The No. 10 LSU gymnastics team posted a season Southeastern Conference low in its first road loss of the season, a 196.575-195.300 loss Friday against No. 6 Auburn (3-2, 1-2). “We lacked focus, and some people may have lost confidence” said LSU senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney. “We were fully prepared this week for the meet . . . and for some reason we crumbled.”Clare-Kearney and junior Susan Jackson tied for second in the all-around with a 39.500. LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux said the team’s performance was disappointing.”We are going to have to change what we do in practice,” Breaux said in a news release. “Our top two kids gave us everything they could, and we said going into this if our top two kids gave us their best we would have a great chance if the beginning of the lineup posted solid performances. Unfortunately that did not happen like we expected it to.”LSU (6-2, 1-2) started off the evening on a high note, posting a 49.025 on the uneven bars. Jackson posted a season-high 9.9 to win her first individual bar title of the season.But it was all low notes from there.LSU posted a season-low 49.150 on the vault, statistically the team’s best category with a season average of 49.256.Freshman Ashley Lee made her debut in the event, posting a 9.625.LSU then posted a 48.225 – another season-low – on the floor. Clare-Kearney won the event with a 9.925, increasing her career total to 95 individual crowns as a Tiger.The team finished out the evening with a 48.900 on the beam. Jackson tied for the title in the event with a 9.875 with Auburn senior Lindsey Puckett.The Tigers will be back at home Friday to face No. 5 Florida.”We talked a lot with the coaches, we talked a lot among ourselves and I think we have a different mentality going into this week of practice because we know we have Florida coming up,” Clare-Kearney said. “We’re going to be a lot harder on each other because we have to find out what the problem is here and why we are cracking under pressure.”Contact Andy Schwehm [email protected]