Gym Devils Earn Season High in Home Opener

With a strong outing from graduate Emily White, Sun Devil Gymnastics scored a season-high 195.725 in the home opener and Big 12 opener, coming in second to No. 21 Arizona (196.650) on Sunday afternoon in Desert Financial Arena.

Full Results and Quotes

Notable Stats

• Arizona State (4-4, 0-1 Big 12) fell to in-state rival Arizona (7-1, 1-0 Big 12) in a regular season meet for the first time since 2016.
• ASU earned a new season high with a 195.725. The Sun Devils had a season-high event total on bars (49.175) and tied the season best on beam (49.025).
• Graduate Emily White had a strong performance in her first all-around outing of the year, scoring a 39.400. Her best outing was a new season high of 9.900 on beam to lead the team. She had at least a 9.825 on all events.
• Shining on bars was graduate Sarah Clark, scoring a 9.925 in the anchor spot to win the event title. That score is the highest score across all events for a Gym Devil this season. She also hit a season-high 9.875 on beam.
• Graduate Jada Mangahas made her season debut on bars, notching a 9.850. She also anchored on vault with a 9.850.
• Also in the all-around was junior Kimberly Smith, earning a 39.050. She scored a career-high 9.850 on bars.
• The attendance was 3,110, the seventh highest in team history.

Results

1. No. 21 Arizona, 196.650
2. Arizona State, 195.725

Rotation One: Vault, 48.825
The Gym Devils were in second after the first rotation on vault. Mangahas led the way with a 9.850 in the anchor, her new season-high score. Making her season debut on vault, White followed behind, scoring a 9.825. 

Rotation Two: Bars, 49.150
ASU remained in second after competing on bars. The spotlight was on Clark with a score of 9.925, achieving her first 9.9 score of the season and the new team best on bars so far this season. Smith tallied a 9.850, her new career high on bars. Mangahas made her season debut on bars with a 9.850. 

Rotation Three: Beam, 49.025
With pressure on after a fall earlier in the lineup, the three after hit solid routines. White scored her new season best on beam with a 9.900, the highest in the event. Similarly, Clark scored a 9.875 for her new season high on beam to add on. 

Rotation Four: Floor, 48.725
The meet ended on floor with a couple of mishaps to let the meet get away from them. White's 9.850 to round out the meet led the way. Behind her was junior Kayla Lee with a 9.800, her season high on floor.

Up Next
The first Big 12 road meet for Arizona State is at Iowa State on Friday at 5:30 p.m. MST on ESPN+.