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FORT WORTH, Texas – It has happed twice in 34 years. Now this weekend, Florida looks to become the third program to win four consecutive NCAA Gymnastics Championships team titles. The NCAA Championships makes its second consecutive appearance in the Lone Star State, as the 2016 edition is set for April 15-16 in the Fort Worth Convention Center Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
 

NCAA Championships Info:
No. 2 Florida (15-2, 5-2 SEC) at NCAA Championships Date & Time: April 15-16, 2016 Site: Fort Worth Convention Center Arena (11,200)    Friday, April 15 Team Semifinal Semifinal I – 2 p.m. (ET) Florida, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Minnesota, Stanford   Semifinal II – 8 p.m. (ET) Alabama, California, UCLA, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah   Saturday, April 16 at 9 p.m. (ET) NCAA Super Six (team final) Florida's NCAA Championships' history   WWW: live scoring available at FloridaGators.com or NCAA.com   Streaming Video: April 15   ESPN3 at 2 p.m. ET & 8 p.m. ET April 16   ESPN3 at 9 p.m. ET   Television: NCAA Semifinals:                  Live on ESPNU Super Six Championships   Live on ESPNU   Commentators: Bart Conner, Kathy Johnson Clarke Sideline Reporter: Laura Rutledge
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To move ahead to Saturday's Super Six final where the national team champion is determined, the Gators need to be among the top three teams in its semifinal session on Friday. Florida starts Semifinal I competition on floor exercise. Start time for Semifinal I is set for 2 p.m. ET and the action airs live on ESPNU.
 
Florida has qualified for the NCAA Championships 34 times, missing only the 2000 event. The Gators advanced to the 2016 national stage by winning the Minneapolis Regional, held April 2 in the University of Minnesota's Sports Pavilion. This is the sixth time Florida enters the NCAA Championships ranked No. 2, as UF was the second seed in 2015, 2010, 2008, 1998 and 1984. Florida entered the 2012, 2013 and 2014 NCAA Championships as the No. 1 seed.
 
What happens in Friday's competition?
The top three teams in each of Friday's semifinals advance to the NCAA Super Six on Saturday, April 16 at 9 p.m. (ET). The winner of the Super Six is the NCAA team champion. The NCAA Super Six format began in 1993, with Florida advancing to the team final 13 times.
 
The NCAA Individual Event Finals were discontinued after the 2015 championships. NCAA individual event champions are now based on performance in Friday's semifinal sessions. The results from the two semifinals will be combined to determine each of the five event champions. A Gator has won a total of 13 NCAA individual titles and one is part of the 2016 Florida team – Bridget Sloan (all-around & beam/2013; uneven bars/2014).
 
Who's in the Field?
This is the third year a team's seed holds through NCAA Regional and Championship competition. Teams 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 12 are in Friday's second semifinal and teams 2, 3, 6, 10, 14 and 18 appear in the first semifinal. Of the six teams that have won NCAA team titles in the meet's 34-year history, four (Alabama, UCLA, Oklahoma, Utah) are in NCAA Semifinal II.
 
This season, Florida has met six of the teams qualified for the NCAA Championships. UF owns a 2016 record of 8-2 versus the field.

Semifinal I (2016 result vs. UF)     
No. 2 Florida                                       
No. 3 LSU (UF 1, LSU 1)                  
No. 6 Auburn (UF 2, AU 0)               
No. 10 Georgia (UF 1, UGA 1)         
No. 14 Minnesota (UF 1, UM 0)       
No. 18 Stanford                                  
                                                               
Semifinal II (2016 result vs. UF)    
No. 1 Oklahoma                                 
No. 4 Alabama (UF 2, UA 0)            
No. 5 Utah                                           
No. 8 UCLA (UF 1, UCLA 0)            
No. 9 California                                  
No. 12 Nebraska

Last year in Fort Worth:
Last season, Florida won its third consecutive NCAA Championship, edging Utah 197.85-197.80. The winning margin of 0.05 equals the slimmest in the meet's 34-year history. Then senior Kytra Hunter won a NCAA title each day of the 2015 event. She shared her second NCAA all-around title with UCLA's Samantha Peszek on the meet's opening day, helped the Gators win the NCAA team title during the NCAA Super Six and won the floor exercise crown in the NCAA Individual Event Finals.
 
How to follow the action:
For the first time, all NCAA Gymnastics Championships' competition will be televised live on ESPNU.
 
ESPN3 will stream the action on Friday and Saturday. In addition, all action for each apparatus can be found on ESPN3;

Friday, April 15 – Semifinal I at 2 p.m. ET
ESPNU/WatchESPN    NCAA Semifinal I
ESPN3                            All-Around
ESPN3                            Vault
ESPN3                            Uneven Bars
ESPN3                            Balance Beam
ESPN3                            Floor Exercise
 
Live scores can be found at following links:
 
Semifinal I  - Friday, April 15 at 2 p.m. ET
Semifinal II – Friday, April 15 at 7 p.m. ET
 
Super Six – Saturday, April 16 at 9 p.m. E.T.
 
Tickets:
Single session tickets are $22. To purchase, call 866-208-0048 or online at http://www.ncaa.com/tickets/gymnastics-women/nc.