BERKELEY --  With a trio of all-time top-five event totals, No. 16 California women's gymnastics powered its way to a program-record 197.575 team total to end the regular season Sunday afternoon at Haas Pavilion.
 
Cal topped Illinois (196.175), San Jose State (194.450) and Sacramento State (192.100) to post a perfect record at home for the first time since 1994.
 
"I was really pleased with the energy that every single person brought in today," said co-head coach Liz Crandall-Howell. "We saw in them today what we've been seeing in the gym every single day."
 
The Golden Bears shattered the program record on beam with a 49.475, and turned in season-highs and all-time top-five scores on vault (49.350, T4th) and floor (49.400, T4th).  The Bears also swept all four events with four different gymnasts earning 9.95 scores to win each title. Milan Clausi won vault, Emi Watterson won bars, Maya Bordas won beam and Chelsea Shu took the floor crown. Bordas also won the all-around in her all-around debut with a 39.450, Cal's best all-around score this season.
 
"I was thrilled with our seniors. They've been here to build this program," Crandall-Howell said. "Watching them come out tonight and have some of their best performances was really a perfect ending to their time competing at Haas. I was thrilled that they each had their moments tonight."
 
With the fourth-highest vault total in school history, the Golden Bears launched ahead out to a 49.350, which was also a team season-high. Bordas made her vault debut with a 9.775, followed by Sylvie Seilnacht's 9.90 to tie her career high. The Bears kept it rolling as Jones tallied her second consecutive 9.825 on vault, and George added a 9.875. Clausi stuck her Yurchenko 1.5 for a near-perfect 9.95, and Rachael Mastrangelo anchored an already-strong rotation with her 9.80.
 
"We keep improving, adding difficulty and getting better on vault, and that's what we want to be doing at this point in the season," Crandall-Howell said. "They are at their most fit, we feel like we're pretty healthy so we've been able to push them hard in practice, which is nice. Because they're continuing to get better, they're building their confidence. That carries a different level of swagger."
 
Rotation No. 2 saw another 49.350 for the Bears for the second-highest uneven bars total of the season, led by Watterson's career-high 9.95. Sunday's meet was Watterson's third consecutive score of 9.925 or higher after she set a career-high 9.95 at Sac State two weeks ago and followed it up with a 9.925 last week at San Jose State. Cal's freshmen standouts continued their impactful afternoon as Jones upped her personal best to 9.875 and Bordas also tallied a 9.875.
 
At the halfway point, Cal led 98.700, ahead of Illinois (97.750), Sac State (97.175) and San Jose State (96.225).
 
After setting the program-record beam score last month in a triangular meet, the Golden Bears topped the mark once again with a 49.475 in their third rotation. A trio of 9.90s+ fueled the way to Cal's record, with Clausi and Cassidy Keelen each tallying career-high 9.90s on the event. Bordas anchored with a stellar 9.95.
 
"When we're doing what we know we can do on beam, we're one of the best beam teams in the country. We're very disciplined in the way we work beam," Crandall-Howell said. "As a coach, that's what I'm most proud of. That's when it feels like it's a gift for me to watch them, sit back and appreciate them."
 
Heading into the final rotation squarely ahead of their three opponents, the Bears embraced their goal for the day – to have fun – on floor. Cal's three seniors led off, starting with Sylvie Seilnacht's 9.775. Sofie Seilnacht matched her career-best 9.90, and Shu turned in the highlight of the day with a near-perfect 9.95, receiving a 10.0 from one judge. George added a 9.90 for the third 9.90+ score of the 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.