This UCLA and Stanford competition will be an exciting Pac 12 matchup to start off the weekend! The No. 10 UCLA Bruins are traveling to No. 24 Stanford to face each other for the second time this season.
UCLA is coming off a strong performance last weekend facing California at Pauley Pavilion, coming away with a 197.775. UCLA has clinched some big scores in the past couple of weeks, with their highest being a 198.075 at home against Arizona. However, with NQS having the ‘drop the highest score’ rule, and rankings now being based on this NQS total, UCLA will be looking to match or score above this 198 mark to be able to count this big score towards their team total. The Bruins shined last week on bars and floor especially, scoring above a 49.50 on each event, but their team total missed that 198 by less than three tenths due to a lower 49.125 on vault. The Bruins have shown they can back at least a couple of tenths on these events in their prior competitions, so this week heading into an away meet, they will be looking to match their scores on these other events, and dial in a little more on vault, which they are so capable of.
Stanford has been maintaining the 196 team score since week two, but most definitely will want to break into the 197s in their last…
