Despite recording the fifth highest score in Sac State history, the Hornets? gymnastics squad was unable to achieve a victory Friday night, losing to San Jose State in a three-team meet.

San Jose State gained the victory with a school record 194.300 while Sac State finished second with a score of 193.550, and UC Davis rounded out the standings with a score of 191.825.

“We had a good team score, but I hate to lose,” coach Kim Hughes said. “We are very happy, very pleased with our performance.”

It was another meet where the Hornets had to compete without junior Wendy Baisdon, who was unable to perform on the bars due to pneumonia.

The Hornets held a .025 advantage over San Jose State heading into its last event, the bars. The Hornets scored a 48.000 on bars, while San Jose State registered a 48.775 in its last event, the floor exercise.

“Wendy is our top bar person,” Hughes said. “If she was there, she could have given us a good score.”

Sac State had two falls on the bars, and Hughes believes that it?s tough when you have a couple of falls.

Toni Petersen recorded the best score on the bars for the Hornets, scoring a 9.800. Jolane Parr scored a 9.775 and Jami Scoville had a 9.750.

Hughes believed that San Jose State had everything going for them.

“It?s tough to beat a team in their own gym when it?s close,” Hughes said. “When they beat us, they are scoring school records. We have two more chances to beat them, both at our gym.”

In the vault, the Hornets had career highs by Lara Goold and Binta Coleman. Goold scored a 9.825 and Coleman had a 9.800. The vault team score was also a school record, as the Hornets had a team score of 48.600. Jenny Ball and Brooke Crowell also finished fourth in the event with scores of 9.750.

In the three-team meet, the Hornets started out on the beam.

“It?s (the beam) a tough place to start, you have to break the judges in,” Hughes said.

Petersen was the top scorer for the Hornets on beam, registering a score of 9.775; good for sixth best in the event. Petersen finished the contest with an all-around score of 38.450, a career high for Petersen, and a new Sac State record.

The floor exercise, one of Sac State?s better events, had three performers score 9.700 or better. Petersen had the top score for the Hornets at 9.775; good for fourth place.Parr had a missed performance according to Hughes.

“It?s unfortunate that she had a miss on the floor,” Hughes said.

Last week, Parr recorded a career high on the floor, scoring a 9.9. This time around she recorded a score of 9.525.

The team will travel to Seattle and take on Seattle Pacific Saturday afternoon.Hughes said that Seattle Pacific is only averaging 190 points, and said he wants his team to have a good score.

“We hope to win, but we want to score 194,” he said.

For the team to qualify for the regional?s this year, they need to average 194. “We have a little work ahead of us,” Hughes said.

Hughes went on to say that he has two goals that he wants the team to achieve.”Our main goals are to keep our average up high and maintain a good ranking.”