Eq4bits Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 So it’s LSU, Minnesota, Kentucky, & Arkansas for Regional Finals! The top two teams from this meet advance to Nationals in DFW on Thursday 4/18/24. Let’s #GeauxTigers & # GetThere ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eq4bits Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 From: https://lsusports.net/news/2024/04/05/gymnastics-set-to-compete-in-fayetteville-regional-championship-on-saturday/ FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 2 LSU Gymnastics team (22-3, 5-2 SEC) is set to compete in the Fayetteville Regional Final on Saturday, April 6 at 5 p.m. CT in Bud Walton Arena. The Tigers will look to win their 14th regional title and secure their spot in the NCAA Championships as the top two teams in Saturday’s competition will advance to nationals. LSU finished first in the second round of the Fayetteville Regional on Thursday night to secure their spot in the regional finals on Saturday, where they will face No. 7 Kentucky, No. 10 Arkansas and No. 15 Minnesota. The competition will be streamed on ESPN+ with Alex Perlman and Anastasia Webb on the call and live stats will be provided by Virtius. The Tigers will start the meet on beam and rotate to floor and vault before finishing on bars. NCAA Postseason History LSU owns 32 NCAA Championships appearances and 13 NCAA Regional Championships in program history. This year’s regional berth marked the Tigers 41st overall appearance in the postseason and 39th straight berth for the program. Since the first year the NCAA sanctioned gymnastics in 1982, LSU has advanced to the NCAA Regional 41 out of 42 years. The 1984 season was the only year LSU did not qualify for regional competition. The following is the place LSU has finished in each of its 40 previous regional appearances and how many times the Tigers have finished in that spot: First Place – 13 times (1986*, 2002*, 2004*, 2005, 2008*, 2009, 2013, 2014*, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) – *Hosted 6 out of 12 times. Second Place – 16 times (1985, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89, ‘90, ‘93, ‘94, ‘99, 2000, ‘03, ‘06, ‘07, ‘10, ‘12,’21, 2023) Third Place – 10 times (1982, ‘83, ‘91, ‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, 2001, ‘11, ‘22) Seventh Place – 1 time (1992) Last Time On The Floor LSU advanced to the round of 16 with the highest score across both sessions of second round competition on Thursday (197.800) and their second highest score at a regional in program history. The Tigers got the NCAA postseason started on vault, where Haleigh Bryant led the rotation with a team high 9.925. The LSU vault squad finished the first rotation with a 49.375, trailing Minnesota’s 49.500. Ashley Cowan and Savannah Schoenherr posted the highest scores for the Tigers on bars in the second rotation with their 9.900 performances. The duo recorded the third highest score on the day across both sessions of competition to help put LSU in the lead. LSU finished bars with a 49.375 to give them a 98.750 at the halfway point, taking the lead over Minnesota’s 98.725. BYU followed in third place with their 98.250 and Oregon State in fourth with their 98.075. The squad’s score on bars matched the sixth best score in program history during regional competition. McClain, one of the top beam performers in the nation, continued to shine on the event as she put up a team high 9.925 for the Tigers in the third rotation. Her score was the second highest of the day to help her team to a 49.350 finish on beam, the sixth highest regional score in program history. LSU took the lead into the final rotation with their score of 148.075. The Tigers went lights out on floor to secure the win on Thursday as all six gymnasts in the lineup posted scores of 9.900 or higher in the last rotation. Konnor McClain, Amari Drayton and Olivia Dunne all recorded a 9.900 for the Tigers, while Bryant and KJ Johnson added a pair of 9.950’s. Finnegan added a perfect 10 in the fourth spot and LSU closed out the meet with a 49.700, a new program best regional score. The previous record was 49.650, set in 2014 at the Baton Rouge Regional. Finnegan’s perfect score on floor was only the third time an LSU gymnast achieved perfection on the event at a regional. The junior now owns seven perfect scores in her career, the sixth most in LSU history. Her performance on floor was enough to secure regional champion honors as she shares the title with Oregon State’s Jade Carey, who also recorded a 10 in the second round competition. The Tigers finished first overall in the second session of the NCAA second round in Fayetteville, defeating No. 15 Minnesota, Oregon State and BYU to secure their spot in the regional finals. Sweet 16 Opponents No. 7 Kentucky and No. 10 Arkansas advanced together out of the afternoon session on Thursday to advance to the next round of competition on Saturday. The Razorbacks placed first in the meet with their 197.325, while the Wildcats followed with their 197.100. Arkansas finished second overall out of the two sessions, the best finish for the Gymbacks since the regional format changed to eight teams in 2019 and the highest in any regional since 2018. It’s the first regional final appearance for Arkansas since 2022. No. 15 Minnesota moved out of the evening session along with LSU with their score of 196.950. This will be the third time in the last four seasons Minnesota has made the regional finals. The Gophers finished second in both 2021 and 2022, advancing to nationals in both seasons. Along with the Fayetteville regional, top two teams from each final of the Berkeley, Gainesville and Ann Arbor regionals will determine who make up the elite eight in the NCAA Championship Semifinals on Thursday, April 18 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eq4bits Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 Rotation 1 LSU Beam 49.450 Minnesota Floor 49.425 Arkansas Vault 49.375 Kentucky Bars 49.400 Sierra Ballard - acro stuck, turn & leaps good, bal chk after kick over, small stepback due to underrotating. 9.800 Savannah Schoenherr - 1 small bal chk med step to side on dismount. 9.825 Konnor McClain- omg gorgeous! Stuck dismount. Her wolf jump slays me. 9.950 Kiya Johnson - big bal chk after leaps, small bal chk front toss stuck dismount. 9.850 Haleigh Bryant - beautiful! Stuck! 9.925 Aleah Finnegan - gorgeous only a small hop on dismount. 9.900 After 1 LSU 49.450 Arkansas 49.375 -0.075 Kentucky 49.400 -0.050 Minnesota 49.425 -0.025 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eq4bits Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 Rotation 2 LSU Floor 49.625 Minnesota Vault 49.250 Arkansas Bars 49.450 Kentucky Beam 49.325 Konnor McClain - I saw nothing to deduct. 9.900 Amari Drayton - again great routine didnt see deductions. 9.900 KJ Johnson - beautiful, perfect in my eyes. 9.925 Aleah Finnegan - gorgeous 9.950 Haleigh Bryant - perfectly perfect as usual. 9.925 Kiya Johnson - 1st pass tiny slide front foot, 2nd pass nailed, nailed double pike cold, great routine. 9.925 After 2 LSU 99.075 Arkansas 98.825 -0.250 Kentucky 98.725 -0.350 Minnesota 98.675 -0.400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eq4bits Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 Rotation 3 LSU Vault 49.550 Minnesota Bars 49.500 Arkansas Beam 49.425 Kentucky Floor 49.475 KJ Johnson (9.95 SV) stuck it stone cold!!!! 9.925 Aleah Finnegan (10 SV) great height & distance, her usual step forward on landing. 9.850 Amari Drayton (10 SV) great h&d tiny hop landing. 9.875 Savannah Schoenherr (10 SV) guess i missed it 9.775 Kiya Johnson (10 SV) double full, small hop back. 9.900 Haleigh Bryant (10 SV) stone cold stick!!!!!! 10.000 !!!!!! After 3 LSU 148.625 Arkansas 148.350 -0.275 Kentucky 148.200 -0.425 Minnesota 148.175 -0.450 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eq4bits Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 Rotation 4 LSU Bars 49.625 Minnesota Beam 49.225 Arkansas Floor 49.475 Kentucky Vault 49.275 Alexis Jeffrey - grt h/s & releases, fell on dismount. 9.200 Ashley Cowan - hs good huge release, teeney hop? 9.900 Kiya Johnson - great stuck it cold! 9.925 Konnor McClain - perfect cept for slight step but rutine was huge! 9.950 Savannah Schoenherr - grt hs cept last one went over but saved, teeny step landing but huge dismount. 9.850 Haleigh Bryant - hit hs & releases, Stuck dismount! OMG! 10.000 !!!!!!!! FINAL LSU 198.250 Arkansas 197.825 -0. 425 Kentucky 197.475 -0.775 Minnesota 197.400 -0.850 All Around Haleigh Bryant 39.850 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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