second meet in a row, topping her previous high mark with a 9.825, while Marquardt was third with a personal-best 9.700.

USU senior Megan Tschida tallied an Aggie season best mark with a 9.850 in winning the floor exercise, while Borisova was second with a 9.825 and Minion third with a 9.625.

In the all-around, junior Nicki Felley was third at 38.025. Freshman Nicole Simoneau was fifth while sophomore teammate Heather Heinrich was sixth, scoring 37.650 and 37.050, respectively.

BSU's only competition this season has been the dual with Utah State that the Broncos won, 192.625-187.925.

Boise State entered the season-opener with a national ranking of No. 29 and jumped to No. 21 with the win over Utah State.

In the dual with USU, freshman Amy Glass won the vault with a WAC season-high mark of 9.825. Glass won the WAC Specialist of the Week award for last week. She was also fifth on bars (9.700).

Sophomore Taylor Jacob won the beam with a 9.700, was sixth on floor (9.625) and ninth on bars (9.325). Freshmen Kelsey Lang and Hannah Redmon shared top honors on floor exercise with a 9.800 each.

USU is 53-15-0 all-time vs. BSU, including 17-5-0 at Logan.

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