#5 UCLA at #23 Southern Utah

#2 UCLA Gymnastics Opens 2013 Season with a win over SUU

#2 UCLA Gymnastics Opens 2013 Season with a win over SUU

#2 UCLA Gymnastics Opens 2013 Season with a win over SUU

Jan 6, 2013 by Jennifer Teitell
#2 UCLA Gymnastics Opens 2013 Season with a win over SUU
The #2 ranked UCLA Bruins opened their 2013 season today at Pauley Pavillion against Southern Utah. The Bruins aimed to avoid a repeat of the 2011 match up where #5 UCLA was upset by #23 Southern Utah 194.75-194.425. The Bruins were forced to compete without Samantha Pezek, 2008 Olympian, who is out for the season with a torn achilles. 
UCLA began the meet on vault with scores ranging from a 9.475 to a 9.875 from Olivia Courtney, the top vaulting score of the night. It was wonderful to see Vanessa Zamarripa back in the line up and performing her Yurchenko half-on, front layout half. With a large hop on the landing, the vault earned her a 9.825 and 2nd place on the event. The last time we saw Zamarripa on vault was at the 2012 NCAA Championships where her yurchenko full earned her a perfect 10. After one rotation the Bruins lead by .5 over SUU 48.85-48.80. 

UCLA scored 49.3 on bars with a pair of 9.9's earned by Lichelle Wong, less than one year after achilles tear, and freshman Sophia DeJesus in her debut routine, while SUU earned 48.6 on vault. Wong and DeJesus had the top bar scores of the night. Midway through the competition, Bruins lead 98.150 to 97.400.

 The third rotation turned out to be a difficult one for UCLA on the balance beam. The Bruins were forced to count a 9.275 from Wong who took a fall on her roundoff 1.5 twist dismount after Mattlie Larson fell on her front aerial later in the lineup. Zamarripa anchored the beam lineup with a solid 9.875 performance to tie SUU's Alyssa Click for the event title. 

The Bruins bounced back on the Floor exercise with three scores over a 9.9 from Zamarripa, Courtney and Pritchett. Zamarripa scored a near perfect 9.975.  Zamarripa won the all-around, beam(tie) and floor with a 39.475. This meet was a great start for the Bruins who will host the 2013 NCAA Championships in April.

Video highlights of the UCLA season opener:

Watch more video of #2 UCLA v Southern Utah on gymnastike.org


  
 Team Standing  
Place TeamScore 
1 UCLA196.150 
2 Southern Utah194.875 

 

 UCLA 
Head Coach:  Valorie Kondos Field
 GymnastVault Bars Beam Floor AllArr 
 Kaelie Baer9.800 9.775  
 Sadiqua Bynum   9.225 
 Olivia Courtney9.8759.825 9.925 
 Sophina DeJesus 9.9009.8009.825 
 Danusia Francis 9.7759.800  
 Mattie Larson 9.8759.175  
 Dana McDonald9.750  9.850 
 Alyssa Pritchett   9.900 
 Sydney Sawa9.600    
 Lichelle Wong9.4759.9009.275  
 Vanessa Zamarripa9.8259.8009.8759.97539.475
 Team Totals48.850 49.300 48.525 49.475 196.150
 
 Southern Utah 
Head Coach:  Scott Bauman
 GymnastVault Bars Beam Floor AllArr 
 Arlyn Amor9.7009.675 9.800 
 Jamie Armijo9.7009.7259.1759.72538.325
 Rochelle Bernier9.7509.775   
 Michaela Chernoch9.7759.7759.7759.70039.025
 Alyssa Click 9.8509.8759.600 
 Baylie Divino9.500    
 Ana Jaworski 9.6259.6759.625 
 Caitlin Kennedy9.675 9.800  
 Natalie Trejo  9.7509.750 
 Team Totals48.600 48.800 48.875 48.600 194.875

 

 Vault Results
Place Gymnast TeamScore 
1 Olivia Courtney UCLA9.875 
2 Vanessa Zamarripa UCLA9.825 
3 Kaelie Baer UCLA9.800 
4 Michaela Chernoch Southern Utah9.775 
5 Rochelle Bernier Southern Utah9.750 
5 Dana McDonald UCLA9.750 
7 Jamie Armijo Southern Utah9.700 
7 Arlyn Amor Southern Utah9.700 
9 Caitlin Kennedy Southern Utah9.675 
10 Sydney Sawa UCLA9.600 
11 Baylie Divino Southern Utah9.500 
12 Lichelle Wong UCLA9.475 

 

 Uneven Parallel Bars Results 
Place Gymnast TeamScore 
1 Lichelle Wong UCLA9.900 
1 Sophina DeJesus UCLA9.900 
3 Mattie Larson UCLA9.875 
4 Alyssa Click Southern Utah9.850 
5 Olivia Courtney UCLA9.825 
6 Vanessa Zamarripa UCLA9.800 
7 Rochelle Bernier Southern Utah9.775 
7 Michaela Chernoch Southern Utah9.775 
7 Danusia Francis UCLA9.775 
10 Jamie Armijo Southern Utah9.725 
11 Arlyn Amor Southern Utah9.675 
12 Ana Jaworski Southern Utah9.625 

 

 Balance Beam Results 
Place Gymnast TeamScore 
1 Alyssa Click Southern Utah9.875 
1 Vanessa Zamarripa UCLA9.875 
3 Caitlin Kennedy Southern Utah9.800 
3 Danusia Francis UCLA9.800 
3 Sophina DeJesus UCLA9.800 
6 Michaela Chernoch Southern Utah9.775 
6 Kaelie Baer UCLA9.775 
8 Natalie Trejo Southern Utah9.750 
9 Ana Jaworski Southern Utah9.675 
10 Lichelle Wong UCLA9.275 
11 Jamie Armijo Southern Utah9.175 
11 Mattie Larson UCLA9.175 

 

 Floor Exercise Results  
Place Gymnast TeamScore 
1 Vanessa Zamarripa UCLA9.975 
2 Olivia Courtney UCLA9.925 
3 Alyssa Pritchett UCLA9.900 
4 Dana McDonald UCLA9.850 
5 Sophina DeJesus UCLA9.825 
6 Arlyn Amor Southern Utah9.800 
7 Natalie Trejo Southern Utah9.750 
8 Jamie Armijo Southern Utah9.725 
9 Michaela Chernoch Southern Utah9.700 
10 Ana Jaworski Southern Utah9.625 
11 Alyssa Click Southern Utah9.600 
12 Sadiqua Bynum UCLA9.225 

 

 All Around Results  
Place Gymnast TeamScore 
1 Vanessa Zamarripa UCLA39.475 
2 Michaela Chernoch Southern Utah39.025 
3 Jamie Armijo Southern Utah38.325



 Scores via UCLA

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