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No. 6 Ute Gymnasts Open Against No. 7 Michigan
1/2/2017 11:57 AM | Gymnastics
Meet is Saturday, Jan. 7 at 5 p.m.
This Week in Utah Gymnastics
The preseason No. 6-ranked Utah gymnastics team (0-0, 0-0 Pac-12) opens its 2017 season on Saturday, Jan. 7, hosting No. 7 Michigan (0-0, 0-0 Big Ten) at 5 p.m. in the Huntsman Center. With the meet televised live on Pac-12 Mountain, fans are encouraged to be in their seats by 4:45 p.m. for team introductions. Tickets may be purchased at UtahTickets.com, the Huntsman Center box office and by calling 801-581-UTIX. Live scores can be found at UtahUtes.com.
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Quick Sticks
Utah has shattered its school season ticket record, selling season seats in the upper deck for the first time in school history. More than 8,600 season tickets have been sold, extending into row five of the upper bowl … The last time Utah hosted Michigan in the Huntsman Center on Mar. 6, 2015, the two teams competed before the largest crowd in NCAA gymnastics history (16,019) … The Utes were ranked sixth in the preseason coaches' poll—the only school in the preseason top six that did not make the Super Six last year. Utah, the 2015 NCAA runner-up, finished ninth a year ago at the NCAA Championships, after winning its regional. See page 3 for the complete preseason top 25 … In the Pac-12 Conference preseason coaches' poll, Utah was picked to finish a close second to UCLA, which is ranked No. 4 in the nation. Utah trailed the Bruins by two points (47-45) and two first-place votes (5-3) in the Pac-12 poll.
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Fan Fun
The Kid Zone will open at 3:30 p.m. and features a balloon artist, face painter, poster-making station and more … Saturday's meet is Alumni Night and Utah gymnastics alumni will be recognized on the floor following the meet … Season ticket holders may pick up their exclusive Red Rocks Beanie prior to the meet with the voucher included in their season ticket packet. Limit is one per ticket account.
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Chalk Talk
The Utes elected co-captains in senior Baely Rowe and junior Maddy Stover … The lead vault coach this season is second-year assistant Meredith Paulicivic. She has 18 years experience on the event as a club coach. Paulicivic handles the floor exercise choreography, as well, and is assisting co-head coach Megan Marsden on beam … Co-head coach Tom Farden takes over as the lead floor coach. He will continue to oversee bars.
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Lineup Look
Utah returns eight letterwinners, among them four All-Americans: senior Baely Rowe and sophomores Kari Lee, Sabrina Schwab and Maddy Stover. Lee, a first-team All-American on vault and floor as a freshman in 2015, returns for her second sophomore season after missing most of 2016 with a torn Achilles … Schwab was the 2016 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year … Rowe (beam) and junior Tiffani Lewis (floor) are the reigning Pac-12 champions on those events … Making their Ute debut will be freshmen MyKayla Skinner, Missy Reinstadtler and Kim Tessen, as well as sophomore transfer Macey Roberts. Skinner, the 2016 Glasgow World Cup all-around champion and an alternate for the gold medal 2016 USA Olympic Team, placed fourth in the all-around at the Olympic Trials. Reinstadtler and Tessen are both Junior Olympic National champions.
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Ute Insider
Freshman MyKayla Skinner performs some of the most difficult elements in collegiate gymnastics history including a double twisting double back on her first floor pass. The four-year U.S. Senior National Team member is scheduled to go all-around against Michigan … Also projected to make their first all-around appearances as Utes are sophomores MaKenna Merrell and Sabrina Schwab … All-America all-arounder Baely Rowe is another potential all-arounder for the first meet—starting the week in three lineups (bars, beam and floor) … Newcomers penciled into starting positions against Michigan include freshman Kim Tessen on vault and bars and sophomore Macey Roberts on floor … Utah's sophomore class gained two "recruits" in the offseason. Three-time All-American Kari Lee gained her sophomore season back after missing most of 2016 with an Achilles' tear. Roberts, who competed at Maryland as a freshman, is just the second transfer gymnast Utah has ever accepted.
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Series Shorts
Utah leads the series with Michigan 27-13 (11-2 in Salt Lake City) … The Utes have won three straight contests with the Wolverines, including 2015 wins in Salt Lake City and at the NCAA Championships, and in Ann Arbor last year. Michigan had won the two previous meets … For complete series results, see page 2.
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Scouting Michigan
Coach: Bev Plocki (28th season)
2016 NCAA Finish: DNQ
Preseason Rank: No. 7
2017 Record: 0-0
Notes: Under longtime head coach Bev Plocki, Michigan has won 21 Big Ten championships and made 22 NCAA Championship appearances and 10 NCAA Super Six berths … Returning 17 of 24 routines from last year even with six newcomers (half the roster) … Senior Nicole Artz is a five-time Big Ten champion … Arkansas transfer Paige Zaziski was the 2015 co-SEC Freshman of the Year and a two-time All-SEC selection.
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The preseason No. 6-ranked Utah gymnastics team (0-0, 0-0 Pac-12) opens its 2017 season on Saturday, Jan. 7, hosting No. 7 Michigan (0-0, 0-0 Big Ten) at 5 p.m. in the Huntsman Center. With the meet televised live on Pac-12 Mountain, fans are encouraged to be in their seats by 4:45 p.m. for team introductions. Tickets may be purchased at UtahTickets.com, the Huntsman Center box office and by calling 801-581-UTIX. Live scores can be found at UtahUtes.com.
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Quick Sticks
Utah has shattered its school season ticket record, selling season seats in the upper deck for the first time in school history. More than 8,600 season tickets have been sold, extending into row five of the upper bowl … The last time Utah hosted Michigan in the Huntsman Center on Mar. 6, 2015, the two teams competed before the largest crowd in NCAA gymnastics history (16,019) … The Utes were ranked sixth in the preseason coaches' poll—the only school in the preseason top six that did not make the Super Six last year. Utah, the 2015 NCAA runner-up, finished ninth a year ago at the NCAA Championships, after winning its regional. See page 3 for the complete preseason top 25 … In the Pac-12 Conference preseason coaches' poll, Utah was picked to finish a close second to UCLA, which is ranked No. 4 in the nation. Utah trailed the Bruins by two points (47-45) and two first-place votes (5-3) in the Pac-12 poll.
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Fan Fun
The Kid Zone will open at 3:30 p.m. and features a balloon artist, face painter, poster-making station and more … Saturday's meet is Alumni Night and Utah gymnastics alumni will be recognized on the floor following the meet … Season ticket holders may pick up their exclusive Red Rocks Beanie prior to the meet with the voucher included in their season ticket packet. Limit is one per ticket account.
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Chalk Talk
The Utes elected co-captains in senior Baely Rowe and junior Maddy Stover … The lead vault coach this season is second-year assistant Meredith Paulicivic. She has 18 years experience on the event as a club coach. Paulicivic handles the floor exercise choreography, as well, and is assisting co-head coach Megan Marsden on beam … Co-head coach Tom Farden takes over as the lead floor coach. He will continue to oversee bars.
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Lineup Look
Utah returns eight letterwinners, among them four All-Americans: senior Baely Rowe and sophomores Kari Lee, Sabrina Schwab and Maddy Stover. Lee, a first-team All-American on vault and floor as a freshman in 2015, returns for her second sophomore season after missing most of 2016 with a torn Achilles … Schwab was the 2016 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year … Rowe (beam) and junior Tiffani Lewis (floor) are the reigning Pac-12 champions on those events … Making their Ute debut will be freshmen MyKayla Skinner, Missy Reinstadtler and Kim Tessen, as well as sophomore transfer Macey Roberts. Skinner, the 2016 Glasgow World Cup all-around champion and an alternate for the gold medal 2016 USA Olympic Team, placed fourth in the all-around at the Olympic Trials. Reinstadtler and Tessen are both Junior Olympic National champions.
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Ute Insider
Freshman MyKayla Skinner performs some of the most difficult elements in collegiate gymnastics history including a double twisting double back on her first floor pass. The four-year U.S. Senior National Team member is scheduled to go all-around against Michigan … Also projected to make their first all-around appearances as Utes are sophomores MaKenna Merrell and Sabrina Schwab … All-America all-arounder Baely Rowe is another potential all-arounder for the first meet—starting the week in three lineups (bars, beam and floor) … Newcomers penciled into starting positions against Michigan include freshman Kim Tessen on vault and bars and sophomore Macey Roberts on floor … Utah's sophomore class gained two "recruits" in the offseason. Three-time All-American Kari Lee gained her sophomore season back after missing most of 2016 with an Achilles' tear. Roberts, who competed at Maryland as a freshman, is just the second transfer gymnast Utah has ever accepted.
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Series Shorts
Utah leads the series with Michigan 27-13 (11-2 in Salt Lake City) … The Utes have won three straight contests with the Wolverines, including 2015 wins in Salt Lake City and at the NCAA Championships, and in Ann Arbor last year. Michigan had won the two previous meets … For complete series results, see page 2.
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Scouting Michigan
Coach: Bev Plocki (28th season)
2016 NCAA Finish: DNQ
Preseason Rank: No. 7
2017 Record: 0-0
Notes: Under longtime head coach Bev Plocki, Michigan has won 21 Big Ten championships and made 22 NCAA Championship appearances and 10 NCAA Super Six berths … Returning 17 of 24 routines from last year even with six newcomers (half the roster) … Senior Nicole Artz is a five-time Big Ten champion … Arkansas transfer Paige Zaziski was the 2015 co-SEC Freshman of the Year and a two-time All-SEC selection.
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