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For Immediate Release // Tuesday, March 3, 2015 Contact // Liz Beadle ([email protected])

THIS WEEK IN PAC-12 GYMNASTICS

For the seventh week in a row, seven of eight Pac-12 gymnastics squads are ranked in the Top 25 nation- 2015 PAC-12 CONFERENCE ally. #4 UTAH remains undefeated after defeating #15 GYMNASTICS STANDINGS OREGON STATE in Corvallis for the first time since Conference Overall 2009. The Utes are led by senior Georgia Dabritz, who W L PCT W L PCT is currently ranked second in the nation on , first on Utah 6 0 1.000 10 0 1.000 bars, and fifth on the floor. UTAH will host Michigan on UCLA 6 1 .857 9 1 .900 Friday in a battle of top five squads. California 4 3 .571 13 3 .813 Arizona 3 3 .500 6 4 .600 Stanford 3 4 .429 5 6 .455 Note on Pac-12 Championships: The 2015 Pac-12 Oregon State 3 4 .429 7 4 .636 Gymnastics Championships have been relocated from Washington 1 5 .166 6 6 .500 Arizona State University to the University of Utah. Tick- Arizona State 0 6 .000 1 10 .091 ets for the Mar. 21 event are available at utahtickets. com. Those who previously purchased tickets through Arizona State are encouraged to contact sparkycares@ NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS asu.edu for assistance. (RANKINGS REPORTED BY GYMINFO) RANKINGS AS OF MAR. 2 UPCOMING SCHEDULE RANK TEAM REGIONAL QUALIFYING SCORE Fri., Mar. 6 1 Oklahoma 197.740 #19 ARIZONA at #23 Michigan State 3 p.m. PT 2 L.S.U. 197.485 with Eastern Michigan 3 Florida 197.455 #4 UTAH vs. #5 Michigan 6 p.m. PT 4 Utah 197.295 ARIZONA STATE at #21 Southern Utah 6 p.m. PT 5 Michigan 197.065 #25 WASHINGTON vs. North Carolina State 7 p.m. PT 6 Alabama 197.055 7 Nebraska 196.840 Sat., Mar. 7 #15 OREGON STATE at #7 Nebraska 4 p.m. PT 8 UCLA 196.785 #13 STANFORD at #8 UCLA 4 p.m. PT 9 Auburn 196.745 10 Georgia 196.720 Sun., Mar. 8 11 Penn State 196.200 #20 CALIFORNIA vs. UC Davis P12N 12 p.m. PT 12 Illinois-Champaign 196.195 #19 ARIZONA at Texas Women’s University 10 a.m.PT 13 Stanford 196.175 14 Boise State 196.165 15 Oregon State 196.150 RECENT RESULTS 16 Minnesota 196.010 17 Denver 195.935 Fri., Feb. 27 18 Arkansas 195.910 #4 UTAH at #15 OREGON STATE UTAH, 196.875-195.750 19 Arizona 195.860 20 California 195.845 Sat., Feb. 28 21 Southern Utah 195.725 #8 UCLA at ARIZONA STATE UCLA, 197.350-194.250 22 Kentucky 195.555 #20 CALIFORNIA at #19 ARIZONA ARIZ, 196.425-196.100 23 Michigan State 195.550 Mon., Mar. 2 24 Missouri 195.460 #25 WASHINGTON at #13 STANFORD STAN, 197.525-196.125 25 Washington 195.395 - Iowa 195.395 PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES ARIZ...... BILL RYDEN UCLA...... Big Ten...... 1-0-0 ...... 17th season ...... 25th Season Big 12...... 1-0-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 2 ...... NCAA Appearances: 22 East Atlantic Gymnastics League...... 1-0-0 Eastern College Athetlic...... 2-0-0 ASU...... RENE LYST UTAH...... GREG MARSDEN Mid-American...... 0-0-0 ...... 1st season ...... 40th season Midwest Independent...... 2-0-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 33 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.... 14-3-1 Mountain Rim...... 5-1-0 CAL...... JUSTIN HOWELL UTAH...... Southeastern...... 0-4-0 ...... 3rd season ...... 6th season Western Athletic...... 0-0-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 1 ...... NCAA Appearances: 5 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic...... 4-0-0 Independent...... 0-0-0 OSU...... TANYA CHAPLIN WASH...... JOANNE BOWERS Total-All...... 30-8-1 ...... 18th Season ...... 9th Season ...... NCAA Appearances: 10 ...... NCAA Appearances: 1 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS SIDS STAN...... KRISTEN SMYTH ...... 14th season *NCAA Appearances denotes NCAA appear- ARIZ...... www.arizonawildcats.com ...... NCAA Appearances: 11 ances made as coach of current school ...... Danielle Bracamonte ...... [email protected] ...... 520-227-8238 WEEKLY PAC-12 GYMNASTICS HONORS UCLA’s Samantha Peszek named Gymnast of the Week ASU...... www.thesundevils.com ...... Maggie Emmons UTAH’s Georgia Dabritz named Specialist of the Week ...... [email protected] UCLA’s Christine Peng-Peng Lee named Freshman/Newcomer of the Week ...... 480-584-9591 The Pac-12 Conference office announced today the Pac-12 women’s gymnastics CAL...... www.calbears.com weekly honors for the week of Feb. 24 -- Mar. 1. UCLA’s Samantha Peszek was named ...... Mara Rudolph the Gymnast of the Week, UTAH’s Georgia Dabritz was voted Specialist of the Week, ...... [email protected] and UCLA’s Christine Peng-Peng Lee was selected as the Freshman/Newcomer of the ...... 510-643-5846 Week.

OSU...... www.osubeavers.com UCLA redshirt senior Samantha Peszek earned gymnast of the week honors for the ...... Jason Amberg third time this season after her performance in No. 8 UCLA’s road win over ARIZONA ...... [email protected] ...... 541-230-0706 STATE on Feb. 28. Peszek tied for first place on the vault with a career-high-tying score of 9.95, marking her fourth vault title of the year and helping the Bruins earn their STAN...... www.gostanford.com highest vault score of the season. Pezek also earned second place finishes on beam ...... Greg Marsh (9.925) and bars (9.9). Nationally, she is currently the ranked 13th on vault, 11th on ...... [email protected] bars, and fifth on beam...... 650-736-7635 UTAH senior Georgia Dabritz earned Special Performance of the Week honors for the UCLA...... www.uclabruins.com second week in a row for her performance in the No. 4 Utes’ victory at No. 15 OREGON ...... Liza David STATE. Dabritz picked up her 20th win of the season after victories on bars (9.95) and ...... [email protected] floor (9.925) to help the Utes win in Corvallis for the first time since 2009. Dabritz is ...... 310-621-8398 currently ranked second in the nation on vault, first on bars, and fifth on the floor. UTAH...... www.utahutes.cstv.com ...... Liz Abel UCLA redshirt sophomore Christine Peng-Peng Lee, who missed competition the last ...... [email protected] two seasons due to injuries, earned Newcomer of the Week honors for the second week ...... 801-581-3511 in a row this week. In the Bruins meet with Arizona State, Lee won the bars for the fifth time this season, scoring her second-consecutive 9.95 on the event as UCLA totaled its WASH...... www.gohuskies.com second-highest bars score of the year. Additionally, Lee tied for third on both the beam ...... Justin Green (9.85) and the vault (9.875), marking her career-best vault score. She now ranks fifth ...... [email protected] in the nation on the bars...... 801-473-7376 Also Nominated: PAC-12...... www.pac-12.com ...... Liz Beadle Gymnast of the Week: ...... [email protected] Madeline Gardiner, OSU; Toni-Ann Williams, CAL; Allison Flores, ARIZ ...... 415-549-2858 Special Performance of the Week: Lexi Mills, ARIZ; Chelsea Tang, OSU; Jordan Williams, UCLA

Freshman/Newcomer of the Week: Toni-Ann Williams, CAL; Victoria Ortiz, ARIZ; Dani Dessaints, OSU

PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // March 3, 2015 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ON TWITTER PAC-12 NETWORKS Arizona: @AZGymnastics Utah: @UtahGymnastics Pac-12 gymnastics teams will see an unprec- Arizona State: @ASUGymnastics Washington: @UWGymnastics edented amount of television coverage this season. California: @calwgym UCLA: @UCLAgymnastics In the third year of Pac-12 Networks, 21 women’s Oregon State: @OregonStateGym Stanford: @StanfordWGYM gymnastics meets will be televised on a national and regional basis. ROSTER BREAKDOWN The Pac-12 Networks consists of one national and School FR SO JR SR Grad Total six regional networks devoted solely to the Pac-12. ARIZ 3 3 4 4 0 14 In addition to the hundreds of live televised Pac-12 ASU 0 4 5 3 0 12 sporting events, Pac-12 Networks subscribers will CAL 4 8 3 2 0 17 have access to Pac-12 Now, the TV Everywhere OSU 2 5 4 5 0 16 platform, which provides access to all Pac-12 Net- STAN 1 6 4 4 0 15 works programming on any device through their UCLA 7 7 3 2 1 20 broadband service. UTAH 4 1 4 4 0 13 WASH 6 6 1 3 0 16 Jan. 12 UCLA at Oregon State...... 6 p.m. PT Jan. 12 Kentucky at Washington...... 6 p.m. PT Jan. 19 Arizona at UCLA...... 1 p.m. PT UTAH VOTED PRE-SEASON FAVORITE Jan. 23 UCLA at Utah...... 4 p.m. MT Jan. 26 Oregon State at Stanford...... 6 p.m. PT In a poll taken by the Conference’s eight women’s gymnastics coaches, UTAH was voted the Feb. 1 California at UCLA...... 10 a.m. PT preseason favorite to win the 2015 Pac-12 regular season. Feb. 6 Arizona State at Utah...... 4 p.m. MT Feb. 7 Arizona at Oregon State...... 2 p.m. PT Feb. 8 Stanford at California...... 12 p.m. PT The Utes received 46 points with five first-place votes Feb. 9 Washington at UCLA...... 6 p.m. PT and were also voted sixth in the national preseason 2015 Pac-12 Women’s Feb. 14 Utah at Washington...... 4 p.m. PT coaches poll. UCLA tallied 43 points, receiving the Gymnastics Feb. 14 UCLA at Stanford...... 4 p.m. PT remaining three first-place votes, and was tabbed Preseason CoachesPoll Feb. 16 Arizona State at Arizona...... 6 p.m. MT second. Additionally, the Bruins came in fifth in the 1. Utah (5)...... 46 Feb. 21 Stanford at Utah...... 5 p.m. MT national preseason coaches poll. 2. UCLA (3)...... 43 Feb. 27 Utah at Oregon State...... 7 p.m. PT 3. Stanford...... 39 Feb. 28 UCLA at Arizona State...... 11 a.m. PT Utah takes over the top spot in the preseason Pac-12 4. California...... 28 Feb. 28 California at Arizona...... 4 p.m. MT Mar. 2 Washington at Stanford...... 7 p.m. PT coaches poll from UCLA. The Bruins had dominated Oregon State...... 28 Mar. 8 UC Davis at California...... 12 p.m. PT the top spot for the last three years. This season, Utah 6. Arizona...... 17 Mar. 21 Pac-12 Championships...... will be looking to repeat as Pac-12 champions after 7. Washington...... 13 ...... 1 p.m. PT, 6 p.m. PT winning the title for the first time in 2014. 8. Arizona State...... 10

PAC-12 WEEKLY NOTES

UCLA and STANFORD to close out regular season Conference schedule: In the last regular season Pac-12 Conference meet of 2015, the #13 ranked Cardinal will travel to to take on the #8 Bruins. Both STANFORD and UCLA are coming off season-high team scores. This past week, STANFORD scored a 197.525 to beat #25 WASHINGTON and UCLA scored a 197.350 to defeat ARIZONA STATE.

Pac-12 to face non-conference foes: This coming weekend, several Pac-12 squads will take on top-ranked non-conference opponents. #4 UTAH takes on #5 Michigan, #19 ARIZONA will face #23 Michigan State, ARIZONA STATE will travel to #21 Southern Utah, and #15 OREGON STATE will take on #7 Nebraska.

Note on Pac-12 Championships: The 2015 Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships have been relocated from Arizona State Uni- versity to the University of Utah. Tickets for the Mar. 21 event are available at utahtickets.com. Those who previously purchased tickets through Arizona State are encouraged to contact [email protected] for assistance.

Berkeley Regional tickets now on sale: Tickets for the 2015 NCAA Gymnastics Berkeley Regional are on sale now at CalBears. com. The meet will take place April 4 and feature six teams contenting for a berth to the NCAA national championship.

2015 PAC-12 WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS

Gymnast Specialist Freshman/Newcomer Jan. 12 Tory Wilson, UTAH Jessie Sisler, ARIZ Elizabeth Price, STAN Jan. 19 Georgia Dabritz, UTAH , STAN Toni-Ann Williams, CAL Jan. 26 Samantha Peszek, UCLA Corrie Lothrop, UTAH Toni-Ann Williams, CAL Feb. 2 Georgia Dabritz, UTAH Christine Peng-Peng Lee, UCLA Toni-Ann Williams, CAL Feb. 9 Georgia Dabritz, UTAH Tory Wilson, UTAH Toni-Ann Williams, CAL Feb. 16 Toni-Ann Williams, CAL Taylor Rice, STAN Toni-Ann Williams, CAL Feb. 23 Samantha Peszek, UCLA Georgia Dabritz, UTAH Christine Peng-Peng Lee, UCLA Mar. 2 Samantha Peszek, UCLA Georgia Dabritz, UTAH Christine Peng-Peng Lee, UCLA PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // March 3, 2015 3 2014 PAC-12 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD

ARIZONA WILDCATS ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS Overall: 6-4 // Pac-12: 3-3 Overall: 1-10 // Pac-12: 0-6

JANUARY JANUARY 9 at Alabama L, 196.225-194.3753 9 vs. Southern Utah W, 194.2–193.925 16 vs. Illinois-Chigaco, Sacramento State, Wisconsin-Stout 1st, 195.250 16 vs. Kentucky and LSU 3rd, 194.400 19 at UCLA* L, 195.975-195.300 25 at California* 4th, 192.650 24 at Washington* W, 196.050-195.950 with San Jose State, Denver 31 vs. Utah* L, 197.850-196.375 31 vs. Stanford* L, 196.525-193.775

FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 7 at Oregon State* L, 196.250-195.100 6 at Utah* L, 197.825-194.100 16 vs. Arizona State* W, 196.625-195.375 16 at Arizona* L, 196.625-195.375 28 vs. California* W, 196.425-196.100 20 vs. Oregon State* L, 196.275-193.475 28 vs. UCLA* L, 197.350-194.250 MARCH 6 at Michigan State 4 p.m. MT MARCH with Eastern Michigan 6 at Southern Utah 7 p.m. MT 8 at Texas Women’s 11 a.m. MT 13 vs. Air Force 7 p.m. MT 14 vs. Denver 4 p.m. MT * Pac-12 Conference Meet. * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Mountain Time. All times Mountian Time.

CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS OREGON STATE BEAVERS Overall: 13-3 // Pac-12: 4-3 Overall: 7-4 // Pac-12: 3-4

JANUARY JANUARY 4 at UC Davis (NorCal Classic) 1st, 195.175 12 vs. UCLA* L, 196.000-195.450 with Stanford*, San Jose State and Sacramento State 18 at Iowa State 1st, 195.975 9 at Sacramento State W, 194.875-194.250 with Southeast Missouri State 16 vs. San Jose State, UW-LaCrosse 1st, 194.875 26 at Stanford* L, 197.000-196.450 25 vs. Arizona State*, San Jose State, Denver 1st, 195.900 30 vs. Washington*, Hamline, Sacramento State 2nd, 195.800

FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 1 at UCLA* L, 196.800-195.425 7 vs. Arizona* W, 196.250-195.100 8 vs. Stanford* W, 195.475- 195.325 13 at California* W, 197.250-196.225 13 vs. Oregon State* L, 197.250-196.225 20 at Arizona State* W, 196.275-193.475 21 at Washington* 1st, 196.600 27 vs. Utah* L, 196.875-195.750 with Seattle Pacific 28 at Arizona* L, 196.425-196.100 MARCH 7 at Nebraska 4 p.m PT MARCH 14 vs. San Jose State, Lindenwood, Seattle Pacific 7 p.m. PT 8 vs. UC Davis P12N 12 p.m PT 13 at Southern Utah TBA * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Pacific Time. * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Pacific Time.

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STANFORD CARDINAL UCLA BRUINS Overall: 5-6-1 // Pac-12: 3-4 Overall: 9-1 // Pac-12: 6-1

JANUARY 4 at UC Davis (NorCal Classic) 4th, 193.450 JANUARY 12 at Oregon State* W, 196.000-195.450 with California*, San Jose State, and Sacramento State 9 at San Jose State W, 196.275-193.175 19 vs. Arizona* W, 195.975-195.300 18 at Penn W, 195.950-189.575 23 at Utah* L, 196.725-194.725 26 vs. Oregon State* W, 197.000-196.450 31 at Arizona State* W, 196.525-193.775 FEBRUARY 1 vs California* W, 196.800-195.425 9 vs. Washington* W, 197.000-194.500 FEBRUARY 8 at California* L, 195.475- 195.325 14 at Stanford* W, 197.075-196.225 14 vs. UCLA* L, 197.075-196.225 21 vs. Nebraska, Sacramento State, Bridgeport 1st,197.050 21 at Utah* L, 198.050-195.900 28 at Arizona State* W, 197.350-194.250

MARCH MARCH 2 vs. Washington* W, 197.525-196.125 7 vs. Stanford* 4 p.m. PT 7 at UCLA* 4 p.m. PT 13 at Arkansas 5 p.m. PT

* Pac-12 Conference Meet. * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Pacific Time. All times Pacific Time.

UTAH UTES WASHINGTON HUSKIES Overall: 10-0 // Pac-12: 6-0 Overall: 6-6 // Pac-12: 1-5

JANUARY JANUARY 12 vs. Kentucky L, 194.875-194.325 9 at BYU W, 196.900-193.350 16 at North Carolina State W, 195.550-194.150 16 vs. So. Utah, Boise State, UC Davis 1st, 196.675 24 vs. Arizona* L, 196.050-195.950 23 vs UCLA* W, 196.725-194.725 30 at Oregon State* 1st, 196.300 31 at Arizona* W, 197.850-196.375 with Sacramento State, Hamline

FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 6 vs. Arizona State* W, 197.825-194.100 9 at UCLA* L, 197.000-194.500 14 at Washington* W, 197.025-195.650 14 vs. Utah* L, 197.025-195.650 21 vs. Stanford* W, 198.050-195.900 21 vs. California*, Seattle Pacific 2nd, 195.325 27 at Oregon State* W, 196.875-195.750 MARCH 2 at Stanford* L, 197.525-196.125 MARCH 6 vs. North Carolina State 7 p.m. PT 6 vs. Michigan 7 p.m. MT 13 at UC Davis 7 p.m. PT 14 at Georgia 1 p.m. MT * Pac-12 Conference Meet. * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Pacific Time. All times Moutain Time.

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