Feb. 27, 2017
AUBURN, Ala. ÃÆ'Æ'¢ÃƒÆ'¢'¬" The Auburn gymnastics team stands at No. 18 this week in the RoadToNationals.com RQS rankings with a score of 196.090.
"Our road trip this Friday is a very important meet for this young team," head coach Jeff Graba said. "We need to string together these last couple meets to keep ourselves in the hunt for a Top 3 seed in one of the upcoming NCAA Regionals. The team just needs to settle down and do what they can do, and simply try to improve each week."
Oklahoma remains first at 197.990, while LSU (197.695) and Florida (197.495) hold on to Nos. 2 and 3. UCLA is fourth (197.305), while Utah closes out the spots at fifth with a 197.180. Alabama, Denver, Georgia, Oregon State, and Boise State are in spots 6-10.
The Tigers rank in the Top 20 in all four events this week. Auburn is No. 13 on bars (49.145) and 18th on beam at 49.075. The team's 49.075 on floor ranks 19th, while its 48.980 on vault is tied for 20th.
Individually, sophomore Taylor Krippner is in the tied for 24th nationally on beam with an RQS score of 9.880. The Cypress, Texas, product set a career high Friday vs. LSU, scoring a 9.925 in the event. Sophomore Emma Engler is tied for 33rd on bars at 9.865 after recently earning back-to-back 9.9s. Senior and vault specialist MJ Rott is tied for 39th in the country with a 9.845 RQS.
Auburn concludes its SEC schedule on the road, traveling to No. 13 Missouri, March 3. The two Tiger teams square off at 7 p.m. CT in Columbia, Mo., and the meet will stream on SEC Network+.
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