Gymnastics earns No. 2 seed for the NCAA’s

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GAINESVILLE, Fla.  - The No. 2 Florida gymnastics team heads Morgantown, West Virginia, for NCAA Regional action. The NCAA Gymnastics Committee unveiled the fields for each of the six 2015 NCAA Region Championships sites Monday. NCAA Morgantown Regional competition is set for Saturday, April 4 at 4 p.m. ET in the WVU Coliseum<http://www.wvusports.com/page.cfm?section=7925>.

The field for the Morgantown Gymnastics Regional includes No. 2 Florida, No. 11 Stanford, No. 14 Illinois-Champaign, No. 19 Arkansas, No. 25 New Hampshire and No. 36 West Virginia.

The top two teams and the top two all-around competitors (who are not on an advancing team) from each region site advances to the NCAA Championships, set for April 17-19 at the Fort Worth Convention Center<http://www.fortworth.com/meetings/convention-center/> in Fort Worth, Texas.

Last year, UF won the program's 14th NCAA Regional title in University Park, Pennsylvania, to advance to its 32nd NCAA Championships. Florida won its second consecutive NCAA title in 2014, sharing the title with Oklahoma as each team posted a NCAA Super Six record total of 198.175.

Each of the six regions have three teams among the nation's top 18, with one team each from the nation's No. 1-6, No. 7-12, and No. 13-18 ranking positions. The final three spots in each regional were filled from teams ranked 19-36 by RQS. The committee tried to keep those teams within their own region as much as possible.

Among the Morgantown Regional field are three teams which advanced to the 2014 NCAA Championships - Florida, Illinois and Stanford. Arkansas will be looking to return to the NCAA Championships after missing the 2014 event. New Hampshire will look for its first NCAA berth since 1994 while West Virginia last advanced in 1999.

Florida will open regional competition on the uneven bars.

In addition, five all-around competitors (who are not on a qualifying team) and one individual specialist per event advance to each of the six regions. The all-around competitors and event specialists came from within the region. Bridgeport junior Sasha Tsikhanovich<http://www.ubknights.com/sports/wgym/2013-14/bios/tsikhanovich_sasha_iaeo> will be paired with the Gators for regional competition.

For the second consecutive season, the seeding determined at the time of regional selections will be maintained throughout the championships. Standard bracketing procedures will be followed with teams seeded 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 12 placed on the left side of the bracket and teams seeded 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11 placed on the right side of the bracket.

2015 NCAA Morgantown Region Competition Order



Vault

Bye

Bars

Beam

Bye

Floor

I

UNH

Stanford

Florida

Illinois

Arkansas

West Virginia

II

West Virginia

UNH

Stanford

Florida

Illinois

Arkansas

III

Arkansas

West Virginia

UNH

Stanford

Florida

Illinois

IV

Illinois

Arkansas

West Virginia

UNH

Stanford

Florida

V

Florida

Illinois

Arkansas

West Virginia

UNH

Stanford

VI

Stanford

Florida

Illinois

Arkansas

West Virginia

UNH


2015 NCAA Gymnastics Regional Fields (with national rank)

Morgantown Regional (Morgantown, W.Va.) - April 4 @ 4 p.m. ET

2.

Florida

11.

Stanford

14.

Illinois-Champaign

19.

Arkansas

25.

New Hampshire

36.

West Virginia



Columbus Regional (Columbus, Ohio) - April 4 @ 6 p.m. ET

6.

Michigan

7.

UCLA

18.

Arizona

21.

Central Michigan

26.

Kentucky

32.

Ohio State



Ames Regional (Ames, Iowa) - April 4 @ 5 p.m. ET

4.

LSU

9.

Nebraska

16.

Denver

24.

Washington

28.

Michigan State

33.

Iowa State





Norman Regional (Norman, Okla.) - April 4 @ 5 p.m. ET

1.

Oklahoma

12.

Oregon State

13.

Penn State

22.

Southern Utah

27.

Missouri

34.

NC State





Auburn Regional (Auburn, Ala.) - April 4 @ 7 p.m. ET

5.

Alabama

8.

Auburn

17.

Minnesota

23.

Iowa

30.

Maryland

31.

George Washington





Berkeley Regional (Berkeley, Calif.) - April 4 @ 9 p.m. ET

3.

Utah

10.

Georgia

15.

Boise State

20.

California

29.

Utah State

35.

BYU






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