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Cal Bears earns spot in NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship

The Bears placed 2nd in the NCAA Morgantown Regional with a season second best score of 197.750

Ruey Yen
Apr 3, 2021
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Day 2. Regional Finals. Sweet Sixteen. Time to #EarnIt 🆚 Michigan, UCLA, Ohio State ⏰ 4:00pm PST // 7:00pm EST 🏟 WVU Coliseum 📺 ESPN3
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April 3rd 2021

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Cal vs. Michigan vs. UCLA vs. Ohio State

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Cal posted the same starting lineup as yesterday, although Natalie Sadighi ended up vaulted in Maya Borda's spot in the Regional Semi. #GoBears

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Same lineups, same mindset, new meet. The #BearsOnBars will kick off the NCAA Regional Final at 4pm PST. https://t.co/RnPgm69se0

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Same lineups, same mindset, new meet. The #BearsOnBars will kick off the NCAA Regional Final at 4pm PST.
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6:28 PM EDT: This tentative lineup is decided before the warm-ups which the Bears just officially concluded.

6:38 PM EDT: The Bears have returned to the floor. There are some dancing on the sideline as the team appears fairly loose before this big meet.

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Team introduction time: The nice thing about having UCLA also in this field of four is that we get to hear the Cal Fight Song twice. #GoBears #MorgantownRegional #NCAAWGym

April 3rd 2021

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Solid but not flawless start for both Cal and Michigan. Bears are able to drop a 9.450 score and Wolverines likewise drops a 9.325 score. Bears earn a 49.425 on the uneven bars, capped by a 9.950 by Emi Watterson. #GoBears

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At the end of rotation 1: 1. Michigan 49.525 T2. Cal 49.425 T2. UCLA 49.425 4. Ohio State 48.950 The Bears are moving to the balance beam. #GoBears

April 3rd 2021

UCLA, just like Michigan did, was able to recover after a mistake on the first routine.

The two UC siblings are tied at the end of rotation 1. Reminder, UCLA has been rather problematic this year on the balance beam. They will conclude this meet there.

On the other hand, Cal Bears started on their best apparatus but had a good but not great rotation - the Bears earned a 49.600 on the bars yesterday.

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Here we go, rotation 2. Cal is on beam. Michigan is on bars. Ohio State is on floor. UCLA is on vault. Clausi earns a 9.85 to lead the Bears off. #GoBears

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Big score for DeSouza here, 9.925. Li follows with a 9.85 (I believe her routine only had a starting value of 9.9).

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Kyana George had a couple of balance checks and earned a 9.800. Maya Bordas picked up some slack with a 9.925. #GoBears

April 3rd 2021

Dropping the 9.8, the Bears have matched their 3rd best beam score in history.

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The third-best beam routine in school history... we'll take that! 👍
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Again, with this meet having the potential to be the season-ending one, I was expecting a slightly better score (an additional 9.9+ to drop a 9.85), but the Golden Bears certainly did enough to be in control for that 2nd place. Bears also edged their beam score from yesterday by 0.050.

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Floor Score 🔥 Up .225 on UCLA heading to the final rotation with a berth at NCAA's on the line!
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April 4th 2021

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Golden Bears go 6 for 6 on their vaults and has clinched at least a 2nd place at this meet!

UCLA struggled with their first two beam routines and took any drama out of this final rotation (which is perfectly fine by me)!

Needing a great vault rotation to secure a spot in the Elite 8, the Golden Bears came through with a season-high on the vault.

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A season-high vault score when we needed it!
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Co-head coach Justin Howell told me that he thought Natalie just looked great in the warm-up and opted for the swap of her for Maya Bordas for the second day in a row.

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The second-best score in program history! NCAA Championships, here we come!
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The Bears are back in the NCAA Semifinal for the first time since 2018 when the current seniors were freshmen. That was the last year with the semifinal being the top-12 teams rather than the top-8 like this year.

A full recap will be posted tomorrow!

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Go Eat A Taco
Apr 4, 2021

This is one sport I can't watch, men's or women's. After blowing out each knee and an ankle, the only thing I see when they make landings ~ often from twisted or flipped positions ~ is a blown knee on the landing. So I'm always shielding my eyes or groaning, just best that I don't watch it.

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