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Gymnasts Host Georgia Friday in Senior Night
3/12/2018 10:34 AM | Gymnastics
Fans encouraged to arrive by 7:10 p.m. to honor three seniors.
This Week in Utah Gymnastics
The No. 4 Utah gymnasts (8-3, 5-1 Pac-12) will host No. 20 Georgia (4-8, 3-4 SEC) in the final regular season meet on Friday, Mar. 16 at 7:30 p.m. "Night with the Stars" will celebrate three Ute seniors making their final regular season appearance in the Huntsman Center: Tiffani Lewis, Erika Muhaw and Maddy Stover. Utah will also host an NCAA Regional on Apr. 7. Tickets for both meets are available online or by calling 801-581-UTIX. The Utah-Georgia meet will be televised on ESPNU and broadcast on ESPN 700 radio.
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Senior Night with the Stars
Fans are encouraged to be in their seats by 7:10 p.m. to honor Ute seniors Tiffani Lewis, Erika Muhaw and Maddy Stover. Lewis and Stover are both All-Americans and have been in the starting lineup for two Pac-12 Championship teams (2015, 2017) and three NCAA Championships qualifiers, beginning with Utah's 2015 NCAA runner-up team. Muhaw joined them in the competition lineup in last year's NCAA Super Six finish. Lewis, a three-event starter throughout her career, was a 2017 All-American on vault and is a two-time Pac-12 individual champion (floor 2016, vault 2017). Muhaw competed throughout the 2017 NCAA postseason and has hit all six career vault attempts. Stover was a 2015 regular season All-American on beam where she is a four-year starter and manages the difficult leadoff role.
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Fanfare
For the first time at a Utah gymnastics meet, the upper deck for Friday's meet will be entirely reserved seating (no general admission). Discounted tickets are available for $5 in the upper deck while supplies last … The Ute gymnasts, who are averaging 15,121 fans at home, need a crowd of just 7,500 vs. Georgia to win their eighth all-sports women's attendance title over South Carolina women's basketball. South Carolina averaged 13,596 fans to its home games this season. Utah gymnastics was the NCAA's all-sport attendance champion for women in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 … The Utes cannot reach their school attendance record of 15,244 set a year ago, but the second-best mark of 14,950 in 2015 is in sight. Utah needs 14,265 fans on Friday to set the second-best attendance mark in school and NCAA gymnastics history … 5,000 red light sticks sponsored by America First Credit Union will be distributed at the doors and also placed in lower bowl seats … Utah's NCAA Sweet Sixteen volleyball team will be signing posters in the Kid Zone, which opens with the arena doors at 6 p.m.
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In the Rankings
The Utes stayed at No. 4 for the fourth straight week in the new national rankings with a 197.415 Regional Qualifying Score (RQS). The top six stayed unchanged from a week ago with Oklahoma (197.995 RQS) No. 1, followed by LSU (197.755), UCLA (197.725), Utah (197.415), Florida (197.365) and Alabama (197.120). Utah's event rankings are No. 4 on vault (49.395), No. 6 on bars (49.310), No. 9 on beam (49.275) and No. 4 on floor (49.485). MyKayla Skinner moved up to No. 3 in the all-around (39.665 RQS) and is No. 5 on vault (9.930), No. 10T on bars (9.915), No. 17T on beam (9.900) and No. 5 on floor (9.945). MaKenna Merrell-Giles is tied for No. 8 in the all-around (39.535), tied for No. 9 on vault (9.905) and tied for No. 8 on floor (9.930). The national rankings are on RQS for the remainder of the season (starting on Feb. 26). The RQS is calculated by taking a team or individual's six best regular-season-meet scores—three of which must be on the road—eliminating the high score and averaging the remaining five. For the complete national rankings, see the sidebar on page 3.
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Outside the Lines
Utah is 1-0 all-time in regular season meets televised on the ESPN family. Utah's other regular-season ESPN appearance was also on ESPNU, with Utah beating UCLA on Feb. 18, 2017 in the Huntsman Center … ESPN's talent crew for the meet features two former Olympians—Bart Conner (play by play) and Kathy Johnson Clarke (color analyst)—as well as sideline reporter Laura Rutledge … Utah and Georgia have one of the most storied non-conference rivalries in college gymnastics. They are tied for the most all-time national team titles with 10 and are almost evenly split in an overall series that dates back to 1978 (Georgia leads 28-25-1).
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Quick Sticks
The Utes are looking to snap a two-meet losing streak—the first time they have lost back-to-back dual meets since 2012 … The Utes have not competed at home in over a month with three road meets (UCLA, California and Michigan) and a bye since Feb. 9 … Utah is 4-0 in the Huntsman Center this season with wins over BYU, Oregon State, Washington and Arizona State … Utah concluded its Pac-12 regular season with a 5-1 league mark … Next up after Friday's meet is the Pac-12 Championship is in Tucson, Ariz., on Mar. 24 … Utah will host one of six NCAA Regionals on Saturday, Apr. 7. The sites are Salt Lake City Regional (West), Columbus Regional (Central), Minneapolis Regional (North Central), Raleigh Regional (Southeast), Tuscaloosa Regional (South Central) and University Park Regional (Northeast).
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Chalk Talk
Utes have won five Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week citations: MyKayla Skinner on Jan. 9, Jan. 16, Feb. 13 and Feb. 20 and MaKenna Merrell-Giles on Feb. 6 … The Utes have hit 209-of-216 routines, including 24-of-24 routines in four meets (most recently at Michigan on Mar. 10) … Ute individual winners are: Skinner (25), Merrell-Giles (11), Kari Lee (4), Tiffani Lewis (2), Kim Tessen (2) and Sydney Soloski (1) … Gymnasts who have hit every routine without a fall are: Skinner (34-34), Lewis (27-27), Alexia Burch (8-8), Maddy Stover (9-9), Shannon McNatt (2-2) and Lauren Wong (1-1).
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Ute Insider
Kim Tessen's status is day to day due to a shoulder injury. Tessen, a 9.90 or better scorer on vault and bars, did not compete on bars last week at Michigan … Alexia Burch (knee) will be out for a second straight week. She hopes to return to the beam lineup for the Pac-12 Championship … Utah has four 39.500 or better all-arounders: MyKayla Skinner (39.725 season best), MaKenna Merrell-Giles (39.675), Kari Lee (39.500) and Missy Reinstadtler (39.500) … The freshman class is playing a bigger role as the season progresses. Burch competed on three events vs. California on Feb. 25, Sydney Soloski stepped in on two events vs. Michigan on Mar. 10 and Lauren Wong made her college debut on bars vs. Michigan on Mar. 10. The freshman class has combined to hit 17 of 18 routines … Merrell-Giles has received the only 10.0 by a Ute this season—on vault vs. Washington on Feb. 3. Merrell-Giles and Skinner both have a 9.975 on floor—Skinner twice.
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Winner Skinner
Utah sophomore MyKayla Skinner, a four-time Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week this season, has won a record 11 career Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week awards—two more than any gymnast in conference history. A year ago, Skinner set Pac-12 records for most Gymnast of the Week (7) and Freshman of the Week (6) honors. Skinner continues to move up the Ute win charts. Her 18 career all-around victories is tied for second in school history and she has 68 total individual titles in her first two seasons, including 25 this year (six all-around).
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Series Shorts
Utah trails the all-time series with Georgia 25-28-1 … Utah leads 9-4 in Salt Lake City … For complete series results, see page 2.
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Scouting Georgia
Coach (year): Courtney Kupets Carter (1st year)
2017 NCAA Finish: 12th
National Rank: 20
Record: 4-8 (3-4 SEC)
Notes: Courtney Kupets Carter is in her first year as head coach at Georgia and her first season of coaching overall. A 2004 USA Olympian, Kupets was an All-American and NCAA champion for Georgia from 2006-09. Her brother Chris Kupets played one season for the Utah men's basketball team in 2010-11 … Season high 197.5250 in last week's win over Boise State … Top all-arounders and their highs are Rachel Dickson (39.625) and Sydney Snead (39.525).
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The No. 4 Utah gymnasts (8-3, 5-1 Pac-12) will host No. 20 Georgia (4-8, 3-4 SEC) in the final regular season meet on Friday, Mar. 16 at 7:30 p.m. "Night with the Stars" will celebrate three Ute seniors making their final regular season appearance in the Huntsman Center: Tiffani Lewis, Erika Muhaw and Maddy Stover. Utah will also host an NCAA Regional on Apr. 7. Tickets for both meets are available online or by calling 801-581-UTIX. The Utah-Georgia meet will be televised on ESPNU and broadcast on ESPN 700 radio.
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Senior Night with the Stars
Fans are encouraged to be in their seats by 7:10 p.m. to honor Ute seniors Tiffani Lewis, Erika Muhaw and Maddy Stover. Lewis and Stover are both All-Americans and have been in the starting lineup for two Pac-12 Championship teams (2015, 2017) and three NCAA Championships qualifiers, beginning with Utah's 2015 NCAA runner-up team. Muhaw joined them in the competition lineup in last year's NCAA Super Six finish. Lewis, a three-event starter throughout her career, was a 2017 All-American on vault and is a two-time Pac-12 individual champion (floor 2016, vault 2017). Muhaw competed throughout the 2017 NCAA postseason and has hit all six career vault attempts. Stover was a 2015 regular season All-American on beam where she is a four-year starter and manages the difficult leadoff role.
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Fanfare
For the first time at a Utah gymnastics meet, the upper deck for Friday's meet will be entirely reserved seating (no general admission). Discounted tickets are available for $5 in the upper deck while supplies last … The Ute gymnasts, who are averaging 15,121 fans at home, need a crowd of just 7,500 vs. Georgia to win their eighth all-sports women's attendance title over South Carolina women's basketball. South Carolina averaged 13,596 fans to its home games this season. Utah gymnastics was the NCAA's all-sport attendance champion for women in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 … The Utes cannot reach their school attendance record of 15,244 set a year ago, but the second-best mark of 14,950 in 2015 is in sight. Utah needs 14,265 fans on Friday to set the second-best attendance mark in school and NCAA gymnastics history … 5,000 red light sticks sponsored by America First Credit Union will be distributed at the doors and also placed in lower bowl seats … Utah's NCAA Sweet Sixteen volleyball team will be signing posters in the Kid Zone, which opens with the arena doors at 6 p.m.
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In the Rankings
The Utes stayed at No. 4 for the fourth straight week in the new national rankings with a 197.415 Regional Qualifying Score (RQS). The top six stayed unchanged from a week ago with Oklahoma (197.995 RQS) No. 1, followed by LSU (197.755), UCLA (197.725), Utah (197.415), Florida (197.365) and Alabama (197.120). Utah's event rankings are No. 4 on vault (49.395), No. 6 on bars (49.310), No. 9 on beam (49.275) and No. 4 on floor (49.485). MyKayla Skinner moved up to No. 3 in the all-around (39.665 RQS) and is No. 5 on vault (9.930), No. 10T on bars (9.915), No. 17T on beam (9.900) and No. 5 on floor (9.945). MaKenna Merrell-Giles is tied for No. 8 in the all-around (39.535), tied for No. 9 on vault (9.905) and tied for No. 8 on floor (9.930). The national rankings are on RQS for the remainder of the season (starting on Feb. 26). The RQS is calculated by taking a team or individual's six best regular-season-meet scores—three of which must be on the road—eliminating the high score and averaging the remaining five. For the complete national rankings, see the sidebar on page 3.
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Outside the Lines
Utah is 1-0 all-time in regular season meets televised on the ESPN family. Utah's other regular-season ESPN appearance was also on ESPNU, with Utah beating UCLA on Feb. 18, 2017 in the Huntsman Center … ESPN's talent crew for the meet features two former Olympians—Bart Conner (play by play) and Kathy Johnson Clarke (color analyst)—as well as sideline reporter Laura Rutledge … Utah and Georgia have one of the most storied non-conference rivalries in college gymnastics. They are tied for the most all-time national team titles with 10 and are almost evenly split in an overall series that dates back to 1978 (Georgia leads 28-25-1).
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Quick Sticks
The Utes are looking to snap a two-meet losing streak—the first time they have lost back-to-back dual meets since 2012 … The Utes have not competed at home in over a month with three road meets (UCLA, California and Michigan) and a bye since Feb. 9 … Utah is 4-0 in the Huntsman Center this season with wins over BYU, Oregon State, Washington and Arizona State … Utah concluded its Pac-12 regular season with a 5-1 league mark … Next up after Friday's meet is the Pac-12 Championship is in Tucson, Ariz., on Mar. 24 … Utah will host one of six NCAA Regionals on Saturday, Apr. 7. The sites are Salt Lake City Regional (West), Columbus Regional (Central), Minneapolis Regional (North Central), Raleigh Regional (Southeast), Tuscaloosa Regional (South Central) and University Park Regional (Northeast).
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Chalk Talk
Utes have won five Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week citations: MyKayla Skinner on Jan. 9, Jan. 16, Feb. 13 and Feb. 20 and MaKenna Merrell-Giles on Feb. 6 … The Utes have hit 209-of-216 routines, including 24-of-24 routines in four meets (most recently at Michigan on Mar. 10) … Ute individual winners are: Skinner (25), Merrell-Giles (11), Kari Lee (4), Tiffani Lewis (2), Kim Tessen (2) and Sydney Soloski (1) … Gymnasts who have hit every routine without a fall are: Skinner (34-34), Lewis (27-27), Alexia Burch (8-8), Maddy Stover (9-9), Shannon McNatt (2-2) and Lauren Wong (1-1).
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Ute Insider
Kim Tessen's status is day to day due to a shoulder injury. Tessen, a 9.90 or better scorer on vault and bars, did not compete on bars last week at Michigan … Alexia Burch (knee) will be out for a second straight week. She hopes to return to the beam lineup for the Pac-12 Championship … Utah has four 39.500 or better all-arounders: MyKayla Skinner (39.725 season best), MaKenna Merrell-Giles (39.675), Kari Lee (39.500) and Missy Reinstadtler (39.500) … The freshman class is playing a bigger role as the season progresses. Burch competed on three events vs. California on Feb. 25, Sydney Soloski stepped in on two events vs. Michigan on Mar. 10 and Lauren Wong made her college debut on bars vs. Michigan on Mar. 10. The freshman class has combined to hit 17 of 18 routines … Merrell-Giles has received the only 10.0 by a Ute this season—on vault vs. Washington on Feb. 3. Merrell-Giles and Skinner both have a 9.975 on floor—Skinner twice.
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Winner Skinner
Utah sophomore MyKayla Skinner, a four-time Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week this season, has won a record 11 career Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week awards—two more than any gymnast in conference history. A year ago, Skinner set Pac-12 records for most Gymnast of the Week (7) and Freshman of the Week (6) honors. Skinner continues to move up the Ute win charts. Her 18 career all-around victories is tied for second in school history and she has 68 total individual titles in her first two seasons, including 25 this year (six all-around).
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Series Shorts
Utah trails the all-time series with Georgia 25-28-1 … Utah leads 9-4 in Salt Lake City … For complete series results, see page 2.
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Scouting Georgia
Coach (year): Courtney Kupets Carter (1st year)
2017 NCAA Finish: 12th
National Rank: 20
Record: 4-8 (3-4 SEC)
Notes: Courtney Kupets Carter is in her first year as head coach at Georgia and her first season of coaching overall. A 2004 USA Olympian, Kupets was an All-American and NCAA champion for Georgia from 2006-09. Her brother Chris Kupets played one season for the Utah men's basketball team in 2010-11 … Season high 197.5250 in last week's win over Boise State … Top all-arounders and their highs are Rachel Dickson (39.625) and Sydney Snead (39.525).
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