UCLA gymnastics’ last dance at home concludes with victory against Stanford

Graduate student Chae Campbell celebrates with assistant coach Mark Freeman on Sunday after sticking her vault in Pauley Pavilion. (Zimo Li/Photo editor)
Gymnastics
No. 12 Stanford | 197.100 |
No. 3 UCLA | 197.675 |
By Hannah Westerhold
March 9, 2025 9:24 p.m.
This post was updated March 10 at 12:09 a.m.
Brooklyn Moors saluted the floor judges and immediately burst into tears.
She didn’t score the perfect 10 that she’s been on the cusp of all season or win the event title, but the routine represented more than just a score.
The graduate student helped send No. 3 UCLA gymnastics to a 197.675-197.100 victory over No. 12 Stanford in Pauley Pavilion’s final gymnastics meet of the season. The competition served as the Bruins’ Senior Night, where the squad celebrated its eight graduating members and two student staff members.
“They have, literally every single day, shown up to be amazing leaders for our team, to lay a foundation that we’re going to be able to continue to build on,” said coach Janelle McDonald. “Today was just a celebration of all of that, and I couldn’t be more proud of this team.”
Moors was given the anchor spot in the floor lineup for her final hurrah in Pauley Pavilion. The graduate student capped off UCLA’s floor rotation with a 9.925, her eighth time scoring higher than a 9.900 this season.
Junior Jordan Chiles earned the highest score of UCLA’s lineup and the floor event title with a 9.950. The fourth Bruin to score above a 9.900 was freshman Macy McGowan with a 9.925 – her second score higher than 9.900 this season. The Bruins secured a 49.525 on the apparatus, beating last week’s total by .025.
“We want those big scores, (but) it’s not in our control,” Moors said. “As long as we make someone, or make the crowd, feel a certain way, I know I did my job.”

UCLA posted a 49.575 on beam – its second-highest score on the event this season. Every Bruin scored a 9.900 or higher, including four stuck landings.
Senior Emily Lee and Chiles kicked off the rotation hot, each tying their season-highs with a 9.925 and a 9.900, respectively. Moors’ stuck acrobatic series led her to career-high of a 9.900 – improving from her sub-9.700 beam marks the past two weeks.
“When I was on beam, I took a breath,” Moors said. “I’m like, ‘This is the last time I’ll do it in Pauley,’ and it was really special.”
Junior Ciena Alipio and senior Emma Malabuyo both stuck their landings and sealed the beam rotation with a pair of 9.925 marks.
On bars, graduate student Chae Campbell led off the rotation with her lowest score in six weeks and posted a 9.750 after hopping on her dismount. Graduate student Frida Esparza also took an uncharacteristic hop on her dismount, nabbing a 9.775 season-low.
Chiles’ second 9.950 mark of the night came while anchoring the bars rotation, nearing perfection but taking a small adjustment on her landing.
“We can’t control what is happening on the outside,” Chiles said. “That’s why we have such a big Bruin bubble, and that’s why we can trust each other at any moment in time.”
Freshman Mika Webster-Longin bounced back after her team-low vault score with a stuck landing on bars, setting a new career-high with a 9.925. Malabuyo followed up with another stick in the third spot, securing a 9.875.
The Bruins grabbed a 49.350 on the apparatus, improving last week’s score by .050.
On vault, Campbell helped UCLA find momentum toward the end of the lineup after becoming the night’s first Bruin to breach a 9.900. Chiles closed out the lineup with a 9.950, securing the vault title and tying her season-high on the event.

The freshmen added the lowest scores to UCLA’s 49.225 vault total. Following a 9.875 mark last week, Webster-Longin took a hop on her Yurchenko 1.5 landing to score a 9.675. McGowan moved to the third spot in the lineup this week and scored a season-low 9.725 mark.
With three 9.950 marks, Chiles’ 39.750 earned the highest all-around score in the Big Ten this season.
The Bruins’ win on Senior Night brought the largest crowd to Pauley Pavilion in UCLA gymnastics history with 12,918 fans in attendance.
“It was very special to look around and just see the stands filled and people all the way at the top here to support the girls,” McDonald said. “They love coming to watch gymnastics – that they love what we’re doing, they love our sport.”