BATON ROUGE — LSU’s Marina Degteva has been named the SEC Gymnast of the Week after guiding the Tigers to a stunning upset of No. 1 Utah on Friday.
Degteva won titles on both vault and floor and helped the Tigers upset a top-ranked team for the third time in her four years at LSU.
The senior from Mississauga, Ontario opened up with a career best of 9.925 on vault and followed that with a score of 9.850 on bars as the Tigers built a commanding lead. Degteva helped the Tigers close the door on the Utes with a score of 9.875 on floor, her second best effort of the season.
The pair of titles on Friday evening were the first of the season for Degteva who now has nine individual titles for her career. The SEC Gymnast of the Week honors is the first of her career.
Degteva and her Tiger teammates will face another significant challenge this weekend, as fourth-ranked Alabama comes to the Maravich Assembly Center on Friday evening at 7 p.m.