Bruins now lead series 36-7.

Jan. 23, 1998

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The University of Arizona GymCats fell to the No. 6 UCLA Bruins--defending National Champions--tonight at McKale Center in front of a crowd of 1,275 in their first Pac-10 meet of the season. Although the Cats posted a season-high score of 191.550--improving last week's score by 2.70--it was not enough to top the Bruins' score of 192.875.

Although entering the meet down two of its top competitors, Maureen Kealey and Heidi Hornbeek---both out for the season due to injuries, the Cats boasted strong outings by senior Tenli Poggemeyer--who turned in a key performance tonight in spite of a broken rib--and freshman Kara Fry, who posted four new personal bests and ended the night as Arizona's top performer.

Fry, in only her third collegiate appearance and second all-around performance, took first in the all-around with a new personal-best of 38.85, and third on the bars and floor, both with new personal-best scores of 9.85 on both events, with her floor score almost one full point higher than her previous best of 8.875. She also scored a new high on the beam with a 9.65, finishing sixth.

Poggemeyer finished second in the all-around with a 38.10 and tied for fourth on the floor with teammate Cami Banholzer with a score of 9.725. Also marking personal bests tonight were Mary Reiss, who scored a 9.35 on vault, and Lisha Stone, who scored a 9.625 on bars.

As a team, the Cats took first in only one event, the bars, where they outscored the Bruins, 48.775-48.150.

        Vault   Bars    Beam    Floor   Total
UCLA    47.850  48.150  48.300  48.575  192.875
Arizona 47.100  48.775  47.850  47.825  191.550

    Vault                           Bars                                Beam
1. Mohini Bhardwaj (UCLA), 9.825    1. Heidi Moneymaker (UCLA), 9.975   1. Luisa Portocarrero (UCLA), 9.775
1. Stella Umeh (UCLA), 9.825        2. Kristin McDermott (UA), 9.925    2. Mohini Bhardwaj (UCLA), 9.750
3. Kiralee Hayashi (UCLA), 9.675    3. Kara Fry (UA), 9.850*            2. Lena Degteva (UCLA), 9.75
4. Cami Banholzer (UA), 9.575       4. Carmen Tausend (UCLA), 9.750     4. Cami Banholzer (UA), 9.675
4. Kristin McDermott (UA), 9.575    5. Rose McLaughlin (UA), 9.700      4. Heidi Moneymaker (UCLA), 9.675
    Floor                           All-Around
1. Lena Degteva (UCLA), 9.925       1. Kara Fry (UA), 38.850*
2. Heidi Moneymaker (UCLA), 9.875   2. Tenli Poggemeyer (UA), 38.100
3. Kara Fry (UA), 9.850*            3. Andrea Fong (UCLA), 37.500
4. Tenli Poggemeyer (UA), 9.725 
4. Cami Banholzer (UA), 9.725       *Personal Bests

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