Posting a season high may seem like a reason to celebrate, but it wasn’t for the LSU gymnastics team. The Tigers scored a 196.800 in their victory last week against then-No. 8 Florida. But the team knows there is still work to do with another top-10 adversary looming.No. 11 LSU moves from the Florida meet to face No. 5 Alabama, the fourth time in five weeks LSU will face a top-10 opponent.Preparing for meets against highly ranked opponents has become a regular occurrence for the Tigers.”[Preparing for a top-10 team] is routine for us now,” said LSU junior Susan Jackson said. “We’ve figured out what works for us, and that’s what we’re going to stick with every week.”The Tigers face the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Ala., tonight at 7:30 p.m.LSU senior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney said an area of concern is finishing off routines as well as floor exercise, where the Tigers posted a 48.925 against the Gators, more than .300 below their season high.”We counted a 9.475 [individual score] on floor, which is something we’re not going to do in the future,” Clare-Kearney said. “And there are still a lot of little things, like sticking landings, that we want to make sure we get down by postseason.”LSU junior Kayla Rogers was one of the Tigers’ standout performers last weekend, scoring a 9.700 on the vault and a 9.900 on the floor exercise.”[Rogers’ 9.900 on floor] was personally the highlight of the meet,” said LSU gymnastics coach D-D Breaux.Another pleasant surprise for LSU was the performance of sophomore Samantha Engle on the uneven bars and the beam. Engle scored a 9.875 on the bars and a 9.850 on the beam.”[Engle’s] two events — bars and balance beam — were very, very good,” Breaux said. “It was really just a team effort.”Clare-Kearney walked away from the Florida meet as the individual all-around champion, posting a 39.625. The individual title helped earn Clare-Kearney the title of Southeastern Conference Gymnast of the Week.Jackson finished second with a 39.450 and Florida’s Corey Hartung came in third, scoring a 39.325.”[Clare-Kearney and Jackson] at the end of the lineup are crucial,” Breaux said.The Tigers also posted a team score of 49.425 on the uneven bars — a season high. Breaux said the high score on the bars was not because of any changes in practice or routine but simply fine-tuning the minor details.”We just stayed in the process,” Breaux said. “We hit more handstands and stuck more dismounts.”—-Contact Rob Landry at [email protected]