Saturday, March 7
1:00pm ET/ 10:00am PT	DIII Regional Brockport Cortland Ursinus Rhode Island Ithaca Utica Springfield	SCORES	FREE
1:30pm ET/ 10:30am PT	DIII Regional Winona State Simpson Stout Gustavus Hamline	SCORES	($)
5:00pm ET/ 2:00pm PT	UCLA @ Stanford	SCORES	ACC+
5:00pm ET/ 2:00pm PT	BYU W. Virginia @ Utah	SCORES	ESPN+
6:00pm ET/ 3:00pm PT	Penn Rutgers Yale W. Chester	SCORES	FREE
7:00pm ET/ 4:00pm PT	Boise St @ Cal	SCORES	ACC+
7:00pm ET/ 4:00pm PT	Ball St Temple Cornell @ Maryland	SCORES	BTN+ BTN+
7:00pm ET/ 4:00pm PT	DIII Regional Oshkosh La Crosse Whitewater Eau Claire	SCORES	($)

Let’s see what this has to say for itself.

The meet has already failed to meet expectations because they didn’t toss a bronze medal into a pool of Nickelodeon slime and force Chiles and Barbosu to dive for it to see who the true bronze medalist is. They didn’t even have to race through a gauntlet of giant foam Donatellas to grab pieces of the medal while being hit by glitter cannons. So many possibilities. But, you know, keeping it classy.

Live scores currently have Webster-Longin in the AA, though UCLA’s posted lineups have her on VT, BB, FX but no bars. No Rosen at all today. Stanford has Barbosu going everywhere but vault.

Casey on the call, summarizing BRONZE and performing in the role of Inernational World Peace Arbitrator. Casey is United Nations.

Rotation 1

Jung-Ruivivar – VT – Stanford – yfull, good leg position in the air, hip pike throughout, step back. 9.750

Meanwhile on bars we’re still doing warmups. Anyimi finishing her exhibition touch. Cool?

Alipio – UB – UCLA – good first hs – toe on to maloney, leg sep, into bail, looks strong but a bad camera angle – slightly crooked on full turn – toe tuck 1/2, pulls out the landing, chest down. 9.800

Dugan – VT – Stanford – ro full on back pike, hits it, pretty large leg separation, hop back, chest down. 9.775

Webster-Longin – UB – UCLA – so she’s in the lineup, not Sumanasekera – maloney, leg sep, into pak, pretty pak – good 1/2 turn finish position on low – smooth hs on high – clear hip to FTDT, a little close to the bar but a good stick, chest up, some feet. 9.900

Gronski – VT – Stanford – yfull, very clean, another excellent stick. A stick so good Casey turned into a middle-aged Southern woman for a second. 9.900

Matthews – UB – UCLA – new hair, 10.0 SV – good hs on high – pak to toe on to van leeuwen, smooth, leg sep on VL – DLO, holds onto the landing, chest a little down, good. 9.950. Feel like we’ve been a half tenth loose on bars so far.

Soma – VT – Stanford – yfull, can’t control the landing today, jarred into a somewhat awkward bounce back. 9.800

Barros – UB – UCLA – short first hs – smooth pak – toe on to van leeuwen, best release legs so far but tighter on her handstands – DLO, little bounce back. 9.825

Roberts – VT – Stanford – Y1.5 comes up short this week, under rotated with lunge back – pretty in the air as usual. Still gets away with 9.8.

Sullivan – UB – UCLA – toe on to tkatchev, good counter rotation, into pak, small leg sep at the end – vertical position 1/2 turn on low – snaps hs on high, holds for a year – DLO, some piking, holds onto landing. 9.900

Nguyen – VT – Stanford – Y1.5, she’s also short, lands under-roated, lunge back, very similar to Roberts, a little softer in position, maybe some direction. 9.750

Chiles – UB – UCLA – hits first hs – piked tkatchev to pak is excellent – a little piked in 1/2 turn on low but better than last week – good hs on high – DLO, flings it out a little but gets enough height, good stick. 10.000. 1/2 turn on low wasn’t quite pristine for me this week, but a strong one.

After 1
UCLA 49.575
Stanford 49.025

UCLA opens up big lead after a very good opening bars. Lots of sticks, felt like a real-life 49.400. Stanford not awesome on vault today, escaping with a 49, but Gronski was the only one who delivered the landing.

Rotation 2

Sumanasekera – VT – UCLA – yfull, good position in the air, bounce back. 9.825.

Jung-Ruivivar – UB – Stanford – good hs on low – toe on to maloney to pak, legs together throughout, lovely – 1/2 turn on low, good leg position, maybe a tad past but close – good hs on high – stalder to double tuck, holds the stick, deep compression, probably enough of a waver to be a small control deduction. 9.925

Anyimi – VT – UCLA – yfull, one of her best landings, holds onto the stick, leans forward at the hips to hold it, good amplitude. 9.800

Sorrento – UB – Stanford – good hs – toe on to maloney to pak, small leg sep at the end – rushes through 1/2 turn on low – hits hs on high – DLO, pretty in the air but ends up with a .1 step. 9.825

Webster-Longin – VT – UCLA – y1.5, everyone has a case of the shorts today on their 1.5s, under-rotated and lunge back. 9.775

Robinson – UB – Stanford – blind to jaeger, good height – pak, smooth – steps up to high, slight balance, rushing through a hs or two – FTDT, excellent foot position, good stick. 9.900

Jenkins – VT – UCLA – Y1.5, she’s the first one to get it, basically shows a stick, kind of rebounds in place, some knees at the end, solid. 9.900

Roberts – UB – Stanford – good hs – pak, lovely leg position – toe on to van leeuwen, minor leg separation – DLO, very good form, stuck. Nice. Crowd is big mad at 9.975, but there was a leg break in VL.

Sullivan – VT – UCLA – squinting at something in a very amusing way. Does she secretly need glasses? Y1.5, now she’s on the over-rotation train with a big lunge forward. 9.800

Barbosu – UB – Stanford – clear hip tkatchev piked to pak, well done – hits hs on low – van leeuwen, slight feet – solid hs on high – FTDT is the only issue, chest down, step to the side.

Chiles – VT – UCLA – Lopez is very strong, good distance and layout, little hop up, chest down on landing, some shoulder angle on block. 9.925

Judge conference on Barbosu. Must have just been just out of range because she has 900 tenths of bonus in that routine. 9.875 is high for me with the chest position and .1 step on dismount.

Soma – UB – Stanford – hits first hs – maloney to pak, nice – van leeuwen, legs together – hits hs on high – DLO, small leg sep, very small movement on landing. 9.925

Hoffman in exhibition on vault for UCLA sits a Y1.5.

After 2
UCLA 98.825
Stanford 98.625

Stanford brings it back with a big bars score of their own, also taking advantage of that sort of .05 forgiveness for Just Being Great we’ve seen on bars today. Such a high ceiling for their bars with very little to deduct in feet and leg separations and handstands. UCLA a stronger vault overall than Stanford’s, able to call on Chiles to be Chiles, which is making the difference so far. But several landing struggles as well to give back a big chunk of the lead and keep things interesting.

Natalie Siljander in exhibition on bars for Stanford bringing what we want, a fun Deltchev and also a silly fall just standing on the bar.

Rotation 3

Dean – BB – Stanford – we’re just joining in progress I guess – hits a full turn – side aerial to loso, hit with a check on landing, some knee – straddle to straddle 1/4, under control – 1.5 very good height, stuck. 9.875

Alipio – FX – UCLA – double pike, very solid landing, kind of couldn’t decide whether she was going to stick or controlled step, but did a controlled step, chest down – switch ring to switch 1/2 to wolf full, very nice, clear positions – wolf double, a little off balance, brings it around for credit – back 1.5 to front lay, good control, some leg crossing in twist. 9.825

Landry – BB – Stanford – check before her wolf turn just to be like, “I know” – hits the wolf double – bhs loso, smooth and secure – split jump to split ring, wobble, leg up correction – gainer pike, stuck. 9.875

Webster-Longin – FX – UCLA – front 2/1, strong, good control – back 1.5 to lay, good twisting position and rise into layout – switch ring to switch 1/2 – rudi, chest up, controls the step. Very strong, minimal deductions. 9.925

Robinson – BB – Stanford – bhs loso, high, hit, little lean correction – switch to split, nice positions – hitch kick to side aerial to a real beat jump – full turn, smooth – 1.5 dmt, stuck, very slight off direction. Good hit. 9.900

Barros – FX – UCLA – 1.5 to layout, crisp layout position – switch 1/1, gets it around for real – front tuck to double tuck, shuffle back OOB – closeup of nothing during her dance combination, so we just have to assume it was great? 9.750

Williams – BB – Stanford – wolf double, very smooth – aerial, wobble, leg up, no combination – redoes the aerial, wobbles again before bhs, shouldn’t be given the combo there – split ring jump, again a check before beat jump – switch to split, great positions – 1.5 dmt, hop forward. Alas. Stayed on but a start value and wobble apocalypse.

9.575 and one judge gave a 10.0 start, which I can’t.

Sumanasekera – FX – UCLA – DLO, hit, pike down at the end, under control – switch ring to switch 1/2 to wolf full, slightly out of control, great positions – back 1.5 to layout, small ankle cross in 1.5, hit. 9.925

Roberts – BB – Stanford – wolf 1.5, kind of stands up out of it to try to control, keeps it at 1.5 – switch to split, lovely splits – bhs loso, ideal, smooth like buttah – side aerial with a wobble, arm swing – redoes the side aerial into split jump, gets the combo the second time – gainer full, great stick.

Such pretty skills but start value combos ruining Stanford’s life in this rotation. Roberts still gets 9.850, got her combo on the second try, but there were more wobbles than 9.850 in the process. I guess if you took .05 on wolf and .10 on side aerial and nothing else?

Sullivan – FX – UCLA – DLO, controls the step – tour jete 1/2 to popa is excellent, high, clear finish – front tuck through to double tuck, hit.

Barbosu – BB – Stanford – front tuck, hits it securely into Korbut – wobble on choreo – switch to beat, moves through the combination – full turn, overturns by a quarter – 2/1, little rebound. Hits it. 9.900. Feel like both Roberts and Barbosu were more tentative than those scores reflect.

Conference on Sullivan’s floor. Not sure why. 9.900.

Chiles – FX – UCLA – DLO, not quite there today, chest down, step forward – tour jete 1/2 to wolf full – front tuck through to double tuck, controls the step on this one. 9.900

After 3
UCLA 148.300
Stanford 148.025

Stanford will be thanking their lucky stars they were able to squeeze through the end of that beam rotation and still get 49.400 and keep this meet live. UCLA pretty solid on floor, Webster-Longin and Sullivan delivered there. Didn’t get the best one from Chiles or Barros (or, I thought, Sumanasekera, but she got alll llllthe tenths).

Rotation 4

Sullivan – BB – UCLA – candle mount hit, a little angle but fine – switch, leans through it into beat jump with a check but keeps moving – aerial, wobble, has to redo it, does it, keeps moving into Onodi but a step and a wobble to save it – full turn – 1.5 good stick. But a struggle.

9.725 is another Happy March present. Again one judge giving 10.0 start and one not.

Jung-Ruivivar – FX – Stanford – wolf double, around well – whip to double tuck, great landing – switch – back 1/2 to front lay, slide out – 9.900

Barros – BB – UCLA – forward roll mount – switch to straddle 1/4, quickly arms up to cover – side aerial to bhs, again covers well but a small lean adjustment on landing – full turn, good – gainer full, good stick. 9.875

Walker – FX – Stanford – double pike, great open out of it, shows clear control on step back – switch 1/2 to wolf full wolf full, around and dances out – split jump full, well done – front tuck through to double tuck, bounce back. 9.875

Webster-Longin – BB – UCLA – full turn, nice – bhs bhs loso, wobble arm wave, pulls it back on – switch to split, good positions – side aerial, comfortable – 1.5 dmt, step forward. 9.825

Robinson – FX – Stanford – double tuck, chest up, good landing control – double y spin but lean/falls out of it pretty significantly – back 1.5 to 1/2 to straddle jump is excellent – switch to straddle jump with a face closeup – double pike, pretty large bounce back, stays in bounds. 9.800

Sumanasekera – BB – UCLA – switch to split, nice – bhs loso, excellent, secure, great foot position and height – aerial to split, holds it – full turn, good – tuck 1.5, stuck. Very good.

9.950, with a 10.000/9.900 split.

Nguyen – FX – Stanford – DLO, hits it but lands forward with a step out – switch side to something else straddley that we can’t see because this broadcast hates gymnastics – front tuck through to double tuck, huge bounce back OOB. 9.525

Chiles – BB – UCLA – bhs loso, secure landing – cat leap to switch side, no trouble, solid horitzontal straddle position – full turn, smooth – side aerial, check – 2/1, little hop back, little leg cross. 9.875

Roberts – FX – Stanford – front tuck through to double tuck, small slide back – switch 1/2, little overturn into popa, great leg positions – front lay to rudi, good height, controls the landing well – 9.925

Alipio – BB – UCLA – full turn, holds it – bhs bhs loso, secure – side aerial, very strong landing – split leap to switch to beat, comfortable – gainer tuck full, holds onto the stick. 9.950

Barbosu – FX – Stanford – whip to double tuck, very strong landing. chest up – tuck jump 1.25 – back 2.5 to front pike, hop forward, some leg crossing in the air – 9.900

FINAL
UCLA 197.775
Stanford 197.425

UCLA pulls out the win with a solidly competitive score nationally, especially given a vault rotation that was kind of meh. Actually, both teams will look at these numbers and say that’s not bad for a meet with one strong rotation and a couple other half-great rotations. Neither hit a total meet. UCLA minimized the errors better across vault, beam, and floor.