Arizona State at California

Recap

The Big Storyline: Despite some uncharacteristic landings in the last rotation, the Golden Bears used five all-arounders en route to earning a new season-high and routing Arizona State, led by Mya Lauzon’s career best 39.700 that ties the program record. She nearly swept the events, only stopped by teammate Madelyn Williams’ near-perfect bars set that also set a new personal best. As she has many times before, Hannah Scharf stood out for the Sun Devils, posting a new season-high in the all-around while they tied their season high team score from last weekend.

Implications: The Golden Bears improve to 3-0 in the Pac-12 regular season standings to remain on top of the conference while the Sun Devils fall to 1-2 with meets at UCLA and against Utah up next.

Preview

Current Rankings: No. 21 Arizona State at No. 7 California

Why You Should Make Time to Tune in: Two of last season’s Pac-12 regular season co-champions will face off in a dual with enormous conference implications. The Sun Devils sit at 1-1, and a win over the undefeated Golden Bears in this top-24 battle would start to level the standings.

Need More Proof? Standout freshman eMjae Frazier has been huge for California this season, with highs of 9.950 on three events in just three meets. Maddie Williams has also been critical for the Golden Bears, stepping into the all-around when needed while also contributing 9.950s of her own on bars. Arizona State’s Anaya Smith brought her dynamic Yurchenko one and a half back to the vault lineup last week for a 9.950—the highest score of the season for the Sun Devils, who will need more similar scores to stand a chance at taking the win.