Like so many of the UW women’s gymnastics team’s meets this season, Friday’s match up with Arizona State showed the team how far they’ve come — and how far they still have to go.

Coming off a 195.8 last weekend against Oregon State and Seattle Pacific, the Husky gymnasts believed anything was possible, including an upset of the Wildcats, whose team had been depleted by injuries.

Halfway through Friday’s competition, it looked more than possible. Washington had masterfully executed its routines on uneven bars and vault, where Ashley Houghting scored a 9.925 to record her 13th victory in less than two seasons. Houghting, a sophomore, now holds the school record for career victories on vault. Junior Nikki Waiss was third on the event with a 9.85.

On the uneven bars, senior Chelsea Bakken and Waiss both recorded scores of 9.85, helping Washington keep pace with Arizona State, which recorded three scores of 9.8 or better on vault and bars.

It was the balance beam, often considered the deciding factor in who wins and loses meets, that was Washington’s downfall. Arizona State went to beam during its third rotation while the Huskies were on floor and dominated the four-inch apparatus, counting no score lower than a 9.825 and four scores of 9.9 or better. The Wildcats pulled away further on their final apparatus to beat the UW 196.525-194.450.

Seattle native April Boone, a senior at ASU, was deemed no less than perfect and awarded a 10 for her routine. Boone’s 10 is the first in the nation to be given on beam this season and helped her clinch the all-around title over Houghting and her ASU teammate Nicole Harris.

Although Houghting proved to be the class of the field on floor exercise with a 9.925, Washington’s bubble had burst. Despite strong performances from Houghting, Kristen Omori and Natalie Gillan on balance beam, Washington’s three lead-off gymnasts struggled or fell, forcing the team to count two scores under 9.5.

“We didn’t finish the meet. [The team] knew they could do better, and they were disappointed,” coach Joanne Bowers said after the competition. “I didn’t have to say anything to anyone about being disappointed, because they were already disappointed.”

Washington will have another chance to pull out a victory this weekend at Minnesota.

Reach reporter Blythe Lawrence at sports@thedaily.washington.edu.