Jan. 26, 2015
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THIS WEEK IN UTAH GYMNASTICS
The No. 5 Utah gymnastics team (5-0, 1-0 Pac-12) competes at No. 18 Arizona (4-2, 1-1 Pac-12) on Saturday, Jan. 31 in Tucson, Ariz. The meet starts at 4 p.m. MST in the McKale Center. The meet will be streamed live on arizonawildcats.com (no TV). Live scores and commentary can be found at utahutes.com.
QUICK STICKS
Former Utah All-American Meredith (King) Paulicivic is in her first year as an assistant coach at Arizona. King lettered for the Utes from 1991-94 and was a vault All-American in 1992, 1993 and 1994 ... Ute junior
Kassandra Lopez is from Tucson and freshman
Kari Lee is from Peoria, Ariz. ... Arizona is looking for its first win over Utah. The Utes are 55-0 all-time against the Wildcats (see Series Shorts for more) ...
Georgia Dabritz is ranked No. 1 in the nation in the all-around for the second straight week (tied this week with UCLA's Samantha Peszek) with a 39.588 season average ...
Corrie Lothrop was named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week on Jan. 26 for her part in Utah's win over No. 8 UCLA on Jan. 23. Lothrop scored season highs on bars (9.90) and floor (9.875) and tied for first place on bars. Utah has had two Pac-12 Gymnasts of the Week this season:
Tory Wilson on Jan. 12 and
Georgia Dabritz on Jan. 19.
IN THE RANKINGS
Utah slipped one spot to No. 5 in the national rankings after its 196.725-194.725 win over UCLA last Friday.
Georgia Dabritz is tied for No. 1 in the nation in the all-around and is also ranked in the top 10 on three events: floor tied for No. 2, vault tied for No. 7 and bars No. 8. Utah's best event ranking is No. 3 on the beam (49.133 average). See page 3 for complete Utah rankings.
CHALK TALK
Georgia Dabritz has Utah's top two all-around scores this season (39.60, 39.575), while
Tory Wilson has a 39.45 best ... Junior
Breanna Hughes competed on three events for the first time of her career against UCLA, scoring a 9.825 on her first collegiate vault, a 9.775 on bars and a 9.80 on floor ... Ute winners this season: Dabritz (7), Wilson (3),
Corrie Lothrop (1),
Baely Rowe (1) ... The Utes are 69-72 in hit routines (routines without a fall). Gymnasts who have hit every routine are Wilson (12-12), Dabritz (11-11),
Kari Lee (7-7), Hughes (7-7),
Kailah Delaney (4-4),
Kassandra Lopez (3-3),
Maddy Stover (3-3) and
Tiffani Lewis (3-3).
UTE INSIDER
Freshman
Kari Lee was limited to beam last week against UCLA due to sore Achilles' tendons and scored a season-best 9.90. Her condition will be evaluated in practice this week to see if she can return on vault and floor at Arizona ...
Tiffani Lewis replaced Lee in the vault (9.825) and floor (9.80) lineups against the Bruins and scored season bests on both events ... Senior All-American
Becky Tutka made her first appearance of the season on the floor last week after missing the first two meets with injury ...
Georgia Dabritz will anchor Utah's vault, bars and floor lineups this week.
Corrie Lothrop is sixth up on the beam.
SERIES SHORTS
Utah is 55-0 all-time against Arizona and 11-0 in Tucson. The Utes hold a 19-0 edge in regular season competitions. For complete series results, see page 2.
SCOUTING ARIZONA
Head Coach: Bill Ryden (17th season)
2014 NCAA Finish: DNQ
National Rank: 18
2015 Record: 4-2, 1-1 Pac-12
Notes: Season-high 196.050 in road win over Washington (195.950) last Saturday ... losses came at Alabama and at UCLA ... senior all-arounder Allison Flores has a 39.425 season all-around best.