The LSU gymnastics team will compete in this year’s NCAA Championships as a No. 9 national seed, the NCAA announced Monday.The Tigers (15-8-1) earned their berth in the championships after a second-place finish Saturday at the University Park Regional, where they posted a score of 196.400. LSU also recorded a 392.815 national qualifying score to earn the No. 9 seed.LSU will compete in the opening session of the championships at noon on April 22 in Florida’s Stephen C. O’Connell Center.The first session will also feature No. 1 seed UCLA, No. 4 seed Oklahoma, No. 5 seed Utah, No. 8 seed Oregon State — who the Tigers defeated March 5 — and No. 12 seed Nebraska.The second session will feature No. 2 seed and host Florida, No. 3 Alabama, No. 6 Stanford, No. 7 Arkansas, No. 10 Missouri and No. 11 Michigan.The top three finishers in each session will advance to the Super Six finals April 23 and 24. LSU is aiming to compete in its third-straight Super Six.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at [email protected].