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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 • 12 PM PT • MCKALE CENTER • TUCSON, ARIZ. CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS 195.750 195.750 19TH NQS SEASON HIGH RANK SCHEDULE 195.363 195.650 21st NQS SEASON HIGH RANK OVERALL: 1-0 • PAC-12: 0-0 ARIZONA WILDCATS DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT 1/30 AIR FORCE W, 195.75-188.95 2/6 at Arizona* 12 p.m. PT/ 1 p.m. MT Broadcast: None • Live Stream: Pac-12 App • Live Stats: CalBears.com 2/14 ARIZONA STATE* 2 P.M. PT 2/21 at #Oregon State* (P12BA/P12ORE) 2 p.m. PT 2/26 at Utah* (P12N) 6 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT BEARS OPEN PAC-12 SLATE AT NO. 21 ARIZONA 3/3 at Stanford* 7 p.m. PT 3/6 UCLA* 2 P.M. PT California women’s gymnastics hit the road for the first time in the 2021 season as 3/14 WASHINGTON* 2 P.M. PT they travel to Tucson for a matchup against No. 21 Arizona. 3/20 at Pac-12 Championships # TBA 4/3 at NCAA Regionals TBA The Bears are coming off a commanding season-opening win over Air Force as they 4/16-17 at NCAA Championships $ TBA won 195.75 to 188.95 in the season opener. The Bears will now begin Pac-12 play, as the matchup vs. Arizona will be the first of seven straight meets against Pac-12 competition. # West Valley City, Utah | $ Fort Worth, Texas * indicates Pac-12 opponent Kyana George won four events in the season opener, claiming event wins on the Home meets in BOLD vault, beam and floor and claiming the all-around crown. George now has 31 event All times listed subject to change wins and 74 top-three finishes in her career. Milan Clausi and Nevaeh DeSouza were also important contributors for the Bears as Clausi finished in the top-three in three different events, hitting at least a 9.80 on all three events. DeSouza claimed four top-three finishes including a sec- ond-place finish in the all-around. FOLLOW THE ACTION FROM AFAR: Saturday’s meet at Arizona will be streamed on the Pac-12 Now app. Arizona will offer a live stream featuring in-meet footage from the videoboard. Links to live stats for the meet can be accessed on the Cal Women’s Gymnastics schedule page on CalBears.com. Follow @CalWGym on Twitter and Instagram for scoring updates, behind-the-scenes photos and videos and the latest information, and like Facebook.com/CalWGym for more on the Bears. FAST FACTS NUMBERS TO KNOW COACHING STAFF Co-Head Coach ..................................Justin Howell The Bears are the No. 8 team in the preseason WGCA poll, it is tied for the .................... San Jose State, 1999 • 9th season best-ever preseason mark in school history, with the 2019 squad. Cal was Co-Head Coach ..........................Liz Crandall-Howell also picked to finish third in the Pac-12 conference, receiving a first-place .................................... BYU, 1997 • 9th season 8 vote and finishing just one point behind UCLA. Assistant Coach ........................... Janelle McDonald ....................... Arizona State, 2011 • 3rd season TEAM INFORMATION Kyana George has 31 event wins in her career after recording four 2020 Pac-12 Finish .......................................... N/A wins in the season opener vs. Air Force. She now has 74 top-three 2020 Finish/Final Ranking ................................. N/A 31 finishes in her career and 31 of the team’s 81 career first-place Returners/Newcomers ..................................... 13/5 finishes. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Location: .......................................Berkeley, Calif. Cal had 18 event scores that received a 9.925 or higher Nickname: ....................................... Golden Bears during the 2020 season. The Bears bring back all but one of Enrollment: ...............................................42,347 9.925 those performances for the 2021 season. Maya Bordas led Arena ............................... Haas Pavilion (11,877) the team with six performances at 9.925 or higher last year. Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Women’s Gymnastics contact): Mara Rudolph Cell: 510-384-6574 // Email: [email protected] // 349 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 94720 MEET 2: CAL AT ARIZONA BACK FOR THE BEARS Association preseason poll as voted on by CAL IN THE 2021 California returns an exciting group of WCGA coaches. This is the fourth year in a student-athletes for the 2021 season as row that Cal has been in the preseason top NATIONAL RANKINGS they feature the past two Pac-12 Fresh- 10. No. 8 is also tied for the highest spot man of the Year in Milan Clausi (2019) in the preseason poll in Cal history. TEAM EVENT and Nevaeh DeSouza (2020). Additionally, Week 4 2020 All-Americans Kyana George (All- PAC-12 PREDICTIONS Road To Nationals Around) and Maya Bordas (All-Around, For the fourth consecutive season, Cali- Uneven Bars) return in 2021. In 2020, Cal fornia women’s gymnastics is projected Event Rank NQS High had a school-record eight All-Pac-12 honors to finish third in the Pac-12 this season, V 14 49.025 49.025 from five different gymnasts, all of whom according to a vote by the league’s gym- UB 16 49.050 49.050 will return for the 2021 season.The Bears nastics coaches. The Bears received 39 BB 18 48.825 48.825 return all but one member of last year’s points, including a first-place selection. In FX 31 48.850 48.850 team that finished the season ranked ninth Cal’s four-year run of third place predictions in the country. they have recorded more points in each successive season, with this year’s total INDIVIDUAL EVENT (Top 50) YOUTH MOVEMENT the highest. It is also the first time Cal has Cal has added five freshmen to the team received a first-place vote. The exact break- Week 4 this year including three-time JO USA down of points is as follows: National Team Members Andi Li and three- Vault time USA National Team member Gabby 1. Utah (6) 48 points Gymnast Rank NQS High Perea. Li finished in second place at the 2. UCLA (1) 40 points Kyana George 51 9.825 9.825 2019 JO National Championship. Perea 3. California (1) 39 points Natalie Sadighi 51 9.825 9.825 claimed first place with Team USA at the 4. Oregon State 32 points City of Jesolo Trophy in 2019, 2017 and 5. Washington 21 points Uneven Bars 2016. The Bears also added Kennedy 6. Arizona State 20 points Gymnast Rank NQS High Quay, Elise Byun and Blake Gozashti to the 7. Arizona 17 points Nina Schank 8 9.900 9.900 squad. Quay is a two-time Nastia Liukin 8. Stanford 7 points Nevaeh DeSouza 16 9.875 9.875 Cup qualifier and claimed silver on vault at JO Nationals in 2017 and 2018. Byun is a NEXT ROTATION Balance Beam two-time JO National qualifier and the 2019 California hits the road for the first time in Gymnast Rank NQS High Region 1 uneven bars champion. Gozashti 2020 as they begin conference play with Kyana George 19 9.875 9.875 took fifth all-around at NorCal State com- a trip to Arizona on Saturday, February 6. Milan Clausi 32 9.850 9.850 petition. The meet is set for 1 p.m. on the Arizona Nevaeh DeSouza 32 9.850 9.850 campus. CALIFORNIA INKS NATIONAL STANDOUTS Floor Exercise The Cal women’s gymnastics team added ALL-ACCESS PASS Gymnast Rank NQS High four high-level performers to the team Join Cal Women’s Gymnastics in the social Kyana George 24 9.875 9.875 during the early signing period as Ella media realm for behind-the-scenes access Cesario, Jordan Kane, Mya Lauzon and to the Bears. Follow Cal on Facebook, Madelyn Williams signed National Letters Twitter and Instagram for meet scores, All-Around of Intent with the Bears. The group has a practice updates, exclusive photos, videos Gymnast Rank NQS High wealth of national level experience as three and more. Kyana George 10 39.375 39.375 have been members of the national team Find Cal at: and the group has combined for six top-five • Twitter: @CalWGym all-around finishes and 11 top-three event • Facebook: Facebook.com/CalWGym finishes at the Junior Olympic Nationals. • Instagram: @CalWGym Cesario is a Junior Olympic National Team and finished in the top five of the all-around at three consecutive Junior Olympic Na- tionals. Kane is a two-time Junior Olympic Nationals qualifier. Lauzon is a two time Junior Olympic National team member. She has two top-three all-around finishes at Junior Olympic Nationals. Williams won the 2019 Junior Olympic Nationals All-Around championship by a score of .575, the widest margin of victory from any of the sessions in 2019 and is a member of the Junior Olympic National Team. RANKED ON THE ROAD TO NATIONALS The Golden Bears opened 2021 at No. 8 in the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics 2 CALBEARS.COM | TWITTER: @CALWGYM | INSTAGRAM: @CALWGYM | FACEBOOK.COM/CALWGYM MEET 2: CAL AT ARIZONA 2021 TEAM RESULTS (1-0 Overall, 0-0 Pac-12) 2021 INDIVIDUAL EVENT TITLES RECORD/ DATE MEET VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR TOTAL RESULT Kyana George (4) 1/30 AIR FORCE 1-0 EVENT SCORE MEET #8 Cal 49.025 49.050 48.825 48.850 195.750 1st V 9.825 vs. Air Force, 1/30 Air Force 47.700 46.725 47.300 47.225 188.950 2nd BB 9.875 vs. Air Force, 1/30 2/6 AT ARIZONA FX 9.875 vs. Air Force, 1/30 Cal -- -- -- -- -- -- AA 39.375 vs. Air Force, 1/30 Arizona -- -- -- -- -- -- 2/14 ARIZONA STATE Nina Schank (1) Cal -- -- -- -- -- -- Arizona State -- -- -- -- -- -- EVENT SCORE MEET 2/21 AT OREGON STATE UB 9.900 vs.