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Stanford (4-5, 1-1 Pac-12)
No. 18 Washington (2-4, 0-2 Pac-12)
Sun., Feb. 5 • 1 p.m. (PT)
Maples Pavilion • Stanford, Calif.
Television • Pac-12 Networks
Live Statistics • Via GoStanford.com
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Lead Image by Hector Garcia-Molina/Stanford Athletics

STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford will compete at home for the second time in as many weeks, playing host to No. 18 Washington on Sunday at 1 p.m. (PT) in Maples Pavilion.
 
The Cardinal (4-5, 1-1 Pac-12) has increased its team score in each meet this season, including a season-best 195.900 this past weekend in a victory against Arizona. Stanford registered season-highs in three of four events against the Wildcats.
 
The Cardinal will use Sunday's meet to support childhood cancer awareness and wear gold ribbons – the official color of the cause – during the meet.
 
The meet will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks and live statistics will be available via GoStanford.com. ***Last Time Out
• Five Stanford gymnasts scored season-highs on floor to propel the Cardinal to a comeback victory against Arizona last Sunday. The Cardinal scored season-highs in three-of-four events to produce a season-best 195.900.
 
• Elizabeth Price continued her dominance this season, winning vault (9.900), bars (9.925) and floor (9.925). She has scored 9.900 or higher in 49-of-77 (64 percent) of her performances during her collegiate career and has won seven of the nine events she has competed in this season.
 
• Stanford's freshman class of Kaylee Cole, Ashley Tai and Aleeza Yu had terrific home debuts. Cole contributed scores in each of her three events, including vault (9.800), beam (9.750) and floor (9.775).
 
• Tai earned a second place finish on beam with a 9.850 to go along with a 9.800 on vault. Yu stepped into a vault position just before the rotation began and earned a 9.850 to finish second. Yu added a 9.775 on bars.

Highlights from Stanford's meet against Arizona.

Leading the Way
• Stanford is led this season by co-captains Nicolette McNair and Elizabeth Price. The All-America duo possess a wealth of experience and accomplishments throughout their careers.
 
Experienced Group
• Stanford returns six gymnasts and 14 routines from last year's NCAA Championships roster. The Cardinal has four gymnasts who were part of the lineups that competed in the 2015 NCAA Super Six finals in Fort Worth, Texas, on the Cardinal's fifth-place team. They are: Danielle McNair, Nicolette McNair, Elizabeth Price and Haley Spector.
 
Consistently One of the Best in the Country
• Stanford is one of seven teams in the nation to make at least seven Super Six appearances in the past 15 years (2002-16). (Alabama-14, Utah-11, Georgia-11, UCLA-10, Florida-10, Stanford-7, Nebraska-7)
 
• Stanford has competed in the NCAA Championships in 13 of the past 16 years, including nine times in the past 10 seasons.
 
• A misconception about the Cardinal is that it comes out of nowhere during championship season. However, it should not be a surprise and is not a fluke, as evidenced by the team consistently finishing among the top in the nation.
 
• The Cardinal coaching staff enters each season with a carefully calculated outline of goals for different points during the season. A major focus for the beginning of the season is on consistency, building depth in lineups and health. As the season continues, the Cardinal adds difficulty and unique elements to routines to ensure it peaks during postseason competition.

Elizabeth Price has won seven of the nine events she's competed in this season. (Photo by Mike Rasay/ISIPhotos.com)

Price Continues to Dominate
• Elizabeth Price picked up where she left off last season and has won at least two events in the three meets she has competed in this season (she missed one competition due to illness). Price has won seven of the nine events she has competed in this season.
 
• Price has scored 9.900 or higher in 49-of-77 (64 percent) performances during her collegiate career.
 
• Price became the second Cardinal gymnast to earn Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year honors in program history last season. She also claimed Regular Season All-America recognition in the all-around, vault and bars. She accumulated four honors through her first two years after earning first-team honors on vault as a freshman in 2015.
 
• Price won or tied for three 2016 NCAA Ann Arbor Regional honors, finishing first in the all-around (39.575) and bars (9.975) and tying for first on floor (9.900).
 
• Price tied for the 2016 Pac-12 title on bars (9.900), tied for second on vault (9.900), and tied for seventh on floor (9.875). She placed fourth in the all-around with a 39.475.
 
• Price won the all-around in eight of the 10 meets she competed in the event last season, including a season-best 39.675 at UCLA and Georgia (March 6). She finished the regular season tied for fifth in the nation in the all-around with an RQS of 39.570.
 
• Price scored 9.825 or higher in 40-of-43 performances in 2016. She won 57 percent of the events she competed in last season (30 individual event victories in 53 possible events).
 
• Price became the fifth gymnast in Pac-12 history to earn four Gymnast of the Week honors in one season in 2016 (Kirsten Maloney, UCLA, 2005; Vanessa Zamarripa, UCLA, 2013; Makayla Stambaugh, Oregon State, 2013; Georgia Dabritz, Utah, 2015; Elizabeth Price, Stanford, 2016). Utah's MyKayla Skinner became the sixth Pac-12 gymnast to accomplish this feat in 2017.

Elizabeth Price won all three of her events against Washington.

Cole Continues Strong Start
• Freshman Kaylee Cole has scored 9.800 or higher on vault in three-of-four meets, including two scores of 9.875. She has helped provide consistency on floor with three scores of 9.700 or higher. Cole has hit 11-of-13 of her routines this season.

Freshman Kaylee Cole has had a strong start to her collegiate career. (Photo by Hector Garcia-Molina/Stanford Athletics)

Consistency from McNair
• Nicolette McNair returned from an offseason injury and has continued her role as one of the Cardinal's most consistent gymnasts. She has gotten stronger each week and is contributing scores regularly on vault, bars and beam.
 
• McNair was one of Stanford's most consistent gymnasts in 2016. She scored 9.800 or higher in 31-of-37 routines in 2016 and has hit 111-of-120 routines (92.5 percent) on vault, bars and beam in her career.
 
Daum Establishes Role in the All-Around
• Senior Rachel Daum made her collegiate debut in the all-around at the season-opening NorCal Classic and went 38.700 to finish third overall and improved on her score four days later at the UC Davis Quad Meet with a 38.975 to finish second.
 
• Daum hasn't competed in the all-around in the past two weeks but is expected to be a main contributor in each event throughout the season.
 
A Welcome Return
• Sophomore Taryn Fitzgerald returned to Stanford's lineups after having her debut season in 2016 cut short due to injury. She has hit each of her routines this year and tied her career best of 9.800 on beam at the UC Davis Quad Meet (Jan. 13).
 
• Fitzgerald was establishing herself as a regular in Stanford's lineup on vault, beam and floor before she was injured in practice last season.

Taryn Fitzgerald has hit each of her beam routines this season. (Photo by Karen Ambrose Hickey/Stanford Athletics)

Early Impact By the Underclassmen
• Four gymnasts made their collegiate debuts at the NorCal Classic including freshmen Kaylee Cole, Ashley Tai and Aleeza Yu, and redshirt freshman Hailee Hoffman. The quartet have been regulars in lineups throughout the season.
 
• Yu is coming back from an offseason injury and competed on bars in each meet, hitting all four of her routines (9.825, 9.825, 9.725, 9.775). She made her debut on vault against Arizona and finished second with a 9.850.
 
• Tai established her place in the vault and beam lineups. She has hit all four of her vaults, including three scores of 9.800 or higher. Tai pas scored 9.800 or better in her past three beam routines.
 
• Hoffman has appeared in vault and floor lineups and had her best meet of the year at Southern Utah. She went 9.725 on vault and 9.775 on floor. Hoffman continued her momentum against Arizona with a season-best 9.800 on floor.
 
McNair Puts In Work
• Danielle McNair has competed in the most events of any Stanford gymnast this season. She has competed in the all-around in each of the past three meets. McNair was a regular on vault and bars during her first three years but has earned her spot in the beam and floor lineups.
 
• McNair had her best meet of the year at Southern Utah, posting a 9.850 on vault and a career-high 39.000 in the all-around.

Spector Provides Power on Floor
• Haley Spector provided big scores on floor in 2016 and will be a crucial member of the lineup this season. She went 9.775 or higher in nine meets last year, including two scores of 9.925. Spector has been limited this season by injury.
 
Stanford at the 2016 NCAA Championships
• Stanford returned to the NCAA Championships for the 13th time in the past 16 years, two gymnasts combined for five All-America honors and the Cardinal finished fourth in its semifinal (195.575) – its 11th top-10 finish since 2002.
 
• Elizabeth Price earned first-team All-America honors in the all-around, vault, bars and beam. Ivana Hong claimed first-team recognition on beam.
 
Four Named 2016 All-Pac-12
• The Cardinal was well-represented on the All-Pac-12 team with Elizabeth Price (all-around) and Melissa Chuang (beam) named to the first team, and Taylor Rice (all-around) and Ivana Hong (beam) earning second team honors.
 
• It is the fourth all-conference honor for Hong, second for Rice and Price, and the first for Chuang.
 
Super Six in the Classroom
• Six Stanford gymnasts earned 2016 Pac-12 All-Academic recognition, including Jenna Frowein (architecture) who claimed her third consecutive first-team honor. Honorable mention selections included Melissa Chuang (international relations), Rachel Daum (human biology), Ivana Hong (human biology and sociology), Taylor Rice (international relations) and Haley Spector (human biology).
 
In the Rankings
• Stanford is ranked in the top 25 in the following events based on its season average:
Vault: 15th, 49.006
Beam: 25th, 48.656
 
• Stanford gymnasts are ranked in the top 25 in the following events based on their season average:
Vault
Elizabeth Price, 7th, 9.908
 
Bars
Elizabeth Price, 3rd, 9.925
 
Floor
Elizabeth Price, T-17th, 9.888