Michigan Takes Second at NCAA Regionals, Advances to Regional Final

» Michigan completed second with a rating of 196.900 to advance to the NCAA Regional Final.

» The Wolverines will seem of their first regional ultimate since 2023.

» Carly Bauman notched two scores of 9.900, and Reyna Guggino caught her vault with a 9.900.

Site: Baton Rouge, La. (Pete Maravich Assembly Center)

Event: NCAA Regional Second Round

Scores: #7 Stanford 197.175, #10 Michigan 196.900, #22 North Carolina 196.250, Utah State 195.750

Record: Michigan (20-8)

Next U-M Event: Saturday, April 4 — at Regional Final (Baton Rouge, La.), 5 p.m. CT (TV: ESPN+)

BATON ROUGE, La. — The No. 10-ranked University of Michigan ladies’s gymnastics workforce positioned second within the NCAA Regional Second Round with a rating of 196.900 on Thursday (April 2) on the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. The end superior the Wolverines to Saturday’s regional ultimate, its first since 2023.

No. 7 Stanford additionally superior after successful the session with a 197.175. No. 22 North Carolina positioned third general with a 196.250, and Utah State positioned fourth with a 195.750.

In a meet that got here all the way down to the final rotation, U-M scored a 49.150 on the uneven bars behind a team-best 9.850 from Sophie Parenti within the fifth spot. Michigan recorded 4 scores of 9.900 on ground train, with three coming consecutively from Carly Bauman, Sophia Diaz and Quincy Walters. Reyna Guggino caught her vault touchdown for a 9.900 within the third rotation.

Michigan completed the primary rotation with a rating of 49.075, behind a team-high 9.900 from Bauman, whereas Kayli Boozer notched a 9.825 within the fifth spot. North Carolina, Stanford and Utah State had been in a three-way tie forward of the Wolverines with matching scores of 49.100.

U-M took over the lead within the second rotation, recording three straight scores of 9.900 on ground from Diaz, Bauman and Walters, whereas Parenti and Jahzara Ranger bookended the rotation with 9.850s. Michigan scored a 49.400 on the midway level to carry its operating whole to 98.475 and lead the sphere. Stanford sat in second with a 98.427, and Utah State was in third with a 98.100, whereas North Carolina rounded out the group with a 97.900.

Michigan dropped into second following the vault. Guggino put up an enormous 9.900 to hold the Wolverines. However, U-M needed to depend scores of 9.750 and 9.725 to move to the ultimate rotation with a operating rating of 147.450. Stanford, which had a operating rating of 147.625, sat within the prime spot simply in entrance of UNC, which had a 147.125. Utah State dropped into fourth with a 147.025 via three rotations.

Diaz nailed her uneven bars routine with a 9.875, whereas Bauman scored a 9.825. Simultaneously battling for the ultimate spot within the regional ultimate, UNC posted a 9.825 and a 9.900 on vault to stay in shut rivalry with the Wolverines. A 9.850 with a caught touchdown within the fifth spot secured Michigan’s development to the regional ultimate, as North Carolina had back-to-back scores beneath 9.800 and completed third general.

U-M will compete for a visit to Fort Worth, Texas, on the NCAA Regional Final on Saturday (April 4) at 5 p.m. CT in Baton Rouge, La. The meet will probably be streamed stay on ESPN+.