PAC-10 NEWS 2001 PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS

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1 PAC-10 NEWS For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 Contact: Mame Twumasi THIS WEEK 800 South Broadway, Suite 400 Walnut Creek, California Telephone (925) Fax (925) PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS Head to head competition against Conference teams begins to intensify this week as the No. 1 Bruins meet the No. 11 Sun Devils. No. 24 CALIFORNIA travel to Gill Coliseum to compete against OREGON STATE and the No. 7 Cardinal tumbles to Washington to face the No. 12 Huskies at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE Fri., January 26 UCLA at ARIZONA STATE, 7:30p.m. ARIZONA at Utah, 7:30 MST Sun., January 28 CALIFORNIA at OREGON STATE, 2:00 p.m. STANFORD at WASHINGTON, 2:00 p.m. Alabama, Cal State Fullerton, Southern Utah at UCLA 2:00 p.m. All times local (meet site) and subject to change LAST WEEK'S RESULTS Fri., January 19 CALIFORNIA , Oklahoma , San Jose State , ARIZONA ARIZONA STATE , OREGON STATE UCLA , STANFORD Sun January 21 WASHINGTON , Boise State Oklahoma , CALIFORNIA , Utah State , ARIZONA UCLA 197.5, Utah BRUINS MOHINI BHARDWAJ NAMED PAC-10 GYMNAST OF THE WEEK WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-- UCLA senior Mohini Bhardwaj has been named Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week for January Bhardwaj, the returning All-American and NCAA bars champion from Cincinnati, OH., scored her second perfect 10 on floor exercise enabling the Bruins to post this years highest team score in the nation. Against Utah on Jan. 21. Bhardwaj tied Pauley Pavilion records in the all-around and floor and tied her career high scores on floor (10.0) and beam (9.925). Bhardwaj led the Bruins to a win against the Cardinal on Jan. 19, placing second on vault with a score of 9.9. The Bruins team total against Stanford was the nation's second-highest team score. Bhardwaj is riding towards near perfect performances this year... She is currently averaging 10.0 on vault and already has six first-place finishes and two second-place finishes in only three competitions. ALSO NOMINATED: Katrina Severin, OSU; Kara Fry, ARIZONA; Laura Moon, ARIZONA STATE,

2 PAC-10 NOTES ARIZONA - Arizona fell to 2-7 on the season with fourth place finishes at San Jose State on Friday and at Cal on Sunday... At Haas Pavilion, SR Kara Fry was the Wildcats top finisher with scores of and on bars and beam. JR Randi Liljenquist tied for first place on floor (9.900) and joined nine of her teammates who posted season and career-high marks... Freshman Sheehan Lemley, Andi McCabe and Amanda Goins lead the Wildcats home for its season opener in hopes of winning the duel against Utah next week and setting more season high scores. ARIZONA STATE - The 2,907 fans at Gill Coliseum can attest that if you wanted to watch a suspense thriller this weekend, watching ASU battle OSU was where to go...the 1-2 Sun Devils pulled off an edge of your seat win to upset OSU The win marked ASU's first regular-season win over OSU in eight years...jr Laura Moon captured the all-around (38.875) while JR Rhonda Robinette's on beam was the Sun Devils highest score...the competition stayed close but ASU finally triumphed despite scoring only three marks at 9.8 or higher to the eight marks of 9.8 or higher posted by OSU. CALIFORNIA - The Golden Bears showed that they are clawing their way to the top this season by winning the inaugural Silicon Valley Classic on Jan. 19 and placing second at their home opener Jan In San Jose, Cal won three of the four events to score points. Carrie Kreifels, Katreece Stone and Pari Oliver were first place finishers on bars, beam, and floor respectively...after this standout finish the Bears went home to open their home season by posting a season high team total of No. 13 Oklahoma won the meet with a score of Cal joins the rankings at No. 24 and improves to 5-4 overall and 2-1 in the Conference. OREGON STATE - OSU was upset by ASU on Friday despite a strong team effort at home. The Beavers had eight scores of 9.8 or more and won the vault and floor competition...osu gymnasts had a first place sweep on every apparatus with the exception of bars where the crown was shared...sr Katrina Severin took first place on vault (9.825) floor (9.9) and beam (9.825t) and SR Stephanie Bychowski followed suit by taking first on bars (9.925) and beam (9.825t). Both seniors posted career high marks... Fans sat in anticipation for the entire meet but ASU prevailed as the Beavers fell to 0-3. STANFORD - The No. 5 Cardinal nearly held off UCLA at their first Conference meeting Jan. 19. Freshman standouts Lindsay Wing won the vault with a score of 9.925, while Robin Phelps and Caroline Flurher tied for first on bars with Their scores helped tally a team total of ,.025 points ahead of UCLA after two rotations...stanford struggled on floor scoring to UCLA's before finally succumbing to the Bruins potent finale on floor and beam... The Cardinal looks for redemption next week against No. 18 Washington. UCLA - Three Bruin gymnasts posted perfect 10's to secure two wins for UCLA against Stanford on Friday and Utah on Sunday... At home against Utah, SR Mohini Bhardwaj kept the record keepers busy by scoring her second 10.0 of the season, recording career highs in the all-around (39.725) and beam (9.925) and tying the Pauley Pavilion records for floor and all-around... Utah led the competition after one rotation but Bhardwaj and the freshman trio of Yvonne Tousek, Jamie Dantzscher and Kristen Maloney scored high on floor to pull away from Utah... UCLA's team score of and Bharwaj's are the highest in the nation this year and its win over Utah is the first ever in a regular season meet... Against No. 5 Stanford, Dantzscher and Kristen Parker scored back to back perfect 10's on floor. WASHINGTON - The 3-1 Huskies proved to be an invincible force against Boise State winning to In a dramatic come from behind finish, the Huskies rallied together on floor and scored a to overtake Boise State...SR Mandi Klug led the charge with a career high 9.90 which earned her first place on the event...on beam, FR Emily Pritchard was one of only four gymnasts to score above Her score of was well above the average beam score since both teams were forced to count scores below due to falls...washington's score, albeit victory, was its lowest winning score in three years.

3 PRESEASON COACHES TOP 25 POLL 1.UCLA (22) Georgia (3) Michigan (1) Utah (3) Alabama Nebraska STANFORD Louisiana State 490 9t.Penn State 600 9t. Florida ARIZONA STATE OREGON STATE Denver West Virginia BYU WASHINGTON Iowa State Minnesota North Carolina State ARIZONA Oklahoma Iowa Maryland Ohio State Boise State 83 Season Bests Gym Info Women's National Rankings 1. UCLA Alabama Georgia Utah Michigan Illinois State Ohio State Univ Florida Nebraska t. STANFORD t. Oklahoma CALIFORNIA Iowa State OREGON STATE Minnesota t. Penn State t. Bowling Green Illinois-Champaign Utah State BYU Denver Iowa Western Michigan New Hampshire ARIZONA STATE by Troester.com as of Jan All-Around Mohini Bhardwaj, UCLA vs Utah, Jan Kristin Parker, UCLA vs STANFORD Jan Kristen Maloney, UCLA vs Utah, Jan Doni Thompson, UCLA vs Cal State Fullerton, Jan Mohini Bhardwaj, UCLA vs Nebraska, ARIZONA STATE, Jan. 6 6T Kara Fry, ARIZONA vs CALIFORNIA, Oklahoma, Utah State Jan Caroline Flurher, STANFORD vs UCLA Jan Malia Jones,UCLA vs Cal State Fullerton, Jan Lindsay Wing, STANFORD vs UCLA Jan Malia Jones, UCLA vs Nebraska, ARIZONA STATE, Jan. 6 Floor 1T Kristin Parker, UCLA vs STANFORD Jan. 19 Jamie Dantzscher, UCLA vs STANFORD Jan. 19 Mohini Bhardwaj, UCLA vs Nebraska, ARIZONA STATE, Jan. 6 Mohini Bhardwaj, UCLA vs Utah, Jan Yvonne Tousek, UCLA vs Cal State Fullerton, Jan. 14 6T Kristin Parker, UCLA vs Cal State Fullerton, Jan. 14 Jeanette Antolin, UCLA vs Cal State Fullerton, Jan. 14 Jamie Dantzscher, Kristen Maloney, UCLA vs Utah, Jan. 21 9T Katrina Severin, OREGON STATE vs Nebraska, Jan. 14 Mandi Klug, WASHINGTON vs Boise State, Jan. 21 Mary Reiss, ARIZONA vs N.C State, New Hampshire, James Madison, Jan. 14 Randi Liljenquist, ARIZONA vs CALIFORNIA, Oklahoma, Utah State Jan. 21

4 Beam Kristen Maloney, UCLA vs Nebraska, ARIZONA STATE, Jan. 6 2T Kristen Maloney, UCLA vs STANFORD Jan. 19 Mohini Bhardwaj, UCLA vs Utah, Jan. 21 4T Katreece Stone, CALIFORNIA vs ARIZONA, Oklahoma, Utah State Jan. 21 Kristin Parker, UCLA vs STANFORD Jan. 19 Yvonne Tousek, UCLA vs STANFORD Jan. 19 Stephanie Bychowski, OREGON STATE vs Nebraska, Jan. 14 Jen Exaltacion, STANFORD vs UCLA Jan. 19 Genine Ishino CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON,Denver, Maryland, Jan Doni Thompson, UCLA vs Cal State Fullerton, Jan. 14 Bars Jamie Dantzscher, UCLA vs Nebraska, ARIZONA STATE, Jan. 6 2T Yvonne Tousek, UCLA vs Nebraska, ARIZONA STATE, Jan. 6 Jamie Dantzscher, UCLA vs Utah, Jan. 21 5T Mohini Bhardwaj, UCLA vs Nebraska, ARIZONA STATE, Jan. 6 Jamie Dantzscher, UCLA vs STANFORD Jan. 19 Laura Moon, Maui Invitational Jan. 6 8T Mohini Bhardwaj, UCLA vs Utah, Jan. 21 Stephanie Bychowski, OREGON STATE vs ARIZONA STATE, Jan T Lanna Apisukh, WASH vs Boise State, Jan. 21 Caroline Flurher, STANFORD vs UCLA Jan. 19 Robin Phelps, STANFORD vs UCLA Jan. 19 Yvonne Tousek, UCLA vs Cal State Fullerton, Jan. 14 Jerra Lopez, OREGON STATE vs Nebraska, Jan. 14 Doni Thompson, UCLA vs Utah, Jan. 21 Vault Kristin Parker, UCLA vs Cal State Fullerton, Jan. 14 2T Mohini Bhardwaj, UCLA vs STANFORD Jan. 19 Jeanette Antolin, UCLA vs Cal State Fullerton, Jan. 14 Onnis Willis, UCLA vs Utah, Jan. 21 5T Mohini Bhardwaj, UCLA vs Utah, Jan. 21 Katrina Severin, OREGON STATE vs Nebraska, Jan. 14 Malia Jones,UCLA vs Cal State Fullerton, Jan. 14 8T Lara Degenhardt, OREGON STATE vs Nebraska, Jan. 14 Mohini Bhardwaj, UCLA vs Nebraska, ARIZONA STATE, Jan. 6 10T Kristin Maloney, UCLA vs Nebraska, ARIZONA STATE, Jan. 6 Aimee Estella, ARIZONA vs N.C State, New Hampshire, James Madison, Jan. 14 Team-by-Team Highs 1. UCLA UCLA vs Utah State, Jan. 21* 2. STANFORD STANFORD at Super Six Challenge, Jan CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA vs Utah State, Oklahoma, ARIZONA, Jan OREGON STATE OREGON STATE at Nebraska, Jan ARIZONA STATE ARIZONA STATE vs OREGON STATE, Jan ARIZONA ARIZONA vs N.C State, New Hampshire, James Madison, Jan WASHINGTON WASHINGTON vs Denver, CALIFORNIA, Maryland, Jan 13 * Indicates nation leading score

5 PACIFIC-10 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS COMPOSITE SCHEDULE/RESULTS (Times are local. Schedule subject to change.) Fri., January 5 Maui Invitational(1) UCLA "A" , Nebraska ASU , UCLA "B" Sat., January 6 Super Six Challenge (2) Alabama, Georgia , STANFORD , Michigan , Florida Penn State Friday January 12 Michigan , OREGON STATE Saturday January 13 University of Denver , WASHINGTON Maryland , CALIFORNIA Sun.,January 14 New Hampshire , ARIZONA NC State , James Madison Nebraska , OREGON STATE UCLA , Cal State Fullerton Fri., January 19 CALIFORNIA , Oklahoma , San Jose State , ARIZONA ARIZONA STATE , OREGON STATE UCLA , STANFORD Sun., January 21 WASHINGTON , Boise State Oklahoma , CALIFORNIA , Utah State , ARIZONA UCLA 197.5, Utah Fri., January 26 UCLA at ARIZONA STATE, 7:30p.m. ARIZONA at Utah, 7:30 MST Sun., January 28 CALIFORNIA at OREGON STATE, 2:00 p.m. STANFORD at WASHINGTON, 2:00 p.m. Alabama, Cal State Fullerton, Southern Utah at UCLA 2:00p.m. Fri., February 2 OREGON STATE, Denver at ARIZONA, 6:30 p.m. Minnesota at STANFORD, 7:30 p.m. WASHINGTON at ASU, 6:30 p.m. Sat., February 3 CALIFORNIA at Cal State Fullerton, 7:00p.m. Fri., February 9 Boise State at OREGON STATE, 7:00 p.m. WASHINGTON at CALIFORNIA, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, 7:30 p.m. ARIZONA STATE at STANFORD, 7:30 p.m. Sun., February 11 ARIZONA, WASHINGTON, Cal State Fullerton at UCLA, 2:00 p.m. (3) Fri., February 16 ARIZONA STATE at Utah, 7:00 p.m.mst UCLA at OREGON STATE, 7:00 p.m. Sun., February 18 ARIZONA at WASHINGTON, 2:00 p.m. STANFORD at CALIFORNIA, 2:00p.m. Fri., February 23 STANFORD at ARIZONA, 7:30 p.m. CALIFORNIA at ARIZONA STATE, 7:30 p.m.(4) Sun., February 25 CALIFORNIA, at UC Davis, 1:00 p.m. OREGON STATE at WASHINGTON, 2:00 p.m. STANFORD at ARIZONA, 7:30 p.m. Fri., March 2 ARIZONA STATE at ARIZONA, 7:30 p.m. MST OREGON STATE at STANFORD, 7:30 p.m. Sat.,March 3 Brigham Young at STANFORD, 7:30p.m. Sun.,March 4 CALIFORNIA, Utah State, UC Santa Barbara at UCLA, 2:00p.m.(5) Utah, Western Michigan University at WASHINGTON, 2:00p.m. Fri., March 9 Auburn at ARIZONA STATE, 7:30p.m. MST UCLA at Michigan, 7:00p.m. Sat., March 10 STANFORD at Brigham Young ARIZONA at Minnesota, 7:00 p.m.cst WASHINGTON at Boise State, 6:00 p.m. OREGON STATE at Utah, 6:00 p.m. Sun., March 11 UCLA at Michigan State, 1:00 p.m. Fri., March 16 Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska at ARIZONA STATE, 7:00p.m. MST CALIFORNIA at San Jose State, 7:30 p.m.

6 Sat., March 17 WASHINGTON at OREGON STATE, 7:00 p.m.(6) Sat., March 24 Pacific-10 Championship at WASHINGTON, 6:00p.m. Sat., April 7 NCAA Midwest Regionals Thurs.-Sat., April NCAA Championship at Athens, GA, Tournament Date & Neutral Sites (1) Maui Invitational (2) Super Six Challenge at Tuscaloosa, Ala (3) UCLA Invitational at Los Angeles, California (4) Uno's Classic at Tempe, Arizona (5) Bruin Classic at Los Angeles, California (6) Shanico Inn-vitational at Corvallis, Oregon Pac-10 Properties would like to recognize and thank our growing family of Corporate Partners: A joint venture between the Pac-10 Conference and FOX Sports Net John Kasser, Vice President and General Manager (415) /Fax (415)