After sweeping all five titles at the Columbus Regional on Saturday, the LSU gymnastics team captured the No. 5 overall seed and a spot in the first semifinal session of the NCAA Championships on April 19 in Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles.
The Tigers will share the floor with No. 1 Florida, No. 4 Georgia, No. 8 Minnesota, No. 9 Stanford and No. 12 Illinois. The three schools with the highest scores from each of the two semifinal sessions will advance to the Super Six competition the following day, where the highest scoring team will be crowned champion.
Three Tigers earn All-America honors
LSU heads into the final competition of the season with a handful of regular season All-Americans.
Sophomore all-arounder Rheagan Courville was named to the first team on vault and all-around while also receiving second team honors for balance beam, and junior all-arounder Sarie Morrison brought in a first team nod on bars. Sophomore all-arounder Lloimincia Hall garnered a spot on the first team for floor exercise as she led the nation with a 9.950 regional qualifying score.
LSU hauls in multiple regional accolades
The Tigers added four more awards for this year’s squad as Courville, coach D-D Breaux, associate head coach Jay Clark and assistant coach Bob Moore collected Central Region honors.
Courville won Central Region Gymnast of the Year to go along with her Southeastern Conference Gymnast of the Year title. The sophomore all-arounder also grabbed the all-around, beam and vault titles at the SEC Championship three weeks ago.
Breaux was awarded Central Region Coach of the Year for the sixth time in her career, and her team’s score of 197.700 in its third place finish at the SEC Championship was good for the third highest score in program history.
Clark and Moore shared the distinction of Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year. Clark coached the Tigers to a 49.260 regional qualifying score on uneven bars in his first season with the team. Moore earned the award for the fourth time in his career, and his vaulting squad is first in the nation with a 49.495 regional qualifying score.
