This post was updated Feb. 7 at 8:13 p.m.

Not many gymnasts achieve perfection.

Especially two weeks in a row – and with two different routines. 

But senior Jordan Chiles performed her Prince-themed floor routine for the first time since December on Saturday and was deemed perfect once again. 

“There’s a sold out crowd that literally were giving her a standing ovation,” said coach Janelle McDonald. “Prince is so special to Minnesota, and for her to be able to go out and just nail that routine – it was so well received.”

No. 5 UCLA gymnastics (8-2, 4-0 Big Ten) edged ahead of No. 17 Minnesota (4-3, 2-2), winning 197.550-197.275 at Maturi Pavilion in Minneapolis, after entering the final rotation with only a two tenth lead. Chiles’ perfect 10 marked her fourth in a row, after first achieving the feat on vault Jan. 17 and recording perfection on floor in every meet since.

Junior Katelyn Rosen led off the floor rotation with a 9.900 – her second-highest score this season and over one tenth above her season average. Freshman Ashlee Sullivan matched her career-high 9.950 and freshman Tiana Sumanasekera earned a 9.825. 

“I’m a Bruin fan before anything else so I have more fun watching my teammates succeed than succeeding myself,” Rosen said. “I’m so proud of every single one that goes up.”

Even with Chiles’ perfect mark, the Bruins’ dropped over two tenths from last week’s nation-leading 49.700 event total, earning a 49.425. The decrease stemmed in part from an uncharacteristically rocky routine from senior Ciena Alipio, resulting in a career-low 9.625 that was dropped from the total.

As a result, UCLA was forced to count Sydney Barros’ 9.750, which followed two consecutive weeks of 9.900 marks from the junior. 

Rosen and Barros opened the beam rotation with a tandem of 9.900s. The score tied Rosen’s season-high and marked a career-high for Barros in just the second beam routine of her collegiate career. Barros improved upon last week’s 9.850. 

With a small hop on the landing, Chiles tied her season-low 9.850 on the apparatus. Alipio stuck each element in her routine in the anchor position, landing a 9.925 and tying for first overall. Alipio has yet to score below 9.925 on beam this season.

“We never let our foot off the gas,” McDonald said. “They really continued to fight each routine.”

The vault rotation showed consistency in the judges eyes and UCLA counted four scores of 9.875 to close out the event. Within the quartet of matching scores, Rosen tied her season-high and sophomore Riley Jenkins posted a career-high. 

The Bruins’ 49.400 vault total marks their second-highest this season, falling just short of last week’s 49.425 benchmark. 

The Bruins had a slow start to the bars rotation, with Alipio and Sumanasekera earning career-low 9.775 and 9.800 marks, respectively. 

But the latter half of the bars lineup found its footing, ending the rotation with a trio of stuck landings. Sullivan notched a career-high 9.925 in the fifth lineup position, winning the bars title for the second time this season.

Despite posting her second-lowest all-around score of the season, Chiles’ 39.625 was enough to land the all-around title. Sumanasekera matched her average all-around total of 39.375, nabbing third place. 

“Vibes were high from the minute that we were sent off in the hotel throughout the whole meet,” Sullivan said. “The culture that we’ve cultivated here is truly something special.”