AUBURN, Ala. – The No. 12 Auburn gymnastics team is officially into the NCAA postseason and will be the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Gymnastics Los Angeles Regional held March 29-April 1 in Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA.
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The Tigers will kick things off in the NCAA Regional Second Round on Thursday, March 30 and will compete in the afternoon session at 4 p.m. CT against No. 2 seed Utah, Southern Utah and Washington.
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"No regional is easy and this one is an especially hard draw," head coach
Jeff Graba said. "UCLA is the top seed and hosting, while Utah has never missed a national championship. Between those two teams as well as a Missouri that has beat us this year, we have our work cut out for us. We need to be on our game and stay in our bubble to be successful."
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Tickets are available to the three-day regional and can be found
HERE.
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"I think it's a big deal that our team has been through a difficult regional already and has made it to the Final Four," Graba said. "We have to take it one day at a time, stay focused and perform. The postseason is tough, but we know what it takes to advance."
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The three-day tournament will begin on March 29 with the first round featuring BYU and Boise State. The winner will advance to the second round the following day.
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The afternoon session of the second round will feature No. 2 seed Utah, No. 3 seed Tigers, Southern Utah and Washington. The evening session that day will kick off at 9 p.m. CT and will feature top seed and host UCLA, No. 4 seed Missouri, Stanford and the winner from the first round.
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The top two teams from each of the two sessions on March 30 will advance to the regional final on Saturday, April 1 at 7 p.m. CT.
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The two top squads from the regional final and the top all-around competitor (who is not on an advancing team) from each regional will receive an automatic berth to the 2023 NCAA Championship, April 13-15, in Fort Worth, Texas. In addition, the top event specialist on each event who is not a part of the advancing team or all-around competitor will advance to the national championship in that event only.
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