As detailed last week in this space, women’s gymnastics has adopted a new format for its postseason this year, one that all stakeholders hoped would bring more excitement and upsets to a typically staid affair.
It did just that over the weekend in Corvallis — but the upset that transpired, one that leaves the Florida Gators on the outside looking in at Nationals, is one that no one had expected.
Thanks to two falls on the balance beam — and despite a furious rally in their three other rotations — the Gators were upset by Denver and Oregon State in the finals of the Corvallis Regional last Saturday, and will not be traveling as a team to Fort Worth for the NCAA National Championships.