Heading into its last rotation, the UCLA gymnastics team needed a solid score on balance beam to finally break its season-best team total of 196.600, established over a month ago. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Vanessa Zamarripa won the all-around during the Bruins’ defeat of Arizona on Friday with a career-high 39.675. Zamarripa also won first place on bars and beam.

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Photo: Freshman Lichelle Wong performs her 9.900 floor exercise in Sunday’s gymnastics meet against Arizona State with thousands of fans watching along in Pauley Pavilion. Gymnasts frequently perform alone in large arenas of thousands of fans. Minute mistakes have a huge impact on the team score, more so than in other sports.

Vanessa Zamarripa saluted to the judges, stepped onto the vault runway and took a deep breath. The Pauley Pavilion crowd and her teammates cheered louder as she began her sprint down the vault. Read more...

Photo: Vanessa Zamarripa’s strong beam performance helped UCLA beat Arizona State.

At the beginning of Thursday morning's practice, the atmosphere in Yates Gymnasium was an interesting blend of relaxation and focus. Read more...

Photo: Sophomore Vanessa Zamarripa performs on the beam during UCLA’s match against Utah. The gymnastics team will be facing Arizona State this Sunday at Pauley Pavilion.

When facing Cal and San Jose State tonight in a three-way meet in Berkeley, the Bruins are looking to maintain focus throughout the meet and step up the energy Sunday against No. 8 Stanford (1-1, 1-0). Read more...

Photo: Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs and UCLA will face Cal and San Jose State tonight.