Gymnastics Hosts No. 7 Florida for SEC Home Opener Friday Night

BATON ROUGE – The No. 2 LSU Gymnastics team (3-1) will host No. 7 Florida (3-0) for a top 10 matchup inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Friday, January 17 at 6:30 p.m. CT.

“We’ve had a strong start to the year so far and our mindset doesn’t change as we enter conference competition this week,” said head coach Jay Clark. “We want to continue to move forward each week. We had a great score on the road last weekend, and now we’re just looking to build off of that and focus on the next five minutes in front of us. This team has done exactly what it needs to do so far, and this week is just step three in the process. We’re excited to get back in front of our home fans for a big matchup against a top 10 team and hopefully get our first sell out of the year!”

The Tigers will open conference competition on national television, taking on the Gators on ESPN2 with John Roethlisberger, Sam Peszek and Taylor Davis on the call. The first vault is set for 6:32 in the PMAC.

Friday’s meet between the Tigers and the Gators is one of the nation’s three top-10 SEC duals this weekend: No. 10 Missouri at No. 1 Oklahoma; No. 7 Florida at No. 2 LSU and No. 3 Alabama at No. 8 Kentucky.

This will be the 125th all-time meeting between the two teams, with Florida leading the series 78-46-0. The last time LSU and Florida faced off was in the 2024 NCAA Finals, where the Tigers made history and won their first-ever national title.

Live stats and broadcast information for the meet can be found here.