Sunday, January 28
Tempe, Ariz.
11:00 AM
California
at
Arizona State
1/26/2018 2:25 PM | Women's Gymnastics
Cal vs. Arizona
Sunday, Feb. 4 | 2 PM PT | Haas Pavilion | Berkeley, Calif.
TICKETS | LIVE STATS | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER
California women's gymnastics finishes its four-meet season-opening road swing at No.14 Arizona State this Sunday with the Golden Bears looking for their second road victory over a Pac-12 opponent this season. The Bears and Sun Devils are set for an 11 a.m. PT/12 p.m. MT meet at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe, Ariz., airing live on the Pac-12 Networks.The Bears took individual victories on every event in their last outing despite a loss at then-No. 13 Washington. A rocky start on bars put the Bears in a hole early, but Cal set a season-high team total on the vault and topped the 49.0 mark on floor for the second time this season. Toni-Ann Williams raced to a 49.325 all-around total and picked up the vault (9.90) and floor (9.925) titles along the way.
Despite their recent slow starts, the Bears have continue to trust their season-long growing process, and the deep squad is seeing strong contributions from numerous Bears in the lineup. California heads to Tempe with two Bears ranked among the nation's top 30 on their events, including Alma Kuc (24th, uneven bars) and Alicia Gallarzo (26th, balance beam).
.
HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION: Fans can catch the Bears live on Pac-12 Networ, as well as follow the action on the Pac-12 Now app on mobile, and by watching at www.Pac-12.com/live on the web. A link to live stats will be available via the women's gymnastics schedule page on CalBears.com. Follow @CalWGym on Twitter and Instagram for scoring updates, behind-the-scenes photos and videos and the latest information, and like Facebook.com/CalWGym for more on the Bears.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
49.050California's score on the floor this weekend, topped by Toni-Ann Williams 9.925 on the event, moved the team into 24th place in the national rankings.
5
The Bears swept all event titles at No. 13 Washington (Toni-Ann Williams -- V, FX, AA; Nina Schank -- UB; Kyana George -- BB). Williams recorded a season-high 39.325 as an all-arounder.
26
Alicia Gallarzo was the runner-up on the balance beam at Washington with a season-high 9.875, moving her into 26th place nationally on the event.
LAST TIME OUT: NO. 23 CAL COULDN'T COME BACK AT NO. 13 WASHINGTON
The Bears won all four individual event titles but fell at No.13 Washington, 196.325-194.850, to suffer their first Pac-12 loss of the season.• The Bears logged their highest vault score of the season, following the season trend of improvement with a 48.925.
• Cal took every event title, with Toni-Ann Williams leading the way with three event wins, including her season-high all-around total (39.325).
• Williams also tallied season-highs on vault (9.90) and floor (9.925) to win those events.
• Nina Schank collected her first collegiate bars title with a 9.925, one of only two 9.925s across any event in the meet.
• Kyana George won beam with a 9.90.
• Alicia Gallarzo marked her season-high beam score (9.875), moving up to No. 26 in the nation on the event.
• Cal took the beam event over the Huskies, outscoring Washington 48.975-48.900.
RANKED ON THE ROAD TO NATIONALS
The Golden Bears opened 2018 at No. 11 in the Road to Nationals preseason coaches poll, the program's second-highest ranking in school history. Cal's No. 11 ranking was just one spot behind last season's best-ever No. 10 ranking.Cal is set to face four opponents ranked in the Road to Nationals preseason top 25 this season, and nearly every single program the Bears will face this season is ranked or received votes in the preseason poll, including two top-three programs in Utah (No. 5) and UCLA (6), and seven top 30 programs, including Washington (15), Stanford (18), Arizona (26), Minnesota (27) and Central Michigan (30).
Cal's results against top 25 ranked opponents in 2018 (using rankings at time of competition):
No. 18 Stanford -- W, 195.475-194.925
No. 21 BYU -- L, 196.025-194.350
No. 13 Washington -- L, 196.325-194.850
NEXT ROTATION
For the first time this season, California competes at home in Berkeley when the Golden Bears host the Arizona Wildcats at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 4.
ALL-ACCESS PASS
Join Cal Women's Gymnastics in the social media realm for behind-the-scenes access to the Bears. Follow Cal on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for meet scores, practice updates, exclusive photos, videos and more.Find Cal at:
• Twitter: @CalWGym
• Facebook: Facebook.com/CalWGym
• Instagram: @CalWGym
Players Mentioned
AA
/ Women's Gymnastics
AA
/ Women's Gymnastics
AA
/ Women's Gymnastics
AA
/ Women's Gymnastics
AA
/ Women's GymnasticsWednesday, February 19
Wednesday, February 19
Thursday, January 23
Tuesday, January 21
