AUBURN, Ala. (EETV) - Auburn Gymnastics continues to make history as they defeated the No. 9 Alabama Crimson Tide with a score of 197.525-197.125, the second-highest score in program history.
Auburn had five different gymnasts score a 9.9. With Derrian Gobourne getting two and Suni Lee leading the way with three.
Lee won the all-around scoring a 39.700. The freshman recorded a 9.925 on the bars and the floor, while she also recorded a meet high 9.975 on the beam. The only event the Olympian didn’t score a 9.9 on was vault in which she set a career-high 9.875.
“I feel like we went out there and did our best.” said Lee following the meet, “This whole week I feel like the team trained so differently, we were hungry, we wanted to get in there, we wanted to beat Bama, we felt like we had something to prove.”
Gobourne continued her dominance on the floor, picking up the event title with a score of 9.950 and leading the Tigers to a season-high on the floor.
Our floor has been getting better, I feel like we’re really deep on floor” said head coach Jeff Graba. “I'm not surprised we are capable of that I just feel like the girls are getting their confidence about it”
Auburn Arena continued to show why it’s one of the toughest places to play not only in basketball but in gymnastics as well.
“That’s probably the craziest crowd I've ever been a part of. It was good to see Auburn Arena like that and it was good to see our girls react the way they did.” said Graba, “I don’t think there’s an atmosphere like this in college gymnastics.”
Auburn will travel to Baton Rouge to take on the LSU Tigers next Saturday, Feb. 5 at 3 p.m CT. The game will be broadcasted on ESPNU.
Vault
Auburn started off the meet with the Vault. Though the score of a 49.175 was the lowest the Tigers recorded all meet it was enough to outscore Alabama’s 49.025. Lee got her first collegiate attempt at vault and recorded a 9.875. When asked about it after the match the gymnast said she had only been working on it for three days.
Bars
Auburn scored a 49.350 on bars. Lee and Gobourne both earned their share of the event title sharing it with Alabama’s Luisa Blanco. All gymnasts scored a 9.925.
Beam
Auburn recorded a season-high on the beam scoring a 49.450. The Tigers were led by Lee’s 9.975 while Gabby McLaughlin scored a 9.925 in her only event of the meet.
Floor
Auburn Gymnastics set a season-high on the floor scoring a 49.550. Four different Tigers score a 9.9 on the floor. Groth and Watson both scored 9.900s while Lee scored 9.925. Gobourne led the entire meet with a 9.950 on the floor.
