Live Blog: Alabama Gymnastics in NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Finals

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— BamaCentral is back inside Coleman Coliseum for championships Sunday. No. 3 Florida, No. 6 Cal, No. 11 Alabama and No. 14 Oregon State are all competing for the regional title and the opportunity to advance to NCAA gymnastics nationals in Fort Wort, Texas.

The top two teams from Sunday's session will advance to nationals. Like Friday, Alabama will be competing in the traditional Olympic order starting on vault and then moving to the uneven bars, balance beam and ending on the floor exercise at home.

The meet is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. and will air on ESPN+. BamaCentral will provide updates throughout and a score update at the end of each rotation.

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Live Blog

(latest updates at the top)

Florida and Alabama will advance to nationals.

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— Katie Windham (@katiewindham_) April 6, 2025

Unofficial final score:

1. Florida 197.700
2. Alabama- 197.675
3. Cal- 197.575
4. Oregon State- 196.875

Rotation 4 scores (Florida vault, Oregon State bars, Cal beam, Alabama floor)

Rotation 4 (Florida vault, Oregon State bars, Cal beam, Alabama floor)

*Cal's first beam worker, Ella Cesario, falls and scores a 8.95. This also puts a lot of pressure on the Cal lineup.

Alabama floor lineup:
1. Rachel Rybicki- Had to take a pretty big lunge out of her first tumbling pass and falls on her second. Alabama was in a pretty good position, but this puts A LOT of pressure on the rest of the lineup- 9.5
2. Shania Adams- Great job by Adams competing after a fall. Not a perfect routine, but solid- 9.85
3. Jamison Sears- High-flying and high-energy routine for Sears- 9.9
4. Paityn Walker- Probably going to be a deduction on her leap series, but really strong on her tumbling passes- 9.9
5. Lilly Hudson- Great final routine for Hudson inside Coleman as she waves kisses to the crowd after- 9.95
6. Gabby Gladieux- Fantastic floor routine from Gladieux, and that should clinch the second spot for Alabama- 9.925
Alabama floor total: 49.525

Score after Rotation 3

1. Florida- 148.350
2. Alabama- 148.150
3. Cal- 148.125
4. 147.575

Rotation 3 scores (Oregon State vault- 49.100, Cal bars- 49.450, Alabama beam- 49.500, Florida floor- 49.500)

Alabama moves into second place after its best beam rotation of the season.

Rotation 3 (Oregon State vault, Cal bars, Alabama beam, Florida floor)

Alabama beam lineup:
1. Chloe LaCoursiere- Balance check on her jump, but an otherwise clean routine capped with a stuck dismount- 9.825
2. Rachel Rybicki- Solid routine. Chest down on her landing- 9.8
3. Gabby Ladanyi- Really strong routine. Should be Alabama's highest score on the event so far- 9.9
4. Lilly Hudson- Great routine from Hudson in her final beam routine inside Coleman- 9.9
5. Gabby Galdieux- Another hit routine for Alabama on beam. Great rotation so far- 9.95
6. Shania Adams- Nearly fell on her triple wolf turn, but managed to regain control. Strong finish to the routine- 9.925
Alabama beam score: 49.500 (Highest beam score of the season for the Crimson Tide)

Score after Rotation 2

1. Florida- 98.850
2. Cal- 98.675
3. Alabama- 98.650
4. Oregon State- 98.475

Alabama moves within striking distance of Cal heading into the final two rotations. Florida was shaky on beam in rotation 2.

Rotation 2 scores (Cal vault- 49.300, Alabama bars- 49.475, Florida beam- 49.300, Oregon State floor- 49.475)

Rotation 2 (Cal vault, Alabama bars, Florida beam, Oregon State floor)

Alabama bars lineup:
1. Gabby Gladieux- Looked like it was maybe the slightest of hops on her landing, but I didn't spot any major deductions- 9.85
2. Lilly Hudson- Maybe a little short on her last handstand, but closes the routine with a stuck dismount- 9.85 (Judges scoring bars really tight for Bama so far)
3. Paityn Walker- Another stuck dismount for Alabama. Should be Alabama's highest score so far- 9.9
4. Chloe LaCoursiere- Looked like she was a little short on her last handstand. My view was blocked on whether or not she stuck the dismount. Based on the scores, LaCoursiere stuck the dismount- 9.95
5. Ryan Fuller- Beautiful routine, but she did have her chest down on the landing and a small hop- 9.8
6. Shania Adams- I did not spot any major mistakes in Adams' routine from my vantage point. We'll see what the judges do- 9.925
Alabama bars total: 49.475

Score after Rotation 1

1. Florida- 49.550
2. Cal- 49.375
3. Alabama- 49.175
4. Oregon State- 49.000

Rotation 1 scores (Alabama vault- 49.175, Florida bars- 49.550, Oregon State beam- 49.000, Cal floor- 49.375)

I don't think Alabama head coach Ashley Johnston was very pleased with the vault judges. She reviewed some of the routines on an iPad very close to the scorers tables. If I had to guess, her biggest gripe would be with Bunagan's score after sticking her Yuchenko 1.5

Cal's 49.375 on floor is a tenth lower than its rotation score on the event on Friday.

Rotation 1 (Alabama vault, Florida bars, Oregon State beam, Cal floor)

Alabama vault lineup:
1. Jordyn Paradise- Small hop forward on her Yurchenko 1.5, but a solid vault- 9.85
2. Karis German- Small hop backward on her 1.5, which the judges tend to punish more than a hop forward- 9.8
3. Jamison Sears- Sears was not in the vault lineup Friday. She competes a Yurchenko full, and she has to take a hop and a step. This will be the score Alabama wants top drop, and the Tide really needs a stick out of its final three vaulters.- 9.75
4. Corinne Bunagan- Wow. Bunagan gets that stick on her Yurchenko 1.5. One judges throws a 10, but the other three give 9.9s- 9.9
5. Gabby Gladieux- Huge distance off the table, but Gladieux has to take a big step forward on her 1.5- 9.775
6. Lilly Hudson- Hop forward on her Yurchenko 1.5. Not a bad rotation for Alabama, but once again only had one stick on vault. In a meet like this, every hundredth and tenth matter- 9.85
Alabama vault total: 49.175

Pre-meet

There will once again only be two routines going at a time with vault and uneven bars alternating with beam and floor.

About 30 minutes until first vault, and the crowd is VERY light.

Former Alabama head coach Dana Duckworth is in attendance.

Looks like Shania Adams will be back in the beam lineup for Alabama after falling in the anchor spot on Friday.

If you don't keep up with college gymnastics much outside of Alabama, Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey is a competitor for Oregon State.

Alabama will be wearing its "asymmetrical" leo for today's meet.

𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞.✨ 𝐀𝐒𝐘𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐋𝐄𝐎. ✨

The Asymmetrical Leo was debuted at the 2024 season opener.

Inspired by the dynamic energy of a crashing tide, the Asymmetrical leo features a wave-like design on the front, as well as the school’s rallying cry “Roll… pic.twitter.com/qd95Y7UOsb
— Alabama Gymnastics (@BamaGymnastics) April 6, 2025

Alabama has 32 regional titles, but has not won since 2018. However, the Crimson Tide did advance to nationals last season after finishing in second place in the Ann Arbor regional.

NCAA Regionals

Top two teams in each regional advance
Wednesday’s Results
University Park Regional
First Round Play-In: Maryland 196.250, West Virginia 195.325

Salt Lake City Regional
First Round Play-In: BYU 195.950, Utah State 194.475

Thursday’s Results
University Park Regional
Regional Semifinal, Session 1: Michigan State 197.625, Kentucky 197.525, Ohio State 196.400, Penn State 196.225
Regional Semifinal, Session 2: LSU 198.100, Arkansas 197.550, Michigan 197.050, Maryland 196.825

Tuscaloosa Regional
First Round Play-In: Clemson 195.400, Rutgers 193.875

Salt Lake City Regional
Regional Semifinal, Session 1: UCLA 197.750, Minnesota 197.200, Southern Utah 196.475, Boise State 195.175
Regional Semifinal, Session 2: Utah 197.650, Denver 197.650, Stanford 196.500, BYU 196.000

Seattle Regional
First Round Play-In: Illinois 195.475, UC Davis 194.050

Friday’s Results
Tuscaloosa Regional
Regional Semifinal, Session 1: California 197.550, Alabama 197.275, North Carolina 196.250, Iowa 196.000
Regional Semifinal, Session 2: Florida 198.225, Oregon State 197.050, NC State 196.275, Clemson 195.875

Seattle Regional
Regional Semifinal, Session 1: Missouri 197.650, Arizona 196.250, Georgia 196.175, Arizona State 196.050
Regional Semifinal, Session 2: Oklahoma 198.025, Auburn 196.950, Illinois 195.725, Nebraska 195.675

Saturday’s Results
University Park Regional
Final: LSU 198.050, Michigan State 198.000, Kentucky 197.625, Arkansas 197.375
Salt Lake City Regional
Final: Utah 197.825, UCLA 197.625, Denver 197.350, Minnesota 196.825

Sundays' Results
Tuscaloosa Regional
Final: Florida 197.700, Alabama 197.675, California 197.575, Oregon State 196.875
Seattle Regional
Final: Oklahoma 198.450, Missouri 197.425, Arizona 197.325, Auburn 196.250

National Championships
April 17-19
Fort Worth, Texas