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UCLA Women's Gymnastics Weekly Press Release • February 22, 2012 UCLA Sports Information • PO Box 24044 • Los Angeles, CA 90024-0044 SID Contact: Liza David • Phone: 310/206-8140 • Fax: 310/825-8664 • Email: [email protected] Website: www.uclabruins.com UCLA Gymnastics Hosts Arizona State Sunday No. 6 Bruins welcome No. 24 Arizona State to the Wooden Center. No. 6 Bruins Host No. 24 Sun Devils — The sixth-ranked UCLA gymnastics team (7-1-1, 3-1-1 in 2012 UCLA Schedule Pac-12) will host 24th-ranked Arizona State on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 2 pm at the John Wooden Center. Date Opponent Time Throwback Sunday — Sunday's meet will feature a nod to the past as the Bruins will don a leotard 1/8 UTAH W 196.075-196.050 from the past to represent the team being back in the Wooden Center this season. The team is also 1/15 at California W 196.675-192.500 encouraging fans to dress up in 80's gear. 1/22 SAN JOSE ST. W 197.575-193.200 Charitable Efforts — Several charities that are near to the hearts of the Bruin gymnasts will be 1/27 at Washington L 1945.300-194.600 2/5 STANFORD W 197.25-196.450 highlighted at this meet, including UCLA GlobeMed and Soles 4 Souls. A collection bin will be on 2/10 at IGI/Chicago Style Classic 1st, 196.850 site accepting new and gently-used shoes to be donated to Soles 4 Souls. vs. Boise St., Missouri, Illinois Live Coverage — Live scoring and live streaming video and audio will be available at uclabruins. 2/17 at Oregon State, with Cal T-1st, 196.775 com. Darren Preston and Allison Taylor will call the action. 2/26 ARIZONA STATE 2 pm 2013 Season Tickets On Sale Sunday — It's never too early to plan ahead. Beginning Sunday, fans 3/2 at Georgia 7:30 pm ET can purchase season tickets for the 2013 season. Every 2013 season ticket ordered earns you a 3/11 OKLAHOMA 2 pm gumball, which you can redeem from a giant gumball machine at one of the remaining two home 3/24 at Pac-12 Championships TBD meets this season (Feb. 26 vs. Arizona State and Mar. 11 vs. Oklahoma). Whatever color you get will 4/7 at NCAA Regionals TBD determine your prize. Prizes include t-shirts, sweatshirts, invitations to the team banquet, tickets to NCAA Championships - Duluth, GA the 2013 NCAA Championships, and much more! ¦ § ¨ © § § © 4/20 NCAA Semifi nals TBD In the Rankings — With a season average of 4/21 NCAA Super Six TBD 196.543, UCLA moves up one spot to sixth in Gymnast V UB BB FX AA 4/22 NCAA Event Finals TBD the national rankings. The Bruins are second Courtney 10th-T 20th – – – Home meets are in BOLD CAPS and held at the John on vault (49.418), eighth on fl oor (49.111) and De La Torre 21st-T – – – – Wooden Center. All times are local to site. beam (48.961) and ninth on bars (49.054). Gerber – – 19th – – Hopfner-Hibbs – 18th-T – – 12th UCLA Season-High Marks Three Bruins are ranked in the Top 15 in the Peszek 17th-T – – 17th 7th Gymnast V UB BB FX AA all-around - No. 7 Samantha Peszek (39.445 Zamarripa 1st 17th – – 15th Baer 9.875 9.2 9.85 – – average), No. 12 Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (39.375) Team 2nd 9th 8th 8th 6th Courtney 9.925 9.9 9.4 9.9 38.875 and No. 15 Vanessa Zamarripa (39.325). Zamar- Craddock – 9.8 – – – ripa remains ranked No. 1 in the nation on vault (9.938), and she is joined in the Top 25 on vault by De La Torre 9.925 9.85 – 9.8 – Frattone 9.95 9.775 9.7 9.875 37.275 Olivia Courtney (No. 10, 9.896), Samantha Peszek (No. 17, 9.890) and Monique De La Torre (No. Gerber – 9.9 9.9 9.825 – 21, 9.875). On uneven bars, three Bruins are in the Top 20 - Zamarripa (No. 17, 9.857), Hopfner- Hopfner-Hibbs 9.875 9.85 9.925 9.95 39.375 Hibbs (No. 18, 9.850) and Courtney (No. 20, 9.846). Aisha Gerber is the lone Bruin ranked on beam, Larson 9.875 9.875 9.875 9.875 39.325 checking in at No. 19 (9.830), while on fl oor exercise, Peszek ranks No. 17 (9.865). McDonald 9.8* – 9.55* 9.7* – Peszek 9.925 9.85 9.925 9.9 39.55 About the Bruins — UCLA returns eight All-Americans from last year's NCAA runner-up squad, including Pritchett – – – 9.9 – reigning NCAA beam champion Samantha Peszek and 2010 NCAA vault champion Vanessa Zamar- Whitcomb – 9.8* – – – Wong 9.85 9.8 9.925 9.9 39.325 ripa, who redshirted a year ago with a torn Achilles tendon. Other All-Americans back for UCLA are Zamarripa 10.0 9.95 9.825 9.8 39.325 10-time All-American Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, two-time honoree Aisha Gerber, 2011 Pac-10 Freshman Team 49.575 49.4 49.550 49.4 197.575 of the Year Olivia Courtney, Monique De La Torre, Tauny Frattone and Sydney Sawa. The Bruins also * - denotes exhibition bring in an outstanding freshman class, led by 2010 U.S. fl oor exercise champion and World Cham- UCLA Career-High Marks pionships silver medalist Mattie Larson, as well as U.S. national team member Cassie Whitcomb. The Bruins are coached by UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame member Valorie Kondos Field. She is assisted Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Baer 9.875 9.525* 9.85 9.85 – by Associate Head Coach and 1992 Olympian Chris Waller. New to the staff in 2012 are familiar Courtney 9.95 9.9 9.9 9.9 39.5 faces to Bruin fans - assistant coach Randy Lane, who helped guide UCLA to two NCAA titles and Craddock – 9.8 – – – was the 2000 NACGC/W National Assistant Coach of the Year, and volunteer coach Amy Smith, De La Torre 9.925 9.925 9.775 9.8 38.5 Frattone 9.95 9.825 9.85 9.9 39.325 who was the co-captain for UCLA's 1997 NCAA championship team and an assistant coach at the Gerber 9.9 9.925 9.925 9.925 39.55 University of Missouri from 2007-11. Hopfner-Hibbs 9.95 9.925 10.0 9.95 39.6 About the Sun Devils — Arizona State (4-3, 2-2 in the Pac-12) ranks 24th in the nation with a season Larson 9.875 9.875 9.875 9.875 39.325 McDonald 9.8* – 9.55* 9.7* – average of 194.514. The Sun Devils, who hold a season-high of 195.875, also rank 18th on beam Peszek 9.925 9.925 9.925 9.9 39.55 (48.600) and 23rd on bars (48.686). Senior Beaté Jones, a 2009 all-conference performer, has Pritchett 9.8 – – 9.9 – competed in the all-around in every meet this season and holds a season-high mark of 39.3. Head Sawa 9.9 9.9 9.825 9.925 39.275 Whitcomb – 9.8* – – – coach John Spini has been at the helm of the Sun Devil program for 32 years. Wong 9.85 9.9 9.925 9.9 39.325 In regular season competition, UCLA is 49-23 all-time vs. Arizona State and has not lost to the Sun Zamarripa 10.0 9.975 9.975 9.95 39.7 Devils since Jan. 26, 2001 in Tempe, a streak of 21 consecutive wins. * - denotes exhibition All Tied Up at Oregon State — Fighting through adversity and a modifi ed lineup, UCLA came from behind to tie Oregon State for fi rst place in a tri-meet against the Beavers and California in Corvallis Friday evening. Both the Bruins and Beavers totaled 196.775, while the Bears fi nished in third with ¡ ¢ £ ¤ ¥ ! " # $ %# & ! ' a score of 192.350. UCLA rallied from a 0.40 defi cit at the halfway mark, averages 9.856, and Kae- recording strong marks on vault (49.45) and uneven bars (49.2) to catch lie Baer averages 9.818 as up to the Beavers. the leadoff vaulter. Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Courtney 1 2 – 1 – The Bruins had to tinker with the expected lineup several times after in- The Bruins' vault total of Frattone 2 – – – – juries to Samantha Peszek, who only competed on balance beam due to 49.575 at Cal ranks as Gerber – 3 – – – wrist soreness, and Lichelle Wong, who suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon the sixth-best vault score Hopfner-Hibbs – – 2 2 – during the three-minute touch on fl oor exercise. Additionally, Mattie Larson in school history, while the Larson – – 1 – – competed on just one event due to illness. But the Bruins regained the all- 49.55 from the season Peszek – 1 3 1 4 Pritchett – – – 2 – around services of veteran All-Americans Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (39.375) and opener against Utah ranks Wong – – 1 1 – Vanessa Zamarripa (39.325), who fi nished third and fourth, respectively. as the seventh-best. Zamarripa 4 2 – – – $ ( ) * + % " % ' , ! ' Super Subs — If the Bruins have learned anything this season, it's to be Zamarripa Finds Perfec- prepared to come in at a moment's notice. Injuries and poor warmups have tion Again — Over a year forced lineup shuffl ing several times this season, and the subs have done after rupturing her Achilles Gymnast V UB BB FX AA a great job fi lling in, particularly in last weekend's meet at Oregon State.