Ute Gymnasts stumble to tie with Washington. Ute Gymnasts stumble to tie with Washington.
Utes bounce out of sole ownership of first on the floor exercise.
And that's exactly what happened when the meet concluded and the Utes stumbled to a tie with Washington. The Utes were rolling toward their 28th win in as many attempts against UW when they almost bounced right out of contention on the floor exercise. Freshman Melissa Vituj fell on her first pass, just her second fall on any event all year, Shannon Bowles stepped out of bounds and Theresa Wolf bounced all the way off the mat. Just like that, Washington was in position to win its first meet ever with the Utes. Certainly, Utah's .40 lead going into the fourth rotation loomed small, as the Utes were headed to their lowest scoring event, the vault, and Washington would finish on its best event, the floor.