This post was updated April 3 at 10:29 p.m.

Corvallis, Oregon – The Bruins advance.

No. 4 seed UCLA gymnastics took first place with a 197.450 mark at the NCAA Regionals Second Round at the Gill Coliseum in Corvallis. The squad bested No. 13 seed Minnesota – who earned a second-best 196.975 to advance as well – Iowa and Washington on Friday night.

“There’s higher stakes, but we don’t think of it like that,” said freshman Tiana Sumanasekera. “We just come out here and do exactly what we know we can do.”

The Bruins closed out the meet with their highest score of the night on floor, earning a 49.550 to exceed their 49.425 average.

Sumanasekera and senior Jordan Chiles led the rotation with a tandem of 9.950 marks, with Sumanasekera securing a career high to win the event. The pair also posted a pair of all-around-winning 39.625 scores – another career high for Sumanasekera.

Sophomore Mika Webster-Longin notched a career high of her own on the event, nabbing a 9.925 to take third overall. Junior Sydney Barros earned a 9.875 to match her mark from the Big Ten Championship, while senior Ciena Alipio and freshman Ashlee Sullivan rounded out the group with a 9.850 and 9.800, respectively.

UCLA topped the scoreboard after the second rotation despite matching its season-low 49.225 bars total last earned at its Jan 3. season opener.

Sumanasekera and Webster-Longin led off the rotation with a tandem of sticks. The pair secured respective career and season-highs with team-leading 9.925 and 9.900 marks.

Freshman Nola Matthews fell on her double layout dismount, leading to a career-low 9.300 that was dropped from the event total. Barros followed with a season-low 9.750 after taking a step on her dismount.

Despite posting a 9.950 or higher at the last three competitions, Chiles earned a 9.850 with a hop forward on the dismount – marking her second sub-9.900 score on the event this season.

“We had some hiccups in the beginning of the meet, but that’s totally normal for this stage of the season,” Webster-Longin said. “We have some great things to go off of from today.”

Barros was the only Bruin to reach 9.900 on beam Friday – a career-high for the junior. Webster-Longin and Sumanasekera posted a tandem of 9.875s with small adjustments on their dismounts.

Alipio returned to the beam after recording a season-low 9.050 at the Big Ten Championship. She earned a 9.750 – her second lowest score of the season that was not counted in the squad’s tally – after taking a balance check on her acrobatic series.

“I told her (Alipio) today, ‘The hardest routine is the one you do after a mistake,’” coach Janelle McDonald said. “She had to dig deep and find her confidence again.”

Junior Katelyn Rosen nailed a full-stuck beam routine that garnered a 9.825, exceeding her 9.750 score at the Big Ten Championships. Webster-Longin marked a matching 9.850, mirroring her Big Ten Championship tally.

The Bruins began the evening with a shaky vault rotation, taking adjustments on all six landings. The squad posted a 49.350 – their lowest tally since March 7. Rosen’s career-low 9.675 was dropped from the total.

Sophomore Riley Jenkins and Webster-Longin marked a tandem of 9.800s, just two weeks after Jenkins was named the Big Ten Vault Co-Champion with her career-high 9.950.

Sullivan and Sumanasekera showed nearly-stuck landings and posted respective 9.875 and 9.925 marks. Chiles anchored with a rotation-high 9.950 on her Yurchenko double full.

The Bruins ended the rotation in second place, trailing the Hawkeyes by 0.225 – courtesy of a career-first perfect mark from Aurélie Tran that led her squad to a 49.575, which was their highest scoring rotation in any event this season. But despite the perfect mark, Iowa fell out of the top two and failed to advance to the regional final.

UCLA will now turn to Sunday’s regional final, where the squad will face No. 5 seed Alabama, No. 12 seed Utah and No. 13 seed Minnesota.

“Right out of the gate, we’ve got to be really aggressive and attack our gymnastics,” McDonald said. “That’s when the landings come more naturally and their execution skyrockets. (I’m) excited to see that on Sunday.”