It came down to the last round of UCLA’s final rotation on floor to decide the winner of the gymnastics quad meet Saturday. The Bruins’ two leaders in the floor exercise – redshirt junior Sadiqua Bynum and junior Danusia Francis – rose to the occasion, posting career highs and leading UCLA to its first win over a top-10 team this year. Read more...

Photo: Junior Danusia Francis scored a career-best 9.950 on the floor exercise, leading UCLA to a quad meet win Saturday. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)

The floor at Pauley Pavilion will be a little bit different this weekend – a bit more crowded than usual. No. 9 UCLA gymnastics will host its first quad meet of the season Saturday, which means that four teams will be competing at once. Read more...

Photo: Redshirt sophomore Christine Peng-Peng Lee said the key for Bruins in their first quad meet of the season is to focus on their own team and not who they’re facing. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)

The season is inching toward the national championship while the team is currently missing its key gymnasts – redshirt senior Samantha Peszek and redshirt sophomore Christine Peng-Peng Lee – in the lineup. Read more...

Photo: Freshman Hallie Mossett said UCLA is practicing “pressure sets” to get all members competition-ready due to the uncertain status of contributing members. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)

At the end of Monday’s home win over Washington, UCLA gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field took over the microphone and shared the engagement news of Lena Degteva’s with the crowd in Pauley Pavilion, giving the former Bruin gymnast a warm welcome hug. Read more...

Photo: Valorie Kondos Field (right) has coached at UCLA for 25 years, and every single year has been booked full with recruiting trips. Just last weekend, she was in Columbus, Ohio to scout for talent. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)