Overview
- Utah and Alabama advanced out of Friday’s Corvallis semifinal, posting 197.500 and 197.225 to reach Sunday’s regional final.
- Utah hit all four events and gained control after choosing to open on bars, a rotation coach Carly Dockendorf said fits the team’s strengths.
- Sophomore Avery Neff paced the Red Rocks with a 39.65 all-around and 9.9-or-better on every event, also taking beam and floor titles.
- Alabama overcame a slow start on vault and beam with a 49.525 on bars and a 49.35 on floor, led by Gabby Gladieux’s 39.475 all-around and 9.925 bars from Azaraya Ra-Akbar and Paityn Walker.
- Sunday’s final brings in UCLA and Minnesota, and with scores reset the top two teams will claim NCAA Championship berths in Fort Worth on ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET.