2023 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships Bracket | Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Record Book

SAN FRANCISCO - After every Pac-12 women's gymnastics team qualified for NCAA Regionals for the first time in conference history a season ago, the league repeated that feat for a second consecutive year in 2023. All eight Pac-12 squads will compete in the 2023 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships after the field was announced Monday morning live on NCAA.com. Regionals get underway on Wednesday, March 29.

• Five Pac-12 teams claimed a top-16 seed - No. 4 UCLA, No. 5 Utah, No. 7 California, No. 11 Oregon State and No. 15 Arizona State.
• The Bruins will host the Los Angeles Regional at Pauley Pavilion with Utah, Stanford and Washington all competing at the site.
• The Bears and Sun Devils will be at the Pittsburgh Regional, while the Beavers are in the Denver Regional along with Arizona.
• Utah completed the three-peat at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships on March 18 at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah, becoming the second team in conference history to win three consecutive titles and the first since the Pac-12 expanded in 2012. Oregon State's Jade Carey won the all-around title for the second straight year, just the fourth Pac-12 gymnast to win it back-to-back all time.

No. 4 UCLA will compete at home as the top seed in the Los Angeles Regional after posting the best NQS (197.950) in the conference in 2023. The Bruins will face off against No. 13 Missouri, Stanford and the winner of BYU/Boise State in the second session on Thursday, March 30. At the Pac-12 Championships, the Bruins came within .075 of the title, finishing in second behind the Utes and were led by sophomore Olympian Jordan Chiles, who won a share of the 2023 Pac-2 Floor Title. UCLA has won a total of 24 NCAA Regional titles and are looking to make a run at their ninth NCAA title and first since 2018.

No. 5 Utah will also start its NCAA run in Southern California, competing in the first session of the Los Angeles Regional against No. 12 Auburn, Southern Utah and Washington on Thursday, March 30. The Utes, fresh of their third straight Pac-12 title and fourth regular-season title, will be competing for a record 47th-consecutive national championship appearance this season and are the only program in the nation to qualify for every national championship. The Red Rocks have won 33 regional titles (30 NCAA) and have finished second the other 13 years. After third-place finishes at the last two National Finals, the Utes are looking to break through and win their first national title since 1995. after a third-place finish a season ago. Senior Maile O'Keefe, the nation's leader on the beam, will be key to a Utes' championship hopes.

No. 7 California will travel to Pittsburgh to face off against No. 10 Michigan State, Western Michigan and West Virginia in the Regional Semifinals after qualifying for the 11th consecutive season (27th all-time). The Bears are coming off their best Pac-12 Championships team score of all time (197.825), which earned them third place. California earned a share of the regular-season title for the second consecutive year and posted 198-plus at back-to-back meets on the final regular season weekend for its best two scores in program history. Junior Mya Lauzon had a breakout year, earning the program's first 10.0 on beam on March 12 and becoming the first Bear all-time to earn a Pac-12 beam title after she finished in a tie for first on the event at the championships.

No. 11 Oregon State heads to Denver to begin NCAA postseason action against No. 6 LSU, Georgia and Nebraska on Thursday, March 31. The Beavers are making their 49th consecutive postseason and will be competing for their 30th national championship appearance. OSU is looking to win their first regional title since 2011, which came in Corvallis. Oregon State is led by back-to-back Pac-12 All-Around Champion is led by Jade Carey and super senior Madi Dagen, who was named the 2023 Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Carey led the Pac-12 with seven Perfect 10s this year, which included her first career 10.0 on beam on March 4, becoming just the 13th gymnast in NCAA history to complete the gym slam (10.0 on every event during career). The Beavers are seeking their best finish in the NCAA Championships for the first time since 1991 when they finished fourth.

No. 15 Arizona State will make its fifth-straight NCAA Regional with its third consecutive top-16 seed. The Sun Devils will join the Bears in Pittsburgh, taking on No. 2 Florida, Maryland and the winner of the Towson/Penn State play-in dual. ASU has had an outstanding regular season, finishing with an NQS over 197 for just the third time in program history and the second time under head coach Jay Santos. The Sun Devils also captured their first win over Utah since 2003 and handed Oregon State is first loss of the season as part of a three-meet winning streak. ASU is led by senior star Hannah Scharf, who earned the Pac-12 Coaches Choice Award twice and secured the big upset win over the Utes with her first-place floor performance and all-around title. Arizona State looks to top its best finish of second place (1997) and claim its first NCAA championship. 

Stanford will enter postseason competition for second straight year and the 41st time as the Cardinal will compete in the second session of the Los Angeles Regional on Thursday, March 30 alongside conference-foe UCLA, No. 13 UCLA and the winner of the BYU/Boise State play-in dual. Stanford started the season 5-0 with senior Chloe Widner and sophomore Brenna Neault leading the way. Widner ranks in the top 30 in the country in NQS for beam (28th) and bars (T-18th), while Neault tied for third on beam at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships.

Washington will be the fourth Pac-12 team competing at the Los Angeles Regional, facing No. 5 Utah, No. 12 Auburn and Southern Utah in the first session on Thursday, March 30. The Huskies have now qualified for NCAA postseason for the second consecutive year after last year's appearance was their first since 2018. The GymDawgs are coming of a season in which they earned the sixth-highest NQS in program history (196.585). Super senior Amara Cunningham has made the most of her final season, highlighted by her Pac-12 Specialist of the Week honor on Jan. 24 after earning a share of the floor title against UCLA. This will be Washington's ninth NCAA postseason appearance all-time. 

Arizona will make their fourth-straight appearance (34th all-time) and face off in the play-in meet against Arizona will face off against West Virginia in a play-in meet against North Carolina in the Denver Regional on Wednesday, March 29. The winner will advance to the eight-team round of the Regional against No. 3 Michigan, host No. 14 Denver and Minnesota. The GymCats were steadied this year by senior Malia Hargrove, who earned her first Pac-12 weekly awards as the Coaches Choice on Feb. 24 after posting career-best scores on vault, beam, floor and in the all-around, finishing in the top-three in every event against Oregon State.

REGIONALS FORMAT 

There are four regional sites each consisting of nine teams and approximately three all-around competitors that are not on a qualifying team. Each regional will also include four individual specialists per event, who will also be individuals not on a qualifying team.  

This year, the four regional sites are: 

• Magness Arena (Denver) 

• Pauley Pavilion (Los Angeles) 

• Lloyd Noble Center (Norman, Oklahoma) 

• Petersen Events Center (Pittsburgh) 

The top 36 teams in the Road to Nationals rankings – based on national qualifying score (NQS) are selected to compete in the NCAA Regionals. The NCAA selection committee will identify the top 16 teams and seed them in the bracket to lock in their spot, while teams 17-36 are arranged geographically at one of the four regional sites.  

Host teams will remain home to compete, even if they are not in the top-16. The NCAA selection committee will identify the top 12 all-around competitors and top 16 event specialists (four per event) based on national qualifying scores and those individuals will be placed geographically. Individuals from the same team will remain together.  

Regionals will span from Wednesday, March 29-Sunday, April 2. The first day of competition is a dual meet that will serve as a play-in meet to enter the next round. 

The second round will consist of eight teams, and the regional final just four. Regional competition will consist of nine teams, three all-around individual competitors, and four individual specialists for each event.  

UPCOMING SCHEDULE 

CONFERENCE NQS