Washington Set For ESPN Matchup With #3 UCLA

SEATTLE - The Washington GymDawgs will play host to the #3 UCLA Bruins this weekend in their second home meet of the season. After three consecutive meets with the team winning multiple event titles, Washington will face off against the 2018 national champions as they continue on the road to Nationals.

The GymDawgs' streak of multiple event titles includes back-to-back all-around wins by Evanni Roberson. Washington has won multiple event titles in nine of its last ten regular season meets, dating back to last year's February 3 meet at Utah.

Washington and UCLA last met in the regular season at 2018's Metroplex Challenge. UCLA would take first at that four-team meet. This Sunday's meeting will be the first-ever ESPN-televised meet for Washington at home. Tickets for the meet are available online.

		VAULT
Geneva Thompson did not claim the vault event title at Stanford but did extend her streak to four consecutive meets with a vault score of 9.800 or higher. Thompson has never had a vault score under 9.800 in her young career. She is leading the team in average score at 9.813. Madison Copiak also has a vault title this year, splitting the title with Thompson at Arizona. The GymDawgs have used the same six gymnasts on vault every meet this year.

		BARS
Monica Riley and Michaela Nelson lead the GymDawgs in average bars score so far this year, each averaging a 9.775. Nelson made her season debut at Stanford. Both Madison Copiak and Evanni Roberson have recorded scores of 9.900 on bars so far this year, the highest of any GymDawg on the event. Riley has had a 9.875 this year, giving her 12 bars scores of 9.850 or higher since the beginning of 2018.

		BEAM
After finishing 2018 ranked seventh in the country on beam, Washington is eighth in that event this year. Evanni Roberson is 17th in the country on beam, averaging a score of 9.875. That includes a 9.950 score at Arizona that was the highest on beam for a GymDawg since 2004. She has had a score under 9.800 on beam just once in her last 16 competitions. Madison Copiak has also excelled on beam, averaging a score of 9.819 so far. She earned a score of 9.900 earlier this year and has had a score of 9.800 or better in 10 of her last 12 meets.

		FLOOR
Kristyn Hoffa made it two meets in a row earning a 9.875 on floor and is now tied for the team's highest average score at 9.850, a mark also reached by Evanni Roberson. Hoffa has only one score below 9.800 on floor in her last ten meets, a streak that includes six scores of 9.875 or higher. Maya Washington had a score of 9.850 on floor at Stanford, her second score of 9.850 or higher this year. She has not had a score under 9.800 since the first meet of 2018 and has done so only three times in her entire collegiate career.

		UP NEXT: UCLA
Won 2018 national championship Rank in the top five in every team event Floor team is ranked first in the country Kyla Ross (bars, floor, all-around) and Katelyn Ohashi (beam, floor) both ranked in top five nationally in multiple events

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