When the Arizona GymCats opened with a lower score than they would have liked on vault, it didn’t seem like a big problem. They were moving on to the uneven bars, which was their strongest event in the season opener last week and has historically been a strong event for them. Instead, the rotation put them into a hole that they couldn’t escape as they went on to finish fourth in a quad meet featuring Oklahoma, Utah State, and Stanford.
“We’re a very good team that made some mistakes,” said Arizona head coach John Court. “But you can tell we’re a good team because we left the mistakes at the event.