This post was updated March 7 at 7:52 p.m.

The two-time NCAA bars champion had yet to achieve perfection on the apparatus this season. 

But Saturday, Jordan Chiles was perfect once again – this time on bars. The senior now has 17 career perfect 10s, six of which came this season. 

With this feat, No. 5 UCLA (14-2, 9-0 Big Ten) defeated No. 10 Stanford (7-4, 5-0 ACC) 197.775-197.425 at Maples Pavilion in Palo Alto, California. The Bruins bounced back from last week’s season-low 196.950 in the Big Four Quad Meet, while the Cardinal dropped from last week’s season-high 198.150.

The squads performed to a sold-out crowd of 6,834 fans – an attendance record for the Cardinal, and the Bruin’s fifth road attendance record set this season.

“To know how many supporters we have – even when we’re traveling – is so big for us,” said freshman Tiana Sumanasekera. “We love to do exactly what we do in the gym and put a party out there, wherever we are on the road.”

With the sixth perfect 10 on bars of her career, Chiles won the all-around title with a 39.700 and also took home the vault and bars titles.

The Bruins opened the afternoon with five stuck landings and four 9.900 or higher marks, leading to a season-high 49.575 bars total.

Freshman Nola Matthews stuck her landing and captured a career-high 9.950. Freshman Ashlee Sullivan and sophomore Mika Webster-Longin added a tandem of stuck landings and 9.900 marks in Webster-Longin’s first bars appearance since Jan. 17.

Despite adding another stuck landing to the mix, senior Ciena Alipio’s 9.800 mark was dropped from the total. Junior Sydney Barros was the only Bruin to take a step on her landing but still contributed a 9.825.

Junior Katelyn Rosen’s ankle injury kept her out of Saturday’s lineups, opening the door for Webster-Longin to make her 2026 all-around debut. Webster-Longin has only one all-around competition as a Bruin under her belt, and she earned a new career-high 39.425 Saturday. Sullivan joined Webster-Longin and Chiles in the all-around, notching a career-high 39.325.

“I found out in the middle of warm-ups that I would be doing all four (events),” Webster-Longin said. “It felt really good to be able to debut all-around.”

Fellow underclassman Sumanasekera did not compete in the all-around for the first time this season. The Pleasanton, California, local was removed from the bars lineup after a career-low 9.750 last week.

Sumanasekera and Webster-Longin posted the Bruins’ highest floor scores of the afternoon, marking respective career-high and career-high-tying 9.925s, winning the event. 

Alipio started the rotation off on a strong note by sticking both passes cold and landing a 9.825. Barros stepped out of bounds for the second consecutive week, but improved upon last week’s 9.625 to earn a 9.750. 

Chiles stepped forward out of her first tumbling pass, receiving a deduction and recording a 9.900 mark – her lowest floor score since Jan. 17. Sullivan mirrored Chiles’ 9.900 mark, matching her floor score from last week.

The No. 8 floor squad totaled a 49.475 – exceeding its 49.364 NQS and extending the team’s lead to 0.275 at the end of the third rotation. 

Fellow Olympian Ana Bărbosu paralleled Chiles’ 9.900 floor mark. Although the pair was involved in a bronze medal scandal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the individual floor event, Chiles was seen dancing to Bărbosu’s floor routine.

Sumanasekera and Alipio shared the beam title with 9.950 marks. Sumanasekera tied her career-high on the event, and Alipio earned her sixth 9.950-or-higher mark this season on the apparatus.

“It was an electrifying feeling – I had been waiting for another beam routine like that,” Sumanasekera said.

Sullivan – stepping in for Rosen – marked a team-low 9.725 in a beam routine featuring several wobbles. But Barros followed with a 9.875 stuck full routine – just short of her career-high 9.900. 

Chiles tallied a 9.875 – her fifth consecutive beam score lower than 9.900. Webster-Longin posted a 9.825 – her second-highest beam score this season.

UCLA’s No. 5 beam squad totaled a 49.475, exceeding its 49.396 NQS. The squad improved upon last week’s 49.200 mark – its second-lowest total this season.

Chiles anchored the vault rotation with a 9.925, matching her season-average. Sophomore Riley Jenkins followed close behind with a career-high 9.900 on her Yurchenko 1.5. 

Sumanasekera led off the rotation with a 9.825, and senior Madisyn Anyimi stuck her Yurchenko full for a season-average-tying 9.800. Webster-Longin’s season-low 9.775 was dropped from the event total.

The Bruins marked a 49.250 vault total – just shy of their 49.300 NQS.

“We had to come out with our best to be able to keep up with Stanford. They put up a great fight today,” said coach Janelle McDonald. “I’m really proud of our team for staying focused on the details to pull out the win.”