Stanford, Calif.- The No.18 ranked BYU women's gymnastics team recorded only their second loss of the season on Saturday night, losing to the No. 5 ranked Stanford Cardinal, 196.875-195.225 in Stanford's last home meet of the year.
The Cougars, now 8-2 on the season, scored a season-high 49.000 on the beam, the event the Cougars have been averaging the lowest on this season. On BYU's best event, the floor, they scored their second lowest score of the season with a 48.500.
Kelly Parkinson finished second in the all-around competition with a 39.500, while Stanford's Lindsay Wing won every event and scored a 39.750 to win the all-around, a personal career-high, and second-best in Stanford history.
BYU will face Stanford again next week when the Cardinal travel to Provo to take on the Cougars Saturday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Smith Fieldhouse.
Team Scores Vault Bars Beam Floor All-AroundNo. 5 Stanford 49.050 49.550 48.775 49.500 196.875
No. 18 BYU 48.725 49.000 49.000 48.500 195.225
Vault: (1) Lindsay Wing (S) 9.875; (2t) Robin Phelps (S) 9.850; (2t) Kelly Parkinson (BYU) 9.850
Bars: (1t) Lindsay Wing (S) 9.950; (1t) Caroline Fluhrer (S) 9.950; (3) Kelly Parkinson (BYU) 9.925
Beam: (1t) Lindsay Wing (S) 9.950; (1t) Jen Exaltacion (S) 9.950; (3) Kelly Parkinson (BYU) 9.850
Floor: (1) Lindsay Wing (S) 9.975; (2t) Lise L
Twelfth-ranked BYU heads to California to take on the fifth-ranked Stanford Cardinal Saturday night at 7:30 in the Burnham Pavilion.
After a week off, the Cougars hope to continue where they left off -- with the best score in school history.
Previous to this season, the BYU women's gymnastics team had only scored above a 196 on three occasions. This season, the Cougars have already equaled that number, scoring above a 196 in their last three meets.
BYU, at 8-1 on the season, is averaging a 195.225, compared to an average score of 196.250 for Stanford.
However, over the last three meets, BYU has averaged a 196.383. That average would place the Cougars just above the Stanford in the polls.
Stanford is led by their only senior, All-American Jennifer Exaltacion. As Stanford's all-time record holder on the balance beam with a 9.975, she achieved Second Team All-American status last season in both the all-around and beam.
BYU and Stanford will face each other twice this season. In fact, they face each other in back-to-back weeks. On March 10, Stanford will come to Provo to compete in a three-team meet that will include Southern Utah University.
The Cougars have also faced Southern Utah earlier this year, defeating the Thunderbirds 196.225 to 194.150. That meet will be held in the Smith Fieldhouse.
Last year BYU faced Stanford on February 21, scoring a 195.425 in a losing effort.
