#1 LSU Shatters Record with First 198 Score in School History

#1 LSU Shatters Record with First 198 Score in School History

Mar 2, 2014 by Anne Phillips
#1 LSU Shatters Record with First 198 Score in School History


#1 ranked LSU continues to make history in 2014. While hosting Missouri on Friday night, the Tigers earned a 198 team score for the first time in school history. It was a special moment in front of 7,018 fans in the Maravich Center.
 
LSU used a 49.575 on vault, 49.500 on bars, 49.275 on beam and school-record 49.700 on floor to reach the 198.050, the best score in team history.
 
Missouri is having a rebuilding season with a brand new coaching staff. They finished the meet with a 194.825, their second highest score of the 2014 season.



LSU stole the show and junior Jessie Jordan won the all-around title with a career-high 39.600 total. She also tied for the vault title with a 9.925.
 
Senior Kaleigh Dickson recorded a career-high all-around of 39.475, and she tied for the vault title with a 9.925.
 
Senior Sarie Morrison also shared the vault title with a 9.925, and she added the bars title with a 9.925 that marks her 27th career victory in that event.
 
Junior Lloimincia Hall captured the floor title with a 9.975, and she shared the beam crown with freshman Ashleigh Gnat as they both earned 9.875s.
 
Junior Rheagan Courville tied for the bars title with Morrison after scoring a 9.925.
 
The win also marked the 250th all-time victory inside the Maravich Center as LSU improved its home record to 250-55-3.


 
“I feel really good about where we are and the pace we are keeping as we head toward the SEC Championship,” LSU head coach D-D Breaux said. “I am proud of the effort and the mindset of our team tonight, and I’m pleased to know we still have room for improvement.
 
“The crowd was in it the entire meet, and they pushed us to keep the momentum going all night.”

The highlight of the evening had to be the final rotation. Needing a 49.650 or higher on floor to reach the elusive 198 mark, LSU recorded a school-record floor total with a 49.700. The previous record was a 49.675 against Ohio State on March 5, 2004.
 
All six LSU floor performers scored a 9.90 or higher, led by Hall’s 9.975 in the anchor spot. Courville posted a 9.95 and Dickson, Gnat and Jordan added 9.925s. Jessica Savona scored a 9.90 that was dropped.
 
The 198.050 team total broke the school-record score that LSU set two weeks ago with a 197.875 at the Metroplex Challenge on Feb. 15.
 
With her two titles against Missouri, Morrison increased her career total to 41 individual titles, surpassing Jennifer Lyerly for ninth place in LSU career total titles.
 
The bars title marked Courville’s 60th career crown, and Hall’s floor title is the 20th of her career.
 
With this performance, LSU maintains their #1 national ranking this week. Florida is close behind in second. 

Watch LSU's meet highlights:



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