For Immediate Release // Wednesday, February, 3, 2016 Contact // Liz Beadle ([email protected])

HISTORIC UPSET SHAKES UP PAC-12 GYMNASTICS

With a competitive season of Pac-12 gymnastics well un- derway, only one team is undefeated overall, and only two 2016 PAC-12 CONFERENCE remain undefeated in Pac-12 Conference competition. No. GYMNASTICS STANDINGS 5 UTAH is undefeated but faces a challenge this coming weekend as they travel to No. 7 UCLA to take on the Bruins Conference Overall W L PCT W L PCT in a battle of the top teams in the Conference. Utah 2 0 1.000 4 0 1.000 Washington 2 0 1.000 3 4 .428 The toughness of Pac-12 competition was on full display this California 2 1 .666 6 2 .750 past weekend as WASHINGTON surprised No. 12 STAN- Oregon State 1 1 .500 5 2 .714 FORD at the Metroplex Challenge and No. 19 CALIFORNIA UCLA 1 1 .500 2 2 .500 Stanford 1 2 .333 7 4 .636 defeated No. 7 UCLA for the first time since 1985. Arizona 0 2 .000 2 2 .500 Arizona State 0 2 .000 1 5 .166 UTAH is leading the Pac-12 in team averages for all events besides the , which UCLA is leading. The Bruin’s Da- nusia Francis is still first in the country on the beam. Also in the national rankings, OREGON STATE’s Dani Dessaints is second in the nation on the and STANFORD’s Elizabeth UPCOMING SCHEDULE Price is second in the nation on the bars. Sat., Feb 6 #5 UTAH at #7 UCLA P12N, LA, M 1 p.m. PT NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS (RANKINGS REPORTED BY ROAD TO NATIONALS) Mon., Feb. 8 RANKINGS AS OF FEB. 3 ARIZONA STATE at #12 STANFORD 6 p.m. PT #21 ARIZONA at #19 CALIFORNIA P12A,BA 7 p.m. PT RANK TEAM #15 OREGON STATE at WASHINGTON P12N, O, W 7 p.m. PT 1. Florida 2. Oklahoma 3. Michigan RECENT RESULTS 4. Alabama Sat., Jan 30 5. Utah ARIZONA STATE at #15 OREGON STATE OSU, 195.875-193.075 6. LSU Metroplex Challenge WASH, 3rd, 196.175 7. UCLA #12 STANFORD, WASHINGTON, STAN, 4th, 196.075 8. Arkansas #2 Oklahoma, #6 LSU, #16 Missouri 9. Boise State 10. Auburn Mon., Feb. 1 11. Georgia #20 ARIZONA at #7 UTAH UTAH, 197.150-194.850 12. Stanford #4 UCLA at #21 CALIFORNIA CAL, 196.375-195.175 13. Denver 14. Nebraska 15. Oregon State 16. Missouri 17. George Washington 18. Minnesota 19. California 20. Illinois-Champaign 21. Arizona 22. New Hampshire 23. West Virginia 24. Southern Utah 24. Kentucky PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES

Big Ten...... 1-2-0 ARIZ...... UCLA...... Big 12...... 0-6-0 ...... 1st season ...... 26th Season East Atlantic Gymnastics League...... 0-0-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 23 Eastern College Athetlic...... 1-0-0 Mid-American...... 1-0-0 ASU...... RENE LYST UTAH...... TOM FARDEN Midwest Independent...... 3-0-0 ...... 2nd season ...... 1st season Mountain Pacific Sports Federation...... 8-0-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 0 Mountain Rim...... 2-0-0 Southeastern...... 4-4-0 CAL...... JUSTIN HOWELL UTAH...... Western Athletic...... 0-0-0 ...... 4th season ...... 7th season Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic...... 1-0-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 2 ...... NCAA Appearances: 6 Independent...... 0-0-0 Total-All...... 21-12-0 OSU...... WASH...... JOANNE BOWERS ...... 19th Season ...... 10th Season ...... NCAA Appearances: 11 ...... NCAA Appearances: 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS SIDS STAN...... KRISTEN SMYTH ...... 15th season *NCAA Appearances denotes NCAA appear- ARIZ...... www.arizonawildcats.com ...... Danielle Bracamonte ...... NCAA Appearances: 12 ances made as head coach of current ...... [email protected] school ...... 520-621-4163

ASU...... www.thesundevils.com ...... Kathryn Roberts ...... [email protected] ...... 480-965-1237 UTAH VOTED PRESEASON FAVORITE IN PAC-12 COACHES POLL CAL...... www.calbears.com ...... Mara Rudolph SAN FRANCISCO – In a poll taken by the Conference’s eight women’s gymnastics, UTAH ...... [email protected] was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2016 Pac-12 regular season, the Conference an- ...... 510-643-5846 nounced today.

OSU...... www.osubeavers.com Utah received 49 points and six first-place votes. The Utes were also voted fourth in the ...... Jason Amberg national preseason coaches’ poll where they received 14 first-place votes. Utah holds the top ...... [email protected] ...... 541-230-0706 spot in the preseason Pac-12 coaches’ poll for the second year in a row after UCLA had domi- nated the No. 1 spot for three years before that. This season, Utah will be looking to capture STAN...... www.gostanford.com its third Pac-12 championship in a row, following their back-to-back championship seasons in ...... Greg Marsh 2014 and 2015...... [email protected] ...... 650-736-7635 UCLA came in second in the Pac-12 poll, tallying 41 points. Additionally, the Bruins are ranked sixth in the national preseason coaches’ poll. UCLA...... www.uclabruins.com STANFORD sits in third place in the Pac-12 with 39 2016 Pac-12 Women’s ...... Liza David points in the poll, and received one first-place vote. The Gymnastics Poll ...... [email protected] Cardinal are one of three Pac-12 squads ranked in the ...... 310-621-8398 1. Utah (6)...... 49 national top ten, coming in at No. 8. 2. UCLA ...... 41 UTAH...... www.utahutes.cstv.com 3. Stanford (1)...... 39 ...... Liz Abel OREGON STATE came in fourth place in the Pac-12 4. Oregon Sate...... 30 ...... [email protected] coaches’ poll with 30 points. Rounding out the poll were 5. California...... 24 ...... 801-209-6346 CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, WASHINGTON, and ARIZONA 6. Arizona...... 21 STATE with 24, 21, 13, and 7 points respectively. 7. Washington...... 13 WASH...... www.gohuskies.com 8. Arizona State...... 7 ...... Justin Green Six of eight Pac-12 teams are ranked in the top 25 ...... [email protected] nationally heading into the 2016 season. No. 12 Oregon ...... 801-473-7376 State and No. 14 California join Utah, UCLA, and Stanford in the top 15. Arizona, Washington, and Arizona State are ranked 18th, 30th, and 36th respectively. PAC-12...... www.pac-12.com ...... Liz Beadle ...... [email protected] The 2016 season is set to begin on Friday, Jan. 8. Pac-12 gymnastics will be featured on Pac- ...... 415-549-2858 12 Networks throughout the season, including the 2016 Pac-12 Championship to take place on March 19, 2016 in Seattle. Visit www.pac-12.com for a full schedule of televised Pac-12 events.

PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // February 3, 2016 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ON PAC-12 WEEKLY NOTES PAC-12 NETWORKS Upset Weekend: From Washington’s defeat of Stanford at Pac-12 Networks began its fourth season of women’s gymnastics cover- the Metroplex Challenge to California’s first defeat of UCLA age on Friday, January 8. since 1985, this past week shook up the Pac-12 gymnastics picture. No. 12 Stanford came in fourth at the Metroplex Pac-12 Networks will air 26 women’s gymnastics meets, five more than Challenge with a 196.075, while Washington finished in third last season. Each Pac-12 program will appear on the Networks at least place with a 196.175. Cal defeated UCLA 196.375-195.175 four times: Arizona (6), Arizona State (5), California (5), Oregon State in Berkeley Monday night to beat the Bruins head to head for (7), Stanford (4), UCLA (10), Utah (9) and Washington (5). first time since 1985.

In addition to Michigan State, five other non-Conference opponents will Top-10 Matchup: This Saturday, No. 5 Utah will travel to No. be shown on the Networks: Brigham Young at Utah (Jan. 8 at 5 p.m.); 7 UCLA in a battle of the two best squads in the Pac-12 so far Alabama at UCLA (Jan. 10 at 2 p.m.); Auburn at Oregon State (Jan. 10 this season. The meet will be broadcast on Pac-12 Network, at 2 p.m.); Georgia at UCLA (Mar. 6 at 2 p.m.); Georgia at Utah (Mar. 12 Pac-12 , and Pac-12 Mountain. UCLA is coming at 4 p.m.); and Oklahoma at UCLA (Mar. 13 at 2 p.m.). off a loss at Cal on Monday and Utah is coming off a season- high score of 197.150 against Arizona. Utah leads the series Both sessions of the 2016 Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics Championships 50-25-1 all-time and has won six straight since UCLA’s last will also be part of the Networks’ telecast schedule on Saturday, March win over the Red Rocks in 2014, but the Utes have not won at 19 from Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle. UCLA since 2008. The two teams account for a combined 16 national titles. Returning broadcasters this year include: play-by-play experts Jim Wat- son and Brian Webber, in addition to analyst Amanda Borden, a former Monday Night on Pac-12 Networks: After an exciting Mon- American Gymnast and U.S. Gold Medalist from the 1996 summer U.S. day this past week, Pac-12 Networks will pick it back up this Olympic team. coming Monday and broadcast both the No. 21 Arizona at No. 19 California meet (Pac-12 Arizona, Pac-12 Bay Area) New to the Networks this year are: former Utah women’s gymnastics and the No. 15 Oregon State at Washington meet (Pac-12 head coach Greg Marsden and Olympians Samantha Peszek and Alicia Network, Pac-12 Oregon, Pac-12 Washington). Sacramone Quinn. New Pac-12 All-Around Leader: With Utah’s Kari Lee out for The Pac-12 Networks consists of one national and six regional networks the season due to injury, senior Breanna Hughes competed devoted solely to the Pac-12. In addition to the hundreds of live televised in the all-around for the first time this season Monday night Pac-12 sporting events, Pac-12 Networks subscribers will have access against Arizona. Her 39.525 all-around score now has her tied to Pac-12 Now, the TV Everywhere platform, which provides access to all for second in the nation in the all-around. Stanford’s Eliza- Pac-12 Networks programming on any device through their broadband beth Price has slipped to fourth with an all-around average of service. 39.519. TWITTER PAC-12 NETWORKS BROADCAST SCHEDULE Follow Pac-12 women’s gymnastics teams on Twitter for all the latest Feb. 6 Utah at UCLA P12N 1 p.m. PT news, and use hashtag #Pac12Gym to join in the conversation. Feb. 8 Arizona at California P12N 7 p.m. PT Feb. 8 Oregon State at Washington P12N 7 p.m. PT Arizona: @AZGymnastics Stanford: @StanfordWGYM Feb. 13 Washington at Utah P12N 6 p.m. PT Arizona State: @ASUGymnastics UCLA: @UCLAgymnastics Feb. 13 Stanford at Arizona P12N 6 p.m. PT California: @calwgym Utah: @UtahGymnastics Feb. 13 Oregon State at UCLA P12N 8 p.m. PT Oregon State: @OregonStateGym Washington: @UWGymnastics Feb. 15 California at Arizona State P12N 6 p.m. PT Feb. 20 Utah at Stanford P12N 2 p.m. PT ROSTER BREAKDOWN Feb. 20 California at Oregon State P12O 2 p.m. PT Feb. 21 UCLA at Washington P12N 1 p.m. PT Fresh. Soph. Junior Senior Feb. 22 Arizona at Arizona State P12N 6 p.m. PT Feb. 27 Utah at California P12N 1 p.m. PT Arizona 5 3 3 4 Feb. 27 Arizona State at UCLA . P12N 1 p.m. PT Arizona State 5 0 2 4 Feb. 29 Stanford at Oregon State . P12N 7 p.m. PT California 4 4 8 2 Mar. 6 UCLA, Georgia, Stanford P12N 12 p.m. PT Oregon State 4 2 5 3 Mar. 12 Georgia at Utah P12N 4 p.m. PT Stanford 4 1 4 4 Mar. 13 Oklahoma at UCLA P12N 2 p.m. PT UCLA 6 5 4 3 Mar. 19 Pac-12 Championships P12N 1 p.m. PT, 6 p.m. PT Utah 4 4 1 4 Washington 3 4 6 1

2016 PAC-12 WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS

Gymnast Specialist Freshman/Newcomer Jan. 12 Elizabeth Price, STANFORD Hallie Mossett, UCLA Sabrina Schwab, UTAH Jan. 19 Elizabeth Price, STANFORD Breanna Hughes, UTAH Katelyn Ohashi, UCLA Jan. 26 Elizabeth Price, STANFORD Baely Rowe, UTAH Katelyn Ohashi, UCLA Feb. 2 Toni-Ann Williams, CALIFORNIA , STANFORD Sabrina Schwab, UTAH

PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // February 3, 2016 3 PAC-12 IN THE NATIONAL PAC-12 ANNOUNCES WEEKLY GYMNASTICS HONORS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS CALIFORNIA’s Toni-Ann Williams named Gymnast of the Week (as of Feb. 3) STANFORD’s Ivana Hong named Specialist of the Week UTAH’s Sabrina Schwab named Freshman/Newcomer of the Week All-Around 2. Breanna Hughes...... Utah The Pac-12 Conference office announced the Pac-12 women’s gymnastics 4. Elizabeth Price...... Stanford weekly honors for the week of Jan. 26 – Feb. 1. CALIFORNIA’s Toni-Ann Wil- 17. Samantha Partyka...... Utah liams was named the Gymnast of the Week, STANFORD’s Ivana Hong was voted 23. Allison Northey...... Washington Specialist of the Week, and UTAH’s Sabrina Schwab was named the Freshman/ 25. Madeline Gardiner...... Oregon State Newcomer of the Week. California sophomore Toni-Ann Williams earned Gymnast of the Week honors for Vault the first time this sea-son for leading the Golden Bears to their first victory over 2. Dani Dessaints...... Oregon State No. 5 UCLA since 1985. Williams won the all-around with a score of 39.250 11. Elizabeth Price...... Stanford and also came in first on the vault and the floor. Williams’ 9.875 on the vault 12. Christine Peng-Peng Lee...... UCLA and 9.675 on the beam were both season-highs for her. Williams helped No. 21 19. Breanna Hughes...... Utah California to season-high total scores on three of four events and a season-best 24. Kailah Delaney...... Utah 196.375 overall team score.

Bars Last season, Williams was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. She was last 2. Elizabeth Price...... Stanford named Gymnast of the Week on Feb. 16, 2015 and was named Pac-12 Fresh- 4. Baely Rowe...... Utah man of the Week six times during the 2015 season. 8. Kassandra Lopez...... Utah 22. Nicolette McNair...... Stanford Stanford senior Ivana Hong earned Specialist of the Week honors for her perfor- mance in the Cardinal’s fourth-place finish at the Metroplex Challenge. Hong tied Beam for fifth on bars and won the beam title in a field that included four top-16 ranked 1. ...... UCLA squads. Her performance in the third position on beam came immedi-ately after 15. Breanna Hughes...... Utah the gymnast before her fell. Hong followed the missed routine with a meet-best 19. Melissa Chuang...... Stanford performance that helped Stanford finish the rotation with the highest beam score 22. Allison Northey...... Washington of any team at the meet (49.300). Her performance on bars helped No. 12 Stan- 25. Elizabeth Price...... Stanford ford complete a solid third rotation after a tough start on floor and vault. Hong has scored 9.775 or higher on bars in all four performances this season. Floor 9. Hallie Mossett...... UCLA Utah freshman Sabrina Schwab earned Freshman/Newcomer of the Week honors for the second time this season for her performance in the Red Rocks’ 197.150 - 11. Sabrina Schwab...... Utah 194.850 win over No. 20 Arizona. Schwab tied or set career-highs in both of her 18. Breanna Hughes...... Utah routines, scoring a 9.95 and coming in second on the floor and scor-ing a fourth- 19. Toni-Ann Williams...... California place 9.875 on the bars. Schwab’s floor routine marked a new career-high and 19. Angi Cipra...... UCLA her bars rou-tine tied her career-mark. Her scores contributed significantly to No. 22. Elizabeth Price...... Stanford 7 Utah’s highest all-around team score of the season.

Also Nominated: Gymnast of the Week: Madeline Gardiner, OSU; Elizabeth Price, STAN; Breanna Hughes, UTAH; Danusia Francis, UCLA; Allison Northey, WASH

Special Performance of the Week: Alicia Gallarzo, CAL; Risa Perez, OSU; Sa- mantha Partyka, UTAH; JaNay Honest, UCLA; Kaitlyn Du-ranczyk, WASH

Freshman/Newcomer of the Week: Sofie Seilnacht, CAL; Marianna Colussi- Pelaez, OSU; Dare Maxwell, STAN

PAC-12 IN THE NATIONAL TEAM RANKINGS (AS OF FEB. 3)

Vault Bars Beam Floor 8. Utah 3. Utah 5. Utah 4. UCLA 10. UCLA 9. Stanford 7. Stanford 8. California 13. California 15. UCLA 8. UCLA 16. Utah 14. Oregon State 15. Arizona 17. Washington 17. Oregon St. 17. Stanford 17. Oregon State 22. California 21. Arizona 23. Oregon State

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ARIZONA WILDCATS ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS Overall: 2-2 // Pac-12: 0-2 Overall: 1-5 // Pac-12: 0-2

JANUARY JANUARY 8 vs. Michigan State W, 195.700-193.775 8 vs. Nebraska, Bowling Green 2nd, 192.700 17 at Texas Women’s University W, 193.475-192.450 18 vs. Washington* L, 194.650-192.450 23 vs. UCLA* L, 196.800-196.475 22 at Oklahoma 3rd, 193.325 with Iowa State FEBRUARY 30 at Oregon State* L, 195.875-193.075 1 at Utah* L, 197.150-194.850 8 at California* P12N 8 p.m. MT FEBRUARY 13 vs. Stanford* P12N 7 p.m. MT 8 at Stanford* 7 p.m. MT 22 at Arizona State* P12N 7 p.m. MT 15 vs. California* P12N 7 p.m. MT 27 vs. Washington* 4 p.m. MT 22 vs. Arizona* P12N 7 p.m. MT 27 at UCLA* P12N 2 p.m. MT MARCH 4 at Oklahoma 5:45 p.m. MT MARCH 11 vs. BYU 6 p.m. MT 4 vs. Penn State 7 p.m. MT 11 at Auburn TBA * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Mountian Time. * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Mountain Time.

CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Overall: 6-2 // Pac-12: 2-1 Overall: 5-2 // Pac-12: 1-1

JANUARY JANUARY 10 vs. Auburn L, 195.425-196.175 10 at San Jose State (NorCal Classic) 1st 195.575 15 at Lindenwood 1st, 196.350 with Stanford, UC Davis, and Sacramento State 23 at Utah* L, 196.125-195.125 15 at Oklahoma L, 197.125-194.225 30 vs. Arizona State* W, 195.875-193.075 24 vs. Stanford, San Jose State 2nd, 195.65 FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 8 at Washington* P12N 7 p.m. PT 1 vs. UCLA* W, 196.375-195.175 13 at UCLA* P12N 8 p.m. PT 8 vs. Arizona* P12N 7 p.m. PT 20 vs. California* P12O 2 p.m. PT 15 at Arizona State* P12N 6 p.m. PT 29 vs. Stanford* P12N 7 p.m. PT 20 at Oregon State* P12O 2 p.m. PT 27 vs. Utah* P12N 1 p.m. PT MARCH 4 vs. SPU, Ball State 7 p.m PT MARCH 14 vs. Texas Woman’s University, LSU 4 p.m. PT 4 vs. Michigan State, Southern Utah, Lindenwood 7 p.m PT 11 at UC Davis 7 p.m. PT * 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: 7-4-0 // Pac-12: 1-2 Overall: 2-2 // Pac-12: 1-1

JANUARY 10 at San Jose State (NorCal Classic) 2nd, 194.800 JANUARY 10 vs. Alabama W, 196.550-196.300 with California, UC Davis, and Sacramento State 18 at Georgia W, 195.875-195.750 15 at Florida L, 197.675-196.925 24 vs. San Jose State and California 1st, 196.675 23 at Arizona* W, 196.800-196.475 30 Metroplex Challenge (Fort Worth, TX) 4th, 196.075 FEBRUARY 1 at California* L, 196.375-195.175 FEBRUARY 8 vs. Arizona State* 6 p.m. PT 6 vs. Utah* P12N 1 p.m. PT 13 at Arizona* P12N 6 p.m. PT 13 vs. Oregon State* P12N 8 p.m. PT 20 vs. Utah* P12N 2 p.m. PT 21 at Washington P12N 1 p.m. PT 29 at Oregon State* P12N 7 p.m. PT 27 vs. Arizona State* P12N 1 p.m. PT

MARCH MARCH 6 vs. UCLA, Georgia P12N 12 p.m PT 6 vs. Georgia, Stanford P12N 12 p.m. PT 13 vs. Oklahoma P12N 2 p.m. PT * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Pacific Time. * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Pacific Time.

UTAH UTES Overall: 4-0 // Pac-12: 2-0 Overall: 2-4 // Pac-12: 2-0

JANUARY JANUARY 9 vs. Ohio State L, 194.275-193.725 8 vs. BYU W, 196.175-193.850 18 at Arizona State* W, 194.650-192.450 15 at Southern Utah W, 196.725-195.600 23 at Denver L, 195.650-194.300 23 vs Oregon State* W, 196.125-195.125 30 Metroplex Challenge (Fort Worth, TX) 3rd, 196.175

FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 1 vs. Arizona* W, 197.150-194.850 8 vs. Oregon State* P12N 7 p.m. PT 6 at UCLA* P12N 2 p.m. MT 13 at Utah* P12N 6 p.m. PT 13 vs. Washington* P12N 7 p.m. MT 21 vs. UCLA* P12N 1 p.m. PT 20 at Stanford* P12N 3 p.m. MT 27 at Arizona* 3 p.m. PT 27 at California* P12N 2 p.m. MT MARCH MARCH 5 vs. Western Michigan 6 p.m. PT 4 at Michigan 5 p.m. MT 7 at Seattle Pacific 6 p.m. PT 12 vs. Georgia P12N 5 p.m. MT 12 vs. Denver, Seattle Pacific 6 p.m. PT

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

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