SEATTLE – Earning its best regular-season team score since 2016, No. 24 Stanford topped No. 26 Washington in Alaska Airlines Arena Monday 197.075-196.625.
Sophomore Brenna Neault won the all-around with a career-best score of 39.650, two-and-a-half tenths better than her previous collegiate best, as well as the beam title with a career-high score of 9.950. Freshman Anna Roberts won her fourth vault title of the season, while senior Chloe Widner earned the top score of the meet on bars with a career-best mark of 9.975.
Throughout the meet, the Cardinal saw seven routines that matched or set collegiate-best efforts en route to its first 197.000-or-better score of the season.
The Cardinal started the meet with its best bars rotation since the 2016 season and the team's best single event score of its 2023 campaign. Stanford's 49.525 team score was led by Widner's title-winning 9.975, and career-best scores of 9.950 and 9.900 from Neault and Roberts, respectively. Freshman Claire Dean and sophomore Ira Alexeeva each added scores of 9.825.
Stanford then followed with its best vault rotation of the year, scoring 49.175. Roberts' 9.900 led the way, followed by season-bests of 9.875 and 9.850 from Widner and Neault. Rounding out the Cardinal's scoring efforts was a 9.775 from senior Madison Brunette and a 9.725 from freshman Taralyn Nguyen.
On floor, the Cardinal saw its top scores from Neault (career-best matching) and Roberts, each scoring a 9.900. Neault's huge routine came after an uncharacteristic misstep from Brunette and turned Stanford's floor rotation back in the right direction. Nguyen matched her career-best score with a 9.875, and Dean earned her second 9.825 score of the day in the leadoff spot. Sophomore Katya Sander anchored the rotation with a 9.725.
Stanford finished the meet on beam, highlighted by Neault's career-best 9.950. Alexeeva and Dean notched the team's second-best scores, both earning 9.825, while Widner and Roberts added scores of 9.775 and 9.750, respectively.
The Cardinal returns to the friendly confines of Maples Pavilion Friday, Feb. 24 for a meeting with the Oregon State Beavers. The meet celebrates Stanford's senior class and will celebrate Jade Chrobok, Isabela Onyshko, Addie Stonecipher and Widner's careers in a Cardinal leotard. Action is set to begin at 7 p.m.
