TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – After two rotations in the Tuscaloosa Regional Final, the Alabama gymnastics team sat in third place, trailing by 0.025 points. From there, the Crimson Tide steamrolled through the rest of the quad meet, posting consecutive meet-high scores on the balance beam (49.500, season high) and the floor exercise (49.525) to claim a coveted top-two regional finish and punch its second consecutive ticket to the NCAA Championships Semifinals.

The Florida Gators edged the Tide with a 197.700 and will also advance to the national semifinals. Cal finished third (197.575), while Oregon State took fourth (196.875) to round out the regional final.

Alabama had a gymnast claim a share of the highest individual finish on each apparatus, as Corinne Bunagan secured her second straight 9.900 of the Tuscaloosa Regional on vault and Chloe LaCoursiere tied her career high of 9.950 on bars. The UA All-American duo of Gabby Gladieux and Lilly Hudson both secured a 9.950 during the final two rotations, as Gladieux tied her career high on balance beam and Hudson, performing her final routine inside Coleman Coliseum, earned her seventh 9.950-or-higher score of the season on floor.

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“First of all, I am just so proud of this group for qualifying to the Elite Eight. This has been a huge goal in front of us and week after week, we have talked about never losing the hope, belief or confidence that this team can do it. No matter what anybody on the outside was telling us, they continued to work relentlessly to figure out any, and all, ways to get better and find our edge. I have to say it was our culture – what they’ve created together and the connection within each person, and their own connection to the mission that I really believe was what drove us to come out on the side that we wanted to be on. It was in the floor corral, Lilly pulled everybody together and they locked in and said, ‘take a deep breath’. For me as a coach, watching that from a distance and seeing that this team has the maturity, the skill set and the trust in each other to really come together in the hardest, most challenging moment and find a way to thrive – that is what Alabama gymnastics is all about. I’m so incredibly proud to see that play out in what was such a tough moment and to see them come out with such a huge win”.

Team Stats

• With the top-two regional finish, Alabama will head to the NCAA Championships Semifinals for the 40^th time in program history
• Despite entering regional competition as the No. 11 seed, Alabama became the only team not ranked in the top eight to successfully reach Fort Worth
• Of the 17 times Alabama has hosted an NCAA Regional, the Tide has never finished as low as second place
• Alabama’s 197.675 team score became a new season high
• UA tied its second-highest rotation score of the year on bars (49.475) behind a trio of 9.900+ scores
• Alabama’s 49.500 beam rotation score became a new season high as the Tide’s final four gymnasts hit at least a 9.900

How it Happened

Vault

• Alabama scored a 49.175 in its opening rotation
• Corinne Bunagan highlighted the event with her second consecutive 9.900 score of the Tuscaloosa Regional

Uneven Bars

• The Crimson Tide recorded a share of its second-highest uneven bars of the season, a 49.475 on its second rotation
• UA trio Paityn Walker (9.900), Chloe LaCoursiere (career-high-tying 9.950) and Shania Adams (9.925) highlighted the event

Balance Beam

• Down 0.025 points behind-then-second-place Cal, Alabama steamrolled through its third rotation, using a season-high, 49.500 beam score to move into second place
• The Crimson Tide saw four consecutive scores of 9.900-or-higher to close the apparatus
• Gabby Ladanyi and Lilly Hudson kickstarted the run with back-to-back 9.900 scores
• Gabby Gladieux used a career-high-tying 9.950 before Adams closed with a 9.925

Floor Exercise

• The Crimson Tide secured its top-two finish with a 49.525 on its final rotation
• Jamison Sears and Paityn Walker ignited the Tide with mirroring 9.900 marks
• All-American duo Lilly Hudson and Gabby Gladieux closed the meet with a 9.950 and a 9.925, respectively

  • Seventh 9.950+ apparatus score of season for Hudson; Gladieux’s 10^th apparatus score of season of at least a 9.925-or-higher