Utah ends UCLA's eight-meet win streak in the series Results
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: Utah ends UCLA's eight-meet win streak in the series
Utah ends UCLA's eight-meet win streak in the series
The Pac 12 Matchup of the week featured #8 UCLA at #4 Utah. The Utes shot out to an early lead and never looked back while the Bruins had a tough night across the board. Utah totaled a 197.125 team score despite having to count a fall. UCLA only managed a 195.875 after several lineup changes throughout the meet due to illnesses and injury. Utah's win ended UCLA's eight meet win streak in the series.
The star of the meet was undoubtedly Utah Junior Georgia Dabritz who won all three events she competed. Dabritz set or tied career highs on vault and floor by scoring a 9.975 on both, and won bars with a 9.95.
The Utes lived up to their #1 ranking on vault and began the meet with a huge 49.60 team score. Meanwhile, UCLA had major problems with a shuffled lineup on bars and had to count a 9.475 and two 9.75's. Olympian Samantha Peszek boosted the score with a solid 9.875. Peszek only competed bars due to a stress reaction in her foot.
In the second rotation, UCLA rebounded with a 49.10 on vault. However, the Utes extended their lead with a season-best 49.525 on bars after huge routines from Dabritz (9.95), Nansy Damianova (9.925), and Corrie Lothrop (9.925).
At the half, Utah led 99.125 - 97.725.
UCLA rallied on floor to score a 49.325, its highest team score of the night. Sydney Sawa earned a 9.925 for her crowd pleasing routine. Meanwhile, Utah saw the team's first major error of the night as Tory Wilson slipped off the beam. Competing in the anchor position,
All American Mary Beth Lofgren fell on her series and forced the team to count Wilson's 9.350. This is the second week in a row the Utes have counted a fall on beam.
All of the sudden, Utah's lead was cut in half heading into the final rotation.
UCLA finished the night on beam. Sawa came in to replace Peszek and took a fall. Scores were tight until sophomore star Danusia Francis delivered a clutch performance for a 9.95. Despite fighting through illness, Francis delivered a gorgeous beam routine and stuck her trademark dismount, a standing aerial sideways across the beam to a layout full. The crowd of 14,483 erupted.
Competition concluded with a huge floor rotation for Utah highlighted by powerful tumbling and a near-perfect routine for Dabritz. She effortlessly stuck her piked full in first pass and drilled her triple twist last pass. The crowd demanded a perfect 10 but she settled with a 9.975 as Utah earned a solid 49.425 on the event.
This win marked the 999th victory in Utah gymnastics history. Greg Marsden, in his 39th year on the staff, has coached all of those victories and has the opportunity to become the first 1,000-win coach in the sport next Saturday at Arizona State.
If Utah can get their lineup right on beam, they look to be National Title contenders this year. The Bruins will see a drop in the rankings but have plenty of room for improvement. Despite the loss, head coach Valorie Kondos Field found positives in the team's performance, particularly in the way they handled the adversity and poor start.
"This is the time that your team gets stronger, and this is the time that you see what they're made of," she said. "We started off poorly on bars, and we just kept getting stronger and stronger. We had some girls competing who haven't competed events yet. We keep telling them we need to get better for March and April. While it's upsetting to come out of here without a good score, first of all, and also with a loss, it was exciting to see because I do feel we got better tonight as a team."
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Meet Results:
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Meet Results:
Place | Team | Score |
---|---|---|
1 | UTAH | 197.125 |
2 | UCLA | 195.875 |
Gymnast | Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor | AllArr |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Georgia Dabritz | 9.975 | 9.950 | 9.975 | ||
Nansy Damianova | 9.875 | 9.925 | 9.950 | ||
Kailah Delaney | 9.925 | 9.850 | 9.700 | ||
Hailee Hansen | 9.800 | ||||
Breanna Hughes | 9.825 | 9.750 | |||
Mary Beth Lofgren | 9.900 | 9.325 | 9.800 | ||
Corrie Lothrop | 9.925 | 9.800 | |||
Baely Rowe | 9.825 | ||||
Becky Tutka | 9.875 | 9.825 | |||
Tory Wilson | 9.925 | 9.900 | 9.350 | 9.875 | 39.050 |
Team Totals | 49.600 | 49.525 | 48.575 | 49.425 | 197.125 |
Gymnast | Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor | AllArr |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sadiqua Bynum | 9.850 | 9.675 | |||
Angi Cipra | 9.850 | 9.600 | 9.875 | ||
Olivia Courtney | 9.800 | 9.775 | 9.900 | ||
Ellette Craddock | 8.100 | 9.775 | |||
Sophina DeJesus | 9.475 | 9.725 | 9.825 | ||
Danusia Francis | 9.950 | ||||
Hallie Mossett | 9.750 | 9.750 | 9.775 | 9.800 | 39.075 |
Samantha Peszek | 9.875 | ||||
Jennifer Pinches | 9.800 | ||||
Sydney Sawa | 9.800 | 9.750 | 9.050 | 9.925 | 38.525 |
Team Totals | 49.100 | 48.625 | 48.825 | 49.325 | 195.875 |
Place | Gymnast | Team | Score |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Georgia Dabritz | UTAH | 9.975 |
2 | Kailah Delaney | UTAH | 9.925 |
2 | Tory Wilson | UTAH | 9.925 |
4 | Mary Beth Lofgren | UTAH | 9.900 |
5 | Becky Tutka | UTAH | 9.875 |
5 | Nansy Damianova | UTAH | 9.875 |
7 | Angi Cipra | UCLA | 9.850 |
7 | Sadiqua Bynum | UCLA | 9.850 |
9 | Sydney Sawa | UCLA | 9.800 |
9 | Olivia Courtney | UCLA | 9.800 |
9 | Jennifer Pinches | UCLA | 9.800 |
12 | Hallie Mossett | UCLA | 9.750 |
Place | Gymnast | Team | Score |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Georgia Dabritz | UTAH | 9.950 |
2 | Corrie Lothrop | UTAH | 9.925 |
2 | Nansy Damianova | UTAH | 9.925 |
4 | Tory Wilson | UTAH | 9.900 |
5 | Samantha Peszek | UCLA | 9.875 |
6 | Breanna Hughes | UTAH | 9.825 |
7 | Hailee Hansen | UTAH | 9.800 |
8 | Olivia Courtney | UCLA | 9.775 |
9 | Hallie Mossett | UCLA | 9.750 |
9 | Sydney Sawa | UCLA | 9.750 |
11 | Sophina DeJesus | UCLA | 9.475 |
12 | Ellette Craddock | UCLA | 8.100 |
Place | Gymnast | Team | Score |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Danusia Francis | UCLA | 9.950 |
2 | Kailah Delaney | UTAH | 9.850 |
3 | Baely Rowe | UTAH | 9.825 |
4 | Corrie Lothrop | UTAH | 9.800 |
5 | Ellette Craddock | UCLA | 9.775 |
5 | Hallie Mossett | UCLA | 9.775 |
7 | Breanna Hughes | UTAH | 9.750 |
8 | Sophina DeJesus | UCLA | 9.725 |
9 | Angi Cipra | UCLA | 9.600 |
10 | Tory Wilson | UTAH | 9.350 |
11 | Mary Beth Lofgren | UTAH | 9.325 |
12 | Sydney Sawa | UCLA | 9.050 |
Place | Gymnast | Team | Score |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Georgia Dabritz | UTAH | 9.975 |
2 | Nansy Damianova | UTAH | 9.950 |
3 | Sydney Sawa | UCLA | 9.925 |
4 | Olivia Courtney | UCLA | 9.900 |
5 | Tory Wilson | UTAH | 9.875 |
5 | Angi Cipra | UCLA | 9.875 |
7 | Becky Tutka | UTAH | 9.825 |
7 | Sophina DeJesus | UCLA | 9.825 |
9 | Mary Beth Lofgren | UTAH | 9.800 |
9 | Hallie Mossett | UCLA | 9.800 |
11 | Kailah Delaney | UTAH | 9.700 |
12 | Sadiqua Bynum | UCLA | 9.675 |
Place | Gymnast | Team | Score |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Hallie Mossett | UCLA | 39.075 |
2 | Tory Wilson | UTAH | 39.050 |
3 | Sydney Sawa | UCLA |
38.525 |