The Alabama gymnastics team traveled to Lexington, KY to take on the Kentucky Wildcats on Friday and came away with the 196.700-195.550 win. The Tide took three events during the meet with Kentucky taking the bars.

Alabama took an early 48.850-48.600 lead after the first rotation. Amanda Jetter, who is normally strong on the bars, had an uncharacteristic fall and scored the low 9.075 which was dropped. The rest of the Tide ladies were solid through the bars, scoring no lower than 9.700 and was led by Lauren Beers with a 9.875. The Wildcats had no major blunders on the vault but scored a low 9.625 that was paired with two 9.650 scores. Shelby Hilton scored the high for Kentucky with a 9.800.

The Wildcats fell further behind after the second rotation, 98.150-97.600. Alabama’s rotation on the vault was led by a pair of 9.9 scores from Lauren Beers and Carley Sims (career best). After the low score was dropped (9.775 by Katie Bailey), the Tide didn’t have to count anything below a 9.8. Kentucky had to count two scores of 9.775 from Amy Roemmele and Kayla Hartley on their turn at the bars with a high from Marissa Beucler with a 9.85.

Alabama extended their lead during their rotation on the floor exercise, 147.400-146.525. Carley Sims scored a 9.9 on her pass as the high score for the Tide. After dropping a low 9.3 for a small stumble on Mackenzie Valentin’s routine, the other ladies all scored in the 9.8 range. Kentucky was led by Shannon Mitchell on the beam with a 9.875. Three routines that scored from in the lower 9.7 range allowed the Crimson Tide to pull further ahead heading into the last rotation.

The Tide was solid through their last rotation on the beam and the low score they had to drop was 9.8. Kaitlyn Clark nailed her routine and led the Alabama gymnasts with a 9.9. Kentucky was led by three 9.825 scores during their floor routines.

Alabama will face Auburn next Friday at Coleman Coliseum. The meet will start at 7 p.m. CT.