Iowa State at UCLA

Recap

The Big Storyline: Highlighted by the NCAA’s best all-around performance of the year from Jordan Chiles, UCLA earned a new season high for the second weekend in a row to finish the regular season. Chiles’ nearly deduction-less night featured her second bars 10 in as many meets, taking her perfect score total to three in 2023. Vault troubles doomed visiting Iowa State in the second rotation, but the Cyclones did improve on their previous week’s road total by over a point.

Implications: The Bruins’ total pushes them above Utah this week to rank first amongst Pac-12 teams.

Preview

Current Rankings: No. 44 Iowa State at No. 5 UCLA

Why You Should Clear Space on Your DVR: Senior Day at Pauley Pavilion is always a treat, and this will be the last meet for a stellar class that includes Margzetta Frazier, who will be looking to go out on a high note. Iowa State will want to take advantage of friendly scoring and get a big number before the Big 12 championship, needing some help from other teams to qualify as a team to the postseason.

You Can Fast Forward, but not Through This: Jordan Chiles has been fantastic in her sophomore season, topping out at 39.825 at last week’s competition with a 10 on bars and near-perfect scores on beam and floor. For the Cyclones, Maddie Diab has been incredible on floor, scoring 9.900 or higher in all but two routines this season.