Eq4bits Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Gymnastics Takes on Kentucky in Top-10 Matchup BATON ROUGE – The fifth-ranked LSU Gymnastics team (8-2, 4-2 SEC) will take on No. 10 Kentucky (6-3, 3-3 SEC) in the Southeastern Conference regular season finale at 7:15 p.m. CT Friday inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. There are a limited amount of general admission tickets still available at LSUtix.net. Student tickets are free and the entrance is on the upper west side of the arena. Doors to the arena will open at 5:45 p.m. for all fans. The first 500 students will receive an LSU gymnastics tank top and the first 500 fans through the upper entrances will receive an LSU gymnastics t-shirt. The meet will be streamed live on SECNetwork+ through WatchESPN.com and the app. Lyn Rollins and former All-America gymnast Kaleigh Dickson Abboud will call the top-10 meeting. “We are in March now and really gearing up for our postseason,” head coach Jay Clark. “I know the team is excited to get back in the PMAC and compete a really strong Kentucky team. Competing in front of the home crowd will really them some extra juice for this SEC finale.” When the squad takes the floor on Friday they’ll be looking to score a 197 or higher to drop the season opener score from its National Qualifying Score (NQS). With three meets left this season, LSU has a strong chance to finish in the top four and take a No. 1 seed going into NCAA postseason. LSU owns top-five rankings on vault and bars and top-10 on beam and floor. The Tigers have season highs of 49.500 on vault, 49.500 on bars, 49.650 on beam and 49.775 on floor. The score of 49.775 against Auburn marked a school record. Kiya Johnson and Haleigh Bryant, two of the top gymnasts in the country, are expected to compete in the all-around together for the second time this season. Both Johnson and Bryant own multiple perfect scores in 2022. Johnson owns a 10 on beam and floor and Bryant has scored two 10’s on vault. Johnson owns two 10’s on beam, one on vault and four on floor. She is the sixth gymnast in LSU history to score multiple perfect scores on beam. Bryant has scored all four of her career 10’s on vault. LSU will be without star junior Kai Rivers. Rivers, who suffered a shoulder injury against Alabama, has no timetable for return. The Detroit, Michigan native returned to LSU’s lineup on vault, bars and beam after missing the 2021 season with an Achilles injury. Junior Alyona Shchennikova is expected to return to the LSU lineup on bars and possibly floor after suffering a knee injury at Florida. Senior Bridget Dean is also expected to return to the beam lineup after missing the meet at TWU due to a family matter. LSU-Kentucky Series LSU leads the all-time series over Kentucky, 83-8 with the Tigers owning a record of 24-1 in Baton Rouge. LSU lost twice to Kentucky a year ago, once in Lexington and another in the NCAA Second Round. LSU went on to defeat the Wildcats in the NCAA Regional Final to move on to NCAA Championships. LSU’s lone loss to UK in Baton Rouge came in 1996. Fans can follow the Tigers on the team’s social media channels: @LSUgym on Instagram and Twitter and www.Facebook.com/lsugym. https://lsusports.net/news/2022/03/03/gymnastics-takes-on-kentucky-in-top-10-matchup/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eq4bits Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 Rotation 1 49.50 KY Bars 49.350 LSU Vault 9.875 Sami Durante yurchenko full 9.95 SV, looked great looked stuck9.775 Sarah Edwards yurchenko 1.5 blind landing 10SV big step 9.850 Elena Arenas yurchenko full tiny hop 9.95 SV 9.850 KJ Johnson small hop 9.95 SV 9.825 Kiya Johnson yurchenko double full 10 SV small hop 9.950 Haleigh Bryant 10 SV Handspring double pike college stick After 1 49.500 KY 49.350 LSU -0.150 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eq4bits Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 Rotation 249.325 KY Vault 49.425 LSU Bars 9.825 Kiya Johnson good leadoff stuck dbl lo 9.825 Elena Arenas beautiful hs, college stick 9.875 Olivia Dunne tiny hop 2lo dismount 9.950 Haleigh Bryant stuck!9.800 Alyona Schennikova 2lo squatty hop 9.950 Sami Durante beautiful & stuck! After 2 98.825 KY 98.775 LSU -0.050 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eq4bits Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 Rotation 349.400 KY Floor 49.425 LSU Beam 9.900 Christina Desiderio tiny balchk but set the table very nicely 9.825 Elena Arenas pretty routine 9.850 Bridget Dean pretty routine & stuck 9.950 Haleigh Bryant great routine stuck rudy dismount 9.900 Aleah Finnegan just beautiful, stuck but swung arms to hold it9.200 Sami Durante (Kiya Johnson scratched) beautiful (but kinda fast) and fell off crapAfter 3 148.300 KY 148.200 LSU -0.100 Ky floor score bumped up im confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eq4bits Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 Rotation 4 KY Beam 49.250 LSU Floor 9.750 Christina Desiderio no idea why so low, judges must be drunk 9.800 Olivia Dunne bobble on pass landing 9.800 KJ Johnson nice routine judges still drinking 9.825 Aleah Finnegan mini-finny is selling her routine, then blows a balance but doesnt go oob shit 9.900 Haleigh Bryant gooooood routine hope its enough…. 9.925 Sarah Edwards Kiya Johnson Scratched (injury flareup?) Edwards replaced kentucky getting D-OVERS on beam and floor is sticking lsu in the butt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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