After its third-place finish in the Southeastern Conference championship meet, the No. 3 LSU gymnastics team landed a spot in Athens, Georgia, for its NCAA Regional on April 2.
The Tigers (18-4) will be a featured No. 1 seed in the regional, the Georgia Gymdogs, the regional’s host, will be the second seed and Oregon State, Arizona, George Washington and Michigan State will be seed Nos. 3-6, respectively.
In accordance with NCAA rules, the top-seeded Tigers will begin the regional in a bye rotation, then they will advance to the uneven bars, balance beam, bye rotation, floor exercise then vault to close out the meet.
This will be the third meet in a row that LSU has competed in the bars, beam, floor then vault rotational order.
The top-two finishers in the Athens Regional will proceed to Fort Worth, Texas, for the NCAA Semifinals and Super Six on April 15-16.
LSU has competed in Georgia’s Stegeman Coliseum once this season. The Tigers lost their only meet in SEC competition on Feb. 13 against the Gymdogs after posting an 196.800 team score.
LSU also faced third-seeded Oregon State once this season on March 12 in Denton, Texas. The Beavers posted a 196.550 team score to finish the four-team competition in second place behind the Tigers in first place at 197.825.
The other regional host sites are Alabama, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Utah.
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