The second-seeded Louisiana State University women’s gymnastics’ team fell to a 196-196.875 upset no. 14 Arkansas on Friday in their NCAA Division I Southeastern Conference road opener at the Bud Walton Arena, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The LSU Tigers did not leave empty-handed, though, as they claimed event titles in three events that night, according to results posted at the university’s official website.
The Philippines’ top female Southeast Asian Games’ bet Aleah Finnegan took one of the three individual honors for the Tigers, the reigning NCAA State champions.
The Paris Olympian Finnegan, after missing out on her favorite event, the individual floor crown, went all out on the beam to finish the meet strong.
The 22-year-old Finnegan, the current NCAA national floor exercise champion, posted a 9.925 in the anchor spot to bring home her second beam title and 10th individual crown this year.
This brought Finnegan’s career total up to 33 titles, with nine coming from beam.
The Tigers now have a 3-4 win-loss record overall and a 1-1 conference slate.
Freshman Kailin Chio won the vault with a 9.95, while sophomore Konnor McClain took the bars’ title with a 9.925.
The all-around title went to Arkansas’ Joscelyn Roberson, who tallied a 39.350 across four events.
In the team rotation on bars, freshman Lexi Zeiss led the Tigers with a season-high 9.85, followed by junior Ashley Cowan’s 9.875 in second spot.
Next, senior Alexis Jeffrey scored a 9.875 of her own ahead of freshman Kailin Chio’s 9.725 routine at fourth spot.
The fifth spot saw senior Finnegan score a 9.85 before sophomore Konnor McClain anchored the Tigers with a stellar 9.925 routine to round out LSU’s first rotation score to 49.375.