What
No. 3 LSU Tigers (23-4) vs. No. 6 Auburn (16-8-1), No. 16 Minnesota (29-4), No. 2 Florida (20-2), No. 9 Georgia (12-13), No. 18 Stanford (18-10-1)
When/where
Semifinal I: 1 p.m. Friday at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas
How to watch
ESPNU
Probable Lineup
- Bars: Jessica Savona, Myia Hambrick, Randii Wyrick, Lexie Priessman, Sarah Finnegan, Shae Zamardi
- Beam: Erin Macadaeg, Myia Hambrick, Julianna Cannamela, Sydney Ewing, Sarah Finnegan, Ashleigh Gnat
- Floor: Sydney Ewing, Myia Hambrick, McKenna Kelley, Jessica Savona, Randii Wyrick, Ashleigh Gnat
- Vault: Julianna Cannamela, Sydney Ewing, Sarah Finnegan, Jessica Savona, Myia Hambrick, Ashleigh Gnat
LSU’s second visit to Fort Worth of the season
Posted a team score of 196.750 and finished second behind Oklahoma at the Metroplex Challenge on Jan. 30.
From senior all-arounder Randii Wyrick
“We’ve been there year after year, ever since I first got here, and it’s definitely going to be a place of comfort. A place that we know we can go and dominate and being able to compete against teams that we’ve already competed against just gives us confidence.”
Familiar foes
- Defeated Florida
- 197.900-197.875 on Feb. 26 in Gainesville, Florida
- Split series against Georgia
- Lost: 196.800-197.525 on Feb. 13
- Won: in NCAA Regionals 197.300-196.850
From LSU coach Jay Clark
“With this field, for anybody, it’s going to take a high-197. One thing that is a little different nuance this year is that there is six judges on the floor instead of four. So, you’ll be averaging four scores instead of two. That could affect scoring a little bit. It may go down a little bit. That’s what I’d expect because you’re going to have some outliers in those averages. My guess, it’s going to take someone in the high 197s to win this thing.”
Recent outings
Entered Athens Regionals as the top seed and finished first for the fourth time in a row to advance to the NCAA Semifinals.
- All event scores exceeded the team’s season average
- 49.450 on floor marked highest score
- 49.150 on beam marked the lowest
- Posted three scores higher than a 9.9 on vault, two 9.9’s and two 9.95’s on floor
From LSU coach D-D Breaux
“We believe we’ve dotted our Is and crossed our Ts, and that T is in Tiger. These kids are ready. It’s just a matter of the emotion of the competition and removing the clutter. If they are loose without the clutter, they’re doing well.”
NCAA Semifinals 2015
LSU finished fifth at last year’s semifinals
- Posted a team score of 196.550; Vault: 49.375, Bars: 49.425, Beam: 48.275, Floor: 49.475
- Failed to advance to Super Six
From Breaux, on 2015 Semifinals
“That performance, that night, was not indicative of what this team can do. That was then. This is now, and these kids are living in the moment.”
