TUCSON, Ariz. – The No. 23 Arizona GymCats hosted No. 12 Cal on Saturday, Jan. 26. Arizona earned a final score of 195.975 to beat Cal who ended the night with a final score of 194.450. Eight GymCats earned season and career high scores on Saturday night.
"We're moving in the right direction and we're getting better as a team," said head coach
John Court. "The team is proud of where they are in the season and we're going to prepare to go to Utah next Friday. One of the things we talked about after practice yesterday was that we want to continue to get better by trying some new routines. Overall, we had great effort today on all events and I have to give kudos to the beam team who have been working really hard to improve. We knew we had to execute on all events to win tonight, and we did just that to upset a quality opponent."
GymCats Take the Early Lead
Arizona started the meet strong on vault against Cal.
Adra Parks opened for Arizona, earning a season high score of 9.775, which also ties her career high score.
Maddi Leydin earned a 9.800 and
Jenny Leung earned a 9.700.
Courtney Cowles earned a 9.750 and
Heather Swanson earned a season high score of 9.825 to finish the rotation for the Cats.
On the uneven bars, Arizona earned a 49.000 to stay ahead of Cal.
Heather Swanson set a season high and tied her career high score of 9.775.
Maddi Leydin earned a 9.825 and
Danielle Spencer showed her strength on bars, earning a season and career high score of 9.900.
Christina Berg finished the rotation for the Cats earning a 9.850 on bars.
Moving to the balance beam,
Jenny Leung earned a 9.725 and
Kennedi Davis earned a 9.775, both setting season and career highs.
Sydney Freidin and
Haylie Hendrickson both scored 9.800, and
Courtney Cowles earned a 9.825 to help Arizona earn a season high score on the balance beam.
On floor, the GymCats stayed poised and set a season high score of 49.200, with four gymnasts setting season and career highs on the event.
Haylie Hendrickson opened for Arizona, earning a season and career high of 9.775.
Heather Swanson tied her career high with a 9.850. Sophomore
Sydney Freidin debuted on floor tonight, earning a career high of 9.850.
Maddi Leydin scored a 9.825 and
Christina Berg tied her career high of 9.900 to lead Arizona to an upset over Cal.
Arizona Places in Top Three on Bars and Floor
Senior
Danielle Spencer and juniors
Christina Berg and
Maddi Leydin placed in the top three on the uneven bars. Spencer took home the gold with her career high score of 9.900. Berg placed second with her score of 9.825 and Leydin finished in third place with a 9.825.
On the floor exercise, Berg won the event with her career high of 9.900.
Heather Swanson and
Sydney Freidin both tied for second place with their season and career high scores of 9.850.
New Season Highs:
Christina Berg: FX – 9.900 (tied)
Kennedi Davis: BB – 9.775
Sydney Freidin: FX – 9.850
Haylie Hendrickson: FX – 9.775
Jenny Leung: BB – 9.725
Adra Parks: V – 9.775
Danielle Spencer: UB – 9.900
Heather Swanson: V – 9.825 (tied); UB – 9.775 (tied); FX – 9.850
New Career Highs
Christina Berg: FX – 9.900 (tied)
Kennedi Davis: BB – 9.775
Sydney Freidin: FX – 9.850
Haylie Hendrickson: FX – 9.775
Jenny Leung: BB – 9.725 (tied)
Adra Parks: V – 9.775 (tied)
Danielle Spencer: UB – 9.900
Heather Swanson: UB – 9.775 (tied); FX – 9.850 (tied)
The GymCats will travel to Salt Lake City to take on Utah on Friday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. MST.
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