After an exciting first semifinal this afternoon, semifinal two will round out the field for Saturday and crown the individual national champions! This second round will see reigning national champion Oklahoma, as well as UCLA, Minnesota, and Arkansas.
The Oklahoma Sooners are looking to advance to Saturday’s final and earn their eighth national title in program history. Coming into this session ranked No. 1, the Sooners are definitely a favorite to move on, having scored the highest team total out of the regional finals and surpassing 198 eight times so far this season. UCLA is the other favorite to advance, but coming off a narrow win of just a tenth over Minnesota, which will also be competing for a spot here, needs an excellent performance to ensure it moves forward.
Arkansas beat out both Missouri and Ohio State to advance to Fort Worth and had two of its best performances of the season in Lexington. The Razorbacks did not qualify as a team last season to the elite eight round but are coming in stronger than last season and are ready to put up a fight and get to the final.
The Minnesota Golden Gophers are an underdog team coming into these championships but put up a huge performance in the regional final to secure their spot. Coming in just a tenth behind UCLA and outperforming two other top teams in Alabama and Utah at the Corvallis regional, Minnesota showed its fight for every tenth and put up one of its top team scores of the season.
Semifinal two will also see individual competitors:
Vault: Maggie Slife – Air Force (R1), Gwen Fink – UNC (R2), Shyla Bhatia – Denver (R3), Avery Neff – Utah (R4)
Bars: Neff – Utah (R1), Slife – Air Force (R2), Hannah Horton – Missouri (R3), Aurelie Tran – Iowa (R4)
Beam: Ana Padurariu – Utah (R1), Neff – Utah (R2), Slife – Air Force (R3), Delaynee Rodriguez – Kentucky (R4)
Floor: Creslyn Brose – Kentucky (R1), Ella Zirbes – Utah (R2), Neff – Utah (R3), Slife – Air Force (R4)
Semifinal two will be streamed on ESPN2, and scores can be found on Virtius.
Rotation 1: Oklahoma VT, UCLA UB, Minnesota BB, Arkansas FX
Wells (OU): Yurchenko 1.5, and starts the Sooners off HOT with a stick!! 9.9750 LEAD OFF.
Sumanasakera (UCLA): Maloney up to immediate Pak, really nice, pirouette is a little over, back up and a great full in dismount STUCK! 9.8875
Ostrum (Minnesota): Solid BHS LOSO. Good full turn. Moving into switch leap to straddle ¼, over extended so good. Cat leap to side aerial and ends with a great BHS Gainer full, STUCK! 9.900
Klein (ARK): Front thru to double tuck to open up. Switch side half to straddle jump to Shushanova to floor choreo, great extension on those jumps. Second pass, front layout to a front half, missed the timing on the front full. 9.050
Scheible (OU): Front handspring front pike ½ out, 2/2 sticks. WOW. 9.950
Webster-Longin (UCLA): Opens with a nice Maloney to Pak, excellent. Great pirouette, dismounts with a free hip to full in and a small hop back. 9.8625
Stewart (Minn): Candle mount is good. Split jump to split ring jump, solid. Front aerial to Korbut is great. LOVE her movement here. Nice wolf turn, BHS Gainer full to close it out, with a stick! 9.800
Torrez (OU): Yurchenko 1.5 and another stick. Oh my gosh. 9.9375
Waiting on floor for judging
Matthews (UCLA): Pak down is beautiful and another great VL back up and a double layout, small hop back on the landing. 9.7625
Moraw (Minn): Full turn to start off, BHS LOSO series is good. Cat leap to side aerial is solid. Beat jump to straddle ¾, good extension on that. BHS Gainer full, sticks that landing! 9.90
Estep (OU): Yurchenko 1.5, step back on that landing. 9.7875
Smith (ARK): Front layout step out to double tuck, nice. Loving her energy in this routine! Great double pike to close! 9.8375
Rowray (Minn): BHS LOSO, great on that. Switch leap to straddle 1/2, really difficult jump and done very well. Front toss to wolf jump combo is great. Dismounts Gainer front full off the side, sticks it!
Mueller (OU): Another STUCK Yurchenko 1.5! 9.9375
Barros (UCLA): Mounts with a Pak down to VL, a little weird catch but dismounts strong double layout STUCK! 9.8625
Slevin (Minn): Switch leap, is almost off. Split jump, adds in a wolf jump, good. BHS LOSO series is good. Down on the beam into some choreo and into her double wolf turn, done well. Round off 1.5 dismount, sticks it! Recovered well through that. 9.4625
M.Price (ARK): Huge double pike to open up. Loving the energy the Razorbacks have here! Stunning 2.5. Switch half to wolf full wolf full is good in rotation. Front layout to front full to end her routine, really great routine for the Razorbacks! 9.825
Pederson (OU): Yurchenko 1.5, make that 5/6 sticks! 9.950
Sullivan (UCLA): Great Tkachev to immediate Pak, double layout, a little squatty but stuck to close! 9.8875
F.Price (ARK): Sky high powerful double layout to open up, chest is a little down on that landing. Switch side to huge straddle full straddle full, great height on that whole combo! Front full to front layout to close out! 9.825
Chiles (UCLA): Over on her first handstand. Remounts to piked Tkachev to Pak, great. Stuck double layout to close. 9.3625
Slife (AF): Yurchenko 1.5 small hop forward but really clean! 9.850
Lyden (Minn): Candle mount is good. Up for a nice double wolf turn. BHS LOSO, a little off but adjusts well. Cat leap to switch side is solid and ends with a round off 1.5, stuck! 9.8250
Williams (ARK): HUGE full-in first pass, STUCK. Switch side to straddle full. Last pass back 1.5 to front full, really well done routine! 9.900
Neff (Utah): BIG Geinger to immediate shoot over, closes out with an aggressive laid out full in dismount, a little short and steps forward. 9.800
Padurariu (Utah): Double wolf turn to start, a little off but recovers well. Front aerial to BHS is good for her series. Sissone moving right into her dance. Split jump to Sheep jump is gorgeous. Ends strong with a Gainer pike off the end, stuck! 9.850
Roberson (ARK): Excited to see this in person! Starts off with a big double layout, great control on that landing. Switch side to straddle full, good rotation on the dance series. Ends strong with a front layout step to double tuck, needed that final routine for the Razorbacks! 9.9125
Brose (Kentucky): So excited to see her perform here!! A great round off double pike to set up this routine. Torjete full to wolf full into the corner for her second pass, front full to floaty front layout. Three pass routine and finishes with a difficult front double full. 9.900
After 1: Oklahoma 49.750, Minnesota 49.3875, Arkansas 49.300, UCLA 49.2625
First rotation takeaways … the Sooners came to COMPETE. With all five counting scores over a 9.9375, the Sooners put up a massive 49.750 to start off the night. Minnesota sits in second after a great beam rotation, looking strong and confident and being able to adjust after a mistake in the lineup. Arkansas also had an early mistake with a 9.05 in the lead off but bounced back well with two 9.9+ scores to put it in third. The Bruins were a little shaky on bars and having to hunt a score in the 9.7s after an extremely uncharacteristic fall from Chiles in the anchor spot, the Bruins are in fourth, but not by much and need to close this gap.
Rotation 2: Arkansas VT, Oklahoma UB, UCLA BB, Minnesota FX
Weaver (ARK): Yurchenko full, step back on that landing. 9.7875
Pederson (OU): Mounts with a huge Ray, toe handstand down to a floaty Pak salto, and ends with a stuck double layout dismount! 9.8500
Rosen (UCLA) : Switch leap to split jump is good. Beat jump to Onodi, a little off. BHS LOSO, solid. Good full turn, closes out with a round off 1.5 stuck, SOLID lead off for the Bruins! 9.8500
Saltzmann (Minn): Great double pike to start off and a super high energy routine! Front layout to front front full right into a front kick into her dance. Switch half to straddle full. Three pass routine and a great double tuck to close. 9.8375
Smith (ARK): Yurchenko full, stuck COLD. 9.90
Murphy (OU): Maloney up to the high bar, really nicely done, down to an immediate Pak, form is impeccable. Nails that final handstand and ends with a blind full to stuck double tuck, step back on that landing. 9.8375
Barros (UCLA): Switch leap to straddle ¼ is good. Side aerial to BHS series, good. Good full turn, BHS Gainer full stuck! 9.8875
Rowray (Minn): Front layout to front rudi. to straddle jump is great Front layout to front full, nice on that and ends with her leaps. 9.8375
Cucci (ARK): Yurchenko 1.5 and back to back sticks for the Razorbacks! 9.9375
Estep (OU): Tkachev, really low, down to a shoot over but nails that and ends blind full to immediate full in dismount and sticks it! 9.925
Webster-Longin (UCLA): Solid BHS BHS LOSO. Switch leap to split is beautiful. Good side aerial. Round off 1.5, small hop forward on the landing. 9.8625
Swartzmiller (Minn): Strong rudi to sky high straddle jump. Switch side to straddle full. Back 1.5 to front layout, nice routine for the Gophers!
Klein (ARK): Yurchenko 1.5, small hop back. 9.8125
Scheible (OU): Over the low bar mount to the high bar and nails that first handstand to a blind straddle Jaeger, down to the low bar with a nice shootover. Another perfect handstand and a full-in dismount, looses the landing a little and takes a big step forward. 9.7625
Sumanasakera (UCLA): Switch leap to two feet to split jump, great extension on that. BHS LOSO series is great. Front aerial, a little bent legs to split jump. BHS tucked 1.5 dismount, and a big step to the side. 9.8250
Gonsiorowski (Minn): BIG full-in to start off, great landing. Front thru to double tuck. Switch side to straddle half to straddle jump combo, nice extension on all three elements. 9.8875
Smith (OU): Maloney to the high bar and a nice Pak down, a little legs apart in the air. Double layout dismount STUCK to end! 9.9125
Williams (ARK): Yurchenko 1.5, step back on the landing. 9.825
Chiles (UCLA): Opens strong with a BHS LOSO. Cat leap to switch side, nicely done. Side aerial is good to choreo. Setting up for a double full dismount, and flares it out with a tiny scoot back but way to recover from bars! 9.950
Ostrum (Minn): Front thru to big double tuck to open this routine. Switch side to straddle full to straddle jump is beautiful. Front rudi to floaty LOSO, great landing. 9.90
M.Price (ARK): Yurchenko 1.5, fights for the stick! 9.900
Torrez (OU): Opens up with a great Ray, great catch, toe handstand down to the biggest Pak, ends with another stuck double layout dismount! 9.950
Alipio (UCLA): Love her performance on this event. BHS BHS LOSO is perfect. Y scale is gorgeous. Side aerial, solid. Moving quickly into her split leap to switch leap to beat jump and ends strong with a Gainer tucked full off the end, STUCK! 9.9375
Lyden (Minn): Difficult back 1.5 to front full combo right into her dance. Switch side to straddle full. Stunning back 2.5 to close out, and that landing is great. 9.9375
Fink (UNC): Yurchenko 1.5, just a small scoot forward!
Slife (AF): Maloney to Pak, well done. Nice handstand and immediately back up with a VL, great . Toe handstand to full in dismount, and NAILS THAT. WOW! 9.8875
Neff (Utah): Beautiful presence on this event, so calm and confident. Side aerial to BHS series is good. Nice Brani. Split jump to ¼ Shushanova down to her beam choreo. Inverted full down, good. Cartwheel floaty Gainer full, sticks that! That was a great routine for her! 9.900
Zirbes (Utah): Front double full to open this routine, just a small hop back on that landing. Switch half to straddle full immediately down to her knee into floor choreo. Second pass is back 1.5 to front full, sticks that into a beautifuldouble stag to her ending! 9.925
After 2: Oklahoma 99.2250, Minnesota 98.825, UCLA 98.750, Arkansas 98.675
This is CLOSE! Although Oklahoma is in the lead, its not by too much. With the other three teams all within two tenths of one another, this is going to be a fight until the end for those top two spots. The Bruins came back stronger after being in fourth and have pulled past the Razorbacks for third, but still have some work to do; luckily, floor is next and it can make up some major ground here. Minnesota is locked in and performed big on floor and needs to just keep up this momentum to make its nationals dreams a reality.
Half way! Two more to find out the 2026 final four!
Rotation 3: Minnesota VT, Arkansas UB, Oklahoma BB, UCLA FX
Stewart (Minn): Yurchenko 1.5, step forward on that landing. 9.8250
Roberson (ARK): Maloney to immediate Pak, nice combo, and clean in the air. Double layout, hop forward on that landing. 9.7875
Fatta (OU): Looking super comfortable in that lead off spot, starts off with BHS LOSO series, arms are a little off but pulls it back. Side aerial, solid. Cat leap to switch side and has nice turn on it. Switch leap to split jump, good. Ends with a BHS to Gainer full dismount to stick! What a lead off routine! 9.800
Alipio (UCLA): Huge double pike to start off, chest is a little low. Switch ring to Torjete to wolf full, nicely done. Such beautiful dance, great double wolf turn. Back 1.5 to front layout, a little under rotated and takes a hop back. 9.8125
Klein (ARK): Clear hip to Tkachev to immediate shoot over, a little loose on that second release catch. A little short last handstand and a huge double layout dismount, scoot back on the landing. 9.800
Moraw (Minn): Yurchenko full, chest is a little low but sticks it! 9.8625
Webster-Longin (UCLA): LOVE this routine! Opens with a nice front double twist, a little crossover step. Second pass is a strong back 1.5 to front layout. Switch ring to Torjete is good. Last pass, good front rudi to close it out. 9.8875
Wells (OU): Cat leap to switch leg side aerial, LOVE that skill. Switch leap to split jump, a little off, moves right into her dance. BHS LOSO, solid. Ends round off 1.5 dismount and sticks it! 9.900
Smith (ARK): Maloney to shootover, nicely done and a double layout stuck! 9.900
Crump (Minn): Yurchenko 1.5, step forward. 9.8250
Barros (UCLA): Fun routine in this third spot! Back 1.5 to front layout right into dance, really floaty. Switch full, nice rotation moving right into her second pass, front thru to strong double tuck, maybe a little under rotated and hops to her lunge Switch half to wolf full to her ending to close it out. 9.8625
Murphy (OU): Candle mount to some super sharp dance, love. BHS LOSO, really flighty, good landing. Front aerial down to dance. Loving the different full turn style. Beat jump to stag ring jump, beautiful, just a small adjustment. BHS Gainer full off the side, stuck! 9.9375
Campbell (ARK): Nice Tkachev, great handstand to handstand to Pak down, legs a little loose on the catch. Stalder to double tuck, hop forward on that. 9.800
Slevin (Minn): Yurchenko full, hop back on that. 9.8125
Sumanasakera (UCLA): The first of three double layouts in the back half of this lineup and done excellently! Loving seeing this routine in person. Switch ring to switch half to wolf full, gets that around nice into fun dance. Back 1.5 to front layout really nice! 9.8875
Pederson (OU): BHS LOSO to open up her routine, slight adjustment. Side sumi, love the aggressive approach. Switch side, good. Round off double full stuck to close! 9.875
Cucci (ARK): Great toe handstand to floaty Pak and a VL back up to the high bar and a clean double layout, tries to fight for the stick but her chest is down and moves forward. 9.775
Gerdes (Minn): Yurchenko 1.5, step back on that. 9.775
Sullivan (UCLA): Another huge double layout and right into her floor choreo. LOVE this routine!! HUGE front thru to double tuck and sticks that! 9.9375
Mueller (OU): Full turn to open up and into a strong BHS LOSO. Side aerial finishing like a side sumi, small wobble. Switch leap to straddle 1/4 and holds onto that landing, but wobbles a bit. Round off 1.5 to close that routine and nails that landing! 9.8750
Ostrum (Minn): Yurchenko 1.5, STICKS IT COLD. 9.925
M. Price (ARK): Maloney to shootover, great handstand on that. Big full in, and sticks that! Great routine for Arkansas! 9.9125
Chiles (UCLA): Seeing this in person and can’t even hear myself think! Crowd is going crazy for her!! Double layout is perfect. Torjete full to wolf full, great height on both and gets it around good. Moves into her second pass, front thru to double tuck, nails it!! 9.975
Torrez (OU): Wolf jump to open up and goes right into her side aerial to LOSO, perfect. Switch leap to straddle jump, really nice extension on that and closes with a FLOATY Gainer full stuck! 9.950
Horton (Mizzou): Maloney to Pak, excellent form on both those skills. HUGE double layout to end, hop back on that. 9.8875
Bhatia (Denver): Yurchenko 1.5, step forward on that. 9.8125
Slife (AF): Starts off with a BHS LOSO series, well done. Full turn is good, moving right into a huge punch front tuck wow, just a step out of that but keeps it on! Switch leap to straddle ¼ combo, great. Dismounts with a round off 1.5, STUCK. Maggie Slife!!!! 9.850
Neff (Utah): LOVE this routine! Front double full to front half to BIG stag jump. Switch side to piked full Shushanova to floor choreo. Back 1.5 to front full to close, stuck! 9.9375
After 3: Oklahoma 148.7625, UCLA 148.300, Minnesota 148.075, Arkansas 147.8750
Oklahoma is still leading strong after a great beam rotation anchored by Torrez with a big 9.950 in an overall strong lineup from top to bottom. UCLA made up major ground in the third rotation and is now sitting in second with a big floor rotation and a huge 9.975 from Chiles in the sixth spot. Minnesota and Arkansas are not out of this and could still pull into that second spot but needs it best final rotations to give itself the best chance.
Looking at individuals, Maggie Slife is representing Air Force SO well in its first program appearance! The Utah individuals are doing excellent as well, and across the board, all the individuals look strong and joyful in this experience!
Rotation 4: UCLA VT, Minnesota UB, Arkansas BB, Oklahoma FX
Sumanasakera (UCLA): Yurchenko full, hop back on that. 9.850
Gerdes (Minn): Maloney, big leg separation on that to shoot over. Huge full in to close, stuck! 9.800
Park (ARK): Good candle mount up to her full turn. BHS LOSO series is solid. Switch leap switch leap series, maybe a little under 180 but a hard series done well. Side aerial to back 1.5, a little loose knees on that and a hop forward.
Murphy (OU): Front thru to double tuck is a little wobbly on the landing. Switch half to wolf full, nice. Back 1.5 to a floaty front layout, better landing Torjete full to her end choreo to end it.
Rosen (UCLA): Yurchenko 1.5, misses the block and sits it down. 9.2125
Ostrum (Minn): Blind to piked Jaeger, nice. Pak down is good and clean. Dismounts nice double layout, step back on the landing. 9.8125
Klein (ARK):Standing LOSO LOSO series WOW. Such a hard series and done so well! Switch leap to straddle ¼ is nice. Good full turn, moving into her dismount, round off 1.5, hop forward.
Pederson (OU): Big front handspring double full to start, good landing on that. Back 1.5 step out to back double full, a little under rotated and scoots forwards . Switch side to straddle full wolf full, good rotation on that and loving this fun ending!
Webster-Longin (UCLA): Yurchenko 1.5, almost sits it down and takes a few steps back. 9.5875
Crump (Minn) : Maloney to immediate Pak, really pretty in the air. Good pirouette on top of the bar Nice double layout to close, and NAILS IT. Here come the Gophers….. 9.9125
Weaver (ARK): BHS LOSO series, great. Side aerial, nice. Straddle jump, excellent extension to double stag ring jump, nice combo and a round off 1.5 to end, small hop. 9.750
Wells (OU): Front thru to a huge double tuck to open her routine. Switch half to wolf 1.5, good rotation on that. Moving into her second back 1.5 to floaty front layout, great landing!
Jenkins (UCLA): Yurchenko 1.5, small hop but the Bruins needed that. 9.8500
Saltzmann (Minn): Stunning lines on this event. SOLID handstand, blind to straddle Jaeger a little close, to great shoot over, nails that handstand. Double layout dismount is clean, and STICKS IT. The crowd is insane!!! 9.9625!
Cucci (ARK): BHS LOSO series is great. Front aerial, a little off. Switch leap to straddle ½, a little short on the ½ on that jump, a nice round off 1.5 to end.
Sullivan (UCLA): Yurchenko 1.5, tries for the stick, a little squatty. 9.800
Mueller (OU): Great front thru to double tuck to start. Front layout to great front rudi. Torjete full to straddle full nicely done into her ending choreo. 9.9375
Slevin (Minn): Maloney to Pak combo, nicely done and clean on that catch. Back up with a VL, great, double layout dismount, small step. 9.8500
Estep (OU): Front layout to front double twist, keeps it in and gets it all the way around. Switch half to wolf full down to her floor choreo and a clean 2.5 to end, a little uncontrolled out of that. 9.900
Chiles (UCLA): Yurchenko double full, hop back on that landing. 9.8875
M. Price (ARK): Great BHS LOSO. Cat leap to front aerial, nice movement in that connection. Switch leap split jump over 180. Round off double full, small hop back on that. 9.825
Lyden (Minn): Maloney to shootover combo, holds that handstand, really nice. Double layout dismount, drops her chest on the landing but keeps her feet planted. 9.850
Torrez (OU): FLoor debut!!! HUGE double layout! Front through to double tuck to close out this huge routine for her and the first of this season! 9.950
Neff (Utah): Yurchenko 1.5 small hop. 9.875
Roberson (ARK): Great beat jump to pike jump. Straddle half is good. Switch leap to back tuck, nice movement through that. Side aerial LOSO series is right on top of the beam. Punch front layout full dismount. 9.8875
Tran (Iowa): Maloney to Pak, excellent form on both. Back up with a gorgeous VL and a double layout dismount, STUCK!! Wow! What a routine for her!! 9.975!!
Slife (AF): Big full-in, good landing, chest is a little low. Switch side full to straddle jump right into some fun floor choreo. Back 1.5 to front layout is good to close. What a day for Slife! 9.8375
Rodriguez (Kentucky): Switch to split jump opening combo. Difficult BHS BHS LOSO series. Good full turn and moves right out of it into her side sumi, nicely done. Round off 1.5 and nails that!! What a routine for her the last of the night!
FINAL: Oklahoma 198.300, Minnesota 197.4625, UCLA 197.2750, Arkansas 196.9375
WOW WOW WOW. Talk about having a day!!! Minnesota’s performance tonight will go down in the history books after an outstanding season; and its not over yet! Wow. Oklahoma also advances to the national final and has the chance to go back to back after a huge performance tonight. Although the night didn’t end the way UCLA and Arkansas hoped, both teams put up some great performance and should be so proud of what they were able to accomplish this season.
Minnesota and Oklahoma join LSU and Florida for a chance at the title, and it could really be any of these teams after the showings today. What an amazing day, Saturday is going to be electric!
Individual National Champions!
VT: Wells (OU) 9.975
UB: McCusker (Florida): 9.9875
BB: Rowray (Minnesota) 9.9625
FX: Chiles (UCLA) 9.975
AA: Torrez (OU) 39.7875
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