DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — UCLA is leading three Pac-12 schools into the final day of the NCAA women’s gymnastics championship.
The No. 2 seed Bruins had the top score, 197.40, in Friday’s first semifinal and will be joined by Utah (197.200) and Stanford (197.125) in Saturday’s Super Six final session.
Vanessa Zamarripa and Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs posted 9.90 scores as UCLA finished with a 49.350 on the floor exercise to pass Utah for first place on the final rotation.
The top three teams in the six-team semifinal advanced. Oklahoma, the No. 3 seed, finished fourth with 196.925, followed by Nebraska (196.625) and Louisiana State (196.550).
Top seed Florida will join three other Southeastern Conference teams — Alabama, Georgia and Arkansas — as well as Oregon State and Ohio State in Saturday night’s second semifinal.
