UCLA
Stanford
Gymnastics Travels to Stanford for Sunday Dual Meet
January 25, 2019 | Gymnastics
No. 2 UCLA at No. 24 Stanford
Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019 โ 4 p.m. (PT)
Stanford, Calif. (Maples Pavilion)
MEET INFORMATION
Time: 4 p.m. PT
Television: Pac-12 Networks
TV Talent: Jim Watson, Samantha Peszek
Live Stats: roadtonationals.com
Tickets: $10 reserved/$8 general admission (advanced); $12 reserved/$10 general admission (day-of)
UCLA FACES STANFORD SUNDAY IN FIRST TRUE ROAD MEET
No. 2 UCLA (5-0) will compete in its first true road meet of the season, traveling to No. 24 Stanford (6-1) for a Sunday, Jan. 27 dual meet. The meet will take place in Maples Pavilion at 4 p.m. and will be televised live on Pac-12 Networks. This is the first of two dual meets against Stanford this season. The Bruins will host the Cardinal Mar. 10.
TICKETS
Advance tickets are on sale at gostanford.com and are $10 for reserved seats and $8 for general admission seats. Gameday prices are $12 for reserved and $10 for general admission.
OHASHI GOES MEGA-VIRAL WORLD-WIDE
Senior Katelyn Ohashi went mega-viral two weeks ago, totaling 105 million views of her perfect 10 floor exercise routine from Jan. 12 (42M on Twitter, 34M on Facebook and 29M on YouTube). The reach of her routine extended world-wide, and her video was shared by celebrities such as Janet Jackson, Sara Bareilles, and Sophia Bush; politicians like Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jesse Jackson; and athletes like Troy Aikman and Laurie Hernandez. Her routine was also imitated by comedienne Ali Wong and talk show host Stephen Colbert. Ohashi was interviewed on Access Hollywood and on the Ryan Seacrest Show, where she discussed her dream of being on Dancing with the Stars and was surprised with a phone call on-air with the show's casting director. Ohashi and UCLA head coach Valorie Kondos Field also made an appearance on Good Morning America, where Ohashi recited some of her poetry and talked about rediscovering her joy in gymnastics.
PERFECT TRIO
Three weeks into the season and the Bruins already have three perfect 10s. Kyla Ross scored the first on Jan. 12 with her fourth uneven bars perfect 10 and sixth overall perfect 10. Katelyn Ohashi followed two rotations later with her now famous perfect 10 on floor exercise. The 10 was also her fourth on the event and sixth overall in her career. Madison Kocian notched her second career 10.0 on uneven bars on Jan. 21. UCLA gymnasts have totaled 129 perfect 10s all-time. Ross and Ohashi are tied for seventh-most in school history.
LAST TIME OUT
UCLA defeated Arizona State, 197.775-196.125 in front of a home crowd of 10,270 fans. Madison Kocian scored a perfect 10 on the uneven bars, and Kyla Ross won the all-around for the third consecutive meet, scoring 39.450. Arizona State led after one rotation, but the Bruins stormed into the lead and never relinquished it after scoring 49.700 on uneven bars in rotation two, the fourth-highest uneven bars total in school history. The Bruins also scored high on floor exercise, going over 49.5 for the third-straight meet by totaling 49.650.
FRESHMEN SHINE AGAINST ASU
UCLA freshmen Norah Flatley, Margzetta Frazier and Sekai Wright each had standout performances against Arizona State. Flatley earned a career-high 9.975 on uneven bars and added a 9.850 on balance beam. Frazier led off on bars with a career-high-tying 9.925 and captured her first event victory, scoring 9.95 to tie for first on floor exercise. Wright made her collegiate debut after sitting out the first two meets with an ankle injury and hit her Yurchenko 1.5 vault for a second-place mark of 9.875.
FRAZIER REPEATS AS PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
Margzetta Frazier was selected as the Pac-12 Gymnastics Freshman of the Week for the second consecutive week. The Sicklerville, N.J. native recorded 9.925 on both events in which she competed, helping lead UCLA to a season-high score of 197.775. Frazier's leadoff score of 9.925 on bars, which tied her career-best, kicked off a 49.700 rotation, a national season-best and the fourth-best bars score in UCLA history. The freshman also scored a career-high 9.950 on the floor exercise for a new career-high and her first career event win.
RECORD-SETTING START FOR BRUINS
The Bruins have set a new standard by recording 197+ scores in the first three meets of the year for the first time ever. UCLA began the year with a 197.250, scored 197.700 in week two and 197.775 in week three. Only the 2003 squad has ever scored 197+ in its first two meets.
IN THE RANKINGS
UCLA remains ranked No. 2 in the national rankings with a season average of 197.475. The Bruins are ranked No. 1 on floor exercise, No. 3 on balance beam, No. 5 on uneven bars and No. 6 on vault. Six Bruins are ranked in the Top 25 on floor - No. 1 Katelyn Ohashi, No. 3 Kyla Ross and Gracie Kramer, No. 7 Margzetta Frazier and No. 24 Nia Dennis and Pauline Tratz. Ohashi leads four Bruins ranked on beam, standing at No. 1, while Ross, Grace Glenn and Norah Flatley are tied for 13th. Ross is No. 1 on bars, while Frazier is tied for No. 11. Ross leads two Bruins in the Top 10 on vault, tying for No. 4, while Felicia Hano is tied for No. 7.
FLOORED BY FLOOR
UCLA's floor exercise squad has been exceptional so far this season, averaging 49.633, with a high of 49.700 set at the Collegiate Challenge. The 49.700 was the fifth-highest floor score in school history, and it was highlighted by Katelyn Ohashi's now-viral perfect 10 that was preceded by back-to-back-to-back-to-back 9.925s from Gracie Kramer, Kyla Ross, Margzetta Frazier and Pauline Tratz. The Bruins are ranked No. 1 in the nation on floor and have six athletes ranked in the Top 25 - defending NCAA floor champion Ohashi is No. 1, Ross and Kramer are No. 3, Frazier is No. 7, and Tratz and Nia Dennis are No. 25.
33 STRAIGHT
With the victory over Arizona State, UCLA has now outscored 33 straight opponents over its last 11 meets. The Bruins lost just two meets last season by a total of .225 points (.1 loss to Oklahoma Feb. 4, .125 loss to Utah Feb. 18).
MORE STREAKS
UCLA has scored 49+ in 71 straight rotations, the team's last sub-49 score coming in the first rotation of the 2018 season opener โฆ The Bruins scored 49.5 or better on 24 of those 71 rotations โฆ UCLA's streak of 17 straight meets scoring 49+ on all four apparatus is the longest active streak in the nation and tied for the third-longest in NCAA history โฆ UCLA has scored 49+ on beam in its last 31 meets (the longest active streak in the nation and the second-longest in NCAA history) and 49+ on floor in its last 25 meets.
SCOUTING THE CARDINAL
Stanford won its first two meets before dropping last week's contest at Cal, 196.575-196.125. The Cardinal recorded season-high scores on every event at Cal and was led by Kyla Bryant, who won her third consecutive all-around competition, scoring 39.425. Stanford enters the week ranked No. 24 nationally and is No. 12 on beam and No. 13 on floor. Bryant ranks No. 12 nationally in the all-around.
FAREWELL SEASON
The 2019 season will be the swan song for legendary head coach Valorie Kondos Field, who will retire from coaching at the conclusion of the season. Kondos Field has led UCLA to all seven of its NCAA Championships, along with 14 conference and 19 NCAA Regional championships. She enters her 29th and final season with a career record of 516-120-3. In 2010, Kondos Field became just the second active coach ever inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame, and she was also named the Pac-12 Gymnastics Coach of the Century and was selected by her peers as the National Coach of the Year four times in her career. Kondos Field recently wrote her first book, Life is Short, Don't Wait to Dance, which is available in bookstores nationwide, as well as digitally. Through personal stories and anecdotes, she shares insights and advice on how to use uniqueness and authenticity to achieve success.
NO. 1 IN SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS
UCLA Gymnastics has the largest social media followings in all of women's collegiate sports, ranking No. 1 across all women's sports in combined followers on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, a total over 569,000. The Bruins rank first among all NCAA gymnastics teams on Instagram (269k), Facebook (242k) and Twitter (58k). Among all UCLA teams, gymnastics ranks first on Instagram and Facebook, and UCLA Gymnastics is the most followed collegiate women's team Instagram account in the nation. Follow the Bruins at @UCLAGymnastics on Instagram and Twitter and on Facebook at facebook.com/uclagymnastics.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bruins will travel to Oregon State for a Saturday, Feb. 2 meet in Corvallis. The meet will begin at 11:30 a.m. and will be televised live on Pac-12 Networks.
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