Gymbacks Back in Barnhill Against Tigers

Arkansas gets back to its home gym advantage this weekend as the No. 23 Razorbacks welcome the No. 8 LSU Tigers for an SEC dual meet at Barnhill Arena on Friday night.

Arkansas is looking to bounce back after a loss at Auburn last week, while LSU won its most recent meet against Missouri. The Tigers are currently 1-1 in the SEC, 1-3 overall, and the Hogs are 0-2 in conference, 1-2 on the season.

The meet is the first-ever Stripe the Barn event for the gymnastics program, and the first 3,000 fans will receive free t-shirts to participate in the stripe-out. Fans are encouraged to review the attached Stripe the Barn map to see which section they’d like to sit in, and its corresponding color.

The first 250 students in attendance will also get free pizza. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., intros begin at 7:45, and first vault is set for 8:00.

The meet will also be broadcast live on SEC Network with Sam Gore and Samantha Peszek on the call.

Last Time Out

Arkansas hit the road for the team’s first SEC road dual last Friday, and while the Gymbacks stayed within a tenth of the home team for three rotations, they ultimately finished the day with a 196.675-197.500 loss. The Hogs made significant improvements in the outing and set new season highs on bars (49.225), vault (49.325), floor (49.300), and also earned a new season high mark as a team with 196.675. Redshirt freshman Cami Weaver earned her first beam title at Arkansas with a career high of 9.950, which is also the Hogs’ highest score of the season so far. The Gymbacks had seven other podium finishes on the night and placed someone in the top three on every event. Graduate transfer Norah Flatley had another strong showing for the Hogs. She placed second all-around with a 39.550, came in second on bars (9.900) and beam (9.900), and tied for third on floor with another 9.900 mark.

Scouting the Series: LSU

• The Hogs have defeated the Tigers just five times in program history, the last in 2012. The all-time series between the two teams is 5-43-1
• LSU outranks Arkansas in all events except floor, where the Tigers are No. 16 to the Gymbacks’ No. 12
• Both the Tigers and Razorbacks have gymnasts ranked in the top 10 all-around: LSU’s Haleigh Bryant comes in at No. 6 and Arkansas’ Norah Flatley is ranked No. 8

Numbers to Know

LSU (Avg score and ranking | Top ind. avg)

• Vault: 49.325 (5th) | Haleigh Bryant, 9.931
• Bars: 49.338 (7th) | Tori Tatum, 9.887
• Beam: 49.088 (18th) | Haleigh Bryant, 9.912
• Floor: 49.238 (16th) | Haleigh Bryant, 9.875
• All-Around: 196.988 (8th) | Haleigh Bryant, 39.613

Arkansas

• VT: 49.412 (T-13th) | Norah Flatley, 9.867
• UB: 48.675 (37th) | Norah Flatley, 9.900
• BB: 49.058 (T-19th) | Cami Weaver, 9.883
• FX: 49.267 (T-12th) | Lauren Williams, 9.892
• AA: 196.142 (23rd) | Norah Flatley, 39.563

More Information

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