Purple Knights Advance To Saturday's 2013 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Team Finals

Shreveport, La.-The University of Bridgeport women's gymnastics team advanced into Saturday's team finals of the 2013 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championship being hosted by Centenary College of Louisiana.  UB advanced to Saturday's team final by winning its session with a total score of 195.450.  The Purple Knights, who will be looking for their fifth consecutive USAG Women's Collegiate Team title, will be joined in Saturday's final by Texas Women's University, which won the opening session of the meet, and the two second place teams from the sessions, Brown, from session one, and the host Ladies of Centenary, who were second behind Bridgeport in the night session.

Bridgeport sophomore Sasha Tsikhanovich (Marysvile, Ohio) was crowned the USAG All-Around Champion on Friday night, and teammate Lissette La Fex (Jr., Diamond Bar, Calif.) was third in the all-around.

Saturday's USAG Team Finals will begin at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time On Friday, and the 2013 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championship will wrap up with the individual event finals on Sunday afternoon.