WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah- Sophomore Mya Lauzon took home the balance beam title at the Pac-12 Championships Saturday night as the No. 7 California gymnastics team placed third.
 
Posting their highest score in Pac-12 Championships history, the Golden Bears earned the bronze medal with a 197.825. No. 5 Utah won its third-straight title just down the road from its campus with a 197.925 and No. 4 UCLA took second with a 197.850.
 
Lauzon becomes the first Bear to win the conference beam title scoring a 9.975 that made her a co-champion with Olympian Jade Carey from Oregon State. She also tied for second on vault and third on floor.
 
Sophomore Maddie Williams earned a share of the silver medal on the uneven bars and placed fourth in the all-around. Junior Gabby Perea joined the podium  tying for third on beam, as did freshman eMjae Frazier who earned a share of third on floor.
 
Cal began the night on floor and earned a solid 49.475 that placed the team in third after the first rotation. As the anchors of the lineup, Lauzon and Frazier continued their recent hot streaks with a pair of 9.95's to lead the way. Williams chipped in with a 9.875 and both junior Andi Li and senior Nevaeh DeSouza rounded out the scoring with scores of 9.85.
 
Although the Bears had their lowest score of the night on vault, notching a 49.275, it was enough to keep them well in the race following the second rotation. As she has done seven times this season, Lauzon posted a 9.90 to earn the top score for the Bears. The other five each clocked in at 9.80 or better, including DeSouza who posted a 9.875 to tie for seventh overall.
 
With its best two events to go, Cal sat in third with a 98.750 and trailed second place UCLA  just .150 points.
 
In the third rotation, the Bears posted the second-highest bars score in the meet with a 49.450 thanks to a handful of consistent routines and even more stuck landings. Williams notched her seventh 9.95 of the season earning a perfect 10 from one of the four judges. Li earned a 9.90, and both DeSouza and sophomore Ella Cesario scored a 9.875. In nine bars routines this season, Cesario has never scored lower than a 9.850.
 
With just one rotation to go, Cal remained in third with a 148.200 that trailed Utah's 148.500 and UCLA's 148.250. Next up for the Bears was the balance beam - an event that they posted the second-highest score in NCAA history on this past Sunday with a 49.825.
 
The Bears did exactly what they needed to do, posting the highest score of the rotation with a 49.625 that ranks second in program history. In their last three meets, they have posted the school's three highest scores on that apparatus. Lauzon received two perfect 10's on her 9.975 routine and has now tallied a 9.975 or better on her last three attempts. Perea anchored the lineup and scored a 9.95 giving her three-straight meets with a 9.925 or better on the event. Li and DeSouza showed their consistency as well with a pair of 9.925's.
 
The overall meet came down to the final routines for each team, but solid floor scores for the Bruins and vault scores for the Red Rocks kept the three teams in the same order.
 
Cal will now wait for Monday morning's NCAA Selection Show to find out which regional it will be attending on the weekend of March 29. Denver, UCLA, Oklahoma, and Pittsburgh are this year's four hosts. The selection show is set for 9:00 a.m. PT on NCAA.com.