Friday, March 8
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3/7/2019 12:14 PM | Women's Gymnastics
Bears Look To Close Out Regular-Season Road Action Strong
No. 14 Cal at San Jose State
Friday, March 8 | 7 PM PT | The Event Center | San Jose, Calif.
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After setting a season-high at Sacramento State, No. 14 women's gymnastics turns its sights southward to San Jose State where the Golden Bears will look to keep rolling on in a dual meet with the Spartans. Cal's regular-season road finale is set for 7 p.m. on Friday at San Jose State's Event Center.Cal continues to improve its RQS totals across the board with a deep roster that has seen eight different gymnasts post 9.90s or higher on an event this season. Kyana George leads Cal with seven event titles and has scored 9.90s or higher on three of her four events. George is one of 10 different gymnasts to win an event title this season. Milan Clausi earned her second Pac-12 Freshman of the Week award this week and is second among the Bears with six event titles. The freshman standout has earned a 9.90 or better for five routines this year, while classmate Maya Bordas has two 9.90s this season and has posted 9.80s or better on all of her events in back-to-back weeks. Six different gymnasts rank within the nation's top 50 on an event.
HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION: A live stream of Friday's dual meet will be available. The live stream link, 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
49.400Cal's 49.400 on the uneven bars at the Sac State tri meet matched the Bears' fourth-highest total on the event in school history. Emi Watterson led the rotation with a near-perfect 9.95, and Maya Bordas and Nina Schank each added 9.90s.
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Cal's 21 scores of 9.90 or higher this season have come from eight different gymnasts. Kyana George owns 9.90s or higher on three events -- vault, bars and floor. Milan Clausi has earned at least one 9.90 on two events -- vault and floor -- and Maya Bordas has also earned at least one 9.90 on both bars and beam.
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Talitha Jones matched her career-high totals on all three of her events in the Sac State tri meet -- vault (9.80), bars (9.825) and beam (9.825).
LAST TIME OUT: BEARS BLAST THROUGH BARS FOR SEASON HIGH
No. 14 Cal turned in top-five program-record scores on bars and overall for a win over Sac State and UC Davis.• Cal's 196.975 overall total was a season-high, and the fifth-highest in school history.
• The Bears tallied a season-best 49.400 on bars, which also ranks fourth in program history.
• Cal took home four event titles, led by two titles by Kyana George (vault, floor).
• Milan Clausi shared the vault title with George and finished in the top three on all three of her events.
• Emi Watterson earned a 9.95 on bars to win the event crown, and post the first 9.95 on the uneven bars since 2015.
• Sylvie Seilnacht and Chelsea Shu each upped their season-high totals on floor with a 9.80 and 9.85, respectively.
CLAUSI CLAIMS TWO
California freshman Milan Clausi has claimed two Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors this season.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).
BAR NONE
After a disastrous uneven bars rotation at Arizona that saw the Bears count three falls to earn a low 47.075, the Bears ranked outside of the top 25 on the event nationally. That all changed with the introduction of RQS rankings, and the Bears now rank in the top 15 of the event with solid performances on bars throughout the season. Their strong outings culminated with a 49.400 on bars at the Sac State tri meet, which matched the fourth-highest total on the event in school history and set a season-high for the Bears. Emi Watterson's 9.95 paced Cal as one of just eight scores of 9.95 or higher on the event in program history.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 14th 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
NEXT ROTATION
Cal's regular-season finale brings the Bears back to Berkeley for a quad meet featuring Illinois and recent foes Sacramento State and San Jose State. Meet time is set for 2 p.m. in Haas Pavilion, with a live stream available via the CalBears.com schedule page.
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