Cal Hosts Quad Meet To Close Regular Season

Sunday, March 17

Berkeley, CA

2:00 PM

California

California, San Jose State, Sacramento State, Illinois

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3/15/2019 1:45 PM | Women's Gymnastics

Meet Notes: Cal Quad Meet

Bears Look To Lock Up Perfect Home Record For Senior Day On Sunday At 2 PM

By: Cal Athletics

No. 16 Cal vs. Illinois, San Jose State and Sacramento State

Sunday, March 17 | 2 PM PT | Haas Pavilion | Berkeley, Calif.

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For the final time this year, No. 16 California women's gymnastics returns to Haas Pavilion to close out the regular season against Illinois, San Jose State and Sacramento State in a quad meet beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday. A live stream of the meet, including commentary by Evan Heiter, will be available.

The Golden Bears look to lock up a top-four seed in the Pac-12 Championships next week with a strong showing at home to improve their regional qualifying score. The Bears are undefeated in Haas this year with a home season-high score of 196.700.

The Bears will wrap the regular season with at least 10 different gymnasts claiming a combined 32 event titles thus far, plus 76 top 3 finishes. Milan Clausi and Kyana George lead the deep and talented squad with eight titles apiece, while event specialists including Emi Watterson, Rachael Mastrangelo and Nina Schank have earned multiple titles this season. Maya Bordas is coming off her second event title win with a 9.90 on beam last weekend, and fellow freshman Talitha Jones upped her career-high totals on all three of her events to help the Bears.

IN-MEET PROMOTIONS: Cal will honor seniors Sylvie Seilnacht, Sofie Seilnacht, Chelsea Shu and Toni-Ann Williams in a post-meet ceremony. As with all Cal gymnastics home meets, fans can enjoy a live DJ, the Blue & Gold fan zone with cheer cards, a poster-making station and Go Bears photo station.

2019 TICKET PROMOTIONS
Fans can now purchase tickets to Cal women's gymnastics meets in advance. Visit CalBears.com to purchase tickets. Admission to the meet is also still available for purchase at the ticket window on Spieker Plaza beginning 90 minutes prior to the start of each home meet.

Additionally, for every home meet this season, Cal gymnastics fans can receive up to six free general admission tickets by visiting www.calbears.com/code and using the promo code "CALGYMCLUB." Tickets can be printed at home, and gates open 90 minutes prior to the start of each meeting.

HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION: A live stream of Sunday's action will be available, with Evan Heiter providing commentary. The link to the live stream, as well as a link to live stats, is available on 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

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Milan Clausi claimed her third Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor, the second-most of any newcomer in the conference. She won two event titles -- vault and floor -- at San Jose State last week to claim her second consecutive weekly honor.

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In Cal's sweep of San Jose State, five different Golden Bears combined to claim every event title. Milan Clausi, Kyana George and Rachael Mastrangelo shared the vault title with 9.85s, Emi Watterson won bars with a meet-best 9.925, and Maya Bordas earned the beam crown with a 9.90. Clausi also won floor with a 9.90.

49.275
The Golden Bears set a season-best floor score at San Jose State with a 49.275. Clausi anchored the lineup with a 9.90 as one of five Bears in the lineup to produce a 9.80 or higher.

LAST TIME OUT: BEARS SWEEP SAN JOSE STATE

No. 14 Cal swept all four events in a 196.100-193.725 rout of San Jose State
• Five different Golden Bears claimed event titles, led by a pair of vault and floor titles from Milan Clausi.
• Clausi shared the vault crown with Kyana George and Rachael Mastrangelo, who debuted her Yurchenko 1.5 for the first time.
• Emi Watterson's 9.925 was a meet-high score among any event and helped her to her second consecutive uneven bars title.
• Maya Bordas performed a 9.90 beam set to win the event.
• Talitha Jones upped her career-best totals on all three of her events -- vault, bars and beam.
• Cal's 49.275 on floor was its highest of the season on the event.
• The Bears turned in aa 49.300 on beam, which is the second-highest total this season and matches the fifth-highest score in school history.

THRICE AS NICE

California freshman Milan Clausi has claimed three Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors this season, including back-to-back weeks on March 7 and 12.

Clausi won the vault and floor titles at San Jose State and finished third on beam to earn her third Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor. It marked the second consecutive week in which she finished in the top 3 on all of her events. On March 5, Clausi earned the weekly laurels after claiming the vault title at the Sac State tri meet and finishing in the top three on all three of her events.

She collected her first Pac-12 weekly honor on Jan. 29, winning Pac-12 Freshman of the Week after posting a career-high 9.90 on vault at Arizona to win the title. Against the Wildcats, Clausi also earned a career-best 9.775 on beam and finished in the top four on floor with a 9.825.

She ranks second in the conference in Freshman of the Week honors behind UCLA's Margzetta Frazier (4).

WHAT'S AN RQS, AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?

Beginning on Feb. 25 this season, women's gymnastics programs around the country earn their rankings based on their Regional Qualifying Score, or RQS. The RQS is determined using a team's top six scores of the season, three of which must be from an away meet. Of the six, the highest score is dropped and the remaining five are averaged.

RQS determines seeding at conference championships and in NCAA postseason meets. In the Pac-12 Conference, the top four-seeded teams compete in the evening session of the Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships, while the lower four teams compete in the afternoon session.

Cal currently ranks 16th with an RQS of 196.460. The Bears' six scores factored into the RQS currently are:
196.975 -- at Sac State, March 1
196.700 -- Cal tri meet, Feb. 2
196.650 -- Washington, Feb. 23
196.575 -- Stanford, Jan. 21
196.225 -- at Utah, Feb. 9
196.150 -- at Oregon State, Feb. 17

PAC-12 PREDICTIONS

California women's gymnastics is projected to finish third in the Pac-12 this season, according to a vote by the league's gymnastics coaches. The exact breakdown of points is as follows:
1. UCLA (7 first-place votes) – 49 points
2. Utah (1 first-place vote) – 42 points
3. California – 36 points
4. Oregon State -- 30 points
5. Washington -- 27 points
6. Stanford -- 17 points
7. Arizona State -- 16 points
8. Arizona -- 7 points

NEXT ROTATION

With the regular season complete, California begins its postseason at the Pac-12 Championships in West Valley City, Utah on Saturday, March 23. For the first time ever, the event will take place on podium. Cal will compete in one of two sessions, with seeding for each session to be determined based on RQS.