Senior night consisted of six seniors, one united team and a whole lot of memories.

The Sacramento State gymnastics team made its seniors’ final meet in The Nest an unforgettable one as the Hornets hit all 20 of their routines for a season-high score of 195.275

With that score, Sac State demanded first place in the three-way MPSF conference battle featuring UC Davis, 194.800, and Alaska, Anchorage, 188.550.

The seniors honored were Elideth Guerrero, Kailey Hansen, Kaila Kilwein, Maddie Montoya, Katie Osaki and Ashley Wooff.

Osaki said the emotions were running high before the meet and knew it was going to be a good night for her and the team.

“We all came together in the locker room and we realized we had nothing to lose, so we just went out there and left it all on the floor, no regrets,” Osaki said.

Osaki completed her senior night on positive note with solid scores on her two events – vault, 9.700 and floor, 9.725.

“It was exciting to see Katie be the most consistent this year than I’ve ever seen her,” said associate head coach Randy Solorio.

With the chance of regionals out the window, being out of reach of the top 36 collegiate teams, it took some of the pressure off the gymnasts and allowed them to just have fun.

The seniors put on a show for 664 fans and had the crowd chanting by the first rotation.

“I felt like we were like all the big teams and how they pack their arenas,” Hansen said. “Even when we threw out t-shirts was really cool. I think it makes it more fun and we feel more supported.”

Wooff has remained a bar specialist throughout her time here at Sac State and finished with a season-high and career-high tying 9.800.

The emotion was felt through The Nest as the team would rush the seniors for a huge team-hug after each routine.

“It was one of the most amazing feelings to have the entire team swarm you,” Wooff said. “The excitement was just overwhelming.”

Hansen and Wooff are Ventura, Calif. natives and have been together for years, competing with each other in club gymnastics at GymJam Academy before coming to Sac State.

Hansen said there was no better way to end her time at Sac State than with her teammates and the support of the fans.

“I felt so loved and so blessed to have such a great team,” Hansen said. “It made my final routines in The Nest that much more exciting when my whole team came and huddled me and I almost fell to the foor. Just so much excitement and great memories.”

Hansen recorded her highest home meet vault score of the season of 9.825 and put up another 9.825 on floor as the last competitor on the final rotation, which secured the Hornets’ win. She recorded a 9.700 on beam to add to her successful night.

“Kailey hit three for three, really stepping up knowing that her knee has given her so much grief,” Solorio said. “She has learned quality, not quantity, and understood that she just needs to be patient.”

Kilwein followed Hansen in an exhibition performance to finish her college career in The Nest, competing her usual three events. She also took advantage of a vault exhibition in the first rotation, and anchored the bar lineup with a 9.725 to help reach a new Sac State season-high team bar score of 49.000.

“We had a lot of high-energy and a lot of passion because everyone was wanting this win for our seniors,” Kilwein said.

As a beam specialist, Guerrero’s did not have a favorable ending in The Nest. Regardless of her 9.025 score, she said the enthusiasm of the her team made her feel like she nailed it.

“I know I didn’t hit my routine, but the fact that my team did well made it feel like i did because it was just an exciting meet,” Guerrero said. “I will definitely remember this meet for the rest of my life.”

Montoya decided to give beam a try for the first time in a college competition, although it was only an exhibition.

Starting as a frequent exhibitionist in the early season, Montoya moved her way up into the floor lineup as a consistent competitor and recorded a 9.65 on Friday.

Montoya said time has flown from starting her freshman year here at Sac State, but she is ready for what’s next.

“Working through injuries, it was hard to stick with it, but I’m proud of myself for doing that and being in the lineup now,” Montoya said. “We have two meets left, so it hasn’t really hit me yet, but I’m excited to start a new chapter.”

Now it is time to prepare for conference championships after one more practice round against San Jose State this Friday.

“I think after beating Davis we saw we can do it, and we are still in this,” Wooff said. “San Jose and Davis may be making regionals, but that doesn’t put us out for conference. We can still win and we need to go in with that confidence.”

The MPSF championship meet will take place right across the causeway in The Pavilion at UC Davis on March 22.

“As seniors, we wanted to go out with a bang and i think we did that,” Kilwein said.