No. 5 UCLA competes at No. 10 Stanford Saturday

Saturday, March 7

Stanford, CA

2:00 PM PT

UCLA

Stanford

Ciena Alipio and Nola Matthews

Photo by: Shirley McCombs-Swayne

No. 5 UCLA competes at No. 10 Stanford Saturday

March 05, 2026 | Gymnastics

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No. 5 UCLA vs. No. 10 Stanford
Date/Time: Saturday, March 7, 2026 – 2pm PT
Location: Stanford, Calif. (Maples Pavilion)
Broadcast: ACCN Extra
Talent: Casey Magnuson, Jenna Bacerra
Live Stats: virti.us
Tickets: $20 / tickets.gostanford.com

N0. 5 UCLA COMPETES AT NO. 10 STANFORD SATURDAY
No. 5 UCLA (13-2) will travel to No. 10 Stanford (7-3) on Saturday, March 7 at 2pm in a Top 10 matchup at Maples Pavilion. The meet will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.

BRUINS WIN BIG TEN REGULAR SEASON TITLE
For the second consecutive year, UCLA ran the table in the conference, going unbeaten with a 9-0 record to capture the Big Ten regular season title. The Bruins are 18-0 in Big Ten play and has not lost to any Big Ten opponent in non-conference or postseason play since joining the conference a year ago. UCLA Gymnastics has now won 23 conference titles, including three in the Big Ten.

BAY AREA BRUINS
UCLA's trip to Stanford is a homecoming for several Bruin team members. San Jose is home to senior Ciena Alipio and sophomore Sasha Fujisaka. Freshman Tiana Sumanasekera is from Pleasanton, and freshman Nola Matthews is from Gilroy. Senior Madisyn Anyimi is also from Northern California, hailing from Sacramento. Additionally, graduate student assistant coach Emma Malabuyo is from Milpitas.

ABOUT THE CARDINAL
Stanford is coming off a 198.150 performance on the road at Oregon State last week, the Cardinal's first 198 score in 22 years. Senior Anna Roberts set a program record in the all-around with a 39.875 and scored her first-ever perfect 10 on vault en route to a sweep of the individual titles. The Cardinal are ranked No. 10 in the nation overall, No. 6 on floor, No. 7 on beam and No. 10 on bars. Roberts, the 2024 NCAA vault champion, is the No. 5-ranked all-arounder in the country and No. 10 on floor, No. 13 on beam, and No. 17 on bars. Sienna Robinson ranks in the Top 25 on bars (No. 25) and beam (No. 18). Stanford first assistant coach Hallie Mossett was an undergraduate coach on UCLA's 2018 NCAA Championship team and a two-time All-American on floor exercise.

LAST TIME OUT
UCLA won the Big Four meet at home on Feb. 27 to clinch the Big Ten regular season title for the second-straight year with a perfect 9-0 record. The conference title is UCLA's 23rd all-time. The Bruins led from start to finish but faced a tough challenge against Iowa and Ohio State, who both kept within tenths of a point throughout the meet. UCLA had a .075 lead over Iowa after scoring 49.300 on bars in the first rotation and increased the lead marginally after going 49.200 on beam in the second rotation before a 49.225 on floor saw the lead go to 0.15 over the Buckeyes. The Bruins secured victory on vault with a 49.225, thanks in large part to Jordan Chiles' 9.950 to anchor. Chiles won the all-around, vault and floor and tied for first on bars with teammates Nola Matthews and Sydney Barros, who picked up their first career wins.

IN THE RANKINGS
UCLA remains ranked No. 5 for the third-straight week and have been ranked in the Top 5 for seven weeks in a row. The Bruins rank in the Top 10 on all four events - No. 5 on bars and beam, No. 7 on vault and No. 8 on floor. Jordan Chiles remains No. 1 on floor exercise and also ranks No. 2 in the all-around, No. 3 on vault, No. 5 on bars and No. 7 on beam. Tiana Sumanasekera is tied for the highest all-around ranking by a freshman at No. 13 and also ranks No. 17 on vault. Ciena Alipio is No. 4 on beam and has been in the Top 5 for six-straight weeks.

CHILES EARNS NINTH CONSECUTIVE GYMNAST OF WEEK AWARD
Jordan Chiles extended her total of Big Ten Gymnast of the Week awards to a conference-record nine, sharing the award with Minnesota's Arianna Ostrum. Chiles has won the award every week this season and now has a total of 14 in two seasons and 20 across two conferences in her career. Chiles won the all-around for the seventh week in a row and eighth time overall, scoring 39.625 to help the Bruins win the Big Four meet and close out a second-straight unbeaten conference season with the Big Ten regular season title. In addition to winning the all-around, Chiles won vault and floor exercise with scores of 9.950 and tied for first on uneven bars with a 9.900, bringing her season total to 31 victories in nine meets. She has eight all-around wins, eight floor wins (including six in a row), six vault wins and five uneven bars wins. Chiles leads the nation with a 39.694 season average in the all-around. Every routine she has performed this season has scored 9.800 or higher. Seventeen have scored 9.95 or higher, and 27 of her 36 routines have scored 9.900 or higher.

CONSISTENCY IS KEY
UCLA has been a consistent force all season, averaging 197.419 as a team, with nothing under 196.950. The Bruins have scored over 197.500 in four of its last five meets and have scored over 49.000 on every event in every meet, hitting 215 of 216 routines on the year, a 99.5% hit percentage. UCLA has hit 184 consecutive routines without a fall.

CHILES PERFECT FOR FIVE STRAIGHT WEEKS
For five consecutive weeks from Jan. 17 through Feb. 14, Jordan Chiles found perfection. Her first career 10 on vault on Jan. 17 against Nebraska started the streak, and she went on to roll off four straight perfect 10s on floor on Jan. 25 at Michigan State, Jan. 30 vs. Washington, Feb. 7 at Minnesota and Feb. 14 vs. Michigan. She currently has 16 career 10s - one on vault, five on uneven bars and 10 on floor exercise and is in sole possession of third place on UCLA's career perfect 10 list. Only Jamie Dantzscher (28) and Kyla Ross (22) have more. Chiles' 10 floor 10s rank second behind only Dantzscher, who had 14. Chiles is looking to become just the 15th gymnast in NCAA history to achieve a Gym Slam, which is a perfect 10 on all four events. Only two Bruins have done this - Kristen Maloney in 2005 and Ross in 2019. Chiles just needs a 10.0 on balance beam to join the exclusive group. She has earned a 10 from one beam judge three times this season.

BEST SHOW IN LA AND NATION-WIDE
UCLA Gymnastics is proving to be not only the Best Show in LA, but also nation-wide. The Bruins have been a part of four road meets with record-setting attendance - at Washington Jan. 2 (8,403), at Michigan State Jan. 25 (9,887), at Minnesota Feb. 7 (5,081) and at Illinois Feb. 22 (6,813). UCLA's home opener on Jan. 13 was contested in front of 7,814 fans, a new record for a UCLA home opener, and a season-high 10,032 were in attendance for the Feb. 14 home meet against Michigan. The Bruins also set a new home attendance record for Friday night meets with 7,567 in attendance at the Big Four meet on Feb. 27. Last season, the Bruins competed in front of school record crowds at Maryland (7,287) and Ohio State (3,695) and in front of a sold-out crowd of 15,558 at Utah, as well as a crowd of 11,314 at Michigan.

DANCING AND GYMNASTICS QUEEN
Fresh off a third-place showing on Season 34 of "Dancing with the Stars" this fall, Jordan Chiles has dominated the NCAA Gymnastics season, ranking No. 1 in the nation in the all-around for the first eight weeks of the season and earning Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honors in nine consecutive weeks. She kicked off her senior season on Jan. 3 with a show-stopping performance at the Best of the West Quad. Chiles placed first on all four events and won the all-around with a score of 39.725, UCLA's highest all-around score in a season opener since Kyla Ross also recorded that score in 2020. In week 2 at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad, she placed second in the all-around with a 39.575 and won floor exercise for the second-straight week with a 9.925. In week 3, she scored her first perfect 10 of the season and first career 10 on vault en route to winning the all-around with a 39.675 in the Bruins' home opener. And in week 4, she one-upped all of that by recording the highest all-around score in the nation - 39.875 - with a perfect 10 on floor, 9.975 on vault and 9.950s on bars and beam. She matched her all-around score and earned another perfect 10 five days later, leading UCLA to its first 198 of the season (198.150). Chiles made it four meets in a row with a 10 on Feb. 7, bringing back her 2025 Prince floor routine at Minnesota for her 15th career perfect 10, and then hit her 10th career 10 on floor on Feb. 14 against Michigan.

Dancing with pro Ezra Sosa this fall, Chiles became the first female gymnast to make the "Dancing with the Stars" finale since Laurie Hernandez in season 23 in 2016. Chiles competed on the show while simultaneously training for the 2026 gymnastics season and taking a full set of classes at UCLA. The two-time Olympian and 2024 gold medalist enters her senior year as a three-time NCAA Champion, 16-time All-American and reigning Big Ten floor exercise champion. Chiles has scored 16 perfect 10s in her career - 10 on floor exercise, five on uneven bars and one on vault - and 27 9.975s. She holds career-highs of 10.0 on vault, uneven bars and floor exercise, 9.975 on balance beam and 39.900 in the all-around.

FROM BEAMER TO THREE-EVENT STAR
After competing exclusively on balance beam her first three seasons due to injuries, senior Ciena Alipio has taken the leap to multi-event star during her senior season, competing on floor exercise and uneven bars this season for the first time in her collegiate career. She made her floor debut at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad on Jan. 10 and scored 9.800. She won two events a week later against Nebraska, scoring 9.975 on beam and 9.875 on floor. At Michigan State on Jan. 25, Alipio competed on three events for the first time, making her collegiate debut on uneven bars. She tied for third place on bars with a score of 9.875, scored 9.850 on floor exercise, then completed her day with a meet-winning beam score of 9.950. She improved on those marks five days later against Washington, scoring a leadoff 9.950 on bars, a meet-winning 9.950 on beam and a career-high 9.900 on floor to earn Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week honors for the third time. Her latest big accomplishment was scoring a career-high 9.950 on floor on Feb. 14, receiving a 10.0 from one judge. In the national rankings, she is currently ranked No. 4 on beam, where she has not scored lower than 9.900 all season, and was ranked as high as No. 7 on bars in early February. Alipio leads the team with six beam victories, including three in a row.

Alipio is a two-time first-team All-American on beam and won the Big Ten balance beam title in 2025 with her first career perfect 10. Prior to her senior season, the only other non-beam routine that she had performed in college came in an exhibition on floor exercise in the 2025 season opener. As an elite gymnast, Alipio placed third in the all-around at her last international event, the 2022 Arthur Gander Memorial in Switzerland. She was also ninth in the all-around and sixth on floor exercise at the 2022 U.S. Classic.

RAISING THE BAR-ROS
Junior Sydney Barros, who missed all of 2024 while rehabbing a knee injury and competed just once in 2025, has made a huge splash the last six meets, with eight of her 17 routines scoring 9.900 or better. This season, 16 of her 18 routines have scored 9.800 or higher. In her first extensive action of her career at Michigan State on Jan. 25, she scored a pair of 9.900s on uneven bars and floor exercise and added a 9.850 in a beam exhibition. Barros was making just her third appearance in the competitive lineup on bars, and she finished in second place behind only Jordan Chiles' 9.950. Her floor routine marked her competitive debut on that event, and she finished in fourth place. In the Bruins' home meet against Washington Jan. 30, she competed on three events and scored a career-highs on bars (9.925) and floor (9.900) and earned a 9.850 in her beam debut. On Feb. 7 at Minnesota, she contributed a third-place career-high mark of 9.900 and also scored 9.850 on uneven bars. She scored a pair of 9.90s against Michigan on Feb. 14, tying for second on beam and floor, and she picked up her first career victory at the Big Four meet on Feb. 27, tying for first on bars with a 9.900. Barros was the all-around champion at the 2023 Puerto Rican National Championships and placed eighth in the all-around at the 2023 Pan American Championships, qualifying to the World Championships. She was unable to compete at Worlds, however, after suffering a knee injury at the Central American Games.

LEADOFF QUEEN
Junior Katelyn Rosen sets the tone for the Bruins as the leadoff performer on vault and floor and has excelled in that role. On Jan. 30 against Washington, she led off on floor exercise with a season-high 9.925, paving the way for a team season-high total of 49.700, at the time the highest floor score in the NCAA this season. Rosen also has lead-off high marks of 9.900 on balance beam twice and 9.875 on uneven bars. Her 9.900 on beam on Jan. 17 led to a team season-high of 49.625, and her 9.875 on bars on Jan. 10 led to a 49.425. Rosen has competed on at least three events in seven meets this season and competed in the all-around in the Bruins' first four meets, with a season-high of 39.325 and season average of 39.150. She holds a career all-around average of 39.332 and has hit 39+ in all 11 all-around attempts.

SULLIVAN STRENGTH
Freshman Ashlee Sullivan continues to provide three strong routines in the five spot on vault, bars and floor. In her last four meets, she is averaging 9.885 on her 12 routines, with five 9.9+ scores. She has scored 9.900 or higher on four of her last five floor routines, with three 9.950s. Sullivan has won Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors three times this season, most recently on Feb. 24 after recording career-highs on vault (9.925) and floor (9.950) at Illinois. She also won following the Nebraska meet on Jan. 17 after winning bars and floor and recording career-highs on all three events in which she competed and again after the Minnesota meet on Feb. 7 after she won bars with a career-high 9.925 and placed second on floor with a career-high-tying 9.950. She is averaging 9.85+ on vault (9.850), bars (9.856) and floor (9.875).

TIANA TOPS FRESHMEN ALL-AROUNDERS
Freshman Tiana Sumanasekera is tied for the highest national ranking among freshmen, ranking No. 13 with a NQS of 39.375. Sumanasekera has been superb for the Bruins this year, competing 35 of a possible 36 routines and going all-around in eight of the team's nine meets. She has won Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors three times and scored a career-high in the all-around with a 39.475 against Michigan on Feb. 14. Sumanasekera scored three 9.900s in the meet and won vault for the first time in her career. She has scored 9.900 as the leadoff vaulter in three of the last four meets. The five-time U.S. National Team member and 2024 Olympic alternate has season-bests of 9.9 or higher on every event - 9.950 on beam, 9.925 on floor and 9.900 on vault and bars. In the season opener, Sumanasekera scored 9.950 on beam, the highest by a UCLA freshman in her collegiate debut in over 20 years, matching Tasha Schiwkert in 2005. Sumanasekera also became the first Bruin ever to win Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors with her season-opening performance.

MIKA MOMENT
Sophomore Mika Webster-Longin made her 2026 vault debut Feb. 27 at the Big Four meet in a pivotal moment. With the Bruins clinging to a .150 lead in the final rotation, the sophomore stepped in for injured teammate Katelyn Rosen and hit her Yurchenko 1.5 vault for a 9.800. It was her first vault since last season's NCAA semifinal, and the Big Four meet was her first time in the competition lineup since an illness kept her out for three meets (Jan. 25-Feb. 7). She returned on Feb. 14 and performed three exhibition routines and then an other exhibition on floor on Feb. 22 at Illinois before she entered the beam lineup and filled in for vault at Big Fours. Webster-Longin competed on three events in the first three meets of the season and earned season-high marks of 9.875 on beam, 9.850 on bars and 9.8725 on floor. She holds career-highs of 9.925 on vault and bars, 9.9 on floor and 9.875 on beam. The Belgian National Team member had a strong freshman season, being selected to the Big Ten All-Championship team after contributing a 9.925 on vault and 9.900 on bars to the Bruins' title run.

FABULOUS FRESHMEN
UCLA's acclaimed freshman class has accounted for 38.4% (83 of 216) of the Bruins' routines so far in 2026, with Tiana Sumanasekera competing 35 routines, Ashlee Sullivan 28, Nola Matthews 14 and Jordis Eichman six. Sumanasekera, a 2024 U.S. Olympic alternate, has contributed 29 9.8+ scores, including highs of 9.950 on beam, 9.925 on floor and 9.900 on vault and bars. She was the first Bruin underclassman to compete in the all-around this year and is averaging 39.359 in her eight all-around appearances. Sullivan, fresh off a win at the Arthur Gander Memorial in November, has competed at least three events in every meet and made her all-around debut on Jan. 25, scoring 39.200. She has three event victories - two on bars and one on floor - and holds season-bests of 9.950 on floor, 9.925 on vault and bars and 9.775 on beam. Four-time U.S. National Team member Matthews has highs of 9.925 on bars, 9.875 on floor and 9.850 on beam. She has competed on bars in eight meets and is averaging 9.850 on that event with one event victory in the Big Four Meet. She earned a second-place career-high mark of 9.925 against Michigan on Feb. 14. Jordis Eichman, who competed at the 2025 U.S. Championships, made her collegiate debut on Jan. 25 at Michigan State and scored 9.825 on beam and 9.750 on vault and added a 9.775 exhibition on bars. She earned her first Top 3 finish on Jan. 30 against Washington with a third-place mark of 9.875 on beam.

SCHOLAR ATHLETES
UCLA Gymnastics earned a team GPA of 3.532 in the fall quarter, with 14 team members making the Director's Honor Roll (3.0 or higher term GPA in at least 12 units). Additionally, six Bruins earned 4.0s in the quarter.

LOOKING AHEAD
UCLA will host Utah on Senior Day on Saturday, March 14 at 7:30 pm. Senior Day ceremonies honoring Ciena Alipio, Madisyn Anyimi, Jordan Chiles and Carissa Clay will take place at the conclusion of the meet. Tickets for the home finale are on sale at uclabruins.com/tickets.