Head coach Janelle McDonald and her staff have wasted no time in turning a new leaf for the historic UCLA Bruins program after two tumultuous seasons. The Bruins put up a respectable opening performance at the Super 16 meet in Vegas, but their performance in the Wasatch Classic solidified that UCLA is back and did not come to play. UCLA scored over 49.500 on three events, including a monster 49.600 on floor. A less than stellar vault rotation kept the score from being truly ginormous, though.
The Washington Huskies have been partaking in a renaissance of their own, headed by second-year head coach Jen Llewellyn. While Washington hasn’t quite reached the 11th place landmark finish of the shortened 2020 season, the 196.550 scored at the Wasatch Classic put the Huskies second in their session and helped keep the team afloat in the incredibly competitive Pac-12 rankings, where fourth and seventh are separated by just over a tenth.
Looking back at past meetings between these two teams, things get a little…messy. The last time both of these teams hit all four events in a dual meet against each other was 2019. Washington won the 2020 meeting after a three-fall beam rotation from UCLA. The following season, Washington recorded its lowest home score since 2010 while…
