UC Davis posted its highest team score of the season, but Jessica Hoffman was all Sacramento State needed in Friday night’s gymnastics meet at the Pavilion.

After falling on the first run of the night against the Aggies, Sac State got back up and took control.

Hoffman was able to pick the team back up and finish the meet with a career-high of 39.075 in the all-around and 9.850 on the floor exercise. Her performance nearly overshadowed Sac State’s victory at Davis, 192.925-191.775.

Aside from the beginning fall the Hornets were soaring, setting season-record scores by the end of the night. Taking the top three spots in their first three rotations coach Kim Hughes’ team hit a wall on their final rotation, the dreaded balance beam.

“It was a great meet up to beam,” Hughes said. “This could have been our highest (team) score of the season.”

Things seemed securely in the Hornets favor until the fourth rotation. Davis was given a chance to keep it close ending on the floor exercise, leaving Sac State to their only weakness — the beam.

“Its always hard ending on beam,” Hoffman said. “But we got it together. Personally, I had the best night of my life.”

Finishing in the top three in all four rotations, Hoffman won the floor exercise with a score of 9.850.

Hoffman and the Hornets’ chance to pull off their first 194 score of the season literally fell on the beam.

-Three of six routines had falls; freshman Melissa Genovese took the event’s title with a firm score of 9.850.

Hoffman took a close second, tying with UC Davis’ Julia Richards’ score of 9.775.

“The opportunity was there,” Hughes said. “But we did compete better than last week, these are especially high scores.”

Senior Nirvana Zaher, Hoffman and standout freshman Nicole Giao ran the table in the vault. Giao tied last week’s score of 9.700.

Hoffman also set a personal best on the floor improving it from 9.825 to 9.850. The score was good enough for first place, with Senior Stephanie Aeder and Zaher tied for second behind her at 9.775.

Having to drop their season high of 193.200, set last week against San Jose, the Hornets increased their Regional Qualifying score to 191.825. The top six schools will compete in the NCAA West Regional on April 9 in Seattle.

Friday night the Hornets head to Tempe, Ariz. to face host Arizona State and Air Force.