2013 NCAA Season

Disastrous Start Doomed No. 5 Utah

Disastrous Start Doomed No. 5 Utah

Jan 13, 2013 by Jennifer Teitell
Disastrous Start Doomed No. 5 Utah


A disastrous start doomed the No. 5 Ute gymnasts at No. 2 UCLA in Pauley Pavilion, where Utah opened its season with a 197.425-195.300 loss. The Utes dug themselves an insurmountable hole by falling three times on their first event, the uneven bars. Though they bounced back with a good vault set, and wouldn't count a fall the rest of the way, the damage was done.

"People did things I've never seen before," said Marsden of the fall-filled bar start. "The only explanation I can give is we let the nerves to get us and then let it snowball. We had a lot of people (working events) they've never done before, but I was proud that after our meltdown on bars, they came back and did a reasonably good job."

Mary Beth Lofgren, who was scheduled to be the alternate on bars before all-arounder Kassandra Lopez injured her calf in the final practice before the team left for L.A., fell as Utah's first competitor of the night. Freshman Breanna Hughes, performing her first college routine, seemed unfazed by the veteran's struggles, scoring a 9.85. But juniors Nansy Damianova and Hailee Hansen followed Hughes' routine with back-to-back falls. Even with a 9.85 from Corrie Lothrop and a 9.875 from Georgia Dabritz, Utah trailed by a bunch, 49.300-48.075, after one rotation.

The Utes rebounded with their best event of the night by scoring a 49.250 on vault and sophomore Tory Wilson earned the first win of her young career, scoring a 9.90 to tie for first. Dabritz (9.875) and Lia Del Priore (9.85) also put up big scores for the Utes, who trailed 98.575-97.325 after two rotations. 

Though the Utes wouldn't match their vault set, they did turn in a decent 49.100 on the floor, highlighted by Damianova and Becky Tutka's 9.85 scores. It wasn't nearly enough to make up ground and Utah trailed 147.875-146.425 heading into the last rotation of the night.

"We had a lot of difficulty in our floor exercise routines and didn't water down at all," said Marsden. We just have to grow into our routines a little bit."

Beam got off to a shaky start when Wilson took a fall in the first beam routine of her career. Her score would get tossed after Utah's final five competitors stayed on the apparatus. Again, the freshman Hughes proved steady, scoring a 9.825. Dabritz, who fell off the beam a year ago in her only performance on that event her freshman year, turned in a marvelous 9.875 routine to secure a career-high all-around score.

Dabritz' 39.400 led Utah's all-arounders and earned her second place behind UCLA's Vanessa Zamarripa (39.675). Lothrop finished third in the all-around with a 39.300.

Women's Gymnastics Meet Results

 

Team Standing  

Place

  Team Score 
1  UCLA 197.425 
2  Utah 195.300 

 

UCLA  
Head Coach:  Valorie Kondos Field
 Gymnast Vault  Bars  Beam  Floor  AllArr 
 Kaelie Baer 9.875   9.775    
 Sadiqua Bynum       9.800  
 Olivia Courtney 9.900 9.850 9.525 9.950 39.225
 Monique De La Torre 9.825        
 Sophina DeJesus   9.300 9.825 9.875  
 Danusia Francis   9.675 9.925    
 Mattie Larson   9.875 9.850    
 Dana McDonald 9.875     9.850  
 Alyssa Pritchett       9.925  
 Sydney Sawa 9.800        
 Lichelle Wong   9.900      
 Vanessa Zamarripa 9.825 9.975 9.925 9.950 39.675
 Team Totals 49.300  49.275  49.300  49.550  197.425

 

Utah  
Head Coach:  Greg and Megan Marsden
 Gymnast Vault  Bars  Beam  Floor  AllArr 
 Georgia Dabritz 9.875 9.875 9.875 9.775 39.400
 Nansy Damianova 9.825 9.225   9.850  
 Lia Del Priore 9.850        
 Hailee Hansen   9.275      
 Mary Beth Lofgren 9.700 9.125 9.600 9.800 38.225
 Corrie Lothrop 9.800 9.850 9.825 9.825 39.300
 Becky Tutka     9.750 9.850  
 Tory Wilson 9.900   9.275 9.725  
 Breanna Hughes   9.850 9.825    
 Team Totals 49.250  48.075  48.875  49.100  195.300

 

Vault Results  
Place  Gymnast  Team Score 
1  Olivia Courtney  UCLA 9.900 
1  Tory Wilson  Utah 9.900 
3  Dana McDonald  UCLA 9.875 
3  Kaelie Baer  UCLA 9.875 
3  Georgia Dabritz  Utah 9.875 
6  Lia Del Priore  Utah 9.850 
7  Monique De La Torre  UCLA 9.825 
7  Vanessa Zamarripa  UCLA 9.825 
7  Nansy Damianova  Utah 9.825 
10  Sydney Sawa  UCLA 9.800 
10  Corrie Lothrop  Utah 9.800 
12  Mary Beth Lofgren  Utah 9.700 

 

Uneven Parallel Bars Results  
Place  Gymnast  Team Score 
1  Vanessa Zamarripa  UCLA 9.975 
2  Lichelle Wong  UCLA 9.900 
3  Mattie Larson  UCLA 9.875 
3  Georgia Dabritz  Utah 9.875 
5  Olivia Courtney  UCLA 9.850 
5  Breanna Hughes  Utah 9.850 
5  Corrie Lothrop  Utah 9.850 
8  Danusia Francis  UCLA 9.675 
9  Sophina DeJesus  UCLA 9.300 
10  Hailee Hansen  Utah 9.275 
11  Nansy Damianova  Utah 9.225 
12  Mary Beth Lofgren  Utah 9.125 

 

Balance Beam Results  
Place  Gymnast  Team Score 
1  Vanessa Zamarripa  UCLA 9.925 
1  Danusia Francis  UCLA 9.925 
3  Georgia Dabritz  Utah 9.875 
4  Mattie Larson  UCLA 9.850 
5  Sophina DeJesus  UCLA 9.825 
5  Breanna Hughes  Utah 9.825 
5  Corrie Lothrop  Utah 9.825 
8  Kaelie Baer  UCLA 9.775 
9  Becky Tutka  Utah 9.750 
10  Mary Beth Lofgren  Utah 9.600 
11  Olivia Courtney  UCLA 9.525 
12  Tory Wilson  Utah 9.275 

 

Floor Exercise Results 
Place  Gymnast  Team Score 
1  Vanessa Zamarripa  UCLA 9.950 
1  Olivia Courtney  UCLA 9.950 
3  Alyssa Pritchett  UCLA 9.925 
4  Sophina DeJesus  UCLA 9.875 
5  Dana McDonald  UCLA 9.850 
5  Nansy Damianova  Utah 9.850 
5  Becky Tutka  Utah 9.850 
8  Corrie Lothrop  Utah 9.825 
9  Sadiqua Bynum  UCLA 9.800 
9  Mary Beth Lofgren  Utah 9.800 
11  Georgia Dabritz  Utah 9.775 
12  Tory Wilson  Utah 9.725 

 

All Around Results  
Place  Gymnast  Team Score 
1  Vanessa Zamarripa  UCLA 39.675 
2  Georgia Dabritz  Utah 39.400 
3  Corrie Lothrop  Utah 39.300 
4  Olivia Courtney  UCLA 39.225 
5  Mary Beth Lofgren  Utah 38.225 

 

UTAH UCLA 

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