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Gymnastics: LSU @ UGA 1/28/22 6:00pmCST SECN


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ATHENS, Ga. – The sixth-ranked LSU Gymnastics team (1-0) returns to competition after a two-week break due to meet postponements against No. 36 Georgia (0-2, 0-1 SEC) at 6 p.m. CT Friday inside Stegeman Coliseum.

The Tigers and Bulldogs will face off on the SEC Network to kick off Friday Night Heights. Steve Schlanger and Ashley Miles will call the meet for the Network from home.

“We are just really ready and excited to get back and compete again,” LSU gymnastics head coach Jay Clark said. “The last two weeks have been somewhat of a rollercoaster with the postponements.. I like where this team is at, and we have been able to use the time off to get healthy. We expect nearly everyone back and even some new gymnasts in the lineup on Friday night.”

The Tigers last took the floor on Jan. 7 in the season opener against Centenary, a 196.950-186.550 win. LSU’s next two meets against Missouri scheduled for Jan. 14 and Arkansas scheduled for Jan. 21 were postponed due to COVID-19 protocols. The Tigers will now take on Missouri and Arkansas on Feb. 20 in Columbia, Missouri.

LSU is expected to have both Sami Durante and Haleigh Bryant back in the lineup after suffering injuries in the opener. Bryant will be limited to vault and bars but could possibly return to the all-around next week against Auburn. Freshman Aleah Finnegan is also expected to make her debut for the Tigers.

Against Centenary, LSU got out to a strong start with a 49.400 and 49.500 on vault and bars respectively. Those scores still rank as the second-highest vault and best bars score in the nation.

In her first meet for the Tigers, freshman KJ Johnson made quite the impression. She scored a 9.90 on both vault and floor and was named the SEC Freshman of the Week.

A Series Look
Georgia owns the all-time series over LSU with a record of 71-39-2 and 22-6 record in Athens. The Tigers have won 15 straight over the Bulldogs since 2016 and won the last two regular-season meets in Athens. In 2018, LSU won its first regular season meet in Athens since 1983.

Fans can follow the Tigers on the team’s social media channels: @LSUgym on Instagram and Twitter and at www.Facebook.com/lsugym.

 

 

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Rotation 1

49.325 UGA Vault
49.350 LSU Bars


9.900 Kiya Johnson nice clean routine & drilled/stuck landing
9.900 Kai Rivers great handstands stuck landing
9.825Olivia Dunne beautiful a little form on legs but stuck landing
9.900 Haleigh Bryant nailed handstands great height stuck landing
9.775 Alyona Schennikova hop forward on landing
9.825 Sami Durante great routine but ‘college stick’



After 1
49.325 UGA -0.025
49.350 LSU

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Rotation 2

49.125 UGA Bars
49.150 LSU Vault


9.850 Kai Rivers 9.995 SV, great block flared out great in air, tiny hop.
9.850 KJ Johnson 9.995 SVnice yurchenko full, legs glued, great block & height
9.575 Alyona Schennikova 10.0 SV falls off mat, didnt block well went off to side
9.725 Sarah Edwards 10.0 SV yurchenko 1.5 great block & height big step on landing
9.875 Kiya Johnson 10.0 SV beautiful great block & height stuck landing but just off center
9.850 Haleigh Bryant 10.0 SV, bit of squat on landing 



After 2
98.500 LSU
98.450 UGA -0.50

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Rotation 3

48.575 UGA Beam
49.100 LSU Floor


9.700 Christina Desiderio small bounce 1st pass, beautiful hi 180 leaps, littl bounce on double tuck final pass.
9.200 Elena Arenas stumble land first pass tho E level, bad double on final sorta stung ankles 
9.800 Olivia Dunne her first collegiate floorx! very pretty stuck final double.
9.825 Sarah Edwards double tuck very hi final pass
9.875 KJ Johnson awesome routine!
9.900 Alyona Schennikova nice routine
 


After 3
147.600 LSU
147.025 UGA

 

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Rotation 4

49.075 UGA Floor
49.250 LSU Beam


9.900 Christina Desiderio nice solid routine, stuck landing
9.875 Aleah Finnegan pretty routine, great triple aerial series, small step on landing
9.775 Sami Durante bal check, bal check after straddle half 
9.725 Alyona Schennikova nice extension good routine stuck landing
9.800 Bridget Dean nice routine!
9.900 Kiya Johnson great routine college stick

 

Tigers Win! Tigers Win!
 

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