Happy Sunday from Littlejohn Coliseum! We’ve got another exciting ACC showdown this afternoon as the Stanford Cardinal take on the Clemson Tigers. It’s Youth Day here in Clemson, so expect a lively crowd full of young fans cheering on women’s gymnastics.
Stanford is riding high after a win against Southern Utah, where the Cardinal secured their second-best road score of the season. Anna Roberts claimed the vault title, helping the team post its second-highest vault total of the year. Brenna Neault had a standout performance, earning titles on bars and in the all-around, while Alana Walker capped off the meet with her first-ever collegiate event title by taking home the floor crown.
Clemson, meanwhile, is coming off its second-highest score of the season despite a narrow loss to N.C. State. Madison Minner and Eve Jackson tied for second on vault with matching 9.825s, while Jackson also tied with Hannah Clark for third on bars, again with 9.825s. The Tigers closed out strong with standout routines from Sierra Church on beam and Brie Clark on floor, both of whom delivered clutch performances.
With both teams carrying momentum into today’s meet, expect a close contest and plenty of energy in the arena!
Rotation 1: Clemson VT, Stanford UB
Kuhl (CU): Yurchenko full, takes a couple steps but solid overall. 9.725
Gutierrez (Stan): Nice Jaeger to immediate bail. Great swing. Full-twisting double back, a little close to the bar on her release but an overall pretty dismount. 9.875
Bryant (CU): Solid Yurchenko full, a small step. 9.7
Dean (Stan): Nice Tkatchev to Pak. I love cut catch kips in college (I think that’s what they’re called). Solid blind full to double back, takes a small step forward. 9.75
Holman (CU): Solid fhs front pike half. 9.85
Neault (Stan): Beautiful Maloney to Pak. Great form in her handstands. Blind full to a stuck double back dismount. She makes bars look so easy. 9.85
Minner (CU): Tucked Yurchenko 1.5, steps forward. 9.825
Sorrento (Stan): Maloney to Pak, wow wow wow at the extension she gets in the Maloney. Beautiful lines throughout. Takes a small step on her double layout. 9.775
Walsh (CU): Yurchenko 1.5, stuck. I’ve been waiting for her to stick this in competition ahhhh. 9.85
Roberts (Stan): Beautiful Pak to open. Nice handstand in her pirouette. Van Leewen back to high bar. Almost gets the stick on her dismount.9.9
Jackson (CU): Huge Yurchenko 1.5, takes a pretty large step forward. 9.8
Soma (Stan): Pretty Maloney to Pak. Makes her Van Leewen look easy. Double layout, stuck. Here comes out the stick stick, I’m so here for this. 9.95
After 1: Stanford 49.350, Clemson 49.050
Rotation 2: Stanford VT, Clemson UB
Chang (Stan): Yurchenko full, small hop. 9.725
Lippeatt (CU): Huge Ray to immediate bail. Looked a little off-balance back on high bar. Fights to hold on to her handstand after the blind full but recovers well. Nice stuck dismount. 9.8
Walker (Stan): Solid Yurchenko full. 9.7
Berry (CU): Maloney to Pak, solid. Nice aggressive swing throughout. Huge double layout, stuck cold, This place just erupted when she landed, wow. 9.875
Neault (Stan): Full-on pike off, small step on landing but solid. 9.8
Jackson (CU): Nice Tkatchev to bail. Solid swing throughout. Huge full-twisting double back, takes the smallest of steps. 9.775
Gutierrez (Stan): Yurchenko 1.5, steps back a bunch to cover up sitting it down. I love the fight she had to save this. 9.55
Rutherford (CU): Huge Ray to bail. Great swing back to high bar. Pretty double layout, I can’t tell if she stuck it or took a small step…there’s a bunch of people standing in front of me ugh. 9.825
Roberts (Stan): A beautiful Yurchenko 1.5, hops in place. 9.925
Wells (CU): Solid Tkatchev to bail. Love her aggressive swing. Huge full-twisting double back dismount, stuck cold. Another eruption from the crowd transpires. 9.875
Soma (Stan): Yurchenko full, small hop. 9.85
H. Clark (Stan): Pretty piked Jaeger to immediate bail. Her routine is so quick wow. Huge double layout, another stuck dismount for the Tigers. 9.875
After 2: Stanford 98.350, Clemson 98.300
We have a close one in here tonight! Both teams look on pace to finish with some big scores tonight. I also just looked up and realized there are people sitting in the very top row of the nosebleeds, as someone who grew up competing here that’s such a crazy thing to witness wow.
Rotation 3: Clemson BB, Stanford FX
Lippeatt (CU): Front layout to bhs swing down, solid. Love the backward shoulder roll she does after. Great extension in her leaps. Nice full turn. 9.8
Dean (Stan): Tinsica to Rudi to straddle jump, this pass is stunning every single time. Switch leap full, a little short on the rotation. I love how spunky her dance is. Punch Rudi to front full, love the rise she got on this. 9.875
Clark (CU): Standing front tuck to beat jump, solid. Bhs loso, love the aggressiveness. Straddle jump to straddle half, nice amplitude and extension. Punch Rudi, stuck. 9.825
Robinson (Stan): Ro bhs double back, great height. Double Y turn, I love a good turn variation from the usual. Switch leap to switch half to straddle jump, front leg was a little low in second leap. Ro 1.5 to front full to straddle jump, solid. Huge ro bhs double pike, little short on the landing. 9.85
Nielsen (CU): Cat leap switch leap, solid. Bhs loso, loses her balance and comes off. Side aerial, pretty extension in the aerial. Ro back 1.5, stuck. 8.925
Walker (Stan): Huge double pike to open. This routine is a bundle of fun omg. Switch leap to wolf full to wolf full, dances right out of it. Front through to double back, makes it look easy peasy. 9.85
Walsh (CU): Bhs loso, small balance check. Cat leap to front toss, looked a little timid on the landing. Switch leap split half, solid. Ro back 1.5, stuck. 9.75
Nguyen (Stan): Huge double layout to open. Great extension on her leaps. Front through to double back, a little short on the rotation, bounces forward and puts her hands down. 9.05
Church (CU): Super floaty bhs loso, loses her balance but dances right out of it to cover it up. Nice full turn. Side aerial split jump, the most beautiful extension ever. Ro back 1.5, another stick. 9.725
Roberts (Stan): Front through to double back, love the control. Switch half to Popa, great amplitude and extension. I’m a sucker for a good Popa. Front layout to Rudi, great height. Ends with a wolf turn fake-out as dance. 9.925
Kuhl (CU): Bhs bhs loso, made it look like she was tumbling on the floor. Nice full turn. Ro tucked 1.5, stuck. 9.875
Neault (Stan): I love the Whitney Houston blend of music she has. Huge double pike to open, nice control in her landing. Love the extension she gets in her leaps. Front layout to Rudi, great rise in the punch between skills. Beautiful ro 1.5 to front layout. Closes out with a pretty tour jete as dance. 9.875
After 3: Stanford 147.750, Clemson 147.275
Clemson left the door open a little but it’s still a tight meet. It’s hype in here as we head into the final rotation.
Rotation 4: Stanford BB, Clemson FX
Dean (Stan): Solid full turn. Side aerial back loso, nice control. Straddle jump straddle 1/4, great extension. Ro 1.5, steps forward.
Lippeat (CU): Opens with a nice double back, slides her back foot back a bit and almost goes out of bounds. Switch half to Shushunova, great height and control. Ro 1.5 front layout, dances right out of it. A solid routine to start off. 9.675
Landry (Stan): Nice double wolf turn. Bhs loso, ever so solid. Split jump ring jump, love the position in the ring. Pretty needle scale. Front gainer pike, stuck. 9.875
Holman (CU): Fhs front double full, opens a little late out of the twist and takes a few steps out of bounds. Solid switch side to Popa. Closes out with a pretty Rudi to loso. 9.625
Carter (Stan): Solid full turn. Bhs bhs loso, does it with ease. Great straddle half straddle jump. Front gainer full off the side, stuck cold. 9.8
Minner (CU): Fhs punch double full, the height she gets on this baffles me. Switch full to pike half, solid. Shushunova full, I always love this ah. Fhs Rudi back loso, not a inch of movement. 9.85
Neault (Stan): Bhs loso loso, a bit of a balance check but hangs on to it. Nice full turn. Beat jump to a pretty ring jump. Ro 1.5, fights for the stick and gets it. 9.725
Arnold (CU): Huge full-in to open, looked a little crooked but somehow sticks it. Great extension and height in her leaps. Ro double full to punch front, love the control. Pretty switch leap to close out her dance. 9.9
Soma (Stan): Nice full turn. Switch leap split jump, huge height and extension on this. The prettiest lines in her bhs loso. Switch half to beat jump, great control. Front gainer pike, stuck. 9.75
Jackson (CU): A huge full-in to open. Switch half split half, great extension. Front through to ro bhs double back, stuck cold. Tuck jump full as part of her dance, nice control. That might, dare I say, be a season-high for her. 9.95
Robinson (Stan): Beautiful bhs loso to open. Switch leap split leap, nice control and lines. Side aerial beat jump, solid. Ro 1.5, I love when sticks are contagious. 9.925
Clark (CU): Holy height on her double layout. After two consecutive 9.9+, this place is electric. Switch half split full, great height. Front layout front full front tuck, she stuck that front tuck like there was glue on the floor. 9.925
FINAL: Stanford 196.925, Clemson 196.575
VT: Anna Roberts (Stan) 9.925
UB: Ui Soma (Stan) 9.95
BB: Sienna Robinson (Stan) 9.925
FX: Eve Jackson (CU) 9.925
AA: Brenna Neault (Stan) 39.250
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