Jan. 25, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY--
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THIS WEEK IN UTAH GYMNASTICS
No. 3 Utah (2-1) travels to Seattle for a Fri., Jan. 29 contest with No. 24 Washington (0-3). Live video streaming will be available on www.gohuskies.com. Live scores and commentary will be hosted on www.utahutes.com.
QUICK STICKS
The Utes jumped three places to No. 3 in the national rankings following their season-high 196.550 score in a win over Georgia (196.500) last Friday ... Utah is Washington's fourth top-10 opponent in as many meets ... Utah and Washington have both lost to UCLA this season ... Utah has won its last two meets (vs. Iowa State and Georgia) since falling to the Bruins in the season opener ... Utah is looking of its first road win of the season ... The Utes set an NCAA single-meet attendance mark last week against Georgia, drawing 15,552 into the Huntsman Center. The record gathering broke the old Utah and NCAA mark of 15,447 set last year ... Utah has not counted a fall this season ... Setting career highs in last week's win were
Kyndal Robarts in the all-around (39.275), on vault (9.95) and bars (9.775); Daria Bijak on floor (9.95); Beth Rizzo on vault (9.85); and
Cortni Beers on bars (9.70) and beam (9.80) ... Bijak earned her first all-around win of the season (second of her career) last week against Georgia with a season-best 39.375) ... Utes with individual wins this season are: Jamie Deetscreek (3), Robarts (2), Bijak (2) and Annie DiLuzio (1) ... Four Utes are without a fall: Robarts (11-11), DiLuzio (9-9), Beers (6-6), and Rizzo (3-3).
RANKED UTES
Kyndal Robarts is ranked No. 3 in the nation on vault this week (9.908 average), 10th in the all-around (39.212) and 13th on beam (9.837). Tied for third on floor are Annie DiLuzio and Daria Bijak--both with a 9.90 average. Utah's best apparatus ranking is on floor, where the Utes are ranked third with a 49.100 season average. Utah ranks fourth on beam (48.958) and is 10th on both vault (49.033) and bars (48.900).
NATIONAL RANKINGS
This week's top 10 includes Alabama, Oklahoma, Utah, Florida, Stanford, Oregon State, UCLA, Georgia, Nebraska and Arkansas. For the complete national rankings, please see page 3.
LAST WEEK
In a meet that went down to the final routine, Utah held off Georgia 196.550-196.500 before an NCAA record crowd of 15,552 in the Huntsman Center. Daria Bijak won her first all-around title of the season, scoring a 39.375, and also won the floor exercise with a career-high 9.95.
Kyndal Robarts won the vault with a career-high 9.95. The meet came down to Annie DiLuzio, as the final competitor of the night, to seal the victory, and DiLuzio pulled through with a 9.875 on the floor.
SERIES SHORTS
Utah leads the series with Washington 39-0-1 ... The Utes have won 12 straight since a tie in Seattle in 2001. In that meet, Washington received a 10.0 on its final floor routine to grab a share of first ... The Utes lead 11-0-1 in Seattle.
SCOUTING WASHINGTON
Coach: Joanne Bowers
Coach's Record/Year at School: 19-29/4th
Coach's Career Record/Year: 53-78/8th
2010 Record: 0-3
2009 NCAA Finish: DNQ
National Rank: 24
Team Notes: Utah is UW's fourth-straight top-10 opponent this season. The Huskies have lost to (then) No. 1 UCLA, No. 5 Oregon State and No. 9 Nebraska ... Season high 194.875 came in loss to UCLA (196.125) on Jan. 15 ... There are no seniors on UW's roster ... Sophomore Hatsune Akaogi (39.175 season high) is the lone all-arounder.