THIS WEEK IN ALASKA ANCHORAGE GYMNASTICS ...
 
Sunday, Jan. 11 – 1 pm AST – The Nest – Sacramento, Calif.
Alaska Anchorage (0-0) at Sacramento State (0-0)
 
LIVE VIDEO (pay-per-view): overnght.com
LIVE SCORING: roadtonationals.com/results/schedule/meet/31609
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2026 SEASON ARRIVES: The Alaska Anchorage gymnastics team makes its 2026 debut this week with a meet at traditional rival Sacramento State, facing the Hornets in a dual competition Sunday at 1 p.m. AST.
 
SEASON PREVIEW: UAA returns 11 letterwinners from last year's team that compiled a 191.866 average and a 192.435 national qualifying score (NQS) ... the Seawolves also have three returning gymnasts with squad experience, while welcoming six true freshmen.
 
2025 REVIEW: The 2025 Seawolves recorded the second-best floor NQS (48.450) and the third-best floor average (48.336) in the program's Div. I history (since 2002) ... UAA's overall (191.325) and beam (47.948) averages each ranked fifth on the program lists ... the 193.325 and 193.000 scores Feb. 21 and 23 ranked as UAA's best ever in back-to-back regular-season meets and ranked 10th and 12th on the program list ... UAA's 49.025 floor score ranked No. 2 in program history, while the 48.650 Feb. 10 at Oregon State tied for No. 16 ... the Seawolves matched the No. 4 bars total (48.900) in program history with their Mar. 9 performance at Towson, while the 48.450 Feb. 21 tied for No. 19 ... the 48.500 vault score at the MPSF meet tied for No. 9 on the program list and was UAA's second-best on that apparatus since 2017.
 
THE SERIES...
vs Sac State: Sac State leads 55-10 overall, 26-3 at Sac
Last: Sac State 194.575-193.300 (2/23/25 at UAA)
Streak: Sac State 9
Notes: This marks the ninth consecutive non-pandemic season that the teams will meet in regular-season competition ... Sac State has won every meeting since 1993, with the exception of UAA's 193.125-191.625 victory in 2019 at UC Davis ... Sac State has won 21 straight in Sacramento ... Sac State is UAA's most common opponent with 65 regular-season meetings, beginning with the Seawolves' inaugural season in 1985.
 
'WOLF BITES:  Senior Ariana DeSouza competed in every meet on floor and beam in 2025, recording the No. 4 floor average (9.758) and No. 12 floor NQS (9.775) in program history ... DeSouza scored 9.725 or better on 11 of 12 routines, ending her season with a WCGNIC Second Team award on floor (9.775) ... senior Madelyn Gomez returned from injury to bolster bars and floor lineups over final six meets last year, scoring 9.5 or better on eight of 10 routines ... junior Jada Niles competed on uneven bars in every meet last season, earning 9.65 or better in four of her last five bars routines, including a career-high 9.8 to tie for fifth place at the MPSF Championships ... junior Claudia Lessig has contributed in every meet over her first two seasons, posting the team's second-best average (9.564) and NQS (9.665) on bars in 2025 ... Lessig earned individual victories with 9.8 on beam Feb. 23 against Sac State and 9.725 on bars at West Chester, and finished with a WCGNIC First Team award (9.8) on beam ... sophomore Hannah Boyd earned Second Team All-MPSF honors as all-arounder with 37.893 average over seven competitions in 2025 … Boyd competed in all 12 meets as a rookie, capturing the MPSF Freshman of the Week award for Feb. 17-23 after solid three-event efforts against Sac State ... junior Jamilia Duffus contributed in every meet on uneven bars and 11 of 12 meets on vault in her first year as a Seawolf … a transfer from Talladega, Duffus earned individual victories with a 9.775 on bars and a 9.7 on vault in the Jan. 23 & 25 wins over Greenville.
 
2025 SEAWOLF INDIVIDUAL HONORS
(returners only)
HANNAH BOYD
Second Team All-MPSF (All-Around)
MPSF Freshman of the Week, Feb. 17-23
ARIANA DESOUZA
WCGNIC Second Team 'All-America' (FX)
MPSF All-Academic Team
JAMILIA DUFFUS
Second Team All-MPSF (UB)
MADELYN GOMEZ
MPSF All-Academic Team
CLAUDIA LESSIG
WCGNIC First Team 'All-America' (BB)
MPSF All-Academic Team
JADA NILES
WCGNIC First Team 'All-America' (BB)
MPSF All-Academic Team
BREEANN SPAIN
MPSF All-Academic Team
AVERY TILLMANNS
MPSF All-Academic Team