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Gymnastics Hosts Pride Meet Sunday vs. Arizona
February 05, 2020 | Gymnastics
No. 5 UCLA vs. No. 20 Arizona
Date/Time: Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020 โ 2 p.m. PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom)
TV: Pac-12 Networks
TV Talent: Jim Watson, Samantha Peszek
Live Stats: uclabruins.com
Tickets: $20 reserved/$12 general admission (UCLA students are free)
Ticket Promo: $5 tickets with Promo Code: PRIDE (BUY HERE)
Postmeet Photos: Frazier, Hogan, Kocian, Kooyman, Shapiro,Toronjo
PRIDE IN PAULEY
No. 5-ranked UCLA (6-2) returns to Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom to host No. 20 Arizona (4-3) in the Bruins' Pride Meet on Sunday, Feb. 9. The meet will take place at 2 p.m. PT and will be televised live on Pac-12 Networks with Jim Watson and Samantha Peszek on the call. Doors open at 1 p.m. Be in your seats by 1:45 p.m. for the pre-meet festivities. During UCLA's Pride Meet, the Bruins will sport a multi-color leotard and rainbow ribbons in support of the LGBTQIA+ community. Inside the North concourse will be a LGBTQIA+ resource table and a pride-themed photobooth.
TICKETS/PROMOTIONS
Tickets for the UCLA-Arizona meet, as well as season tickets for the Bruins' home schedule, are on sale at the UCLA Central Ticket Office and at Ticketmaster. Use the promo code PRIDE at Tickemaster to unlock $5 tickets to Sunday's meet. UCLA students are free with ID and eligible to win a raffle prize each home meet. This week's prize is an Apple Watch. Following the meet, Bruins Margzetta Frazier, Paige Hogan, Madison Kocian, Savannah Kooyman, Nicki Shapiro and Macy Toronjo will be available for photos on the concourse.
BRUIN LIGHTS
Fans attending the home meets in 2020 can be part of a light show during the pre-meet festivities. To participate, download the UCLA Bruins app and select Bruin Lights in the dropdown menu. Hold up your phone during the intro video, and the lights will automatically sync to the music.
CLEAR BAG POLICY
Pauley Pavilion continues to implement a clear bag policy which limits the size and type of bags that may be brought into the arena. One large clear bag, either a one gallon Ziploc style bag or a 12' by 6" by 12" clear bag, or a small clutch may be allowed into the arena. Increased screening through the use of electronic security equipment will be used at all entry gates. For more information, visit uclabruins.com/pauleygamedayinfo.
KRAMER SCORES FIRST PERFECT 10, NAMED PAC-12 SPECIALIST OF WEEK
Senior Gracie Kramer became the first gymnast in the nation to score a 10 on floor with her flawless performance against Washington Jan. 31, earning the All-American her first-ever Pac-12 Specialist of the Week award. The 10.0 was the first of her career and the 150th in UCLA history. Kramer, who picked up her second event win in the last three meets, averages 9.935 on floor this season, good for fifth in the nation.
ROSS RECORD WATCH
Kyla Ross recorded her 21st career perfect 10 on uneven bars Jan. 18 at BYU, moving into a tie for fourth on the NCAA's all-time perfect 10 list. She is now seven away from tying the all-time record of 28 held by UCLA's Jamie Dantzscher (2000-03) and Kentucky's Jenny Hansen (1993-96). Ross extended her NCAA record to 11 career perfect 10s on bars (10 of her 11 were scored on the road). Last season, Ross set NCAA records with 10 consecutive meets with a perfect 10 and 14 10s overall in the season. This year, she became the first gymnast in the nation to record multiple 10s, having scored two in a row on uneven bars in weeks two and three.
FLATLEY PHENOMENAL VS. WASHINGTON
Sophomore Norah Flatley had the meet of her collegiate career on Jan. 31, scoring a pair of 9.950s on balance beam and floor exercise. Both scores were career-bests, and the 9.950 on beam gave Flatley her first event win of her career. She tied for second on floor exercise with her 9.950 and placed fourth on uneven bars with a 9.850. In her last two meets, Flatley is averaging 9.913 on beam and floor and 9.85 on bars.
FLOORED ON FLOOR
UCLA remains ranked No. 1 in the nation on floor exercise, averaging 49.545 on the event. The Bruins have three athletes ranked in the Top 10 - No. 4 Kyla Ross (9.940 average), No. 5 Gracie Kramer (9.935) and No. 7 Margzetta Frazier (9.925). Also ranked in the Top 25 is Felicia Hano at No. 24 (9.887). The Bruins posted a 49.725 on floor exercise against Boise State on Jan. 12, the sixth-highest floor score in school history and the highest event score on any event in the nation this season. Nia Dennis started that set with a bang, with her Beyonce Homecoming tribute scoring 9.925. Pauline Tratz matched her score with a 9.925, and freshman Chloe Lashbrooke followed with a 9.875 in her collegiate debut. Kramer and Frazier went back-to-back with 9.95s, and Ross finished the set with a 9.975. UCLA has seven gymnasts who have scored 9.9 or higher on floor this season - Ross (5x), Kramer (4x), Frazier (3x), Dennis (2x), Norah Flatley, Hano and Tratz (1x each).
RAISING THE BAR
UCLA has shown strong consistency on uneven bars, ranking second in the nation with a season average of 49.440. The Bruins have scored 49.375 or higher in every meet, with a high of 49.525 on Jan. 18 at BYU. Three Bruins are ranked in the Top 10 nationally on bars - No. 1 Kyla Ross (9.960 average), No. 5 Margzetta Frazier (9.925) and No. 8 Madison Kocian (9.917). All three gymnasts have scored 9.9 or higher on every bars routine this season, with Ross posting a pair of perfect 10s Jan. 12 and Jan. 18.
GLENN CLOSE TO ELUSIVE LEADOFF 10
With two scores of 9.975 on balance beam this season, senior Grace Glenn is inching closer and closer to recording an elusive leadoff perfect 10, a feat that is believed to never have happened in NCAA Gymnastics. Glenn, the reigning Pac-12 beam co-champion, scored her first 9.975 while leading off Jan. 12 against Boise State at home. Two weeks later, she matched that mark at Stanford with another near-flawless routine that led to her winning the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week award. Glenn has seven beam scores of 9.950 or better in her career, along with five career event wins.
KOCIAN RETURNS
Madison Kocian made a welcomed return to the lineup at BYU, making her season debut on both bars and floor after sitting out the first two meets with shoulder soreness. The 2016 Olympic gold and silver medalist, scored 9.950 on bars to place second and 9.850 on floor to finish third. She competed on bars again at Stanford, scoring 9.9 to tie for second and again did both bars and floor against Washington, scoring 9.9 on bars and 9.875 on floor. Kocian had not competed on floor since 2018, and her last competitive appearance prior to the BYU meet was at the 2019 NCAA final. She is averaging 9.867 on bars and 9.891 on floor over her career, with highs of 10.0 and 9.950, respectively, and currently ranks No. 8 in the nation on bars.
SHAPIRO COMEBACK COMPLETE
Redshirt senior Nicki Shapiro competed for the first time in nearly four years, scoring a team-counting 9.8 on beam at Stanford on Jan. 27. Shapiro competed in nine meets for the Bruins as a true freshman in 2016 before leaving the sport. She returned to the team in the fall following a successful tryout and earned a spot in the lineup for the first time this season during the win over the Cardinal. Shapiro's score helped the Bruins tie their season-high on the event with a 49.375.
UCLA SHOWCASES DEPTH
The Bruins showcased their depth during the first month of the season, competing anywhere from 12-14 gymnasts in each of their meets. Five underclassmen (freshmen Chloe Lashbrooke and Kalyany Steele and sophomores Norah Flatley, Margzetta Frazier and Samantha Sakti) competed a total of nine routines against Boise State on Jan. 12. Adding on to the 14 who competed in that meet, two others - redshirt seniors Nicki Shapiro (uneven bars) and Macy Toronjo (floor exercise) - performed exhibition routines, seeing their first action of the season. UCLA's depth has been especially strong on floor exercise, where 11 athletes (Emma Andres, Nia Dennis, Flatley, Frazier, Felicia Hano, Madison Kocian, Gracie Kramer, Lashbrooke, Kyla Ross, Toronjo and Pauline Tratz) have shown floor routines either in competition or in exhibition.
FRESHMEN LOOK STRONG IN COLLEGIATE DEBUTS
Three freshmen made strong collegiate debuts on January 4 at the Collegiate Challenge. Kalyany Steele was the only freshman to break the competitive lineup, and she scored 9.8 on uneven bars to help the Bruins take the first rotation lead with a 49.425. Emma Andres and Chloe Lashbrooke performed exhibition routines on balance beam and floor exercise, respectively. Andres scored 9.7 on beam, while Lashbrooke posted a 9.8 on floor. Lashbrooke improved her mark on Jan. 12 in the scoring lineup, recording a mark of 9.875. Andres made her floor debut at BYU on Jan. 18, scoring 9.825 in an exhibition performance, and her second beam exhibition against Washington netted her a 9.775.
BY THE NUMBERS
UCLA has scored 49+ on floor exercise in 43 consecutive meets, its last sub-49 score coming on Feb. 20, 2017 โฆ On bars, UCLA's 49+ streak stands at 39, with its last sub-49 coming at the 2017 Pac-12 Championships โฆ UCLA has scored 49+ on vault in 35-straight meets since the 2018 season opener โฆ In her last 19 meets, Nia Dennis is averaging 9.873 on vault, with eight scores of 9.9 or higher โฆ Norah Flatley has hit 21 consecutive uneven bars routines โฆ Margzetta Frazier has hit every routine she has competed in her career, with 44 of her 45 routines scoring 9.8 or higher โฆ Grace Glenn has scored 9.9 or higher on beam on 16 of 31 routines โฆFelicia Hano has hit 40 consecutive vaults โฆ Madison Kocian has hit 33 consecutive uneven bars routines, 19 of those going 9.9 or higher, and 22 consecutive floor exercise routines โฆ Gracie Kramer has hit 34 floor routines in a row, with 21 of those routines earning 9.9 or higher โฆ Kyla Ross has scored 39+ in the all-around 31 times in her career โฆ On balance beam, Ross has hit 38 consecutive routines, 28 of them for 9.9 or higher โฆ Pauline Tratz has hit 62 of 63routines without a fall in her career, including 55 in a row.
SETTING NEW ACADEMIC STANDARDS
Fourteen members of the Bruin squad were part of the UCLA-record total of 415 student-athletes to make the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in Fall 2019. Sixty-two percent of all UCLA student-athletes earned honor roll recognition, with 28 earning perfect 4.0 GPAs, including Macy Toronjo and Pauline Tratz. The 12 other Bruins to make the Director's Honor Roll last quarter were Emma Andres, Norah Flatley, Anna Glenn, Felicia Hano, Madison Kocian, Gracie Kramer, Chloe Lashbrooke, Kendal Poston, Kyla Ross, Samantha Sakti, Mercedez Sanchez and Sara Taubman.
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
Arizona moved up one spot in the national rankings to No. 20 with a season average of enters the week ranked No. 11 in the nation with a season average of 195.705. The Wildcats are ranked No. 19 on beam (48.890), No. 21 on bars (48.960), No. 23 on vault (48.900) and No. 25 on floor (48.955). Christina Berg ranks 15th in the nation on uneven bars with an average of 9.885. She has a season-high of 9.950. Last weekend, the Wildcats scored a season-high 195.975 in a loss to No. 4 Utah, who totaled 197.300.
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 750,000. The Bruins rank first among all NCAA gymnastics teams on Instagram (346k), Facebook (355k) and Twitter (67.6k). 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, Twitter and Snapchat and on Facebook at facebook.com/uclagymnastics.
WATCH THE BRUINS OFF THE FLOOR
Felicia Hano returns as the host of Bruin Banter, UCLA's weekly interview series. The guest for Episode 4 this week will be Gracie Kramer. UCLA also has a bi-weekly docuseries, UCLA Gymnastics: The New Era that gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at the team. Episode 2 of the docuseries is out now. The videos can be viewed on YouTube.com/UCLAAthletics.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Bruins get back on the road for a Saturday, Feb. 15 meet at Arizona State.
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