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SEATTLE – The Lindenwood Lions will get a chance will get a chance for a three-peat.
 
Lindenwood competitors had the top score on two of the four events Friday night on the way to a final total of 195.100 points in the second team semifinal session at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships in Brougham Pavilion. The Lions edged Texas Woman's University for the top spot.
 
However, the Pioneers also get to return for Saturday's team finals after tallying 194.250 points.
 
Seattle Pacific made a serious run for that second and final team qualifying berth, but fell just short. The Falcons finished third among the five teams in the semifinal session with 193.775 points. That was their second-highest score of the season, exceeded only by the 194.100 they scored on March 11 in a meet against the University of Washington.
 
It also was the fifth-highest of the day among the nine teams in the two semifinals. SPU came in as the No. 9 seed.
 
Lindenwood and Texas Woman's will be joined by first-session qualifiers Bridgeport and Cornell for the team finals at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Purple Knights wound up with the highest score of the day, 195.575. Cornell checked in with 194.200.


 
SPU will have five competitors returning on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. for the individual finals. Freshman Darian Burns qualified on the uneven parallel bars and the floor exercise, senior Breanna Beltran also earned a spot on the bars, senior Kristi Hayashida advanced on the beam, junior Ariana Harger made it on the floor by tying for the highest score of the session (9.900), and senior Lauren Glover also earned a spot on the floor.

Four of those five Falcons are repeat finals qualifiers after competing in those same events at the 2016 championships. Harger is the defending champion on the floor, Hayashida was the beam silver medalist, Glover claimed bronze on the floor and Beltran placed eighth on the bars.

 

Harger finished ninth in the all-around standings Friday with 38.525 points. In addition to her 9.900 on the floor, Harger had 9.675 on the vault and bars, and 9.275 on the beam.
 
Sophomore Andavea Alexander and freshman Ryan Henry led a big night on the floor that put Lindenwood in prime position to finish atop the standings. They were part of a three-way tie with Seattle Pacific's Harger for the leading score of 9.900. The Lions also had a pair of 9.850 marks, part of a final tally of 49.325 that was the highest total of any team on any event in either of the two semifinal sessions.
 
The Falcons tied their season-high floor score with 49.050. That included career highs for sophomore Itzia San Roman (9.775, previous 9.750) and freshman Miyuke Matsune (9.675, previous 9.650).
 
Another Lindenwood duo – senior Aubree Horn and junior Kierstin Sokolowski – were part of a four-way deadlock for the session's high mark on the beam. They, along with Jenna Cashmore of Texas Woman's and Megan Ryan of Yale, all earned 9.825.

 

SPU's Beltran shattered her career high on the beam. Her mark of 9.725 easily bettered her old one of 9.475, which she set just three weeks ago at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championship meet.
 
Schyler Jones, a junior at Texas Woman's, posted the top vault score of 9.925, with teammates Mallory Moredock and Megan Gentry close behind at 9.850. Another Pioneer junior, Alyssa Kelly, led the way on the beam with a 9.875.
 
Of the five teams in the semifinal, Lindenwood was the only one in action through each of the first four rotations. That made the Lions the first one "in the clubhouse" with their 195.100. Texas Woman's, competing on the beam in the fifth and final rotation, had a chance to catch the Lions, but that would have taken a 49.275 total. The Pioneers finished with 48.425.

 
 
USA GYMNASTICS COLLEGIATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Friday, April 7, 2017
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.
 
TEAM SEMIFINAL NO. 2
 
Team scores
(Top 2 advance to finals)
1, Lindenwood 195.100
2, Texas Woman's 194.250
3, Seattle Pacific 193.775
4, Yale 192.975
5, Brown 192.225
 
Vault
(Top 6 plus ties advance to finals)
1, Schyler Jones, TWU, 9.925
2t, Mallory Moredock, TWU, 9.850
2t, Megan Gentry, TWU, 9.850
4t, Kierstin Sokolowski, Lndwd, 9.825
4t, Katie Simpson, TWU, 9.825
6, Rebecca Chong, Yale, 9.800
 
Uneven Parallel Bars
(Top 6 plus ties advance to finals)
1t, Aubree Horn, Lndwd, 9.825
1t, Kierstin Sokolowski, Lndwd, 9.825
1t, Jenna Cashmore, TWU, 9.825
1t, Megan Ryan, Yale, 9.825
5t, Andavea Alexander, Lndwd, 9.800
5t, Ryan Henry, Lndwd, 9.800
5t, Breanna Beltran, SPU, 9.800
5t, Darian Burns, SPU, 9.800
5t, Alyssa Kelly, TWU, 9.800
5t, Katie Simpson, TWU, 9.800
 
Balance Beam
(Top 6 plus ties advance to finals)
1, Alyssa Kelly, TWU, 9.875
2, Kristi Hayashida, SPU, 9.800
3t, Jorden Mitchell, Brown, 9.775
3t, Ashley White, Centenary, 9.775
3t, Hannah Rector, Lndwd, 9.775
3t, Kierstin Sokolowski, Lndwd, 9.775
3t, Rachel Graham, Pennsylvania, 9.775
3t, Schyler Jones, TWU, 9.775
 
Floor Exercise
(Top 6 plus ties advance to finals)
1t, Andavea Alexander, Lndwd, 9.900
1t, Ryan Henry, Lndwd, 9.900
1t, Ariana Harger, SPU, 9.900
4t, Bria Northrop, TWU, 9.875
4t, Jade Buford, Yale, 9.875
6t, Breanna Franklin, Lndwd, 9.850
6t, Katie Oswalt, Lndwd, 9.850
6t, Darian Burns, SPU, 9.850
6t, Lauren Glover, SPU, 9.850
6t, Kiarra Alleyne, Yale, 9.850
6t, Anella ndesron, Yale, 9.850
 
All-Around
(Final, combined Session 1 and 2)
1, Majesta Valentine, West Chester, 39.200
2, Lyanda Dudley, Cornell, 39.075
3, Maya Reimes, Bridgeport, 39.025
4, Kelsey Campbell, Bridgeport, 39.000
5, Jorden Mitchell, Brown, 38.825
6, Katie Simpson, Texas Woman's, 38.675
7t, Schyler Jones, Texas Woman's, 38.575
7t, Jade Buford, Yale, 38.575
9, Ariana Harger, Seattle Pacific, 38.525
10, Ashley White, Centenary, 38.500
 

TEAM SEMIFINAL NO. 1

Team scores
(Top 2 advance to finals)
1, Bridgeport 195.575
2, Cornell 194.200
3, West Chester 193.525
4, Air Force 192.900
 
Vault
(Top 5 plus ties advance to finals)
1, Kara Witgan, AF, 9.850
2, Kimberly Stewart, BP, 9.825
3, Nina Whittaker, BP, 9.800
4, Anna Salamone, AF, 9.775
5t, Lyanda Dudley, Corn, 9.750
5t, Majesta Valentine, WCU, 9.750
 
Uneven Parallel Bars
(Top 5 plus ties advance to finals)
1, Thomara Powell-Brown, BP, 9.800
2t, Anna Salamone, AF, 9.775
2t, Majesta Valentine, WCU, 9.775
4t, Kelly Aycock, BP, 9.750
4t, Maritza Futch, BP, 9.750
4t, Lauren Wong, Corn, 9.750
4t, Kaitlin Green, Corn, 9.750
 
Balance Beam
(Top 5 plus ties advance to finals)
1, Maya Reimers, BP, 9.900
2, Kaitlin Green, Corn, 9.875
3t, Carol Chiles, BP, 9.850
3t, Joy Gage, Corn, 9.850
3t, Majesta Valentine, WCU, 9.850
 
Floor Exercise
(Top 5 plus ties advance to finals)
1, Kimberly Stewart, BP, 9.925
2, Brianna Comport, BP, 9.900
3t, Casey Ball, AF, 9.850
3t, Kara Witgen, AF, 9.850
3t, Kelsey Campbell, BP, 9.850
3t, Maya Reimers, BP, 9.850
3t, Lyanda Dudley, Corn, 9.850
3t, Nicole Swirbalus, Penn, 9.850