By Jonathon Schaffer — Reporter
The San Jose State women’s gymnastics team (1-2) put on a great outing in Beverly Hills on Saturday, but was not able to close it out, losing 197.100-193.575.
All team members in the matchup put off phenomenal performances, showing how great of athletes each one of them is, but unfortunately one team would have to leave victorious.
The Spartans’ last matchup was against Stanford where they lost 375-194. The Bruin’s last matchup was against University of California, they lost the match 198-196.
UCLA (6-2, 4-2 PAC 12) freshman Chai Campbell led the match with 39.500 total points. Freshman Lauren Macpherson led the Spartans with 39.025 points.
SJSU began the matchup on bars and UCLA on the vault.
Macpherson led SJSU on the bars with a score of 9.775. For UCLA’s attempt at vault, senior Nia Dennis had the highest score at 9.900.
The second rotation had Macpherson again leading with a score of 9.800 on the vault. Bruin junior Margzetta Frazier guided with a 9.900 score on the bars.
For the next two events, sophomore Jada Mazury scored the highest on the floor for the Spartans with a score of 9.800. Junior Samantha Sakti ushered in a 9.900 score for UCLA’s attempt on the beam.
The third rotation featured junior Sekai Wright who totaled 9.875 on the floor for the Bruins. Sophomore Emma Milne on the Spartans scored a 9.750 for her attempt on the beam.
SJSU will next take on the Air Force Falcons on Saturday, March 20 at the Airforce Academy.
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