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UCLA GYMNASTICS UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095 / (310) 206-8140 Gymnastics Contact: Liza David ([email protected]) 2018 SCHEDULE No. 4 UCLA at California January Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018 – 11:30 a.m. (PT) Berkeley, Calif. (Haas Pavilion) Sat. 6 #22 Ohio State W 196.250-193.200 Sun. 14 at Elevate the Stage 1st, 197.200 MEET INFORMATION vs. Stanford, #3 Utah, Washington (Reno, Nev.) Venue: Haas Pavilion (11,877) Sat. 20 at #17 Arizona W 197.300-195.750 Time: 11:30 a.m. PT Sat. 27 at Metroplex Challenge 1st, 197.625 Television: Pac-12 Network at TV Talent: Jim Watson (play-by-play) vs. #2 LSU, #14 Washington, NC State (Fort Worth, Texas) Amanda Borden (analyst) 8-1 5-3 February Live Stats: calbears.com Tickets: $10 adults/$6 youth Sun. 4 #1 Oklahoma L 198.050-197.950 All-Time Series: UCLA leads, 68-3 Sat. 10 at California P12N 11:30 a.m. UCLA won last year’s dual meet in Los Angeles, 197.525- 196.800, while Cal won the matchup in Berkeley in 2016, Sun. 18 Utah P12N 5 p.m. 196.375-195.175. Sun. 25 Oregon State P12N 3 p.m. March UCLA TRAVELS TO BERKELEY FOR SATURDAY MATINEE Sun. 4 at Masters Classic 12 p.m. No. 4 UCLA (8-1) resumes Pac-12 Conference play on Saturday with an 11:30am matinee at California (5-3). The vs. Nebraska, Iowa State, Kent State (Lincoln, Neb.) “Powerful in Pink” meet will take place in Haas Pavilion and will be televised live on Pac-12 Network, with Jim Watson Sun. 11 at Stanford P12N 1 p.m. and Amanda Borden calling the action. Tue. 13 San Jose State P12N 12 p.m. BRUINS CONTINUE TO RISE Sat. 24 at Pac-12 Champs. P12N TBD UCLA has improved its score in every meet this season and set another season-high last Sunday with a 197.950 (Tucson, Ariz.) against No. 1 Oklahoma, who edged the Bruins out by one-tenth of a point. Since scoring 196.250 in the season April opener, the Bruins have surpassed 197 in all four subsequent meets. Sat. 7 at NCAA Regionals TBD PERFECTION IN PAULEY Fri. 20 at NCAA Semi! nals ESPN2 or ESPNU TBD A Pauley Pavilion record six gymnasts scored perfect 10s at the UCLA-Oklahoma meet on Sunday. UCLA received (St. Louis, Mo.) 10s by Christine Peng-Peng Lee on beam and Felicia Hano and Katelyn Ohashi on " oor, and Oklahoma had 10s Sat. 21 at NCAA Super Six ESPNU 4 p.m. scored by Brenna Dowell on vault and Anastasia Webb and Maggie Nichols on beam. Hano, Webb, Ohashi and (St. Louis, Mo.) Nichols went back-to-back-to-back-to-back on their perfect 10s. All times are listed in PT time. PERFECT 10 NOTES QUICK FACTS The three 10s scored by the Bruins’ Christine Peng-Peng Lee (beam), Felicia Hano (" oor) and Katelyn Ohashi (" oor) Gymnastics History on Feb. 4 were the most in a single meet since three were scored on Mar. 7, 2004 by Jeanette Antolin (vault and First Season 1974 " oor) and Yvonne Tousek (bars) … Hano and Ohashi became the ! rst pair of Bruins to score back-to-back 10s on All-Time Record 714-209-4 (.771) " oor since Kate Richardson and Antolin on Feb. 22, 2004 … The six 10s were the most in Pauley Pavilion since NCAA Championship Appearances 33 there were eight scored by ! ve gymnasts at the 2002 UCLA Invitational, including three by UCLA’s Jamie Dantzscher NCAA Championships 6 (last 2010) … Lee scored her second consecutive perfect 10 on beam, joining Ohashi as the only Bruins ever to record perfect NCAA Regional Titles 22 Pac-12 Conference Championships 17 10s on beam in consecutive meets … Lee has three perfect 10s on beam in her career, one off the school record of four set by Richardson … Lee’s ! ve overall perfect 10s is tied for sixth-most in school history … Ohashi becomes Team Information just the fourth Bruin ever to score a perfect 10 on both beam and " oor, joining Kristen Maloney, Mohini Bhardwaj 2017 Record 13-4-1 2017 Pac-12 Record (! nish) 5-1 (T-3rd) and Richardson. Gymnasts Returning/Lost 16/5 HANO EARNS PAC-12 WEEKLY HONORS All-Americans Returning/Lost 5/2 Sophomore Felicia Hano was selected the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week for the ! rst time in her career after scoring her ! rst-ever perfect 10 on Feb. 4. Hano’s performance helped UCLA record a season-high team total of 197.950 CAREER-BEST MARKS and the ! fth-highest " oor score in school history (49.675), which is the highest total since the 2004 squad scored Gymnast V UB BB FX AA 49.7. The " oor victory was Hano’s second of the year, and she now leads the team with a 9.913 scoring average on N. Dennis 9.925 9.875 9.750 9.875 39.225 " oor to rank No. 8 in the nation. A UCLA gymnast has won the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week award every week this R. Dennis 9.725 9.850 – – – season. Christine Peng-Peng Lee has won three times, and Hano and Grace Glenn has each won once. A. Glenn 9.800 – 9.850 – – G. Glenn – – 9.950 – – HONORING A LEGACY Hall 9.950 – – 9.875 – Felicia Hano’s " oor exercise routine this season is a legacy routine originally performed by All-American Sydney Sawa Hano 9.900 9.025 9.725 10.00 38.650 in 2014 and passed down to Hano. Sawa scored a perfect 10 on that routine on Feb. 22, 2014 and was, in fact, the Honest 9.900 9.950 – 9.925 – last UCLA gymnast to score a perfect 10 on " oor until Hano did it with the same routine on Feb. 4, 2018. Kocian 9.875 10.00 9.950 9.950 39.625 Kooyman – 9.825 – 9.100 – BEAMING BRUINS Kramer 9.925 – – 9.900 – UCLA has posted scores of 49.525 or higher on beam in its last three meets, scoring 49.525 at Arizona on Jan. 20 Lee 9.925 10.00 10.00 – – and vs. Oklahoma on Feb. 4 and setting a season high with a 49.625 at the Metroplex Challenge. The Bruins’ season Meraz 9.875 9.875 9.900 9.900 39.400 average is 49.345, good for second in the nation. At Arizona, three Bruins contributed scores of 9.95 - Grace Glenn, Nguyen – – 9.900 9.900 – Katelyn Ohashi and Christine Peng-Peng Lee. At Metroplex, UCLA counted no score lower than 9.875, with Kyla Ohashi 9.875 9.925 10.00 10.00 39.450 Ross scoring 9.975 and Lee hitting a perfect 10. UCLA has three gymnasts in the beam lineup who have scored two Ross 9.925 10.00 10.00 9.900 39.700 perfect 10s each on the event in their careers - Ross, Ohashi and Lee. Sanchez – 9.750 9.750 – – Savvidou 9.800 9.900 9.825 9.925 – FLOORS UP Toronjo – – 9.850 9.950 – UCLA’s highest season average on any one event is 49.425, on " oor exercise. The Bruins have scored 49.4 or higher Tratz 9.875 – – 9.925 – in four of ! ve meets, with a high of 49.675 set Feb. 4 vs. Oklahoma. That mark was the ! fth-highest " oor score in 2018 UCLA GYMNASTICS WEEK FIVE RANKINGS (as of 2/5) school history and the highest since the Bruins scored 39.700 on Mar. 7, 2004. UCLA has four gymnasts ranked in RK TEAM Avg Score High Score the Top 25 nationally - No. 8 Felicia Hano (9.912), No. 13 Pauline Tratz (9.895), No. 18 Kyla Ross (9.887), and No. 21 1 Oklahoma 197.813 198.125 Gracie Kramer (9.880). Katelyn Ohashi stands just outside the Top 25 with a 9.870 average and has scored 9.925 2 Utah 197.335 197.700 and 10.0 in her last two meets. UCLA tumbling on ! oor has been impressive, with Kramer doing a front double full- 3 LSU 197.290 197.450 punch front, Ross starting with a whip-double back, Hano and Ohashi starting with double layouts, Nia Dennis with 4 UCLA 197.265 197.950 a double Arabian and Tratz with a full-in. 5 Florida 196.980 198.150 6 Kentucky 196.475 196.950 PUA POWER 7 Michigan 196.425 197.550 Senior Napualani Hall has been on a tear on vault, scoring 9.9 or higher in three of her last four meets. She has 8 Nebraska 196.394 196.875 averaged 9.906 on her last four vaults and stuck her last two. She earned a perfect 10 from one of the two judges 9 Alabama 196.355 197.000 and " nished with a career-high of 9.95 on Feb. 4 vs. Oklahoma. Hall leads the team with four Top 3 " nishes on vault. 10 Arkansas 196.310 197.175 11 Oregon State 196.213 196.975 SCOUTING THE BEARS 12 Denver 196.210 196.800 California is coming off a season-high performance against No. 19 Arizona, where the Bears snapped a three- 13 Georgia 196.195 197.000 meet losing streak to win, 195.950-194.425. Led by four career-high performances and Toni-Ann Williams’ 9.95, 14 Boise State 196.044 196.625 the Bears notched the program’s fourth-highest ! oor total.