Air Force Heads to Alaska for MPSF Championships
3/17/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
The Air Force women's gymnastics team travels to Anchorage, Alaska, this weekend for the 2015 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships. The six-team meet, featuring teams from Alaska, California, Colorado and Washington, will take place on Saturday, March 21, at Alaska Airlines Arena.
Meet Notes 10: at MPSF Championships 
MEET INFORMATION
The 2015 MPSF Championships, hosted by Alaska for the first time in conference history, is slated to begin at 6:00 p.m. (AT). The meet will feature six teams, including Air Force, Alaska-Anchorage, UC Davis, Sacramento State, San Jose State and Seattle Pacific. Links to stats and live video can be found at GoSeawolves.com.
SCOUTING THE COMPETITION
San Jose State leads the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation with a Regional Qualifying Score of 194.845. Less than .400 separate the top three teams, as UC Davis and Sacramento State are listed second (194.795) and third (104.505), respectively. Seattle Pacific is ranked fourth with a RQS of 192.610, while Air Force (fifth, 192.595) and Alaska-Anchorage (sixth, 192.175) round out the field. Sacramento State is the defending conference champion, as it picked up its fourth title in 2014. UC Davis has claimed a league-best five titles, while Seattle Pacific (two), Alaska-Anchorage (one) and San Jose State (one) round out the conference's 13-year history.
FALCONS IN THE CONFERENCE STANDINGS
Jessica Wallander is ranked among the top-10 on the vault (sixth, 9.815) and uneven bars (ninth, 9.755), while Alexandra Stych (floor exercise, 13th, 9.775) and Jamie Lewis (vault, 15th, 9.750) are listed among the top 15. As a team, the Falcons are ranked fourth on the floor exercise (48.595), fifth on the vault (48.240) and sixth on both the uneven bars (48.000) and balance beam (47.810).
FALCONS FALL TO ASU IN REGULAR SEASON FINALE
Jessica Wallander and Kara Witgen picked up top-three finishes to pace the Falcons, as Air Force closed out the regular season with a 195.175-191.050 loss to Arizona State on March 13. Wallander scored a 9.775 to finish second on the vault, while Witgen tallied a season-best 9.825 to place third on the floor exercise. Wallander also added a top-five finish on the floor, as she and Alexandra Stych tied for fourth with matching scores of 9.800.
WHAT'S AHEAD FOR THE FALCONS
Air Force is off from competition until Saturday, April 7, when select Falcons compete at the NCAA Regional Championships.
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