The sun is setting on the Best Show in Los Angeles.

And after a golden-hour performance, the curtain will fall one last time for the eight graduating gymnasts.

No. 3 UCLA gymnastics (12-2, 9-0 Big Ten) and No. 12 Stanford (10-2, 4-1 ACC) are set to duel Sunday. The Bruins, returning to Pauley Pavilion for the final time this season, will honor the departing class on Senior Night as the cohort prepares to end its collegiate gymnastics career.

“This has just been the best year by far,” said senior Emma Malabuyo. “It’s just so great to end with this type of team.”

After clinching the Big Ten regular-season championship last Sunday, the squad will get the chance to host one final floor party and cultivate a spirit of celebration for its outgoing members.

UCLA is coming off a performance that tied its second-lowest score of the season, posting a 197.200 team total March 2 at the Big Fours quad meet. Both Malabuyo and graduate student Frida Esparza, veteran staples on bars, recorded uncharacteristically low scores of 9.725 and 9.825, respectively, on the event. Graduate student Brooklyn Moors contributed to UCLA’s downward trend on beam, posting scores on the event 9.700 or lower in the last two meets.

“Last week was a really good lesson for us,” said coach Janelle McDonald. “I don’t think we were firing on all cylinders.”

Despite bobbles from several staples in the lineup, the team’s freshmen have continued to gain their footing.

Freshman Mika Webster-Longin notched a 9.875 on vault last week, tying the team’s high score on the event. She also has competed in the bars lineup seven times this year, providing consistency on the Bruins’ lowest-ranked event.

“Bars and I have had a long relationship to say the least,” Webster-Longin said. “To have that role in being able to contribute to the team week in and week out is definitely something I’m very proud of this year.”

Unlike most of the Bruins’ Big Ten opponents this season, this week’s meet matches UCLA with a squad it has a storied history with. The Bruins own a 17-6-1 record to the Cardinal since 2000, winning their last two matchups.

Stanford has made a splash in its new conference, holding the No. 2 spot in the ACC. No. 6 California is the only team to take down coach Tabitha Yim’s squad this year, a program that joined Stanford in the conference amid the Pac-12 exodus.

“The Pac-12 was super competitive and just has really great history and tradition in it,” McDonald said. “All of us are excited to take that legacy and bring it into our new conferences.”

Despite major realignment, multiple former Pac-12 schools now lead the rankings of their new respective conferences.

With just two regular-season meets left on the horizon, the Bruins have their sights set on the postseason. The squad could flip the script from last year, when UCLA failed to qualify for nationals and ended at No. 17 in the country for its lowest finish since 2006.

“Something special about this team is that every single person is bought in,” Malabuyo said. “We all want to raise our expectations. We all want to win a national championship.”