“doing what I love with the people I love!”, was Olivia Dunne’s exclamation just after the fight against Arkansas Razorbacks. The February 2-dated match ended up giving the LSU Tigers a high impression. The impression was that despite Olivia Dunne’s limited performance, the blue jerseys cleaned the floor with a score of 198.475. That ticked certain boxes, such as being the highest score in Olivia Dunne’s program’s history.

The score registered itself as being the highest in this gymnastics season so far. For the 21-year-old gymnast, the night was her first appearance after ornamenting the sideline for several matches. Now, after claiming one peak, she’s on another. On February 9, the LSU Tigers will lock horns with another opponent. But before that, Olivia Dunne dropped her cryptic message of arrival on the scene. 

Olivia Dunne sets the mood against the GymDogs

Thursday night ended with a perplexing message from Olivia Dunne. The starlet-in-blue shared an IG story while flaunting her radiant face, stepping on the stairs of a Georgia-bound flight. Eventually, that gave her presence in the squad. However, in a bantering tone, Livvy mentioned the UGA as a puppy, whereas LSU remained the upper hand, with the face of the tiger offspring. That hinted at the coming scuffle against the Georgia Gymnastics on Friday, February 9. For Olivia Dunne, the situation might have felt merrier, as in the last match the NCAA star announced her return. 

However, that night fairly belonged to Kiya Johnson and Haleigh Bryant. But posting her return on the mat, Olivia Dunne scored an average of 9.8 after attempting the floor routine and bars. Eventually, Jay Clark, the LSU HC, also urged that. In his bestowed admission, he said, “Main goal was to get a good performance, a complete performance”. So on that note, the New Jersey-born gymnast fairly achieved what the pack wanted from her. However, that was before the home crowd in Baton Rouge. But the upcoming one will be on a different platter. 

The terror from Lily Smith and some supporting data for LSU 

Before coming to Georgia, Jay Clark claimed, “For us it’s about keeping our eye on the next step ahead of us and just taking it one step at a time.” He tried to keep a tab on Lily Smith of Georgia Gymnastics. The freshman displayed her form by earning a perfect 10 on bars. Moreover, she clinched the highest all-around score being the Georgian freshman, that too, in her second match. So, on that estimate, Lily Smith will be the best bet in the Stegeman Coliseum. 

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But for Olivia Dunne and her program, there are some records to back them. In the last two meets against the GymDogs, the LSU Tigers came out to be victorious. So, to know the fate of a hat trick on that trot, the LSU fans have to wait for a little longer. 

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