Utah started the competition strong on uneven bars. Freshman Abby Paulson, who has been a staple on beam and floor in 2020, made her first appearance in the competitive lineup to score a 9.850. (Photo/Emily Howell-Forbes)
While California scored a total of 49.200 on vault, the Utes managed to take the lead with a 0.225 difference after the first rotation thanks in part to senior Kim Tessen nearing perfection with a career high 9.975. (Photo/Emily Howell-Forbes)
The Bears moved to uneven bars, where freshman Nevaeh DeSouza led the team off with a 9.900. Fellow freshman Maya Green made her first competitive appearance ever for Cal for a 9.850. After two rotations, the Bears took the lead over Utah by 0.075. (Photo/Emily Howell-Forbes)
The Utes moved to floor, where freshman Jillian Hoffman also made her first competitive appearance for the team. Her 9.850 would end up counting toward the team’s total after a fall from Kim Tessen. (Photo/Emily Howell-Forbes)
Cal was not about to let go of its lead as it moved to beam. Sophomore Milan Clausi earned a 9.900 in the third spot after a 9.825 from sophomore Talitha Jones and a 9.850 from Nevaeh DeSouza. (Photo/Emily Howell-Forbes)
Despite Utah slowly closing the gap routine after routine on floor, the Golden Bears remained steady in the third rotation. Sophomore Maya Bordas, who had been sick all week and did not practice at all on Friday, came through and scored a 9.875 after two 9.900s in a row to help the team to an event score of 49.350. (Photo/Emily Howell-Forbes)
In the anchor spot for Utah, the preasure was one for junior Sydney Soloski after Tessen’s fall on her last pass. Soloski came through and recorded a 9.925, which evened the Utes and Bears at 147.925 heading into the final rotation. (Photo/Emily Howell-Forbes)
Before heading to floor, the Golden Bears witnessed an exhibition routine from junior Victoria Salem. This was her first time out on any event for Cal after being injured for the last two years and going through two ACL surgeries. (Photo/Emily Howell-Forbes)
With both teams tied at the start of the fourth rotation, it was anyone’s meet to win. Junior transfer Emily LeBlanc opened up the beam rotation for the Utes with a 9.875. (Photo/Emily Howell-Forbes)
Junior Kyana George answered with 9.925 in the second spot to keep the Bears in the hunt. (Photo/Emily Howell-Forbes)
The Utes however were relentless on balance beam. In the third spot, Maile O’Keefe recorded a career high 9.950 and successfully got her team on a roll. Utah would not score below a 9.900 after her routine. (Photo/Emily Howell-Forbes)
In her lone event of the day, sophomore Grace Quinn matched her career high of 9.850 before an uncharacteristic step out of bounds by Milan Clausi in the fifth spot. (Photo/Emily Howell-Forbes)
Sophomore Adrienne Randall and freshman Abby Paulson both scored career high 9.950s in the last two spots of the lineup for a final event score of 49.625. Utah found itself dropping a 9.875 to wrap up the fourth rotation on its best event this season. (Photo/Emily Howell-Forbes)
Rachael Mastrangelo, the lone senior for the Golden Bears, anchored the floor rotation with a career best 9.875, but it would not be enough to fend off the Utes for the win. California wrapped up the meet with a 49.400 on floor, and matched its season high total score of 197.325. (Photo/Emily Howell-Forbes)
After their stellar beam rotation to clinch the win, the Utes earned a 197.550 to remain undefeated this season. (Photo/Emily Howell-Forbes)
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Photographs by Emily Howell-Forbes; captions by Christina Marmet
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