Cougar gymnasts battle Aggies and Thunderbirds at home

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BYU’s women’s gymnastics team is back at home to compete against in-state rivals Utah State and Southern Utah on Saturday at 1 p.m.

BYU is 1-6 on the season, with the team’s sole win coming against Southern Utah at the beginning of the 2012 season. Southern Utah and Utah State also have records of 1-6. The Thunderbirds’ highest team score this season is 194.525 and the Aggies’ is 194.875. Southern Utah’s only victory this season was during a tri-meet against Utah State and Boise State. Because all three of the teams competing Saturday have found success against at least one of the teams this season already, it should make for an interesting competition.

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BYU gymnasts will wear pink in this week's meet to support finding a cure for cancer
When BYU and Southern Utah competed earlier in the season, the Cougars were able to take advantage of Thunderbird falls, as well as overcome a couple of their own, to win the meet 194.800-194.050. It was during this meet senior Krysten Koval achieved her career best score on beam, earning a 9.950.

Southern Utah coach Scott Bauman said in a news release that both falls during the meet and some gymnasts being injured led to the loss against BYU because they “put a great deal of pressure on our other gymnasts to have to perform.”

BYU is coming off a loss against No. 14 Arizona, though the meet did give BYU its second-highest team score of the season. And with the season now more than half over, head coach Brad Cattermole is looking for all the women to step up and perform their best.

“If everyone on the team isn’t going as hard as they can, we’re going to be in trouble,” Cattermole said in a news release.

Junior Sarah Yandow has been working hard all season long, trying to prove how good she can be. Yandow’s highest scores this season were on vault against Arizona and Southern Utah. She scored a 9.775 at both meets. Ever since the second meet of the season, Yandow has competed on vault, bars and floor, improving and performing consistently from meet to meet.

“If you believe you can do it, you will,” Yandow said, “And that goes individually and as a team.”

This meet is also the annual Pink Meet and BYU will wear pink leotards to promote breast cancer awareness. Admission is only $1 for anyone wearing pink. The meet will also be broadcast on BYUtv.

The women’s gymnastics team’s next meet is away against Texas Women’s on March 3.

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