After checking the scoreboard too often and not seeing the standings in the order they had hoped, members of UCLA's women's gymnastics team stopped looking up and instead looked within themselves.
One of the "Super Six" teams that advanced to the NCAA team finals last weekend in St. Louis, the Bruins trailed defending champion Oklahoma by 0.375 points on Saturday after performing on floor exercise and vault. Peeking at the standings was weakening their concentration.
"We got in trouble for looking halfway through, after vault. We were taking away from the team and our Bruins bubble," said junior Katelyn Ohashi, who was shaken up in a car accident the night before the team traveled to St.