Sacramento State scored a 194.925 to capture their fourth-straight conference championship — the last two won in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation — last Saturday at Hornet Gym.

The Hornets improved on their championship-clinching score of last year by .025.

Senior Jenny Diamond, who tied for third on the vault and floor, was awarded the MPSF’s Gymnast of the Year. Nirvana Zaher placed third in all-around for the evening, while freshman Kimiye Narasaki executed a beam routine that placed second best, leading her fellow Hornets to victory.

The team matched wits and skill with Air Force, San Jose State and UC Davis. New to the competition this year were the University of Alaska, Anchorage and Seattle Pacific University.

The adrenaline-driven floor routines of the second and third excercises by Sac State and San Jose State enraptured the crowd. With cunning skill, Diamond tied the program record with a 9.925 on the floor.

In the next to last round, Sac State shone through with a gradual and bold rise to the occasion. An injured Binta Coleman gave a performance of seeming perfection (9.900) to tie with San Jose’s Danielle Albright on the uneven bars.

Zaher set an all-around personal-best of 39.150, which included tying for first with Albright in vault for a score of 9.775.