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13 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES 2019 7 SUPER SIX FINALS APPEARANCES 30 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES 239 ALL-AMERICA HONORS at #17 Kentucky 6 February 8, 2019 • 7:30 p.m. CT • Lexington, Ky. • Memorial Coliseum Live Stats: LSUsports.net • TV/Video: SEC Network #5 LSU (3-2, 1-2 SEC) BREAKDOWN DATE OPPONENT LSU SCORE/OPP. SCORE Kentucky JANUARY (2-2) Record 3-2, 1-2 SEC Record 3-4, 1-2 SEC 4 #8 Cal W 196.775/ 195.650 Ranking No. 5 Road to Nationals Top 25 Ranking No. 17 Road to Nationals Top 25 11 * at #17 Auburn L 196.275/196.700 Last Meet February 1, 2019 vs. NC State Last Meet February 1, 2019 vs. Auburn W, 197.150-195.375 18 * #3 Florida L 197.425/197.500 L, 196.000-196.125 vs. Kentucky 25 * at #9 Alabama W 197.450/196.850 Head Coach Tim Garrison Head Coach D-D Breaux Record 92-108-2/8th Season LSU Record 779-425-8/42nd season FEBRUARY (1-0) Career Record Same Career Record Same 1 #30 NC State W 197.150-195.375 8 * at #17 Kentucky 7:30 p.m. 15 at GymQuarters TBA Matchup 17 * Missouri 2:30 p.m. LSU Kentucky 22 * at Arkansas 7:30 p.m. Overall Team AVG (National Ranking) 197.015 (5) Overall Team AVG (National Ranking) 195.800 (17) Team Vault AVG (National Ranking) 49.190 (6) Team Vault AVG (National Ranking) 49.035 (12) MARCH (0-0) Team Bars AVG (National Ranking) 49.410 (4) Team Bars AVG (National Ranking) 49.020 (14) 1 * Georgia 8 p.m. Team Beam AVG (National Ranking) 49.175 (4) Team Beam AVG (National Ranking) 48.710 (29) 8 Oregon State 7:30 p.m. Team Floor AVG (National Ranking) 49.240 (6) Team Floor AVG (National Ranking) 49.035 (18) 15 at Arizona 8 p.m. Overall Team High 197.450 Overall Team High 196.650 23 SEC Championship TBA Team Vault High 49.400 Team Vault High 49.175 Team Bars High 49.525 Team Bars High 49.225 (New Orleans, La.) Team Beam High 49.400 Team Beam High 49.225 Team Floor High 49.350 Team Floor High 49.375 APRIL (0-0) 7 NCAA Regional NEXT UP 20-21 NCAA Championship (St. Louis, Mo.) LSU Travels to Take on No. 17 Kentucky No. 5 LSU (3-2, 1-2 SEC) returns to the road for another top-25 Southeastern Conference battle with No. 17 Kentucky at 7:30 p.m. CT Friday on the SEC Network. Courtney Lyle and Florida alum Bridget Sloan will have the call for the Network. The Tigers are once again working toward their first 24-for-24 performance in 2019. For the first time this season a week ago, LSU used a different bars and beam lineup after Sophomore Sami Durante missed a meet for the first time in her career. Freshman Bailey Ferrer was once again inserted into a lineup at the last minute as she made her career debut on bars with a 9.825. Senior McKenna Kelley also performed for the first time on beam for her career and matched her career high on floor with a 9.975 in the anchor spot. Senior Sarah Finnegan continued ON AIR her remarkable season by winning the all-around title for the fifth-straight meet. Junior Kennedi Edney also took the win on vault with a 9.95 in the sixth spot. TV: SEC Network Courtney Lyle, play-by-play Bridget Sloan, Analyst STORY LINES • LSU is 79-5 overall against • LSU gymnastics head coach • LSU has now been in the top-5 WHO TO CONTACT Kentucky. The Tigers have a D-D Breaux owns 779 victories of Road To Nationals regular Assistant SID/Gymnastics Contact record of 16-3 inside Memorial for her career. She needs just 23 season rankings for 33-straight Brandon Berrio Coliseum in Lexington. The Tigers to reach the 800-win mark during weeks. The last time LSU was Email: [email protected] are on a 16-meet win streak her 42 years in Baton Rouge. not ranked in the top-25 was Cell: 225-726-3056 • Office: 225-578-7678 against the Wildcats, a run that February 22, 2016 when the dates back to the 2011 season. • Senior Sarah Finnegan is one squad was ranked seventh. Lexington is one of the most of the best all-around gymnasts CONNECT TO LSU GYMNASTICS difficult places to compete as in school history. Finnegan LSUsports.net/gymnastics the Tigers have only posted one could pass national champions LSUgym.com score of 197 or higher, a 197.475 Ashleigh Gnat and Jeanie Beadle Facebook.com/LSUgym in 2017. on the career titles list with a pair Twitter.com/LSUgym of wins Friday night. 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. title by Rheagan Courville on vault, the 13th regional 85 All-SEC selections. D-D BREAUX NOTABLES D-D BREAUX YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS 2014, 17 National Coach of the Year YEAR Regular Post National Regional SEC NCAA Super Six Finals (2008, 09, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18) 7 Season Season Finish Finish Finish 34 Consecutive NCAA Regional Appearances 2019 3-2 0-0 - - - Year Regular Post National Regional SEC 29 NCAA Championships Appearances 2018 15-1 18-4 4th 1st 1st Season Season Finish Finish Finish 13 NCAA Individual National Titles 2017 13-1 21-1 2nd 1st 1st 1995 14-4 6-5 9th 3rd 2nd 1 Gymnastics Honda Award Recipient 2016 18-4 13-2 2nd 1st 3rd 1994 13-4-1 6-5 8th 2nd 3rd 2015 13-1 12-5 10th 1st 2nd 1993 8-9 9-7-1 7th(t) 2nd 4th 239 All-America Honors 1992 8-14 0-6 - 7th 5th 17 Regional Titles 2014 10-3 16-6 3rd 1st 3rd 2013 15-6 10-5 5th 1st 3rd 1991 9-8 9-8 7th 3rd 3rd 22 SEC Champions 2012 7-8 7-9 9th 2nd 4th 1990 16-3 11-6 6th 2nd 2nd 85