DULUTH, Ga. — The Arkansas women’s gymnastics team is in the finals of the NCAA championship after posting the second-best score in school history in Friday’s Session II semifinal.
The top three teams from each session advance to today’s Super Six, which is at 3 p.m. at the Gwinnett Center. The Razorbacks are in the Super Six for the second time in four years after finishing fifth in the nation in 2009.
In the only individual national championship determined prior to Sunday’s event finals, senior All-American Jaime Pisani finished third in the nation in the all-around. She had a 39.625, behind the 39.725 of Florida’s Kytra Hunter and the 39.65 of Georgia’s Kat Ding.
Arkansas scored a 197.15 to finish behind No. 4 Alabama (197.675) and No. 1 Florida (197.65), but the Razorbacks upset No. 5 Georgia (196.50) and finished ahead of No. 12 Ohio State (196.525) and No. 9 Oregon State (196.475).
Arkansas, coming off a 196.825 to finish second in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional on April 7, recorded just the third 197 in school history and the second-best mark all-time, second only to the 197.225 against LSU earlier this year.