No. 8 Florida Gymnastics Opens Home Season Friday with SEC Rival No. 7 Arkansas
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 | Gymnastics
The No. 8 University of Florida gymnastics team (0-1, 0-0 SEC) opens up its home and Southeastern Conference seasons with No. 7 Arkansas (1-0, 0-0 SEC) on Friday, Jan. 15. Meet time is set for 7 p.m. in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.
A 2-for-1 general admission coupon is available on the University of Florida Athletics Facebook page – just print out the coupon and bring to the O'Connell Center Ticket Office. Fans can present their ticket stub from Tuesday's men's basketball game versus Kentucky to receive free admission into the event. Immediately following Friday's meet, fans can get autographs from several gymnasts in the Gate 3 lobby.
| Friday's Event Info |
| Meet: No. 8 Florida (0-1, 0-0 SEC) versus No. 7 Arkansas (1-0, 0-0 SEC) Date: Friday, Jan. 15 @ 7 p.m. (ET) Television: airs tape-delayed on CSS on Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. (channel 259 on Gainesville & Ocala COX Cable). Former Georgia head coach Suzanne Yoculan will call the action Streaming Video: live streaming video of the meet is available on GatorVision. More information available at www.GatorZone.com WWW: live scoring available at www.GatorZone.com Series Records (all-time): UF leads Arkansas 20-1 – last meeting, UF took fourth in 2009 NCAA Super Six competition with a 196.725 and Arkansas was fifth at 196.475. Tickets: $4.00 for adults; children 17 & under and UF students with ID are admitted free. Meet Promotions: Be Our Guest – Fans that come to town for the meet can pick-up a 2-for-1 admission pass to a future meet at their hotel (participating hotels in Gainesville only); Gator Booster Night I – Gator Booster members receive 2-for-1 admission by showing their Booster membership card and presenting a special admission coupon; SunTrust Night – SunTrust employees/clients can pick-up 2-for-1 admission passes at Gainesville SunTrust locations; Kentucky MBB Ticket Promotion – Present your MBB-Kentucky ticket stub and receive free admission into the meet; GatorZone.com/UF Athletics FaceBook 2-for-1Passes – A 2-for-1 general admission coupon is available on GatorZone.com/gymnastics for fans to print out and bring to the O'Connell Center Ticket Office; K-Country Free Admission Passes – Listen to K-Country (93.7 FM in Gainesville, FL) January 4 – 15 for your chance to win free admission passes to the meet; Post-Meet Autograph Session – Immediately following the meet fans can get autographs from several gymnasts in the Gate 3 lobby. For a complete list of promotions for Friday's meet, please visit the Gator Outlook. |
Arkansas is the second consecutive opponent for Florida ranked in the top-10 (Jan. 8 – then No. 9 Oklahoma). In their last meeting, Florida was fourth in the 2009 Super Six team final with 196.725 while the Razorbacks took fifth at 196.475. In 2009 dual meet action between these two teams, Arkansas registered their first and only win in the all-time series, taking a 196.375-195.425 win in Fayetteville, Ark.
On Jan. 8, Florida opened the season with a loss against then No. 9 Oklahoma. The Gators were unable to make up the point deficit it recorded to the Sooners in the bars and finished 0.975 behind in the final standings. With half of Florida's routines being turned in by freshman, newcomer Ashan?e Dickerson claimed first or second-place finishes in four of the evening's five events, including posting the nation's second-highest all-around total (39.35) of this very young season. Dickerson also shared first on vault at 9.875 with senior All-American Maranda Smith.
Arkansas opened its 2010 season with a ranked opponent, taking a 195.40-192.65 home win over then-No. 20 Arizona last Friday. The Razorbacks swept the top three spots in the all-around (Jamie Pisani: 39.125; Sarah Nagashima: 39.075; and Casey Jo Magee: 38.80). Arkansas returns four All-Americans from its 2009 team which recorded the program's best finish of fifth at the 2009 Super Six competition.
Tickets are $4.00 for adults, while children 17 and under plus UF students with Gator1 cards are admitted free. Live scores and streaming video can be found at www.GatorZone.com. For a complete list of promotions for Friday's meet, please visit the Gator Outlook.
Friday's meet airs tape-delayed on Charter Sports Southeast (CSS) on Jan. 19 at 7:00 p.m. Former Georgia Head Coach Suzanne Yoculan will call the action for CSS.
