The Alabama Crimson Tide lost a heartbreaker to the Florida Gators in Gainesville this past Friday Night. Leading after each of the first three rotations, Bama had the meet under control until the fourth routine on their final event, balance beam.

After freshman Ricki Lebegern fell during her execution of a front aerial, it was up to senior Erin Rightley and junior Terin Humphrey to close the wound, but the suture was not strong enough to stop the bleeding.  Several positives can still be taken from the meet, including freshman Kassi Price's winning the all around (39.450) in front of her former Orlando Metro coaches and teammates, several of whom now compete for the rival Gators.  Talk about pressure!  And Terin Humphrey won the uneven bars (9.90) and hit her floor (9.875) and vault (9.875) routines with sparkling confidence.  BTW, Terin's uncharacteristic fall on the balance beam was only the second time in three years at Alabama, so no need to push the panic button, Tide fans. Terin can do punch fronts in her sleep and Erin has clearly earned her position on the beam with consistent workouts in the gym and during hotly contested meets last year, like SECs and Regionals.  But what Coach Patterson emphasized during her post-meet interview cannot be ignored: this was indeed a perfect early opportunity to demonstrate upper class leadership for the rest of the team in an adverse situation and that opportunity was not seized.  No doubt these situations will be present in the immediate future and everyone on the team must be prepared to meet similar challenges or it could be a disappointing and unfulfilled season.  We feel confident that both Erin and Terin, as well as the rest of the team, will gain much from this experience as they prepare to meet the challenges ahead, which start Friday night in Coleman Coliseum against in-state rival Auburn.  Now, here are some post-meet commentary notes.

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Uneven Bars	Score	Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions [ More Audio from this season... ] (Premeet thru 1st Rotation [3.4 MB])
1 Kaitlin White	9.725	Gienger release, pak Salto; double tuck dismount had a step and chest down a bit
2 Ricki Lebegern	9.750	Solid pirouetting, straddle Jaeger release; full in dismount had one step, chest down a bit
3 Cassie Martin	9.825	Super toe-off to Tkatchev to pak Salto; full turn to double tuck dismount, one step
4 Morgan Dennis	9.825	Great debut; super high pike Jaeger, almost stuck the double front dismount perfectly
5 Kassi Price	9.850	Form much improved; toe-on toe-off 1/2 to Hindorff; toe-on toe-off 1/1, double layout
6 Terin Humphrey	9.900	Gorgeous handstands, toe point; hop full to Gienger, small hop on double layout dismount
Team Total	49.150
Vault	Score	Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions [ More Audio from this season... ] (2nd and 3rd Rotation [3.1 MB])
1 Ricki Lebegern	9.800	Y 1/1: Well-executed, in line with center of table, chest high, small step; score too low?
2 Ashley O'Neal	9.800	Pike 1/2: form was more split in air but height and distance were awesome; score too high?
3 Brittany Magee	9.850	Y 1/1:  Beautiful form, height, overall execution of this vault, stuck it; score way too low!
4 Morgan Dennis	9.875	Omelianchik: Soft knees on front pike off but excellent height and distance
5 Terin Humphrey	9.850	Y 1/1: Booming vault; one small step on landing but a better controlled vault overall this week
6 Kassi Price	9.850	Y 1.5:  Form deductions mid-air, powerful attack of the table and aggressive landing, one step
EX Kaitlin White	9.675
Team Total	49.225
Floor Exercise	Score	Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions [ More Audio from this season... ] (2nd and 3rd Rotation [3.1 MB])
1 Ashley O'Neal	9.750	Great smile, presentation, hit all tumbling passes: DT, F-Fr 1/1-FLO, DP; cannot explain score
2 Ricki Lebegern	9.825	Beautiful triple to open, nailed double pike, just stayed in bounds on the  fr-fr 1/1-front pike
3 Erin Rightley	9.850	Hit all passes: DP, Rudi to LO-SO, Fr-Fr 1/1, Fr LO; good energy and presentation
4 Terin Humphrey	9.875	Double front Arabian, 2 1/2 to punch front, double pike - hit all passes;  9.90 routine minimum
5 Morgan Dennis	9.825	Double layout to open; adjusted second pass to fr-front 1/1 to fr tuck, double tuck to close
6 Kassi Price	9.875	Form much better on opening pike full in; tuck through to double pike, double pike to close
EX Kaitlin White	9.750
Team Total	49.250
Balance Beam	Score	Post Meet Commentary on Skills Executed and Deductions [ More Audio from this season... ] (4th Rotation thru Postmeet [2.9 MB])
1 Brittany Magee	9.850	Great routine, hit all skills, small hop on 1 1/2 twist dismount (going for the stick)
2 Kassi Price	9.875	More confident and aggressive this week; double pike dismount was exclamation point
3 Ashley O'Neal	9.825	A little tentative again on switch leap; rest of routine was aggressive, nice double front dismount
4 Ricki Lebegern	9.200	Was looking solid until the front aerial (fall); rest of routine was fine, double twist to close, stuck
5 Erin Rightley	9.025	Tentative going into bhs to layout step-out (fall) and leap series later; looked nervous throughout
6 Terin Humphrey	9.275	Hit the most difficult flight series but fell on a front punch she could do in her sleep; sigh
EX Casey Overton	9.800
Team Total	48.025
Final: 195.650		[ More Audio from this season... ] (Full Meet [9.8 MB])

Ashley O'Neal Leads Off The Bama Floor	Brittany Magee Starts Bama's Beam
Cassie Martin	Erin Rightley Racks Up A 9.85 Floor Score
Morgan Dennis Takes A Turn On Bars	Kaitlin White Demos Her Floor
Brittany Takes Flight
Ricki Lebegern Lights Floor With A 9.825	Kassi Price Transitions To High-bar
Amanda Montgomery Exhibits Bars	Terin Humphrey Floats To A 9.875 Floor Score
Morgan Makes All The Right Moves For A 9.825	Ricki's Undercast To Handstand
Ashley O Modifies The Gator Chomp	Terin's Hop-full