UCLA Gymnastics Hosts Utah Saturday on Senior Day

Saturday, March 14

Los Angeles, CA

7:30 PM PT

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Seniors Ciena Alipio, Madisyn Anyimi, Carissa Clay and Jordan Chiles

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UCLA Gymnastics Hosts Utah Saturday on Senior Day

March 12, 2026 | Gymnastics

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No. 5 UCLA vs. No. 12 Utah
Date/Time: Saturday, March 14, 2026 – 7:30pm PT
Location: Los Angeles, Calif. (Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom Financial)
Broadcast: Big Ten Network
Talent: Evan Heiter, Olivia Karas
Live Stats: virti.us
Tickets: uclabruins.com/tickets; UCLA students free w/ valid Bruin Card
Theme: Senior Night
Giveaway: Senior cheer card (first 1,000 fans)

N0. 5 UCLA HOSTS NO. 12 UTAH SATURDAY NIGHT
No. 5 UCLA (14-2) will host No. 12 Utah (13-3) in the Bruins' final home meet of the season on Saturday, March 14 at 7:30pm in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom. The meet will be televised live on Big Ten Network.

SENIOR SALUTE
Saturday's meet marks the final home meet for Bruin seniors Ciena Alipio, Madisyn Anyimi, Jordan Chiles and Carissa Clay, who will be honored in post-meet Senior Day ceremonies, along with senior student athletic trainer Ava Potter. The senior class has won four conference team championships and earned a runner-up finish at the 2025 NCAA Championships. They have combined for 18 All-America honors, 18 perfect 10s, 10 all-conference awards and seven Scholastic All-America awards.

BRUINS WIN BIG TEN REGULAR SEASON TITLE
For the second consecutive year, UCLA ran the table in the conference, going unbeaten with a 9-0 record to capture the Big Ten regular season title. The Bruins are 18-0 in Big Ten play and have not lost to any Big Ten opponent in non-conference or postseason play since joining the conference a year ago. UCLA Gymnastics has now won 23 conference titles, including three in the Big Ten.

ABOUT THE UTES
After a slow start to the season, Utah has come on strong, winning nine meets in a row. The Utes have scored 197+ in six-straight meets and recorded a season-high of 198.025 on Feb. 13 against BYU. In the national rankings, the Utes are No. 3 on vault, No. 8 on bars, No. 13 on beam and No. 17 on floor. Avery Neff, who has scored three perfect 10s this season, including two on vault, ranks No. 3 in the all-around, No. 9 on vault, No. 15 on bars and No. 16 on beam. Ana Padurariu, who competed at UCLA from 2022-23, is ranked No. 9 on uneven bars. UCLA is 15-41 in regular season competitions against Utah but has had the upper hand in the last two matchups, finishing ahead of the Utes by over a point at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad in West Valley City January 10, and finishing second ahead of the fourth-place Utes at the 2025 NCAA Championships.

LAST TIME OUT
No. 5 UCLA defeated No. 10 Stanford, 197.775-197.425 to extend its winning streak to eight meets. Jordan Chiles earned her first perfect 10 of the season on uneven bars and won the all-around with a score of 39.700. The Bruins got off to a hot start with a season-high 49.575 on uneven bars. Along with Chiles' 10.0, UCLA recorded four scores of 9.900 or higher, including a career-best 9.950 from Nola Matthews and 9.900s from Mika Webster-Longin and Ashlee Sullivan. The Bruins maintained their lead after the second rotation despite Stanford's 49.600 on bars, thanks to a 9.925 by Chiles and a career-high 9.900 by Riley Jenkins. UCLA had a strong third rotation on floor, scoring 49.475 to Stanford's 49.400 on beam to extend its lead. Webster-Longin and Sumanasekera led the team with 9.925s, and Sullivan and Chiles each scored 9.900. The Bruins secured the win with another 49.475, with Sumanasekera and Ciena Alipio each scoring meet-winning 9.950s on beam.

IN THE RANKINGS
UCLA remains ranked No. 5 for the third-straight week and have been ranked in the Top 5 for eight weeks in a row. The Bruins rank in the Top 10 on all four events - No. 5 on bars and beam, No. 6 on vault and No. 8 on floor. Jordan Chiles remains No. 1 on floor exercise and also ranks No. 2 in the all-around, No. 3 on vault, No. 4 on bars and No. 11 on beam. Tiana Sumanasekera is tied for the highest all-around ranking by a freshman at No. 15 and also ranks No. 25 on vault. Ciena Alipio is No. 4 on beam and has been in the Top 5 for seven-straight weeks. Ashlee Sullivan jumps back into the rankings on floor at No. 25.

SUMANASEKERA EARNS FOURTH FRESHMAN OF WEEK AWARD
Tiana Sumanasekera was named the Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week for a conference-best fourth time this year, sharing the award with Minnesota's Arianna Ostrum. Sumanasekera won two events to help UCLA defeat No. 10 Stanford on the road, 197.775-197.425, in front of a record-setting sold-out crowd. The team score was UCLA's second-highest of the season and its highest on the road. Sumanasekera tied for first on balance beam with a career-high-tying 9.950, earning a perfect 10 from one of the two judges. She also tied for first on floor exercise with a 9.925, matching her career-best score. Sumanasekera's beam win was the first of her career, and her floor victory was her second. She now ranks tied for second on the team with 12 scores of 9.9 or higher.

CONSISTENCY IS KEY
UCLA has been a consistent force all season, averaging 197.455 as a team, with nothing under 196.950. The Bruins have scored over 197.500 in five of its last six meets and have scored over 49.000 on every event in every meet, hitting 239 of 240 routines on the year, a 99.6% hit percentage. UCLA has hit 208 consecutive routines without a fall.

CHILES PERFECT FOR FIVE STRAIGHT WEEKS
For five consecutive weeks from Jan. 17 through Feb. 14, Jordan Chiles found perfection. Her first career 10 on vault on Jan. 17 against Nebraska started the streak, and she went on to roll off four-straight perfect 10s on floor on Jan. 25 at Michigan State, Jan. 30 vs. Washington, Feb. 7 at Minnesota and Feb. 14 vs. Michigan. She currently has 17 career 10s - one on vault, six on uneven bars and 10 on floor exercise and is in sole possession of third place on UCLA's career perfect 10 list. Only Jamie Dantzscher (28) and Kyla Ross (22) have more. Chiles' 10 floor 10s rank second behind only Dantzscher, who had 14, and her six bars 10s rank third behind Ross (11) and Dantzscher (7). Chiles is looking to become just the 15th gymnast in NCAA history to achieve a Gym Slam, which is a perfect 10 on all four events. Only two Bruins have done this - Kristen Maloney in 2005 and Ross in 2019. Chiles just needs a 10.0 on balance beam to join the exclusive group. She has earned a 10 from one beam judge three times this season.

BEST SHOW IN LA AND NATION-WIDE
UCLA Gymnastics is proving to be not only the Best Show in LA, but also nation-wide. Every campus UCLA has visited this season has seen record-setting attendance with the Bruins in town - at Washington Jan. 2 (8,403), at Michigan State Jan. 25 (9,887), at Minnesota Feb. 7 (5,081), at Illinois Feb. 22 (6,813) and at Stanford March 7 (7,024). UCLA's home opener on Jan. 13 was contested in front of 7,814 fans, a new record for a UCLA home opener, and a season-high 10,032 were in attendance for the Feb. 14 home meet against Michigan. The Bruins also set a new home attendance record for Friday night meets with 7,567 in attendance at the Big Four meet on Feb. 27. Last season, the Bruins competed in front of school record crowds at Maryland (7,287) and Ohio State (3,695) and in front of a sold-out crowd of 15,558 at Utah, as well as a crowd of 11,314 at Michigan.

DANCING AND GYMNASTICS QUEEN
Fresh off a third-place showing on Season 34 of "Dancing with the Stars" this fall, Jordan Chiles has dominated the NCAA Gymnastics season, ranking No. 1 in the nation in the all-around for the first eight weeks of the season and earning Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honors in nine consecutive weeks. She kicked off her senior season on Jan. 3 with a show-stopping performance at the Best of the West Quad. Chiles placed first on all four events and won the all-around with a score of 39.725, UCLA's highest all-around score in a season opener since Kyla Ross also recorded that score in 2020. In week 2 at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad, she placed second in the all-around with a 39.575 and won floor exercise for the second-straight week with a 9.925. In week 3, she scored her first perfect 10 of the season and first career 10 on vault en route to winning the all-around with a 39.675 in the Bruins' home opener. And in week 4, she one-upped all of that by recording the highest all-around score in the nation - 39.875 - with a perfect 10 on floor, 9.975 on vault and 9.950s on bars and beam. She matched her all-around score and earned another perfect 10 five days later, leading UCLA to its first 198 of the season (198.150). Chiles made it four meets in a row with a 10 on Feb. 7, bringing back her 2025 Prince floor routine at Minnesota for her 15th career perfect 10, and then hit her 10th career 10 on floor on Feb. 14 against Michigan. On March 7, she scored her first 10 of the season on uneven bars.

Dancing with pro Ezra Sosa this fall, Chiles became the first female gymnast to make the "Dancing with the Stars" finale since Laurie Hernandez in season 23 in 2016. Chiles competed on the show while simultaneously training for the 2026 gymnastics season and taking a full set of classes at UCLA. The two-time Olympian and 2024 gold medalist entered her senior year as a three-time NCAA Champion, 16-time All-American and reigning Big Ten floor exercise champion. Chiles has scored 17 perfect 10s in her career - 10 on floor exercise, six on uneven bars and one on vault - and 27 9.975s. She holds career-highs of 10.0 on vault, uneven bars and floor exercise, 9.975 on balance beam and 39.900 in the all-around. Chiles' high-level consistency has been incredible, as she has scored 9.800 or higher on all 40 of her routines this year and 9.900 or higher on 30. She also has 17 scores of 9.950 or higher. She has hit 78 routines in a row without a fall, with 55 straight routines scoring 9.800 or higher.

FROM BEAMER TO THREE-EVENT STAR
After competing exclusively on balance beam her first three seasons due to injuries, senior Ciena Alipio has taken the leap to multi-event star during her senior season, competing on floor exercise and uneven bars this season for the first time in her collegiate career. She has become a mainstay in the lineup on those three events, competing in all 10 meets on beam, nine on floor and seven on bars. She made her floor debut at the Sprouts Collegiate Quad on Jan. 10 and scored 9.800. She won two events a week later against Nebraska, scoring 9.975 on beam and 9.875 on floor. At Michigan State on Jan. 25, Alipio competed on three events for the first time, making her collegiate debut on uneven bars. She tied for third place on bars with a score of 9.875, scored 9.850 on floor exercise, then completed her day with a meet-winning beam score of 9.950. She improved on those marks five days later against Washington, scoring a leadoff 9.950 on bars, a meet-winning 9.950 on beam and a career-high 9.900 on floor to earn Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week honors for the third time. Her latest new accomplishment was scoring a career-high 9.950 on floor on Feb. 14, receiving a 10.0 from one judge. In the national rankings, she is currently ranked No. 4 on beam, where she has not scored lower than 9.900 all season. She was also ranked as high as No. 7 on bars in early February. Alipio leads the team with seven beam victories, including three in a row and seven in the last eight meets.

Alipio is a two-time first-team All-American on beam and won the Big Ten balance beam title in 2025 with her first career perfect 10. Prior to her senior season, the only other non-beam routine that she had performed in college came in an exhibition on floor exercise in the 2025 season opener. As an elite gymnast, Alipio placed third in the all-around at her last international event, the 2022 Arthur Gander Memorial in Switzerland. She was also ninth in the all-around and sixth on floor exercise at the 2022 U.S. Classic.

TIANA TOPS FRESHMEN
Freshman Tiana Sumanasekera is tied for the highest national ranking among freshmen, ranking No. 15 with a NQS of 39.375. Sumanasekera has been superb for the Bruins this year, competing 38 of a possible 40 routines and going all-around in eight of the team's 10 meets. She has won Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors a conference-best four times and scored a career-high in the all-around with a 39.475 against Michigan on Feb. 14. Sumanasekera scored three 9.900s in the meet and won vault for the first time in her career. She has scored 9.900 as the leadoff vaulter in three meets this season and is ranked No. 25 on the event. The five-time U.S. National Team member and 2024 Olympic alternate has season-bests of 9.9 or higher on every event - 9.950 on beam, 9.925 on floor and 9.900 on vault and bars. In the season opener, Sumanasekera scored 9.950 on beam, the highest by a UCLA freshman in her collegiate debut in over 20 years, matching Tasha Schiwkert in 2005. Sumanasekera also became the first Bruin ever to win Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors with her season-opening performance. In her last meet, she tied for first on uneven bars and balance beam and earned a perfect 10 from one of the two judges on beam.

MIKA MAGIC
Sophomore Mika Webster-Longin returned to competition in a big way on Feb. 27, making her 2026 vault debut at the Big Four meet in a pivotal moment. With the Bruins clinging to a .150 lead in the final rotation, the sophomore stepped in for injured teammate Katelyn Rosen and hit her Yurchenko 1.5 vault for a 9.800. It was her first vault since last season's NCAA semifinal, and the Big Four meet was her first time in the competition lineup since an illness kept her out for three meets (Jan. 25-Feb. 7). Webster-Longin made her all-around debut at Stanford and earned a career-high 39.425 to place third overall. She also tied for first on floor with a career-best 9.925 and added a season-high 9.900 on bars. She holds career-highs of 9.950 on vault, 9.925 on bars and floor and 9.875 on beam. The Belgian National Team member had a strong freshman season, being selected to the Big Ten All-Championship team after contributing a 9.925 on vault and 9.900 on bars to the Bruins' title run.

NO ONE LIKE NOLA
Freshman Nola Matthews is dialed in on uneven bars this season, competing in nine of 10 meets and averaging 9.861. She has scored 9.900 or higher in three of her last four meets, including a career-high 9.950 at Stanford on March 7 and a first-place mark of 9.900 at the Big Four Meet Feb. 27. The five-time U.S. National Team member won gold on uneven bars and floor exercise at the 2025 Varna World Challenge Cup and also won gold on bars at the 2023 Pan American Championships and 2022 Winter Cup. Matthews has also competed on floor exercise three times this year, with a high of 9.875, and balance beam three times, scoring a high of 9.850.

RAISING THE BAR-ROS
Junior Sydney Barros, who missed all of 2024 while rehabbing a knee injury and competed just once in 2025, has made a huge splash this season, with eight routines scoring 9.900 or better. This season, 18 of her 21 routines have scored 9.800 or higher, and she has not scored lower than 9.850 on beam and 9.825 on bars. In her first extensive action of her career at Michigan State on Jan. 25, she scored a pair of 9.900s on uneven bars and floor exercise and added a 9.850 in a beam exhibition. Barros was making just her third appearance in the competitive lineup on bars, and she finished in second place behind only Jordan Chiles' 9.950. Her floor routine marked her competitive debut on that event, and she finished in fourth place. In the Bruins' home meet against Washington Jan. 30, she competed on three events and scored a career-highs on bars (9.925) and floor (9.900) and earned a 9.850 in her beam debut. On Feb. 7 at Minnesota, she contributed a third-place career-high mark of 9.900 and also scored 9.850 on uneven bars. She scored a pair of 9.90s against Michigan on Feb. 14, tying for second on beam and floor, and she picked up her first career victory at the Big Four meet on Feb. 27, tying for first on bars with a 9.900. Barros was the all-around champion at the 2023 Puerto Rican National Championships and placed eighth in the all-around at the 2023 Pan American Championships, qualifying to the World Championships. She was unable to compete at Worlds, however, after suffering a knee injury at the Central American Games.

SULLIVAN STRENGTH
Freshman Ashlee Sullivan continues to provide three strong routines in the five spot on vault, bars and floor. She has also competed in the all-around twice, most recently on March 7 at Stanford, scoring her season-high of 39.325. In her last five meets, she is averaging 9.871 on 16 routines, with seven 9.9+ scores. She has scored 9.900 or higher on five of her last six floor routines, with three 9.950s. Sullivan has won Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors three times this season, most recently on Feb. 24 after recording career-highs on vault (9.925) and floor (9.950) at Illinois. She also won following the Nebraska meet on Jan. 17 after winning bars and floor and recording career-highs on all three events in which she competed and again after the Minnesota meet on Feb. 7 after she won bars with a career-high 9.925 and placed second on floor with a career-high-tying 9.950. She is averaging 9.845+ on vault (9.845), bars (9.860) and floor (9.877).

FABULOUS FRESHMEN
UCLA's acclaimed freshman class has accounted for 38% (91 of 240) of the Bruins' routines so far in 2026, with Tiana Sumanasekera competing 38 routines, Ashlee Sullivan 32, Nola Matthews 15 and Jordis Eichman six. Sumanasekera, a 2024 U.S. Olympic alternate, has contributed 32 9.8+ scores, including highs of 9.950 on beam, 9.925 on floor and 9.900 on vault and bars. She is averaging 39.359 in her eight all-around appearances. Sullivan has competed at least three events in every meet and has had two all-around opportunities, with a high of 39.325 set at Stanford March 7. She has three event victories and holds season-bests of 9.950 on floor, 9.925 on vault and bars and 9.775 on beam. Matthews has highs of 9.950 on bars, 9.875 on floor and 9.850 on beam and one event victory on bars. Eichman made her collegiate debut on Jan. 25 at Michigan State and scored 9.825 on beam and 9.750 on vault. She earned her first Top 3 finish on Jan. 30 against Washington with a third-place mark of 9.875 on beam.

LOOKING AHEAD
UCLA will compete in the final session of the Big Ten Championships on Saturday, March 21 at 5pm CT/3pm PT. The Championships will be held at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill. and televised live on Big Ten Network.