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13 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES 2019 7 SUPER SIX FINALS APPEARANCES 30 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES 239 ALL-AMERICA HONORS vs. #15 Oregon State 11 March 8, 2019 • 7:30 p.m. CT • Baton Rouge, La. • Maravich Center Live Stats: LSUsports.net • TV/Video: SEC Network #4 LSU (9-3, 4-3 SEC) BREAKDOWN DATE OPPONENT LSU SCORE/OPP. SCORE Oregon State JANUARY (2-2) Record 9-3, 5-3 SEC Record 9-2, 4-2 Pac-12 4 #8 Cal W 196.775/ 195.650 Ranking No. 4 Road to Nationals Top 25 Ranking No. 15 Road to Nationals Top 25 11 * at #17 Auburn L 196.275/196.700 Last Meet March 1, 2019 vs. Georgia Last Meet March 1, 2019 W, 197.900-196.325 18 * #3 Florida L 197.425/197.500 195.825 (1st of 3) Head Coach D-D Breaux 25 * at #9 Alabama W 197.450/196.850 Head Coach Tanya Chaplin LSU Record 785-426-8/42nd season Record 410-237-3/22nd Season Career Record Same FEBRUARY (6-1) Career Record Same 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 Oregon State #15 Missouri W 196.475 Overall Team NQS (National Ranking) 197.380 (4) Overall Team NQS (National Ranking) 196.375 (15) #26 Stanford W 195.850 Team Vault NQS (National Ranking) 49.310 (4) Team Vault NQS (National Ranking) 49.065 (15) 17 *#15 Missouri W 197.650-195.475 Team Bars NQS (National Ranking) 49.380 (6) Team Bars NQS (National Ranking) 48.990 (26) 22 * at #21 Arkansas W 197.125-196.375 Team Beam NQS (National Ranking) 49.360 (5) Team Beam NQS (National Ranking) 49.155 (12) Team Floor NQS (National Ranking) 49.370 (5) Team Floor NQS (National Ranking) 49.270 (9) MARCH (1-0) Overall Team High 197.900 Overall Team High 197.450 1 * #7 Georgia W 197.900-196.325 Team Vault High 49.400 Team Vault High 49.400 Team Bars High 49.525 Team Bars High 49.225 8 #15 Oregon State 7:30 p.m. Team Beam High 49.650 Team Beam High 49.350 15 at Arizona 8 p.m. Team Floor High 49.550 Team Floor High 49.600 23 SEC Championship (New Orleans, La.) NEXT UP APRIL (0-0) Gymnastics Returns Home For Top-10 Meeting with Georgia 7 NCAA Regional The LSU gymnastics program will celebrate seniors Julianna Cannamela, Sarah Finnegan, McKenna 20-21 NCAA Championship Kelley and Lexie Priessman when the squad takes on No. 15 Oregon State at 7:10 p.m. Friday for the final regular season meet inside the Maravich Center. The fourth-ranked Tigers (9-3, 4-3) will face off (St. Louis, Mo.) against the Beavers (9-2, 4-2 Pac-12) on SEC Network + through WatchESPN.com and the app. Lynn Rollins and Kaleigh Dickson Abboud will have call. First vault for the meet is set for 7:35 p.m. Senior Sarah Finnegan, LSU’s nominee for the AAI Award, is one of the top gymnasts in the nation. Finnegan has been dominant in the all-around with wins in nine of 10 meets. Finnegan has defeated some of the top-all-around gymnasts in the country this year with wins against No. 2 MyKayla Skinner and No. ON AIR 8 Makenna Merrell-Giles of Utah, No. 3 Trinity Thomas of Florida and No. 10 Sydney Snead of Georgia. Priessman and Finnegan are coming off of perfect scores a week ago and were honored with the TV: SEC Network league’s top honors. Priessman returned from missing three meets and scored her first perfect score Lynn Rollins, play-by-play and the first in the SEC this season. The perfect score on bars marked the fourth in school history. Kaleigh Dickson Abboud, Analyst STORY LINES WHO TO CONTACT • LSU is 15-8-1 overall against • LSU gymnastics head coach • LSU has now been in the top-5 Assistant SID/Gymnastics Contact Oregon State with a 2-1 record D-D Breaux owns 785 victories of Road To Nationals regular Brandon Berrio inside the Maravich Center. LSU for her career. She needs just 15 season rankings for 38-straight Email: [email protected] and Oregon State have met to reach the 800-win mark during weeks. The last time LSU was Cell: 225-726-3056 • Office: 225-578-7678 most in postseason competition her 42 years in Baton Rouge. not ranked in the top-25 was with 16 of 24 meetings coming February 22, 2016 when the CONNECT TO LSU GYMNASTICS in NCAA play. In the last four • Senior Sarah Finnegan is one squad was ranked seventh. seasons, the Tigers have faced of the best all-around gymnasts LSUsports.net/gymnastics the beavers twice in regionals, in school history. She is the ninth LSUgym.com once at nationals and once for a LSU gymnast to score a 9.95 or Facebook.com/LSUgym quad meet. LSU has won the last higher on vault, bars, beam and Twitter.com/LSUgym seven meetings. floor in a career and one of three YouTube.com/LSUgymnastics in the nation in 2019. 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.