Sunday, March 8
Gainesville, FL
5:45 p.m.
Florida Gators
198.45
vs
198.325
LSU
The Gators surround their seniors after Sunday's electric 198.45 - 198.325 win over No. 2 LSU. Florida's score is the nation's leader this season.
Nation’s Top Score Powers Gators Past No. 2 LSU
Sunday, March 8, 2026 | Gymnastics
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In a meet worthy of the nation's top billing, No. 4 Florida delivered the country's highest score of the season Sunday to edge No. 2 LSU in a showdown between collegiate gymnastics' elite.
Backed by a roaring sellout crowd of 9,229 inside the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, the Gators produced the nation's best 2026 team total of 198.45 to edge LSU, which posted the nation's top road score with a 198.325.
The teams traded the advantage throughout a tightly contested meet that matched the weekend's lofty expectations. Florida and LSU were tied after the opening rotation before the Tigers edged ahead by 0.075 at the midway point. The Gators reclaimed momentum in the third rotation, carrying the slimmest of leads - 0.025 - into the finale.
Florida sealed the victory in dramatic fashion on floor exercise, delivering the nation's second-highest floor total of the season (49.75) while LSU also recorded its season-high balance beam score in the final rotation.
High team totals came with equally impressive individual performances. Each apparatus title was claimed with a perfect or near-perfect mark, and the meet's five all-around competitors produced the top collection of all-around scores recorded in a single meet this season, with totals ranging from 39.85 to 39.65.
TONIGHT'S MEET
Scores were high for both teams during the second rotation. For the second week in row, Skye Blakely posted her collegiate-best of 9.975 to share her third uneven bars win with LSU's Konner McClain. Harris-Miranda took third after matching her season-high 9.95
LSU owned a 0.075 lead at the midpoint after posting the nation's second-highest vault total of the season (49.70).
Florida took the narrowest advantage, 0.025, into the final rotation after posting a 49.70 on balance beam. Anchoring that beam lineup was Harris-Miranda's second 10.0 of her career. Florida also got back-to-back 9.95s from eMjae Frazier and DiCello plus Blakely earned a 9.925.
All six Gators in the floor lineup turned in marks of 9.90 or better Sunday. Blakely and Frazier shared the event title with LSU's Kaliya Lincoln as each posted a near-perfect 9.975.
Sunday's meet featured five all-arounders – all with totals among the nation's top nine tallies of 2026. Harris-Miranda took the win with a season-high 39.85 – the nation's No. 2 total of the season. Her former club teammate, LSU's Kailin Chio, was runner-up at 39.775. DiCello (39.725), Blakely (39.70) and Frazier (39.65) all turned in season bests.
EVENT WINNERS:
Vault: Kailin Chio, LSU, Amari Drayton, LSU, Kaliya Lincoln, LSU 9.975
Bars: Skye Blakely, UF and Konner McClain, LSU 9.975
Beam: Selena Harris-Miranda, UF 10.0
Floor: Skye Blakely, UF, eMaje Frazier, UF, Kaliya Lincoln, LSU 9.975
All-Around: Selena Harris-Miranda, UF 39.85
Florida In High Scoring Meets:
There's been 12 dual meets in NCAA history that both teams turned in a score that started with a 198.
Florida's been in eight of the last 11.
The combined total of Sunday's team totals is No. 3 all-time, behind the 2022 Florida at Auburn tie at 198.575 and the 2024 Oklahoma (199.775) and Alabama (198.025) meet.
Gators Senior Night:
The careers of Florida's four seniors – Lori Brubach, eMjae Frazier, Selena Harris-Miranda and Riley McCusker plus manager Peyton Harbert – were celebrated in a post-meet ceremony.
Florida Gators Senior Class Notes:
GATOR PERFORMANCE NOTES:
RECORDS:
Florida (11-2, 5-2 SEC)
LSU (10-3-1, 4-3 SEC)
THE SERIES:
Florida leads 79-48
NATIONAL RANK:
Florida – Florida is No. 4 in the March 2 Road to National rankings
LSU – No. 2
UP NEXT:
Florida finishes 2026 regular-season action Friday at No. 22 Kentucky (1-9-1, 1-5-1 SEC).
The Wildcats lost 197.20 – 196.675 at No. 3 Alabama on March 6.
When: Friday, March 13 at 7 p.m. ET
Venue: Historic Memorial Coliseum | Lexington, Ky.
Stream: SEC Network+
Live Scores: Virtius
Tickets: $12
Backed by a roaring sellout crowd of 9,229 inside the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, the Gators produced the nation's best 2026 team total of 198.45 to edge LSU, which posted the nation's top road score with a 198.325.
The teams traded the advantage throughout a tightly contested meet that matched the weekend's lofty expectations. Florida and LSU were tied after the opening rotation before the Tigers edged ahead by 0.075 at the midway point. The Gators reclaimed momentum in the third rotation, carrying the slimmest of leads - 0.025 - into the finale.
Florida sealed the victory in dramatic fashion on floor exercise, delivering the nation's second-highest floor total of the season (49.75) while LSU also recorded its season-high balance beam score in the final rotation.
High team totals came with equally impressive individual performances. Each apparatus title was claimed with a perfect or near-perfect mark, and the meet's five all-around competitors produced the top collection of all-around scores recorded in a single meet this season, with totals ranging from 39.85 to 39.65.
TONIGHT'S MEET
STUNTIN'
— Gators Gymnastics (@GatorsGym) March 8, 2026
Kayla matches her career high on vault 9.950!! pic.twitter.com/itkVknPOMI
The meet was tied after each team opened with totals of 49.375. Florida's total came on the vault, as both Kayla DiCello and Selena Harris-Miranda led the Gators with season-high 9.95s.Keepin' an eye out for Selenerrrrr 👀
— NCAA Women's Gymnastics (@NCAA_Gymnastics) March 8, 2026
That's a 9.950 vault for the Gator 🐊#NCAAGYM x 🎥 SECN / @GatorsGym pic.twitter.com/6c9PR7ZJlH
IN AWEEEE
— Gators Gymnastics (@GatorsGym) March 8, 2026
9.975 for back-to-back meets for Skye pic.twitter.com/H3qmQwL3b0
Scores were high for both teams during the second rotation. For the second week in row, Skye Blakely posted her collegiate-best of 9.975 to share her third uneven bars win with LSU's Konner McClain. Harris-Miranda took third after matching her season-high 9.95
LSU owned a 0.075 lead at the midpoint after posting the nation's second-highest vault total of the season (49.70).
SHE'S A DIME
— Gators Gymnastics (@GatorsGym) March 8, 2026
Selena Harris-Miranda earns her second 10 of her career!!! pic.twitter.com/AqfRSKEadi
Florida took the narrowest advantage, 0.025, into the final rotation after posting a 49.70 on balance beam. Anchoring that beam lineup was Harris-Miranda's second 10.0 of her career. Florida also got back-to-back 9.95s from eMjae Frazier and DiCello plus Blakely earned a 9.925.
ON YOUR FEET
— Gators Gymnastics (@GatorsGym) March 8, 2026
eMjae season high 9.975 floor routine!!!! pic.twitter.com/X1uPDCqxwu
welcome to the Skye Show™️
— Gators Gymnastics (@GatorsGym) March 8, 2026
she matches her collegiate high 9.975 pic.twitter.com/ph2RNBKJRK
All six Gators in the floor lineup turned in marks of 9.90 or better Sunday. Blakely and Frazier shared the event title with LSU's Kaliya Lincoln as each posted a near-perfect 9.975.
Sunday's meet featured five all-arounders – all with totals among the nation's top nine tallies of 2026. Harris-Miranda took the win with a season-high 39.85 – the nation's No. 2 total of the season. Her former club teammate, LSU's Kailin Chio, was runner-up at 39.775. DiCello (39.725), Blakely (39.70) and Frazier (39.65) all turned in season bests.
EVENT WINNERS:
Vault: Kailin Chio, LSU, Amari Drayton, LSU, Kaliya Lincoln, LSU 9.975
Bars: Skye Blakely, UF and Konner McClain, LSU 9.975
Beam: Selena Harris-Miranda, UF 10.0
Floor: Skye Blakely, UF, eMaje Frazier, UF, Kaliya Lincoln, LSU 9.975
All-Around: Selena Harris-Miranda, UF 39.85
Florida In High Scoring Meets:
There's been 12 dual meets in NCAA history that both teams turned in a score that started with a 198.
Florida's been in eight of the last 11.
| Date | First Place | Score | Second Place | Score |
| 3/8/25 | @ No. 4 Florida | 198.450 | No. 2 LSU | 198.325 |
| 3/17/24 | @ No. 1 Oklahoma | 198.775 | No.7 Alabama | 198.025 |
| 3/3/24 | No. 5 Florida | 198.225 | @No.6 Kentucky | 198.100 |
| 3/4/22 | No. 3 Florida | 198.575 | @No. 6 Auburn | 198.575 |
| 2/12/21 | No. 1 Florida | 198.15 | @No. 2 LSU | 198.05 |
| 2/23/20 | No. 3 Utah | 198.075 | @ No. 4 UCLA | 198.025 |
| 2/1/19 | @ No. 1 Oklahoma | 198.350 | No. 2 Florida | 198.025 |
| 1/28/18 | @ No. 5 Florida | 198.150 | No. 1 Oklahoma | 198.125 |
| 3/6/15 | @ No. 1 Oklahoma | 198.500 | No. 3 Florida | 198.100 |
| 3/14/04 | @ No. 13 Nebraska | 198.000 | No. 9 Iowa State | 198.00 |
| 3/12/04 | No. 1 UCLA | 198.250 | @ No. 7 Florida | 198.225 |
| 2/16/03 | No. 1 UCLA | 198.400 | @ No. 7 Arizona State | 198.150 |
| shading denotes a tie | ||||
The combined total of Sunday's team totals is No. 3 all-time, behind the 2022 Florida at Auburn tie at 198.575 and the 2024 Oklahoma (199.775) and Alabama (198.025) meet.
Gators Senior Night:
The careers of Florida's four seniors – Lori Brubach, eMjae Frazier, Selena Harris-Miranda and Riley McCusker plus manager Peyton Harbert – were celebrated in a post-meet ceremony.
Florida Gators Senior Class Notes:
- Advanced to NCAA team final in 2022 (2nd), 2023 (2nd) and 2024 (4th)
- Won 2022, 2023 & 2024 Southeastern Conference regular-season trophies
- Swept 2022 & 2023 Southeastern Conference regular-season and Championship meet titles
- Earned 29 All-America honors (Frazier/10, SHM/18; McCusker/1)
- Two SEC event titlists with meet records of 10.0 (2025 Harris-Miranda – vault; McCusker – uneven bars)
- Each earned WCGA Scholastic All-American and Academic All-Southeastern Conference honors during their collegiate careers
GATOR PERFORMANCE NOTES:
- Florida's team total of 198.45 the fourth-highest total in the program's history
- Selena Harris-Miranda 10.0 on balance beam is the 96th overall 10.0 in UF's 54 seasons and the 19th on beam. She is the third in the nation this season with a 10.0 on the event. The other two – UF's Skye Blakely and LSU's Kailin Chio – were also in the Exactech Arena Sunday.
- The 10.0 was Harris-Miranda's second on the event and ninth of career (vault – 6, beam – 2, bars – 1)
- With her second-consecutive collegiate-best 9.975 on uneven bars, Skye Blakely is the fifth current Gator with a career bars best of 9.975 or better – Kayla DiCello (10.0), Selena Harris-Miranda (10.0 at UCLA/9.975 at UF), Riley McCusker (10.0) and Anya Pilgrim (9.975).
- Florida's beam (49.70) and floor (49.75) totals both are No. 3 all-time for the program.
- Tonight's sellout is Florida's second-consecutive and the 9,229 is No. 12 since the Exactech Arena opened in 2017 after a renovation.
- Collegiate bests:
- Skye Blakely 9.975 (bars & floor)
- Kayla DiCello 9.95 (vault)
- Gabby Disidore 9.90 (floor)
- Danie Ferris 9.925 (floor)
- Selena Harris-Miranda 10.0 (beam)
RECORDS:
Florida (11-2, 5-2 SEC)
LSU (10-3-1, 4-3 SEC)
THE SERIES:
Florida leads 79-48
NATIONAL RANK:
Florida – Florida is No. 4 in the March 2 Road to National rankings
LSU – No. 2
UP NEXT:
Florida finishes 2026 regular-season action Friday at No. 22 Kentucky (1-9-1, 1-5-1 SEC).
The Wildcats lost 197.20 – 196.675 at No. 3 Alabama on March 6.
When: Friday, March 13 at 7 p.m. ET
Venue: Historic Memorial Coliseum | Lexington, Ky.
Stream: SEC Network+
Live Scores: Virtius
Tickets: $12
| No. 2 LSU at No. 4 Florida Final Team Totals |
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| March 8, 2026 ● Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center (9,229 - sellout) | |||||
| Team | Vault | Bars | Beam | Floor | Total |
| Florida | 49.375 | 49.625 | 49.700 | 49.75 | 198.45 |
| LSU | 49.700 | 49.375 | 49.65 | 49.600 | 198.325 |
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