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MEET 3: NO. 13 CAL VS. NO. 17 WASHINGTON & SAN JOSE STATE CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Women’s Gymnastics contact): Mara Rudolph Phone: (510) 384-6574 • Email: [email protected] WEBSITE: CALBEARS.COM • FACEBOOK: FACEBOOK.COM/CALWOMENSGYMNASTICS • TWITTER: @CALWGYM • INSTAGRAM: @CALWGYM 2017 SCHEDULE NO. 13 CALIFORNIA Tri Meet vs. UW & SJSU NO. 17 WASHINGTON Overall: 5-0 • Pac-12: 1-0 GOLDEN BEARS HUSKIES DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT Date ..............Saturday, Jan. 21 JAN. 9 NORCAL CLASSIC 195.325 (1ST) Time ...........................5 p.m. PT SACRAMENTO STATE W, 194.475 (2ND) Venue ..................Haas Pavilion UC DAVIS W, 193.875 (3RD) Location ............Berkeley, Calif. NO. 11 STANFORD* W, 193.250 (4TH) Broadcast ........Pac-12 Network SAN JOSE STATE W, 192.600 (5TH) (Jim Watson & Amanda Borden) Jan. 15 at No. 24 Iowa W, 195.550-194.400 Live Stream ....Pac-12.com/Live SAN JOSE STATE JAN. 21 CAL TRI MEET (P12N) 5 P.M. SPARTANS WASHINGTON* Live Stats ............ CalBears.com SAN JOSE STATE JAN. 28 ARIZONA STATE* (P12N) 6 P.M. Feb. 4 at Utah* (P12N) 12:30 p.m. Feb. 10 at Arizona* (P12N) 6 p.m. FEB. 18 OREGON STATE* (P12N) 4:30 P.M. Feb. 25 at Nebraska TBD March 5 at UCLA* (P12N) 1 p.m. With a perfect record thus far in the 2017 season, the 13th-ranked California women’s gymnastics MARCH 12 OKLAHOMA (P12N) 2 P.M. team returns to Haas Pavilion to host a triangular meet featuring No. 17 Washington and San Jose State March 18 at Pac-12 Champs% (P12N) 1 p.m. Saturday. Meet time is set for 5 p.m., with the meet airing live in its entirety on the Pac-12 Network with April 1 NCAA Regionals TBD Jim Watson and Amanda Borden on the call. April 14-15 NCAA Championships # TBD % Stanford, Calif. • # St. Louis, Mo. Fans can also follow the meet online at Pac-12.com/live or by using the Pac-12 Now app. Live stats can * indicates Pac-12 opponent be accessed via the women’s gymnastics schedule page on CalBears.com. Follow @CalWGym on Twitter All times listed Pacific (PT) and Instagram for scoring updates, behind-the-scenes photos and videos and the latest information, Home meets listed in BOLD and like Facebook.com/CalWGym for more on the Bears. FAST FACTS COACHING STAFF Head Coach ................................ Justin Howell BEAR NECESSITIES: CAL'S TOP STORYLINES San Jose State ‘99 • fifth season LAST TIME OUT Assoc. Head Coach ..Elisabeth Crandall-Howell No. 13 California claimed its first victory on the road, BY THE NUMBERS BYU ‘97 • fifth season defeating No. 24 Iowa in a dual meet 195.550- Assistant Coach ......................... Holly Thomas 194.400. Highlights: UC Davis ‘97 • first season • Cal’s 195.550 was a season-high team total. 9.875 • The Bears also set new team season-high to- Desiree Palomares has won the beam 2017 TEAM INFORMATION tals on bars (48.850), beam (49.025) and floor title in both meets this season with Arena: Haas Pavilion (11,877) (48.775). • Cal swept beam for the second consecutive meet. a 9.875 in both the NorCal Classic 2016 Overall Record: 16-10, 8-6 Pac-12 and at Iowa. Palomares is 14th in the 2016 Final Ranking: 17 • Four Bears took home an individual event title: Letterwinners Returning/Newcomers: 12/4 Arianna Robinson (vault, floor), Desiree Palomares country on beam. (beam) and Toni-Ann Williams (floor). • Cal individuals set or matched 10 different sea- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA son-high totals, including new season-highs on two Location: Berkeley, Calif. 49.250 events for freshmen Alexandra Dudschus and Cas- Cal’s 49.250 on vault in the NorCal Nickname: Golden Bears sidy Keelen. Enrollment: 38,204 Classic was higher than any of the BEAM QUEENS Bears’ vault scores from 2016. The In both of Cal’s meets this season, the Golden Golden Bears are eighth in the country Bears have swept the balance beam event. In on the event. Cal’s season-opener at the NorCal Classic, Desiree Palomares and Sofie Seilnacht shared the title with a pair of 9.875s, and Cassidy Keelen debuted with a 9.825. Most recently against No. 24 Iowa, 7 Palomares repeated as beam champion with a The Golden Bears have claimed seven 9.875. Keelen was second with a 9.85, and Zoe event titles so far in 2017 - including Draghi made her season debut with a 9.80. two apiece for Arianna Robinson, Toni- Ann Williams and Desiree Palomares. Once considered Cal’s worst event, the Bears have Cal has 17 top-three finishes. made significant improvement on the apparatus under coaches Justin Howell and Liz Crandall- Howell. The Bears owned a 48.285 RQS and ranked 2017 CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS MEET NOTES MEET 3: TRI MEET VS. NO 17 WASHINGTON & SAN JOSE STATE 44th in the country on beam in 2012, prior to the duo taking the lead in Berkeley. In 2016, Cal finished 13th on beam with a 49.205 RQS -- an improvement of nearly one point and 31 spots in the rankings. The Bears currently rank 13th on beam and are averaging 48.925 with a high of 49.025. CAL IN THE RANKED ON THE ROAD TO NATIONALS NATIONAL RANKINGS Cal is set to face eight opponents who were ranked in the Road to Nationals preseason top 25 this season, Road To Nationals - Week 2 including three in the top 10: top-ranked Oklahoma, UCLA (No. 4), Utah (6), Stanford (11), Nebraska (12), Oregon State (13), Arizona (18) and Washington (20). Additionally, seven of the Pac-12’s eight gymnastics RANK TEAM NAME AVERAGE programs also rank in the top 25 in the preseason rankings. 1 Oklahoma 197.888 Cal’s results against top 25 ranked opponents so far in 2017 (using rankings at time of competition): 2 LSU 197.700 No. 11 Stanford -- W, 195.325-193.250 3 Florida 197.350 No. 24 Iowa -- W, 195.550-194.400 4 Alabama 196.900 5 Utah 196.763 NEXT ROTATION 6 UCLA 196.263 Cal wraps up a two-meet homestand with Arizona State on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. in Haas Pavilion. The meet will be televised live on Pac-12 Network. 7 Denver 196.113 8 Missouri 196.100 PRESEASON PROWESS 9 Kentucky 196.013 For the first time in school history, Cal women’s gymnastics began the season ranked top 10 in the nation 10 Nebraska 195.700 with a No. 10 ranking in the Road To Nationals Preseason Coaches’ Poll. This is the fourth consecutive 11 Auburn 195.675 season Cal was ranked in the top 25 preseason poll. Reigning national champion Oklahoma, who the Bears play host to in their home finale on March 12, took the top spot with 47 first-place votes and 2,519 points. 12 Michigan 195.625 13 CALIFORNIA 195.438 PAC-12 PREDICTIONS 14 George Washington 195.388 Coaches around the conference have predicted that the Bears will finish fourth in the Pac-12 this season, 15 Boise State 195.300 just one point behind third-place Stanford. UCLA was selected to repeat as the conference champion. The 16 Georgia 195.200 exact breakdown of points is as follows: 1. UCLA (5 first-place votes) – 47 points 17 WASHINGTON 195.175 2. Utah (3 first-place votes) – 45 points 18 Ohio State 195.088 3. Stanford -- 33 points 19(t) Oregon State 195.050 4. California -- 32 points 19(t) Illinois-Champaign 195.050 5. Oregon State -- 25 points 21 Minnesota 194.813 6. Arizona -- 22 points 7. Washington -- 13 points 22 Iowa 194.692 8. Arizona State -- 7 points 23 Arkansas 194.650 24 Sacramento State 194.438 THE BEAR FACTS 25 North Carolina State 194.413 California returns 12 letterwinners from the 2016 squad who helped lead the Golden Bears to their first NCAA Championships appearance in 24 years. The Bears did not lose a single routine from their NCAA Championship squad. Leading the way in 2017 are seven talented and battle-tested seniors, including TEAM EVENT Zoe Draghi and Jessica Howe, as well as 2016 Olympian Toni-Ann Williams and All-Pac-12 second team Event Rank Average RQS honoree Arianna Robinson. Sophomore Chelsea Shu and senior Dana Ho, who both redshirted last season, V 8 49.075 - are also healthy and expected to contribute this season. National Coaches of the Year Justin Howell and Liz UB T24 48.700 - Crandall-Howell return for their fifth seasons at the helm for the Bears. BB 13 48.925 - FAB FOUR ARE TOP TEN FX 25 48.738 - The Bears signed four gymnasts to National Letters of Intent in the early signing period, inking Kyana George, Alma Kuc, Victoria Salem and Nina Schank. The class was named the ninth-best class in the INDIVIDUAL EVENT (Top 25) country by CollegeGymFans.com. More on this year’s signees: Vault • A 2016 Junior Olympic National Team member and all-around and floor runner-up at 2016 JO Nationals, George is expected to make an instant impact on all four events. At JO Nationals, she also finished in the Gymnast Rank Average RQS top 10 on bars (7th) and vault (9th). -- • A member of the Polish National Team who competed at the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships, Kuc is the 2016 Polish uneven bars champion and logged a bronze finish on floor at the Polish National Uneven Bars Championships. Gymnast Rank Average RQS • Salem posted two top-three finishes at the 2016 JO Nationals, winning the balance beam title and taking silver on bars.