Gymnastics Advances to Second Round of NCAA Regional

SALT LAKE CITY – The third-ranked LSU gymnastics team fought to the final routine of the night to score a 197.025 and advance to the second round of the NCAA Salt Lake City Regional, Saturday night at the Maverik Center.

LSU finished second in the meet and will face off against No. 6 Utah, No. 11 Arizona State and No. 14 Kentucky in the regional final. The top two teams will advance to NCAA Championships in Fort Worth, Texas. The Tigers will rotate floor, vault, bars and finish on beam.

"We really put ourselves into a hole today, but I am proud of the way they fought" head coach Jay Clark said. "The point is to survive and advance and that is what we did. There were some really big routines…