BERKELEY – California turned in a trio of top team scores to set a new season-best score and surge past Stanford, 197.325-195.550, Sunday afternoon in Haas Pavilion.
 
Cal's 197.325 tied the fourth-highest team total in school history. The Golden Bears were helped by two other program-record scores – a school-record 49.575 on bars and the fourth-best floor score in school history, a 49.425.

"It was amazing being back home. It's a whole different type of energy, especially when we were on bars. When we were sticking our landings, you could feel the energy erupt out of nowhere, and it's nice to carry that from event to event," said junior all-arounder Kyana George.
  
For the second week in a row, Cal swept every event title, including another three titles for reigning Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week George. The junior was all-around champion with a 39.575 and won vault and floor, which included earning a new career-high 9.95 on floor. Emi Watterson took titles on both of her events with a near-perfect 9.975 on bars and a career-high 9.875 on beam. She shared the beam title with Maya Bordas and Nevaeh DeSouza.

Bordas was the all-around runner-up after matching her career-high 39.450, and freshman DeSouza turned in her strongest showing yet with a 39.350 all-around total to take third.

"I was really, really proud of how they controlled the controllables tonight, and this is what they're capable of. This is what we know they're capable of. I think it's a great reminder that we can build off of," said co-head coach Justin Howell.
 
The Bears opened with a 49.050 thanks to season-highs from half of its lineup. DeSouza upped her career-high to 9.80, and Grace Quinn matched her season-best 9.80. Rachael Mastrangelo debuted on vault for the season with a 9.80.
 
A program-record uneven bars total fueled the Bears a point past the Cardinal. Cal matched its school-record 49.575, set at last year's NCAA Regional final, behind four routines of 9.90 or better. George started the string with a season-high 9.90, and then bars staple and 2018 All-Pac-12 uneven bars selection Nina Schank made her return to the event for the first time all season to tally a career-best 9.95 for second on the event. Watterson continued to build with a near-perfect 9.975 for a new personal best of her own, and Bordas anchored with a career-high 9.925, taking third.

"Our entire bar lineup drilled landing after landing," Howell said. "At this level, where everyone is good, there are not a lot of big mistakes because everyone is so well-prepared, so it really comes down to those landings. If you land well with confidence, you get great scores and we've really been working hard on that."
 
Cal's booming bar rotation gave way to a strong 49.275 beam set, the team's best this year. Talitha Jones led off with a strong 9.80, and DeSouza logged her second new career-high of the afternoon with a 9.875. In the fifth spot, Bordas upped her season-high with the same 9.875 score. Watterson matched DeSouza and Bordas' scores in the anchor spot, continuing her stellar day in just the third beam performance of her career.

The Bears entered Sunday's meet ranked 42^nd in the country on floor, which was not telling of the talent loaded in the lineup of Cal's final event of the day. Each of Cal's first five gymnasts on the event tallied career or season-high totals, starting with a career-high 9.85 by DeSouza. Maya Bordas (9.875) and Milan Clausi (9.90) each added season-best scores, and Grace Quinn set a career-high 9.85. George's performance in the middle of the lineup dazzled the judges for a career-high 9.95, and the Bears finished with a 49.425 to match their fourth-best floor total in school history.

"Floor is just a part of me where I get to express myself. Outside of the gym, I can be shy when I meet people, but when I'm competing it's a way for me to show who I really am," George said.
 
Cal returns to action at Washington next Sunday beginning at 2 p.m. and live on the Pac-12 Networks.

"I was so happy with the crowd. We had a pretty packed house, and a lot of energy. We're really trying to come up with things that keep the energy going. The gymnastics is amazing and the entertainment value of what we do is getting higher and higher," Howell added.
 
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