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13 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES 2019 7 SUPER SIX FINALS APPEARANCES 30 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES 239 ALL-AMERICA HONORS at #21 Arkansas 9 February 22, 2019 • 7:30 p.m. CT • Fayetteville, Ark. • Barnhill Arena Live Stats: LSUsports.net • TV/Video: SEC Network #5 LSU (7-3, 2-3 SEC) BREAKDOWN DATE OPPONENT LSU SCORE/OPP. SCORE Arkansas JANUARY (2-2) Record 7-3, 2-3 SEC Record 1-5, 0-4 SEC 4 #8 Cal W 196.775/ 195.650 Ranking No. 5 Road to Nationals Top 25 Ranking No. 21 Road to Nationals Top 25 11 * at #17 Auburn L 196.275/196.700 Last Meet February 17, 2019 vs. Missouri Last Meet February 1, 2019 vs. Auburn W, 197.650-195.475 18 * #3 Florida L 197.425/197.500 L, 197.100-196.172 Head Coach D-D Breaux 25 * at #9 Alabama W 197.450/196.850 Head Coach Mark Cook LSU Record 783-426-8/42nd season Record 196-252-5/16th season Career Record Same FEBRUARY (5-1) Career Record 264-276-6/20th season 1 #30 NC State W 197.150-195.375 8 * at #17 Kentucky L 196.025-197.150 15 at GymQuarters 1st 197.250 Matchup #4 Utah W 197.075 LSU Arkansas #15 Missouri W 196.475 Overall Team AVG (National Ranking) 197.000 (5) Overall Team AVG (National Ranking) 195.596 (21) #25 Stanford W 195.850 Team Vault AVG (National Ranking) 49.216 (5) Team Vault AVG (National Ranking) 49.029 (13) 17 *#15 Missouri W 197.650-195.475 Team Bars AVG (National Ranking) 49.291 (6) Team Bars AVG (National Ranking) 48.636 (35) 22 * at #21 Arkansas 7:30 p.m. Team Beam AVG (National Ranking) 49.228 (4) Team Beam AVG (National Ranking) 48.804 (24) Team Floor AVG (National Ranking) 49.266 (6) Team Floor AVG (National Ranking) 49.129 (13) MARCH (0-0) Overall Team High 197.650 Overall Team High 196.175 1 * Georgia 8 p.m. Team Vault High 49.400 Team Vault High 49.250 Team Bars High 49.525 Team Bars High 48.975 8 Oregon State 7:30 p.m. Team Beam High 49.400 Team Beam High 49.250 15 at Arizona 8 p.m. Team Floor High 49.550 Team Floor High 49.275 23 SEC Championship (New Orleans, La.) NEXT UP APRIL (0-0) LSU Wraps Up Road Swing at Arkansas 7 NCAA Regional No. 5 LSU (7-3, 2-3 SEC) wraps up its three-week road swing and set of three meets in eight days 20-21 NCAA Championship against No. 21 Arkansas at 7:30 p.m. Friday on the SEC Network. John Roethlisberger and Alicia Sacramone-Quinn will have the call for the Network. The Tigers are coming off of two of the best (St. Louis, Mo.) performances of the season with wins against three, four top-30 opponents, including No. 4 Utah. LSU set a season-high score of 197.650 at home against Missouri on Sunday night. Senior Sarah Finnegan won eight titles over the weekend with victories on vault, bars, floor and all-around on Friday and then wins on bars, beam, floor and all-around on Sunday. Sophomore Sami Durante made her return to the lineup this weekend. Durante was moved out of her leadoff role on bars and ON AIR scored a 9.85 in both events. She then set a career high and earned her first beam title with a 9.90. Freshman Bailey Ferrer also put together a solid weekend, including a career high 9.90 on bars to TV: SEC Network earn her first ever win. John Roethlisberger, play-by-play Alicia Sacramone-Quinn, Analyst STORY LINES • LSU is 34-5-1 overall against • LSU gymnastics head coach • LSU has now been in the top-5 WHO TO CONTACT Arkansas. The Tigers have a D-D Breaux owns 783 victories of Road To Nationals regular Assistant SID/Gymnastics Contact record of 6-1-1 in Fayetteville. for her career. She needs just 19 season rankings for 35-straight Brandon Berrio The Tigers are on a 15-meet win to reach the 800-win mark during weeks. The last time LSU was Email: [email protected] streak against the Razorbacks. her 42 years in Baton Rouge. not ranked in the top-25 was Cell: 225-726-3056 • Office: 225-578-7678 The streak dates back to the February 22, 2016 when the 2012 season. In the last meet at • Senior Sarah Finnegan is one squad was ranked seventh. Arkansas, LSU posted its highest of the best all-around gymnasts CONNECT TO LSU GYMNASTICS score ever on the road against in school history. She is the ninth LSUsports.net/gymnastics the Razorbacks and the second- LSU gymnast to score a 9.95 or LSUgym.com highest team score at an SEC higher on vault, bars, beam and Facebook.com/LSUgym meet. floor in a career and one of two in Twitter.com/LSUgym the nation in 2019. YouTube.com/LSUgymnastics D-DHEAD COACH Breaux • 42nd SEASON With each passing season, LSU gymnastics title in school history, the highest score in program continues to collect more honors and titles to its history on three different occasions, 20 total All- storied program, and head coach D-D Breaux has America honors including a nation-leading five First- been the catalyst behind LSU’s sustained success. Team All-Americans, and a then school-record 13 Led by Breaux, LSU has seen increasing consecutive meets with at least a 197 score. accomplishments that includes 16 NCAA In 2013, LSU recorded the 12th regional team Championships appearances in the last 17 seasons, title in school history, and the Tigers reached the seven Super Six appearances since 2008 and 12 NCAA Super Six for the third time in 2013, recording individual national titles since 2002. a fifth-place finish. Under Breaux’s leadership and coaching, LSU In 2010 LSU reached the NCAA Championships has reached new heights in individual and team for the ninth straight year while senior Susan success. Jackson became the first LSU gymnast to capture Now entering her 42nd season as the the NCAA All-Around national title, and she also won mastermind of the LSU gymnastics program, Breaux the 2010 balance beam title to become LSU’s first exudes the same passion and enthusiasm to coach three-time NCAA champion. the Fighting Tigers as she did in her first season on In 2008 LSU joined elite company by advancing the job. to the NCAA Super Six Finals as Breaux and the The 2018 season marked another one for the Tigers broke through into the six-team field for the history books as the Tigers won SEC Championships, first time in program history to compete for college earned 33 wins and finished fourth nationally. Sarah gymnastics’ national championship. The Tigers Finnegan took home the SEC all-around title and placed fifth. was named the league’s gymnast of the year. LSU As the “Dean of Coaches” at LSU, Breaux has gymnasts earned a school record 28 All-America represented the University at the highest level honors. both in the gym and, most importantly, in the Breaux led the 2017 squad to the best season classroom for more than 40 years. Her dedication in school history. From beginning to end, the Tigers to the student-athlete on an individual basis has THE D-D BREAUX FILE were masterful on the floor with 34 wins and a transcended into academic success, community Hometown: Donaldsonville, La. historic sweep of the Southeastern Conference. involvement, Coach of the Year honors, SEC Ashleigh Gnat along with Finnegan and Kennedi Championships, NCAA Regional Championships and College: LSU, ‘76 Edney also took home the most NCAA national Top-10 national rankings throughout her tenure. championships at a meet in school history with In fact, there is a tremendous balance between As a Gymnast three. The Tigers ultimately finished second in the academics and athletics as LSU has produced 239 Competed at Southeastern Louisiana University nation to match the best finish in school history. ALL-AMERICANS and 150 Scholastic All-Americans in 1972 and 1973. She led Southeastern to a In 2016, Breaux reached the exclusive 700 during Breaux’s tenure. second-place finish at the 1972 AIAW Gymnastics career win milestone as the team compiled a 31-6 During her tenure Breaux has established and Championships. overall record, the first time in school history LSU maintained LSU’s reputation as one of the premier had reached the 30-win mark. collegiate gymnastics programs in the country. Coaching Experience In 2015, Breaux guided LSU to a 13-1 overall Under her tutelage, the Tigers have placed among 1974-76 Assistant Coach Southeastern La. regular season record, which included a perfect 7-0 the nation’s top-10 teams 29 times in 41 seasons, 1978- Head Coach LSU record against SEC competition for the first time in finishing a program-best second in 2016 and 2017, school history. third in 2014, fourth in 1988 and 2018, fifth in 2008 Began her coaching career at Southeastern as a The list of achievements in 2014 includes a and 2013 and sixth on four separate occasions. student assistant. Transferred to LSU in 1976 and program-record third-place national finish in the Under her leadership, LSU has captured 13 took over as head coach in 1978 while also working NCAA Super Six Finals, another individual national individual national titles, 239 All-America honors and toward her master’s degree.