Cal women’s gymnastics finds success despite numerous injuries

With all those accolades, it is safe to say that expectations for 2017 were high for the Bears. Given those high expectations, the 2017 season was disappointing on paper.
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With all those accolades, it is safe to say that expectations for 2017 were high for the Bears. Given those high expectations, the 2017 season was disappointing on paper.
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Gymnastics, an individual team sport, is a paradox. Teams compete for titles while individuals simultaneously compete for their own. In any singular meet, there are six sub-competitions going on: the team competition, the all-around competition and a competition for each of the four event titles. There is no other sport
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Senior Desiree Palomares’ season came full circle Saturday at NCAA Regionals, winning the beam title and securing her spot at NCAA Championships as an event specialist.
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Any time the No. 1 team in the country comes to town, it’s bound to be exciting. Any time the No. 1 player in the country comes to town, it’s a spectacle not to be missed. This Sunday, the No. 17 Cal women’s gymnastics team will meet both. No. 1
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Rankings don’t lie, and Saturday, they proved correct once again. No. 19 Cal women’s gymnastics visited No. 13 Nebraska for a quad meet that also included No. 22 Utah State and unranked Southeast Missouri, and the results were exactly as expected. The Bears’ 196.400 was good enough for second place
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On Saturday evening in Haas Pavilion, No. 18 Cal women’s gymnastics looked like it had something to prove. Perhaps that its intense second-half schedule is not intimidating? Or that last week’s loss to unranked Arizona was a fluke? Or that it is capable of rising above the lack of its
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After a rough two-meet stretch on the road, the No. 18 Cal women’s gymnastics team is coming home. The once-perfect Bears were knocked down by No. 5 Utah two weeks ago and failed to rebound the following week against Arizona. Now, as the second half of the season begins and
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Just when you thought that No. 18 Cal women’s gymnastics was unstoppable, No. 5 Utah managed to bring them down. And, just when you thought a Bears comeback at then-unranked Arizona was inevitable, the Wildcats claimed victory. Coming off of a short week of practice and competing without their team
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Just three weeks into the season, No. 15 Cal women’s gymnastics has already claimed victory against six different teams. Last week, it beat No. 19 Washington and San Jose State in a tri-meet at home in very comfortable fashion. The Bears now look ahead to the next challenge to their
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With its third meet of the season in the books, No. 13 Cal women’s gymnastics has managed to remain undefeated. The Bears (196.300) once again cruised to a comfortable first-place finish against No. 17 Washington (195.325) and San Jose State (193.875) on Saturday night. With the win against the Spartans
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