No. 18 Auburn travels to No. 10 Alabama for rivalry fulfill
AUBURN, Ala. – The No. 18 Auburn gymnastics workforce continues its highway swing and heads to rival and No. 10 Alabama for a Friday night time satisfy, Jan. 22. The Tigers and the Crimson Tide will encounter off at 7:30 p.m. CT on SEC Network in Coleman Coliseum.
“We’re constantly thrilled for this meet regardless of whether it is at property or on the road,” head mentor Jeff Graba reported. “There is nothing like going up in opposition to your rival and this yr will never be any different. Irrespective of the smaller sized crowd, the pressure is still going to be significant and the crew understands what is at stake when you go versus Alabama.”
“We’re even now a extremely youthful group that is seeking to get additional and extra working experience,” Graba extra. “We set a whole lot of rely on into all our athletes and in particular in the freshmen and sophomores this calendar year that are major us off on situations. Friday is likely to convey the tension, so we have to have to make confident we are all dialed in, prepared to go and running ourselves in get to finish with a fantastic score.”
AUBURN LINEUP
The Auburn lineup at the time again capabilities a wealth of youth as 14 of 24 routines will appear from sophomores and freshmen at Alabama. Getting on the street, the Tigers will go bars, vault, floor and beam.
Freshman Olivia Hollingsworth will direct off on bars for the Tigers, competing in the party for just the 2nd time in her profession. Sophomore Anna Sumner will stick to in 2nd, though classmate Piper Smith will go third. The two sophomores created their collegiate debut on the function in the time-opening meet.
Senior Drew Watson returns to the bars lineup for the to start with time this year and is slated to go fourth in the opening rotation. Sophomore Adeline Sabados will go fifth for the squad and has built 12 starts off in the event so far in her career. Junior Derrian Gobourne will anchor for the team and is among the the nation’s Leading 25 in the celebration.
The Tigers shift on to the vault in the second rotation and have two freshmen kicking off the occasion. Newcomer Payton Smith will direct off for the second-straight meet up with soon after creating her collegiate debut previous 7 days at Kentucky, scoring a 9.7 on her Yurchenko whole. Hollingsworth will go second for the squad.
Piper Smith and Sabados is down for the third and fourth spots soon after solid begins to their occupations on the occasion. Sabados is tied for 14th regionally with a 9.813 regular.
Watson and Gobourne will near out the event with their Yurchenko 1.5’s. Watson is set to go fifth and Gobourne will anchor for the third-straight fulfill. Gobourne ranks between the nation’s Best 25 in vault with a 9.85 ordinary.
Auburn will head to ground for rotation a few and will the moment once again be led off by a freshman. Newcomer Gabby McLaughlin is down to compete in the occasion for the 2nd-straight satisfy following a 9.7 at Kentucky past week.
Producing her first start off of the time in the party will be sophomore Morgan Leigh Oldham, who is slated to go 2nd. Junior Sabrina Cheney is down for 3rd and is coming off a career-tying score (9.75) at Kentucky.
Sabados and Watson will go fourth and fifth, when Gobourne will anchor her third-straight occasion on the night.
Auburn caps the night time on beam with Watson top off to close out her initially all-all around demonstrating this time. Hollingsworth will be next with Piper Smith heading 3rd. The pair produced their beam debuts past 7 days at Kentucky.
Senior beam specialist Meredith Sylvia is down in the fourth place with Gobourne heading fifth. McLaughlin will shut opposition out for the Tigers, anchoring the function for the next-straight meet.
UP Following
Auburn returns to the Plains for a different Southeastern Convention contest subsequent week. The Tigers host No. 5 LSU, Jan. 29, at 4 p.m. CT in Auburn Arena. The fulfill will be televised dwell on ESPN2.