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13 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES 2019 7 SUPER SIX FINALS APPEARANCES 30 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES 249 ALL-AMERICA HONORS NCAA Semifinal I 16 April 19, 2019 • Noon CT •Fort Worth, Texas • Fort Worth Convention Center Live Stats: LSUsports.net • TV/Video: ESPN2 #3 LSU (24-3, 4-3 SEC) Teams at NCAA Championships DATE OPPONENT LSU SCORE/OPP. SCORE Semifinal I | ESPN2 | Noon CT Semifinal II | ESPNU/2 | 6 p.m. CT JANUARY (2-2) 4 #8 Cal W 196.775/ 195.650 11 * at #17 Auburn L 196.275/196.700 18 * #3 Florida L 197.425/197.500 25 * at #9 Alabama W 197.450/196.850 Team Ranking: No. 3 Team Ranking: No. 2 Team Ranking: No. 1 Team Ranking: No. 4 FEBRUARY (6-1) Coach: D-D Breaux Coach:Valorie Kondos Field Coach: KJ Kindler Coach: Elise Ray 1 #30 NC State W 197.150-195.375 Team Average: 197.327 Team Average: 197.781 Team Average: 197.808 Team Average: 197.175 8 * at #17 Kentucky L 196.025-197.150 Team High: 198.175 Team High: 198.400 Team High: 198.325 Team High: 197.775 15 at GymQuarters 1st 197.250 UCLA Leads 24-6-1 OU Leads Series, 20-11 LSU Leads Series, 9-2-0 #4 Utah W 197.075 #15 Missouri W 196.475 #26 Stanford W 195.850 17 *#15 Missouri W 197.650-195.475 22 * at #21 Arkansas W 197.125-196.375 Team Ranking: No. 5 Team Ranking: No. 6 Team Ranking: No. 7 Team Ranking: No. 8 MARCH (10-0) Coach: Megan Marsden/ Coach: Bev Plocki Coach: Courtney Kupets Coach: Tanya Chaplin Tom Farden Team Average: 196.842 Carter Team Average: 196.320 1 * #7 Georgia W 197.900-196.325 Team Average: 197.371 Team High: 197.750 Team Average: 197.315 Team High: 197.450 8 #15 Oregon State W 198.150-196.375 Team High: 198.025 Series Even, 13-13 Team High: 198.050 LSU Lead Series, 16-8-1 15 at Arizona W 198.175-196.225 Utah Leads Series, 28-6 UGA Leads Series, 71-37-2 23 SEC Championship 1st of 8 - 197.900 (New Orleans, La.) STORY LINES #4 Florida W 197.750 #10 Alabama W 197.350 • The Tigers have faced off • Finnegan is the two-time • If LSU were to advance out of #8 Georgia W 197.000 against three of the eight teams defending SEC all-around the NCAA Semifinal, it would #20 Arkansas W 196.475 that have adavance to the NCAA champion, SEC Gymnast of the begin on either beam (first place) Championships and own a record Year and Central Region Gymnast or vault (second place). #12 Auburn W 196.375 of 4-0. of the Year. #9 Kentucky W 196.225 • This will mark the final #19 Missouri W 195.900 • LSU gymnastics head coach • Finnegan is one of the best competition for seniors Finnegan, APRIL (6-0) D-D Breaux owns 798 victories all-around gymnasts in school Julianna Cannamela, McKenna 5 Second Round 1st of 4 - 197.200 for her career. She needs just 2 history. She is the ninth LSU Kelley and Lexie Priessman. Over #13 Auburn W 197.075 to reach the 800-win mark during gymnast to score a 9.95 or higher the course of their careers, the #21 Arizona St. W 195.425 her 42 years in Baton Rouge. on vault, bars, beam and floor in seniors have earned 122 wins, GWU 194.675 a career. three SEC Championships, three 6 Regional Final 1st of 4 - 197.500 • LSU gymnasts have combined region titles, a pair of school-high #6 Utah W 197.250 to earn 10 WCGA All-America • Finnegan owns the school second-place finishes at NCAA #11 Minnesota W 196.900 honors in 2019. Sarah Finnegan record for beam titles in a career Championships. #13 Auburn W 195.725 (UB, BB, FX, AA), Kennedi Edney (27) and all-around titles in a (VT, FX, AA), Lexie Priessman (UB), season (13). She is also tied for 19-20 NCAA Championship McKenna Kelley (FX) and Reagan the most titiles in a season in Campbell (BB) school history (45). (Fort Worth, Texas) By The Numbers ON AIR 13 7 30 TV: ESPN2 LSU gymnasts have won LSU has advanced to the NCAA The program has advanced to Bart Conner, play-by-play 13 individual national Super Six seven times: 2008, 09, 30 NCAA Championships overall. Kathy Johnson Clarke, analyst championships in school 13, 14, 16, 17, 18. Last year marked The Tigers have advanced to Holy Rowe, reporter history, including 12 since 2002. the final time a Super Six was eight straight, including 18 of the WHO TO CONTACT Returners Sarah FInnegan (UB) held. The new NCAA postseason last 19 NCAA Championships. and Kennedi Edney (VT) won format began this year with four Assistant SID/Gymnastics Contact NCAA championships in 2017. teams advancing to the natioal Brandon Berrio championships. Email: [email protected] Cell: 225-726-3056 • Office: 225-578-7678 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 249 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. title by Rheagan Courville on vault, the 13th regional 85 All-SEC selections.