FIL-AMERICAN Paris Olympian Levi Jung-Ruivivar and senior Ava Sorrento scored a pair of 9.850s at the bars as Stanford won its first Atlantic Coast Conference dual meet of the year inside Carmichael Arena.
Their efforts contributed to the Cardinals’ effort to topple University of North Carolina, 197.225–196.400, on Sunday afternoon, in Chapel Hill, N.C.
The Cardinals had a season-high 39.600 all-around performance from senior Anna Roberts, who claimed her first all-around title of the season, highlighted by a nearly perfect career-best 9.975 on floor to claim the apparatus title.
Sophomore Ui Soma snared the bars’ title with a season-best 9.925, while Roberts, juniors Sienna Robinson and Temple Landry, and freshman Ana Bărbosu shared the beam title with equal scores of 9.925.
Stanford opened the meet on bars with an impressive rotation, improving its team total from 49.050 in the season opener to a 49.425 at UNC.
Soma anchored the rotation with a season-best 9.925, while Roberts posted a 9.900 in the fourth position.
Bărbosu recorded a career-best 9.875 in fifth spot, and Robinson matched that score in the third position.
After one rotation, Stanford held a slim 0.300 edge, 49.425–49.125.
The Cardinals closed the meet with the NCAA Division 1’s third-best beam score this season.
They totalled 49.550 behind four 9.925 routines from Robinson, Landry, Bărbosu and Roberts.
The freshman Jung-Ruivivar added a 9.850 in the second position to complete the lineup.
