Lopez Earns Bars Title in Quad Meet at Washington

Friday, January 10

Seattle, Wash.

7:30 p.m. MT

Boise State

195.050

194.800

Washington

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1/10/2025 10:47:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics

SEATTLE – Boise State gymnastics opened the 2025 season finishing second at a quad meet at Washington on Friday. The Broncos (195.050) earned victories over Washington (194.800) and No. 29 UC Davis (193.375), but fell to Stanford (195.600).

Fifth year Emily Lopez won the bars title with a 9.850, marking the sole event title the Broncos earned.

Boise State took an early lead after the first rotation as Lopez led the way with a 9.850 on beam. The Broncos recorded a team score of 48.900 with the next closest being Stanford with a 48.775 after bars.

The Blue and Orange continued its lead after floor, scoring a 48.950 on the apparatus. Senior Emma Loyim ended the second rotation with a team-high score of 9.875.

The Broncos posted a 48.550 on vault, but Stanford took the lead at the conclusion of the third rotation. The team put up a 48.650 in the final rotation, where Lopez performed the last bars routine of the night and scored another 9.850, the highest of the meet.

Top Broncos

Emily Lopez was named the bars champion, marking the 14th of her career and moving her into third in program history.
Emma Loyim finished third on floor, scoring 9.875.

Notables

Boise State recorded the highest team beam score of the meet, posting a 48.900.
The Blue and Orange earned its fourth win in Seattle in program history.
The Broncos marked their 12th-consecutive win over the Aggies, improving the all-time series record to 25-1.
Boise State's victory over No. 29 UC Davis is the highest ranked win since March 1, 2024 when the Broncos hosted and defeated No. 16 Minnesota and No. 26 Washington.
Freshmen Noelle Ball, Bridget Kemp and Kristina Shchennikova made their Boise State debuts.

Quotables

"What a great start to our season," head coach Tina Bird said. "I am so proud of how the team competed. They stayed calm, cool and collected. We have some work to do to get to where we want to be, but I am excited about where this team is going."
"Emily Lopez was her usual, amazing self coming out of the gate with the win on bars," Bird said. "She is always someone we can count on and put up three great scores tonight."

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