2019 LSU Tigers women's gymnastics team

The 2019 LSU Tigers women's gymnastics team will represent Louisiana State University in the 2019 NCAA Division I women's gymnastics season as members of the Southeastern Conference in their 44th season of collegiate competition.[1] The Tigers' home meets will take place at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[2] They will be led by head coach D-D Breaux in her forty-first season at the helm of the program.[3] The Tigers will look to build on a fourth place finish at the 2018 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship.[4]

2019 LSU Tigers women's gymnastics
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record0-0-0 (0-0-0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaPete Maravich Assembly Center
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →

Previous season edit

The Tigers finished the 2018 season with an overall record of 33-5.[5] In the postseason, the Tigers won the 2018 Southeastern Conference Championships—their third conference title.[6] Subsequently LSU entered the NCAA Regional competition as the No. 2 national seed,[7] winning the Raleigh regional and advancing to Nationals. At the National Championships, the Tigers finished second in the first semi-final and advanced to the Super Six where they eventually finished fourth.[8] Seven members of the 2018 Tigers cohort received All-American honors.[9]

Off season edit

Departures edit

Name Class Hometown Reason for leaving 2018 events[10]
Myia Hambrick SR Temple, GA Graduated VT/UB/BB/FX
Lauren Li SR Plano, TX Graduated
Erin Macadaeg SR Redwood City, CA Graduated VT/BB/FX
Gracen Standley FR Cincinnati, OH Moved to a crew position

2018 recruiting class edit

Name Hometown Club Level Commit date
Rebecca D'Antonio New Orleans, LA Cypress Pointe Level 10
Bailey Ferrer Ocoee, FL Gymnastics USA Level 10 March 6, 2015[11]

Schedule edit

Regular season edit

Postseason edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResult
March 23TBD p.m.Conference Championships
April 4 – 6TBD p.m.NCAA Regional
April 19 – 20TBD p.m.NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship

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Roster edit

2018–19[14]
Name Height Year Hometown Club
Reagan Campbell 5–1 SO Coppell, TX Texas Dreams
Julianna Cannamela 5–1 SR Waxhaw, NC Southeastern
Rebecca D'Antonio 5–0 FR New Orleans, LA Cypress Pointe Gymnastics
Bridget Dean 5–2 SO Fort Myers, FL Orlando Metro
Christina Desiderio 5–0 SO Hackettstown, NJ Parkettes
Sami Durante 5–1 SO Athens, GA Georgia Elite
Kennedi Edney 5–3 JR Chino, CA Precision
Sarah Edwards 4-11 SO Ocean Springs, MS Lanier's Gymnastics
Sarah Finnegan 5–1 SR Lee's Summit, MO GAGE
Bailey Ferrer FR Ocoee, FL Gymnastics USA Longwood
Olivia Gunter 5-2 SO Mandeville, LA North Shore Gymnastics
Ruby Harrold 5-3 JR Bristol, England The Academy
McKenna Kelley 5–1 R-JR Houston, TX Stars Gymnastics
Ashlyn Kirby 5–2 JR Claremont, NC Shooting Stars
Lexie Priessman 5–0 SR Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy/Perfection

Coaching staff edit

Name Position Years Alma mater
Head Coach
41st
Associate head coach
6th
Bob Moore[16]
Assistant Coach
19th
Student Assistant Coach
Katie Copeland[17]
Director of Operations
5th
Volunteer Coach
8th

References edit

  1. ^ "All-Americans".
  2. ^ "LSU Gymnastics Facilities - LSUsports.net - the Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics". Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  3. ^ "D-D Breaux Bio - LSUsports.net - the Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics". Archived from the original on August 4, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  4. ^ "Gymnastics Finishes Fourth at NCAA Championships - LSUsports.net - the Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics". Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "DOMINATION! GYMNASTICS WINS SEC CHAMPIONSHIP - LSUsports.net - the Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics". Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  7. ^ "Gymnastics Captures Regional Title and NCAA Berth - LSUsports.net - the Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics". Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  8. ^ "NOT DONE YET! Gymnastics is Super Six Bound - LSUsports.net - the Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics". Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  9. ^ "Gymnasts Combine for Fourteen All-America Honors - LSUsports.net - the Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics". Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ collegegymfans.com/recruiting-news/item/5339-2019-20-ferrer-to-lsu.html
  12. ^ http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=211707242 [dead link]
  13. ^ "2021 Gymnastics Schedule".
  14. ^ "2018–19 Roster". LSU Sports. Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  15. ^ "Jay Clark Bio - LSUsports.net - the Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics". Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  16. ^ "Bob Moore Bio - LSUsports.net - the Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics". Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  17. ^ "Katie Copeland Bio - LSUsports.net - the Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics". Archived from the original on August 18, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  18. ^ "Ashleigh Clare-Kearney Coach Bio - LSUsports.net - the Official Web Site of LSU Tigers Athletics". Archived from the original on July 30, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2018.