UCLA gymnastics defeats Alabama 196.550-196.300
By Daily Bruin Staff
Jan. 10, 2016 10:35 p.m.
Freshman Madison Preston scored a 9.775 on vault.
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Junior Rochelle Dennis warms up on the uneven parallel bars.
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The bars proved tricky for Katelyn Ohashi Sunday as the freshman fell during her routine. Ohashi bounced back, however, to execute a strong beam performance for the Bruins.
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Sophomore JaNay Honest scored a 9.775 on bars.
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Senior Danusia Francis is known for her challenging balance beam routine, which involves a sideways side-aerial full-twist dismount.
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Senior Sophina DeJesus notched her 11th beam routine in a row that garnered a score of 9.8 or higher, receiving a 9.85.
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Ohashi scored a 9.85 on floor exercise.
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Mossett scored a 9.95 for the Bruins on her floor routine – much needed points in what turned out to be a down-to-the wire competition. The score was the junior's career-high on floor.
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Francis suffered a deduction during her floor routine because she stepped out of bounds, lowering her score to a 9.575 and putting UCLA in a precarious position during its final element.
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Francis rushes to congratulate redshirt senior Sadiqua Bynum after Bynum's 9.95-rated floor exercise clinched UCLA's win.
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Honest performs an exhibition on floor exercise.
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Honest posted a 9.8 on the vault for UCLA and posted the team's second-highest bars score with a 9.775.
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Seniors Christine Peng-Peng Lee and Bynum high-five University of Alabama gymnasts following UCLA's upset of the country's No. 3 team.
