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13 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES 2019 7 SUPER SIX FINALS APPEARANCES 30 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS APPEARANCES 239 ALL-AMERICA HONORS vs. #8 Cal 1 January 4, 2018 • 7:30 p.m. CT • Baton Rouge, La. • PMAC (13,215) Live Stats: LSUsports.net • TV/Video: SEC Network+ #4 LSU (0-0, 0-0 SEC) BREAKDOWN DATE OPPONENT LSU SCORE/OPP. SCORE JANUARY (0-0) Cal 4 Cal 7:30 p.m. Record 0-0, 0-0 SEC Record 0-0, 0-0 Pac-12 11 * at Auburn 7:30 p.m. Ranking No. 4 Coaches Preseason Poll Ranking No. 8 Coaches Preseason Poll Last Meet April 21, 2018 at NCAA Super Six 18 * Florida 8 p.m. Last Meet April 20, 2018 at NCAA Semifinal 4th, 197.8375 25 * at Alabama 8 p.m. 9th, 196.500 vs. Cal 1-0 Head Coach Justin and Liz Crandell-Howell Head Coach D-D Breaux FEBRUARY (0-0) Record 110-86 (7th season) LSU Record 746-422-8/42nd season Liz’s first season 1 NC State 7:30 p.m. Career Record Same 8 * at Kentucky 7:30 p.m. 15 at GymQuarters TBA 17 * Missouri 2:30 p.m. 22 * at Arkansas 7:30 p.m. LSU Cal Overall Team RQS (National Ranking) 197.890 (2) Overall Team RQS (National Ranking) 196.890 (9) MARCH (0-0) Team Vault RQS (National Ranking) 49.580 (5) Team Vault RQS (National Ranking) 49.275 (8) 1 * Georgia 8 p.m. Team Bars RQS (National Ranking) 49.415 (1) Team Bars RQS (National Ranking) 49.230 (15) 8 Oregon State 7:30 p.m. Team Beam RQS (National Ranking) 49.475 (3) Team Beam RQS (National Ranking) 49.230 (12) 15 at Arizona 8 p.m. Team Floor RQS (National Ranking) 49.545 (2) Team Floor RQS (National Ranking) 49.225 (22) 23 SEC Championship TBA Overall Team High 198.175 Overall Team High 197.500 Team Vault High 49.525 Team Vault High 49.400 (New Orleans, La.) Team Bars High 49.750 Team Bars High 49.550 Team Beam High 49.725 Team Beam High 49.400 APRIL (0-0) Team Floor High 49.700 Team Floor High 49.525 7 NCAA Regional 20-21 NCAA Championship TBA NEXT UP (St. Louis, Mo.) LSU Opens 2019 Season with Top-10 Matchup The LSU gymnastics team opens the 2019 season at 7:30 p.m. Friday night inside the Maravich Center against No. 8 Cal. The Tigers return 2017 NCAA national champions Sarah Finnegan and Kennedi Edney along with NCAA All-Americans Julianna Cannamela, Christina Desiderio, Ruby Harrold, McKenna Kelley and Lexie Priessman. The Tigers will be replacing five routines from a year ago with the departure of seniors Myia Hambrick and Erin Macadaeg. Friday night also marks the return of Kelley who missed the 2019 season after rupturing her Achilles in November 2017. The meet will be streamed live on SEC Network+ through WatchESPN.com and the app with first vault at 7:35 p.m. CT. Head Coach D-D Breaux enters her 42nd season as the head coach of LSU. On Friday night, Breaux will surpass Kentucky’s ON AIR Adolph Rupp as the longest tenured coach in Southeastern Conference history. She is joined on staff by seventh-year associate head coach Jay Clark, 20th-year assistant coach Bob Moore, and nine-year TV: SEC Network+ volunteer coach Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Thigpen. Lynn Rollins, play-by-play Lori Strong-Ballard, Analyst Kaleigh Abboud, Analyst STORY LINES • LSU has gone undefeated at • The No. 4 preseason ranking • Freshman Bailey Ferrer out of WHO TO CONTACT home for four-straight seasons. marks the sixth-straight season Orlando, Florida, is also expected Assistant SID/Gymnastics Contact The Tigers are 34-0 in the that LSU is ranked in the top-five to be a major contributor in the Brandon Berrio Maravich Center since the start of the preseason poll. leg events and fill the void left by Email: [email protected] of the 2014 season. During that Myia Hambrick. Cell: 225-726-3056 • Office: 225-578-7678 stretch, LSU has beaten No. 6 • LSU will rely on a sophomore Kentucky, No. 7/9 Alabama, No. class that gained valuable • Tiger fans packed the PMAC 14 Auburn, No. 2/3 Florida, No. 9 experience a year ago. Reagan in 2018 with the second-best CONNECT TO LSU GYMNASTICS Georgia, No. 16 Minnesota and Campbell, Sami Durante and average attendance in the LSUsports.net/gymnastics No. 1 Oklahoma. The last loss Christina Desiderio all competed nation. Five of six meets in 2018 LSUgym.com in the Maravich Center came to at NCAA Championships a year ranked in the top-10 of the best Facebook.com/LSUgym Alabama in 2013. ago and Bridget Dean is expected gymnastics attendance figures in Twitter.com/LSUgym to fight for a spot in the bars and Maravich Center history. YouTube.com/LSUgymnastics beam lineup. 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 Year Regular Post National Regional SEC 34 Consecutive NCAA Regional Appearances 2018 15-1 18-4 4th 1st 1st Season Season Finish Finish Finish 29 NCAA Championships Appearances 2017 13-1 21-1 2nd 1st 1st 1995 14-4 6-5 9th 3rd 2nd 13 NCAA Individual National Titles 2016 18-4 13-2 2nd 1st 3rd 1994 13-4-1 6-5 8th 2nd 3rd 1 Gymnastics Honda Award Recipient 2015 13-1 12-5 10th 1st 2nd 1993 8-9 9-7-1 7th(t) 2nd 4th 239 All-America Honors 2014