The eighth-ranked UCLA Bruins tied their season high team score to defeat number 15 Arkansas in their final regular season home meet in Pauley Pavilion. 

 

The Bruins pulled away in the final rotation thanks to a 49.550 on floor to match the 197.425 they scored January 12th while hosting Utah. The Razorbacks finished with a 196.600, the team’s best road score of the season. 

 

Competing in her final regular season meet, 5th year senior Vanessa Zamarripa stole the show with a nearly flawless all around performance, winning the meet with a 39.675. Zamarripa scored her 8th career perfect 10.0 on vault with a gorgeous yurchenko full. She followed that up with a 9.95 to anchor the team on uneven bars, winning titles on both events. 

 

Freshman and former British national team member Danusia Francis hit her best beam routine of the year, winning the event title with a 9.95. Senior Alyssa Pritchett scored a 9.95 on floor for the second straight weekend to tie for the event title with teammate Olivia Courtney.

 

UCLA honored its five seniors - Kaelie Baer, Monique De La Torre, Lichelle Wong, Pritchett, and Zamarripa - after Sunday's meet. This group of seniors has won one NCAA Championship (2010), three NCAA Regional championships and two Pac-12 championships (fifth-year seniors Baer, Pritchett and Zamarripa have won three) and has placed in the Top 3 at the last three NCAA Championships. All five have been instrumental figures in the Bruins' success this season.

 

UCLA will host the 2013 NCAA Championships in Pauley Pavilion on Apr. 19-21. This will be UCLA's fourth time hosting the NCAAs. The Bruins won the national title the last time they hosted in 2004, scoring an NCAA record 198.125.

Links:
- Click here to watch UCLA head coach Valorie Kondos Field talk about her senior gymnasts
- Full meet results