There are plenty of relieved people in Athens, Georgia.
After the team finally got back to the Super 6.
… The biggest question concerning the Georgia Gym Dogs going into the season was whether they could bury the ghosts of past failures behind the leadership of first-year coach Danna Durante.
They did.
Georgia’s falling down short of the Super Six the last three seasons is the major reason Durante is the coach now instead of Jay Clark.
… the Gym Dogs finally cleared that hurdle into the championship finals and finished sixth, their highest since winning the last of five consecutive national titles in 2009. …
… the biggest jump came from LSU, which hired Clark as an assistant after he resigned as Georgia’s head coach last spring. LSU had a breakout 2013 when it posted the second-best finish in school history at No. 5. LSU faced Georgia five times this season and out-pointed the Gym Dogs in every meet — Metroplex Challenge, dual at Baton Rouge, SECs, NCAA Preliminaries and Super Six.
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