TUCSON, Ariz. – The No. 19 Arizona GymCats prepare to hit the road for the second time this season to compete against the Cal Bears. The Cats will head to Berkeley, Calif. on Sunday Feb. 4 and will compete at 3 p.m. MST. Arizona goes to Cal with a brand new season high score of 196.325.
 
"We are looking forward to our first Pac-12 road meet of the year," said head coach John Court. "We took a step in the right direction last week as a team, and we are looking forward to putting together a complete meet against Cal this weekend."
 
Last Week:
On Friday, Jan. 26 Arizona hosted No. 3 Utah in McKale Center for a Pac-12 match up. Despite losing to Utah, the Cats earned a new season high score of 196.325, as well as earning new season high scores on three of four events (vault – 49.175, bars – 49.200, and floor – 49.425).
 
While competing against Utah, the Cats stepped up on all events. Freshman Payton Bellows earned a new season and career high of 9.950 on vault, a score that hasn't been seen by an Arizona gymnast since 2014, sophomore Christina Berg tied for first place on the uneven bars competition with a new career high of 9.900, and junior Lauryn Mattson and senior Kennady Schneider earned a pair of 9.925's on floor.
 
Coming Up:
On Sunday, Feb, 11 at 12 p.m. Arizona will host No. 21 Stanford for a dual meet competition, and recognize their three seniors, Madison Cindric, Victoria Ortiz, and Kennady Schneider, for a senior night celebration.
 
Pac-12 Championships Come to Tucson:
On March 24, Arizona will host the Pac-12 Championships for the first time in eight years. The day will be split into two different sessions with session one beginning at 1 p.m. and session two beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets will be available for purchase starting on Feb. 12 through the Arizona ticketing office at (520) 621-CATS.
 
Tentative Lineups:
Vault: 
Maddi Leydin
Courtney Cowles
Lauryn Mattson
Madison Cindric
Payton Bellows
Heather Swanson
 
Bars: 
Victoria Ortiz
Maddi Leydin
Haylie Hendrickson
Madison Cindric
Danielle Spencer
Christina Berg
 
Beam:
Courtney Cowles
Sydney Freidin
???????Maddi Leydin
Adra Parks
Haylie Hendrickson
Madison Cindric
 
Floor:
Maddi Leydin
Payton Bellows
Christina Berg
Madison Cindric
Lauryn Mattson
Kennady Schneider