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No. 2 Ute Gymnasts To Face No. 3 Florida
3/10/2008 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
March 10, 2008
SALT LAKE CITY -
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THIS WEEK
The No. 2-ranked Utah gymnastics team (10-0) meets No. 3 Florida (7-2) Friday, Mar. 14 in Gainesville, Fla. The meet will be held in the O'Connell Center starting at 7 p.m. EDT. Live scores and commentary will be available on UtahUtes.com.QUICK STICKS
Senior All-American Ashley Postell is ranked No. 1 in the nation in the all-around (39.620 RQS), vault (9.960) and balance beam (9.915) ... Utah is the top ranked vaulting team in the nation (49.400 RQS) ... A Ute has won or shared in 42 of the 45 event and all-around titles awarded so far this season, including every beam, floor and all-around competition ... Utah has used a different floor lineup in every meet ... Ute wins over ranked teams have come against then-ranked No. 1 Georgia, No. 7 Oregon State, No. 9 UCLA, No. 11 Nebraska and No. 20 Arizona State ... Ahead for Utah in the next two weeks are road trips to No. 3 Florida and No. 4 Michigan ... Utah's average home attendance is 12,235.UTE NOTES
Ashley Postell's streak of routines without a fall is over. Postell completed 49 routines without a fall (starting on Mar. 30, 2007) - including her first 31 routines this season - before falling off bars and beam last week... Postell is undefeated (7-0) in all-around competition (she did not go all-around against Brigham Young or Oregon State). She has a string of eight all-around wins dating back to the 2007 NCAA Super Six ... Senior Katie Kivisto is returning to her home state this week. The senior is a native of Boca Raton, Fla. ... Eight Utes are without a fall this season: Kristina Baskett (34-34), Annie DiLuzio (20-20), Kyndal Robarts (16-16), Jessica Duke (13-13), Katie Kivisto (10-10), Beth Rizzo (10-10), Stephanie Neff (5-5) and Gael Mackie (5-5) ... Making a successful return from the injured list against Oregon State last Friday were Nina Kim (foot), Kyndal Robarts (knee) and Stephanie Neff (Achilles) ... Picking up her first career win against Oregon State was freshman Mackie, who scored a 9.875... Ute event and/or all-around winners: Postell (30), Baskett (8), Bijak (4), DiLuzio (3), Kim (2), Mackie (1), Neff (1) and Rizzo (1). Postell has 103 career wins, the second most in school history behind Theresa Kulikowski (112 from 1999-2003). She already owns the school record for most career all-around titles (26). For more on Postell and the record book, see boxed inset on page 1.NATIONAL RANKINGS
Utah is ranked No. 2 in the nation for the seventh-straight week. Ahead of the Utes is Georgia, the team Utah has finished second behind at the last two NCAA Championships. The latest top five looks like this: 1. Georgia (197.235 regional qualifying score), 2. Utah (197.030), 3. Florida (196.915), 4. Michigan (196.825), 5. LSU (196.580). The complete top 25 can be found on page 3.UTES IN THE RANKINGS
Defending NCAA balance beam champion Ashley Postell is ranked No. 1 in the nation in the all-around (39.620 RQS), as well as on vault (9.960) and beam (9.915). She is currently tied for 13th on bars (9.88). Kristina Baskett, the 2006 NCAA uneven bar champion, ranks No. 7 in the all-around (39.405), is tied for fourth on bars (9.910) and seventh on vault (9.915).SERIES SHORTS
Utah leads the all-time series with Florida 28-7, but is 2-3 in Gainesville ... Just 10 of their competitions have come in the regular season, with Utah holding a slim 6-4 edge ... Utah has a one-meet win streak going, having beaten the Gators in last year's NCAA Super Six (Utah finished second, Florida third) ... Florida has won the last two regular season competitions - beating Utah 197.050-196.725 win in Salt Lake City last year, and topping the Utes 197.325-196.625 in Gainesville in 2006 ... Utah's most recent win in Gainesville was in 2001.SCOUTING FLORIDA
Coach: Rhonda Faehn
Record/Year: 108-27-1 (6th year)
2007 NCAA Finish: 3rd
2008 Record: 7-2
2008 High Score: 197.925
National Rank: No. 3
Team Notes: Two losses (to No. 1 Georgia and No. 5 Alabama) were by a combined 0.125 of a point ... had last week off after losing a 197.225-197.125 decision at Alabama on Feb. 29 ... Jan. 18 meet with Georgia was even closer (196.850-196.825) ... scored a season-high 197.925 in a win over LSU on Feb. 15 ... Four Gator All-Americans have won all-around titles this season: Corey Hartung (4), Ashley Reed (2), Amanda Castillo (1) and Melanie Sinclair (1) ... Each has scored at least a 39.40 in the all-around, led by Hartung's 39.70 best ... Friday's meet is Senior Night in the O'Connell Center and Reed, Tiffany Murry and Nicola Willis will be honored ... Florida is averaging nearly 7,000 fans a meet.
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