Vaulting on the road meant vaulting in the standings for the No. 9 LSU gymnastics team.
The Tigers tied their second-highest score on the vault with a 49.375 against Iowa on Friday, propelling LSU to its second-straight victory in a 196.30-195.70 win.
LSU also scored a 49.375 in its previous road meet Feb. 17 against Washington and posted a season-high 49.50 at Arkansas on Jan. 20.
Despite not winning the individual all-around event for the first time since facing Florida on Feb. 10, the Tigers’ team victory raised LSU’s regional qualifying score to a 196.440.
LSU coach D-D Breaux said a few individuals didn’t do as well as they could have, but as a team, the Tigers stuck together and performed well.
“We didn’t get the score we wanted,” Breaux said. “But in the final analysis we certainly got a score that’s going to make us very competitive and keep us in the