The floor exercise has been the savior for the Sacramento State gymnastics team this season. After continuous mistakes on the uneven bars and beam, the Hornets had to resurrect their score on the floor exercise to muster a high enough tally to pull out a win over UC Davis and Air Force Academy.

And resurrect they did.

Trista Condren, Jenny Diamond, Stefanie Aeder, Nirvana Zaher and Julie Hutzenbiler all scored career highs on the floor. Condren’s magnetic routine to blasting rock and roll music set the tone. She stuck all three of her tumbling passes and scored a 9.9.

Aeder managed to score a 9.875 with a large majority of front tumbling, avoiding putting force on her injured elbow and wrist. And to the tune of an enthusiastic crowd that clapped along to her routine, Diamond finally completed a goal she had set earlier, scoring a 9.9.

With a program-high score of 49.350 on the floor, the Hornets went on to win the meet with a score of 192.350. The Falcons finished second with a score of 191.725 and the Aggies third with a score of 191.075.

Last year’s gymnastics team fell short of qualifying for regionals as a team, despite winning the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship. With low scores this year the situation has not changed. Due to unexpected injuries and flawed routines, the season that was expected to give Sac State a great opportunity to qualify for regionals has ended early.

“It kind of clicked a few weeks ago, we knew (qualifying) wasn’t going to happen,” Zaher said. “It wasn’t realistic at that point so we had to set another goal and that was the (MPSF Championships).”

The possibility still exists for individuals to go to regionals though. Both Zaher and Jessica Hoffman could possibly qualify for the regional all-around competition if they do well at the championships.

Diamond could qualify for the regionals in the floor exercise and freshman Kimiye Narasaki could also qualify on the vault.

“We’re going to go back in the gym — doing what we’ve done all season,” Zaher said of practices for next week’s championships. “We’re not going to change anything at this point. We have to go into conference knowing that we can win it.”

Other feats at the meet included Meloney Greer’s score of 9.625 on the uneven bars. The performance was a career high and good enough for first place in the event.