DAVIS, Calif. – Heading into the regular-season finale with a top 15 regional qualifying score, California women's gymnastics looked to protect its standing with a strong road score. The No. 14 Golden Bears turned in a strong showing and then some, tallying the highest score in school history, a 197.500, to win the UC Davis triangular Friday evening in Davis, Calif. The Bears finished ahead of the hosting Aggies (195.975) and Sacramento State (195.425).

The program-high 197.500 helps Cal secure a 196.555 RQS and a spot at the Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Championship's session featuring the conference's top four teams for the first time since the conference expanded its championship event to a two-session format.

The Bears rode season-high team totals on every event to their record-breaking finale, including the highest beam total (49.35), second-highest floor total (49.45) and third-highest bars total (49.475) in school history. Cal's 49.225 on vault matched a season-best.

Cal swept every event title, with three different Bears picking up first place between the four events. Sophomore Toni-Ann Williams took the uneven bars (9.925) and floor (9.95) crowns, sophomore Arianna Robinson won vault (9.90) and junior Jessica Howe took gold on beam (9.95).

Cal made a statement quickly with its second-highest floor score in school history and a season-best 49.45, a score that included two career-highs and a pair of season-high totals. Williams led with a season-high and meet-best 9.95, and sophomore teammate Robinson added a season-best of her own with a 9.875. Howe's career-high 9.875 was her third of 2016, and Draghi punctuated a stellar first rotation with a career-best 9.925, besting her previous high of 9.90 set earlier this season.

The strong scoring carried over to vault, where yet again the Bears landed a season-high team total, a 49.225. Junior Desiree Palomares led off with a season-high 9.85. A trio of season-bests followed Palomares' opening effort, including season-highs from juniors Amber Takara (9.80) and Emily Richardson (9.85), plus a career-high 9.90 from Robinson for her first vault title.

Cal's bar rotation saw five of its six competitors hit highs, including four career-highs. Richardson started the Bears off by matching her career-best 9.85, and all three Bears that followed her also notched career-highs of their own – Takara (9.90), freshman Sofie Seilnacht (9.90) and Howe (9.925). Williams' 9.925 was a season-high to help her to the bars crown. With four scores at 9.90 or better, Cal soared to its third-highest score on the event in school history at 49.475.

With a 148.150 heading into the final rotation, the Bears would need just a 48.85 to break the 197 mark for the first time all season, while a 49.20 on beam would match the program's all-time high. Like they had all night, Cal offered up that and more, finishing the night with their highest beam score in school history – 49.35.  The event saw two Bears put up scores above 9.90 as Palomares matched her career-high 9.90 and Howe drew a unanimous 9.95 for a new personal best and the beam crown. Richardson added her own career-best 9.875 in her second outing on the apparatus, besting her debut of 9.85 last week.

NEXT UP

With the regular season complete, Cal begins the championship portion of 2016 at the Pac-12 Championships in Seattle, set for Saturday, March 19. The event is split into two sessions, with the teams in each session determined by their RQS ranking. The complete schedule will be announced in the coming days.

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