The Friday night gymnastics meet at the Hornets Nest was Senior Night, and for all those in attendance Sacramento State and their graduating seniors put in a fantastic and dominating performance.

Senior Marina Borisova not only won the All-Around at her last home meet with a score of 39.2, but did it in a dominate fashion. She placed first on the Uneven Parallel Bars with a score of 9.85 and tied for first with her teammate Alycia Chan in the Floor Exercise, posting another score of 9.85. Additionally, Borisova placed third in both the Vault and Balance Beam with scores of 9.7 and 9.8 respectively.

Following the event Borisova said, “I did good, great. Going 4-for-4 and getting rewarded for it is good.”

She went on to comment about the importance of such a strong performance coming on Senior Night, “I don’t know what to say, it’s hard. It’s hard to say goodbye, it was exciting, nervous and happy at the same time.”

Hornet senior Amber Basgall had a memorable night as well. She started the night strong with a personal best 9.875 on the vault and placed first.

“It meant a lot to me to come out and perform,” Basgall said. “I think I did pretty good and it made me feel so great. It was good to come out here and get all the nerves worked out.”

She also participated in the Uneven Parallel Bars and the Floor Exercise and placed third in the Bars with a score of 9.8.

Head Coach Kim Hughes was glad to see his seniors do so well on the night they were being honored, and was quick to not only recognize them for the strength of their scores, but for the leadership they have provided the roster with as well.

“They have been such a huge asset to the team. They have been a motivation to everyone,” Hughes said.

Overall, Sacramento State had a very successful evening, a Basgall and Borisova placed first in three of the four events and two Hornets placed in the top three positions in all four of the events as well as the All-Around.

From here the team will look towards WAC Championships, which Sacramento State will be hosting on March, 21. Coach Hughes was positive about the team’s chances, especially since the team has posted such fantastic scores in their recent meets.

“The fact that we did this two meets in a row means that we’re peaking at the right time, going into the WAC. One more score like this and we could be a contender, we just need to take it one meet at a time,” Coach Hughes said.

Hopes of a WAC championship are shared by Marina Borisova and Amber Basgall in this, their final season.

“We have a shot at winning the WAC,” Borisova said. “I just need to go out there and so my best. No if’s, we need to do everything we possibly can.”

No matter the outcome Basgall said that she was proud of her teammates and win or lose all she wants is to see them perform at their personal best.

“I hope we just do our best. To be honest, it would be nice to win, but if we do our best that will be good enough.”

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