No. 7 Bears Set For Pac-12 Championships
Peter Fukumae

No. 7 Bears Set For Pac-12 Championships

Cal Competes In Evening Session

BERKELEY – The postseason is here for the No. 7 California women's gymnastics team, as the Golden Bears will compete in the Pac-12 Championships this Saturday. As one of the top-four teams in the conference, Cal will participate in the evening session alongside No. 4 Utah, No. 5 UCLA and No. 11 Oregon State. First rotation is set for 5 p.m. PT.
 
BEARS ON THE AIR
The meet will be aired live on Pac-12 Networks and live scoring will be available on CalBears.com.
 
HISTORY MADE
This past weekend the Bears picked up the two highest overall scores and beam scores in program history. On Friday they posted a 198.100 as a team, just the second 198 ever recorded, and broke the beam record with a 49.600. Those records lasted less than 48 hours as Cal notched a 198.275 as a team with a 49.825 beam score that is good for second all time in NCAA history and the top score posted on any event this season. Sophomore Mya Lauzon recorded the first perfect 10 on beam in Cal history after breaking the record Friday night with a 9.975.
 
BACK-TO-BACK CO-CHAMPS
The Bears secured back-to-back Pac-12 regular-season titles on Saturday afternoon as the championship was once again split amongst four teams. They ended the season with a 4-1-2 conference record. Last year's title was the first in program history.
 
LAUZON, DESOUZA EARN PAC-12 WEEKLY HONORS
Mya Lauzon and Nevaeh DeSouza earned a pair of Pac-12 weekly honors Tuesday afternoon after an historic weekend at Haas Pavilion. Lauzon picked up her second Pac-12 Specialist of the Week of the season and DeSouza won Coaches Choice.
 
Lauzon was unstoppable in the Golden Bears' two quad meets, winning five of the six events that she competed in. The sophomore tied for first on vault on Friday and won beam and floor on both days. During the first meet she broke the program beam record with a 9.975 and promptly followed that up by securing the first perfect 10 on that event on Sunday. Her efforts helped the team post the second-highest beam score in NCAA history at 49.825.
 
DeSouza helped realize that record as well with a career-high 9.975 on beam, which at the time tied the program high. She then added a season-high 9.900 on floor on the next rotation to complete an incredible senior day performance. While DeSouza had a strong weekend, this award is also an ode to the fantastic career she has had. She's been the face of consistency for the Bears, competing in the all-around in 45 of 46 career meets, and this season has hit on 44 of 44 routines.
 
MADDIE MAKING MOVES
Sophomore Maddie Williams made history at Utah with a career-high 9.95 beam score and a 39.625 AA mark. Her beam score tied the program record, and her AA score matched the fourth highest in Cal history. She also set a new season high with a 9.85 on vault and earned a share of her fifth bars title with a 9.95.
 
LAUZON'S LANDINGS
Sophomore Mya Lauzon has become one of the most dependable gymnasts in the lineup for the Bears this season with 22 podium finishes. She has hit a 9.900 or better on all four events this season and tied the all-time AA record with a 39.700.
 
Her beam routine has risen to one of the best in the country as she's ranked 16th with an NQS of 9.915. Twenty three of her last 24 routines have gone for 9.825 or higher, and 20 of those routines have been 9.85+.
 
Lauzon also ranks sixth  on vault and 12th on floor.
 
LI LEADS THE WAY
Much of the Bears' success this season can be attributed to junior Andi Li. The three-time All-American has not only been consistent, but also dominant, with 15 event wins and 27 podium finishes. She took home the all-around title at the Super 16 and placed second at the Wasatch Classic behind only US Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey from Oregon State. In that meet Li posted a career-high 39.675, which is the second-highest score in program history. She followed by taking second in the all-around at Arizona with a bars title and won bars, floor and the all-around in the team's home opener with Stanford.
 
Li currently ranks sixth in the country on bars with a 9.96 average and has nine event wins. She has earned her career high of 9.975 on three occasions. Those marks are not only a career highs for Li but the second-highest score in program history. She is also ranked 11th in the all-around with a 39.585 average to lead the team.
 
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