An opening mistake on the uneven bars by freshman Emily Mueller might have spelled doom for the Arizona GymCats a couple of years ago. The team lacked depth and the margin for error was very small. On Wednesday afternoon, it just meant that the team picked things up and hit the next 23 routines for the 196.525 to 195.925 victory over West Virginia.
“(Mueller) felt that she let the team down,” said head coach John Court. “And I think that’s normal in that instance. And I told her, ‘We have three more events to go and the team has your back.