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Lilly Hudson Strikes Perfection as Crimson Tide Finishes Second at Zou to the Lou
2/14/2025 9:43:00 PM | Gymnastics
The Crimson Tide senior registered her first-career 10.0 on the floor exercise, as Hudson now holds a Perfect Score on vault, beam and floor
ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Senior Lilly Hudson captured her first career 10.0 score on the floor exercise to propel the No. 14 Alabama gymnastics program (3-5, 0-5 SEC) to a second-place finish at the Zou to the Lou Friday night.
No. 9 host school Missouri (11-3, 2-2 SEC) won via a 197.150 team score. Having to count a fall on the balance beam, the Tide took second with a 196.675, while Illinois (6-8, 2-2 Big Ten) took third with a 196.225. Iowa (2-5, 2-2 Big Ten) finished last, scoring a 195.000.
Hudson took a share of the event titles on both floor and vault as Corinne Bunagan joined Hudson at the top of vault. Alabama's team score of 49.575 on floor is a season high, while the Tide's 49.225 on vault became the second-highest of the year.
Alabama Head Coach Ashley Johnston Said
"There were a lot of breakthrough moments tonight, and then a couple too many moments that didn't quite go the way that we wanted them to go. I think every opportunity is a learning lesson. As we circled up in the locker room after the meet, we talked about the fight and the grit that they showed in responding to having to kind of fall on beam. I think that was a tremendous takeaway that this team invested in finishing strong and giving it everything that they had on floor and vault and that's an important lesson to have to learn. The other thing that we talked about was what Coach [Patrick] Murphy told his team last year as [Alabama] softball was going through kind of a rough patch in their season. I love that Coach Murphy said, 'every team has a different length of a runway before they take off,' and I think that's the storyline of this team this year, is that we've needed a little bit longer runway to take off and really fly. I think we've shown a lot of signs of that, and we've got keep going, keep our head down, keep pushing, keep working to really see this team take off. I believe they have all the puzzle pieces to be great and one of the best in the country, and we're going to continue to work our absolute hardest to be able to perform that way on a Friday night."
Team Stats
- Lilly Hudson highlighted the night with her first-career 10.000 score on the floor exercise to earn a share of the event title
- Hudson now has three career 10.0 scores – vault, beam, floor
- Hudson and Corinne Bunagan earned a share of the event title on vault (9.900)
- Ryan Fuller bookended her night with a 9.925 score on both uneven bars and vault
- Chloe LaCoursiere registered two 9.900 scores on bars and vault
- Alabama registered its third-highest team score of the season (196.675)
How it Happened
Uneven Bars
- Alabama opened the quad meet on the uneven bars, scoring a 49.225 for its third-highest mark of the season
- Chloe LaCoursiere registered her second-straight 9.900 score on the apparatus
- Ryan Fuller tied her career-high score of a 9.925 to highlight the opening rotation
Balance Beam
- The Crimson Tide recorded a 48.550 on the second event
- Kylee Kvamme posted a career high 9.850 in the No. 5 spot
- LaCoursiere tied her own career-high score of 9.875
Floor Exercise
- Alabama scored a season-high 49.575 on the third event
- Lilly Hudson highlighted the rotation with her first-career 10.000 score on the apparatus
- Hudson now holds three Perfect Scores, spanning across vault, beam and now floor
Vault
- The Tide closed its night with a 49.225 on its final rotation
- That's Alabama's second-highest vault score of the season
- LaCoursiere (9.900) and Fuller (9.925) highlighted the event with back-to-back 9.900-or-higher scores
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