BERKELEY – The California women's gymnastics team released its 2025 schedule Monday. The slate includes five home meets at Haas Pavilion as the Golden Bears enter their inaugural ACC season.
The 2025 campaign begins with two podium meets. On Jan. 4, the Bears will head to Oceanside for the Pacific Coast Challenge, a tri-meet with former conference foes Oregon State and UCLA. Exactly one week later on Jan. 11, the Bears will make their return to the Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad, which has found a new home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The 16-team field is made up entirely of schools that made an NCAA Regional last season, including six of the eight programs that made it to the NCAA Championship.
"We are excited to compete with these nonconference opponents at the podium meets," co-head coach Elisabeth Crandall-Howell. "These competitions give us the opportunity to compete against the best teams from across the country and replicate the format and excitement of the national championships."
Rounding out the podium meets is another trip to the Metroplex Challenge (Feb. 14) and the Bears' first invite to Elevate the Stage (Mar. 9), which features three schools that made a postseason run last year in Alabama, Michigan State, and North Carolina. The Crimson Tide advanced to the NCAA Championship in 2024, and the Spartans made an NCAA Regional Final appearance.
The Bears' first ACC dual meet is set for Jan. 26 at Haas Pavilion as Clemson, which enters its second year as a program, comes to Berkeley. Cal will also host Stanford (Feb. 7) and Pittsburgh (Feb. 23).
"We are extremely excited for this first year in the ACC," Crandall-Howell said. "In 2024, the inaugural year for gymnastics in the conference, the energy surrounding gymnastics was outstanding."
The ACC Championship is set for Mar. 22 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. With six total programs in the conference, the fifth and sixth seeds will compete in the first session and the top four teams will compete in the second session.
NCAA Regionals are set for April 2-6 with Utah, Washington, Alabama, and Penn State being this year's host schools. The NCAA Championship returns to Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 17 & 19.
TICKET INFORMATION Season tickets and Cub Club memberships are now on sale, more information can be found on CalBears.com. Single meet and group tickets will go on sale on Dec. 4.