Oklahoma, Florida, LSU and Minnesota advanced to the women’s NCAA Championships final after the two semifinal sessions held on Thursday in Fort Worth, TX.
In the first semifinal #3 ranked Florida recorded 197.7875 to win the session followed by number two ranked LSU 197.4375, # 5 Georgia 197.2625 and #7 Stanford 196.9375, with the top two teams advancing to Saturday’s final at Dickie’s Arena in Fort Worth.
In the evening session, thanks to a massive and well deserved 49.75 on vault, #1 Oklahoma posted 198.300 to easily advance to the final. Number eighth ranked Minnesota caused the upset of the day by advancing to the final over #4 UCLA who faltered on their last event vault (48.975). Minnesota recorded 197.4625, ahead of the Bruins 197.2750 and #6 Arkansas 196.9625. It will be Minnesota’s first ever final four appearance at NCAAs when they join the top three teams in the country in Saturday’s final.
Oklahoma senior, Faith Torrez claimed the all-around title with 39.7875. LSU’s Kailin Chio was second with 39.6125 followed by eMjae Frazier of Florida 39.5625 who took third.
The individual event winners were, Keira Wells of Oklahoma on vault (9.975), Riley McCusker of Florida on bars (9.9875), Brooklyn Rowray of Minnesota on beam (9.9625) and Jordan Chiles of UCLA on floor (9.975).