This post was updated March 2 at 11:06 p.m.

A 9.800 from Rutgers senior Anna Pagliaro was the meet’s highest score on vault after the first rotation. 

But as the meet moved to the second rotation, all six UCLA gymnasts surpassed the mark.

The Bruins’ 49.275 marked their third consecutive week of improving scores on their weakest apparatus, signaling refinement as the postseason nears.

No. 3 UCLA gymnastics (12-2, 9-0 Big Ten) clinched the program’s first-ever Big Ten regular-season championship after notching a score of 197.200 at the Covelli Center in Columbus, Ohio, to defeat No. 21 Nebraska (4-11, 3-6 Big Ten), No. 22 Ohio State (3-9, 2-7 Big Ten) and Rutgers (12-9, 1-8 Big Ten). Sunday’s meet was UCLA’s final quad meet before traveling to the Big Ten Championships on March 22 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The Bruins are ranked No. 1 on floor in the Big Ten, and Sunday’s meet was another instance of UCLA’s success in its strongest event. Competing on what is statistically their best event in the first rotation – despite typically ending their home meets on the floor – allowed the Bruins to take an early .300 lead over Nebraska.

Junior Jordan Chiles and graduate student Brooklyn Moors – who rank No. 1 and No. 3 on floor, respectively – contributed a pair of 9.950s. The duo has scored 9.950 or higher on floor in nearly every meet this season – with the only exceptions being in UCLA’s season opener at the American Gold Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Classic and Jan. 25 against No. 24 Illinois, when Moors scored a 9.900.

Freshman Macy McGowan, senior Emma Malabuyo and graduate student Chae Campbell rounded out the Bruins’ floor party to mark the team’s seventh consecutive 49.500 or higher on floor this season.

Moors and Nebraska’s Emma Spence were the first gymnasts of the meet to break into the 9.900 zone on floor and bars, respectively. 

But the Bruins’ scores began to decline by the third rotation.

Unlike vault, only one Bruin was able to surpass Spence’s 9.925 on bars. Chiles – a two-time Olympian – brought in UCLA’s sole 9.900 or higher on the event, notching a 9.950 and bouncing back from a fall on the apparatus last week against No. 15 Michigan.

After a stuck landing from Campbell in the leadoff spot, hops and steps on dismounts plagued UCLA’s bars and beam rotations.

“We got a little tight,” Campbell said. “That is kind of what happened at regionals (the NCAA California Regional) last year. … We got tight when we needed to count.”

Malabuyo scored a season-low 9.725, while the nation’s No. 6 gymnast on bars – graduate student Frida Esparza – scored 9.825 to mark her second consecutive meet earning below a 9.900. 

On beam, all six gymnasts scored a 9.875 or below. Unable to fully rebound from a career-low 9.675 on the event last week, Moors scored a 9.700 in the final rotation. 

But she was not alone, as Chiles and Malabuyo also notched season-lows on beam – earning 9.825 and 9.800, respectively.

The Bruins’ 49.300 total on bars and 49.125 on beam were the team’s lowest scores on the events since Feb. 7 against Washington.

“This was really good for us going into postseason,” Moors said. “The environment with a quad meet is super loud and exciting, and I think that was good practice for us today – even getting just a few little things out, little bobbles here and there.”