FORT WORTH, Texas – The second-ranked LSU gymnastics team will compete in one of the premier quad meets in the country at 6:45 p.m. CT Saturday in the Metroplex Challenge at the Fort Worth Convention Center.
The meet, which features No. 4 UCLA, No. 14 Washington and No. 28 NC State, will be the Tigers’ first chance to compete on podium. Flogymnastics.com will carry the meet live on its site. Fans must subscribe to the site to gain access to the video.
The quad meet will work similar to a home meet for the Tigers. The squad will begin on vault, followed by bars and beam, and then close the night on floor.
D-D Breaux Previews the Meet
“The Metroplex is a national meet that draws a great group of gymnasts,” head coach D-D Breaux said. “Texas has a lot of great athletes and coaches so we do a lot of recruiting there and like to compete there as much as possible. This meet is also on a podium so it gives us an opportunity to practice and compete in the same type of atmosphere as our postseason meets. It’s a great meet and an opportunity to see teams we don’t normally see.”
Last Time Out
In front of a sellout crowd of 13,726, the largest attended meet in school history, the LSU gymnastics team defeated No. 9 Alabama. The 197.450-196.725 marked the fifth-straight regular season win for the Tigers over the Crimson Tide.
In the meet, the bars lineup posted the second-highest score in school history and the best in the nation after three weeks of the season with a score of 49.625. LSU also posted a season-high score of 49.475 on floor to cap off the night.
Senior Myia Hambrick and junior Sarah Finnegan led the charge for the Tigers as the duo split the all-around title with a score of 39.550. Finnegan took home titles on vault with a career-high score of 9.90, bars with a career-high score of 9.975 and the all-around. Hambrick had another consistent night with a 9.8 on vault, 9.925 on bars, 9.875 on beam and 9.95 in the fifth spot of floor.
Tigers in the National Rankings
LSU is the No. 2 team in the nation. The bars squad posted the nation’s highest score and is second behind Oklahoma. The beam and floor lineups also rank in the nation. The vault group, which has featured three different lineups and eight gymnasts is third in the nation.
Myia Hambrick: 1st FX, 11th AA, 14th BB, 19th UB; Sarah Finnegan: 5th AA, 7th UB, 8th FX, 24th BB; Kennedi Edney: 4th UB, 8th FX, 12th AA; Lexie Priessman: 12th VT, 12th UB; Ruby Harrold: 15th UB; Julianna Cannamela: 22nd FX.
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