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Cal Women's Gymnastics stays undefeated with 2nd-best team score in school history

Golden Bears (9-0-2) stays undefeated in the 2023 season after tying UCLA Bruins on Saturday afternoon

Ruey Yen
Feb 19
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While yours truly is about to head to Pauley Pavilion in Westwood, the most exciting Cal vs. UCLA contest of the day may have just concluded from Haas Pavilion in Berkeley.

When it was all over, No.7 Cal ties No.6 UCLA at 197.975. This score is the highest of the season for both squads.

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Final from Haas! 🤝 -Second-highest score in program history -eMjae Frazier ties the all-time AA record (39.700) -Highest beam score -Second-highest bars score -Sixth-highest vault score #GoBears🐻| #OneDayBetter
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12:40 AM ∙ Feb 19, 2023
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Golden Bears started this meet in incredible fashion, earning the 6th-best vault score in program history with 49.400.

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Our sixth-highest vault score in program history has us tied after the first rotation! #GoBears | #OneDayBetter
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10:36 PM ∙ Feb 18, 2023
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Mya Lauzon set a new career-high with a 9.950 to lead the way.

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9️⃣.9️⃣5️⃣! That's a new career-high on vault for Mya Lauzon!! #GoBears | #OneDayBetter
10:25 PM ∙ Feb 18, 2023
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Bears followed with the second-best bars score in program history. Oh, the best bars score came in 2021, when Cal matched the bars score in NCAA history, also in a memorable meet against UCLA.

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Our second-highest bars score in program history!!🏆 We lead 99.050-98.700 with two rotations to go! #GoBears🐻| #OneDayBetter
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10:52 PM ∙ Feb 18, 2023
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Maddie Williams was near perfect again to earn another 9.975 on bars.

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Another day, another 9.975 on bars for Maddie Williams! #GoBears | #OneDayBetter
10:39 PM ∙ Feb 18, 2023
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Cal Golden Bears had a decent lead on UCLA Bruins at the half, but we all know about UCLA’s prowess on the floor. While UCLA put up a big 49.650 on their floor rotation, Cal answered with a program-best 49.525 on the beam to maintain a lead!

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Rewriting the record book today!🤯 Our 49.525 on beam ties the the all-time record! We lead 197.575 - 197.350 heading to the floor. #GoBears🐻| #OneDayBetter
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11:24 PM ∙ Feb 18, 2023
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Two Bears posted 9.925: Mya Lauzon and Nevaeh DeSouza.

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Mya Lauzon follows with a 9.925 of her own! #GoBears | #OneDayBetter
11:12 PM ∙ Feb 18, 2023
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Nevaeh DeSouza gets the third rotation going with a career-high 9.925! #GoBears | #OneDayBetter
10:57 PM ∙ Feb 18, 2023
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Uncharacteristically, the Bears had a couple of hiccups (Perea landed on her hands and knees on a tumble) to start their final rotation on the floor. This meant that the best-case scenario was for Cal to only count the subpar 9.675 (DeSouza’s score after an out-of-bound deduction) and there were zero margins for errors the rest of the way.

Maddie Williams and Andi Li both put up solid scores, before Mya Lauzon and eMjae Frazier put up near-perfect routines to earn 9.975 each.

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Mya Lauzon and eMjae Frazier answered the call on the final two routines of the night! #GoBears🐻| #OneDayBetter
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12:07 AM ∙ Feb 19, 2023
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CLUTCH! Mya Lauzon picks the perfect time to tie the program floor record with a 9.975! #GoBears | #OneDayBetter
11:50 PM ∙ Feb 18, 2023
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eMjae Frazier earns a 9.975 of her own on the final routine of the night! #GoBears | #OneDayBetter
11:58 PM ∙ Feb 18, 2023
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Cal superstar freshman eMjae Frazier actually could have won the meet with a 10, but it was somewhat fitting that Cal tied UCLA in the end. This meet was a family affair with the Cal freshman eMjae competing against her older sister redshirt senior Margzetta for the first time. The two sisters chatted with Pac-12 Network afterward. eMjae also matched Cal’s all-time All-Around record of 39.700, recently achieved by Mya Lauzon two meets ago and another current Bear in Andi Li in a previous season.

Cal fans can also check out the Pac-12 Network highlights below.

The 197.975 team score nearly matched the all-time program-best 198.025 set in the 2021 home win over UCLA. It should be comforting to know that the Bears achieved this despite counting a 9.6 score.

The mission for the Golden Bears for the rest of this season is to maintain and improve upon Saturday’s meet, especially on the road.

Okay, time for me to see if Cal Men’s Basketball can top this by upsetting No.4 UCLA in their house.

GO BEARS!

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Max Chang
Feb 19

What a clutch performance at the end! Except for the two hiccups on floor, the Bears did amazing this meet. Solid vault, high bars and beam rotations. Looking forward to seeing them in person against Utah next week. Go Bears!

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Terence
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Feb 19

Mya and eMjae put in two of the best and clutch performances in Haas this school year. UCLA has all the hype, and the Olympian, but Cal was every bit their equal. And a lot of the team's stars are underclassmen.

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