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Corvallis, Ore. • Well guess what, the balance beam is still the balance beam. Utah's fourth-ranked gymnastics team, which has seen a vast improvement on the balance beam this year, suffered its first major breakdowns on the event Friday against No. 12 Oregon State.

Fortunately the miscues weren't enough to cost the Utes (10-0, 6-0) the win as they beat Oregon State (7-4, 4-4) 196.875-195.75.

"That really wasn't what we were hoping for," Utah coach Greg Marsden said of the score. "It was one of those nights where we had a couple of mistakes, some out of bounds on floor."

Friday marked the first time all season the Utes were forced to count a fall since Tory Wilson (9.15) and Kari Lee (9.35) both fell from the beam.

What was odd about the mistakes is they were from some of the most reliable beam workers on the team and the Utes went into the final rotation leading 148.175-146.3, so they felt little pressure when the rotation started.

"They are usually rock solid for us," Marsden said. "We know it is high risk, high reward with the elements they have but they usually hit those."

Baely Rowe, who won the all-around with a 39.3, scored 9.8 on the beam while Kailah Delaney had 9.825 and Maddy Stover delivered a 9.85. Senior Corrie Lothrop finished the rotation with a 9.875.

"I didn't feel any more pressure than I usually do because the same thing happens in practice sometimes and I still have to go out and hit," Lothrop said. "It was a little odd that that happened but we just have to go back, figure out what happened and get ready for the post season."

The win kept the Utes on track to finish the regular season undefeated for just the second time in the program's history.

It was also the first win at Oregon State since 2009. The Utes lost their last two regular season meets and watched the Beavers win the 2013 Pac-12 title here.

"No doubt this has been a hard place for us to compete," Marsden said. "We knew coming in it was going to be a tough meet."

Even though the Utes were able to close out the win on the balance beam, it was their efforts on the first two events that really earned them the win Friday.

Utah's uneven bars score of 49.35 and vault score of 49.5 were the fourth highest scores of the season on those events. Oregon State had a very different beginning with three gymnasts falling from the uneven bars, giving the Utes a comfortable 98.85-97.025 margin at the halfway point.

Like beam, floor wasn't up to the Utes' usual standard where several gymnasts had trouble on the landings.

Tory Wilson stepped out scoring 9.7 and Georgia Dabritz led the team with a 9.925 but could have been cleaner on her last pass.

The most controversial score was senior Becky Tutka's as she was given a 9.75 instead of a 9.85 because one judge said she stepped out on her last pass.

Utah's coaches disagreed with the ruling, but in the end it didn't cost the Utes the meet.

"We're happy about the win but we made some mistakes," Dabritz said.

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Individual winners

Vault: Tory Wilson (Utah) 9.95

Uneven bars: Georgia Dabritz (Utah) 9.95

Balance beam: Chelsea Tang (Oregon State) 9.925

Floor: Madeline Gardiner (Oregon State), Georgia Dabritz (Utah) 9.925

All-Around: Baely Rowe (Utah) 39.3