Welcome to second round action at Alaska Airlines Arena! We’ve got an exciting one on hand in this first session with Missouri, Georgia, Arizona, and Arizona State in an SEC-Big 12 battle. Missouri, the highest seeded team, is coming off a March that included its first 198-plus score in team history and its first ever appearance in the SEC championship evening session; the Tigers will be looking to start off the postseason strong today en route to breaking more records this season. Georgia nearly reached the 198 mark as well in March, putting up a 197.975 against Oklahoma before a disappointing showing at the conference meet. We have recently learned that Georgia will be without Csenge Bácskay and Naya Howard who each contribute on multiple events. In-state rivals Arizona and Arizona State are meeting for the third time this season, with the Wildcats emerging as the victor in both previous matchups; both teams have season highs in the high-196 range so they are definitely capable of pulling an upset if one of the SEC teams falters.
This session also features individuals from Illinois State and host Washington, who did not qualify a full team to the postseason this year. Illinois State has twice before qualified individuals to regionals, including Jaye Mack…
