COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 2 Florida gymnastics opens February with loss at No. 7 Missouri Friday in front of 2,976 at the Mizzou Arena.
The Tigers took the win at 197.20 while Florida finished with a season-low 196.50.
Missouri ended its losses versus the nation’s No. 2 this season on Friday. Florida was the third No. 2-ranked team to compete at Mizzou Arena this season, a venue that has proven challenging for the nation’s elite. Then-No. 2 Oklahoma trailed Missouri after the opening rotation before rallying for a narrow 0.50 victory Jan. 16, and in January’s final Friday, then-No. 2 LSU escaped with a slim 0.175 win.
Friday’s meet marks the fourth consecutive matchup between the Gators and Tigers in which both teams carry top-10 rankings. That streak includes all three meetings in 2025. This is the second consecutive loss for the Gators versus the Tigers. In the final meeting of 2025, the Tigers finished second in NCAA Semifinal I to advance to the NCAA Team Final ahead of third-place Florida.
TONIGHT’S MEET
Florida was not its usual self on its opening event, with a miss and steps on landings holding back it uneven bars scores. Leading the Gators on bars were winning marks of 9.90s from both eMjae Frazier and Kayla DiCello.
Florida posted a 49.25 on vault. Boosting that score was meet-leading vaults from junior Danie Ferris (9.90) and Selena Harris-Miranda (9.95). The win was Harris-Miranda’s third of the season.
The Gators trailed the Tigers by 0.675 after the opening event and still at midpoint as both teams turned in the same total on the second rotation.
Ferris and Harris-Miranda again led the Gators on the next rotation with floor marks of 9.90 as UF tallied a 49.325 on the event.
Florida’s finishing event was its top scorer, as the Gators tallied a 49.425 on beam. DiCello matched her season-best of 9.95 for the second consecutive meet to share the win. Harris-Miranda posted a 9.90 to tie for third.
EVENT WINNERS:
Vault: Selena Harris-Miranda, UF 9.95
Bars: eMjae Frazier, UF, Kayla DiCello, UF and Skye Blakely, UF, Maiya Terry, MU 9.90
Beam: Kayla DiCello, UF, Addison Lawrence, MU 9.95
Floor: Ayla Acevedo, MU, Kaia Tanskanen, MU, Kennedy Griffin, MU 9.925
All-Around: Kaia Tanskanen, MU 39.40
GATOR PERFORMANCE NOTES:
* Selena Harris-Miranda used a 9.95 to earn her third vault win of the season and 13th of collegiate career.
* A couple of firsts with Florida’s uneven bars winners. It was the first win of eMjae Frazier’s Gator career and eighth bars win of her collegiate career. The shared win was Kayla DiCello’s sixth of her Gator career and first since her 2023 freshman season. She took 2024 as a gap year to train for U.S. Olympic Trials and injury sidelined her for 2025.
* It was a second-straight beam win for DiCello as she matched her season-high of 9.95 for the second consecutive meet.
RECORDS: Florida (6-1, 3-1 SEC), Missouri (5-3, 1-3 SEC)
THE SERIES: Florida leads 39-3
NATIONAL RANK:
Florida – Florida is No. 2 in the Feb. 2 Road to National rankings<https://roadtonationals.com/results/standings/season/2026/4/0/5>
Missouri – No. 7
THEY SAID:
On team’s performance:
“We talked about this is who we were tonight. To us, to me, to our staff, to our team – this meet does not define who we are. I know without a doubt they will use this a momentum to catapult them forward. This team attacks nothing no other way, They aren’t going to get down, they aren’t going to feel sorry for themselves. They are going to look themselves in the eye and say ‘what can I do to get better and not to let this happen again?” I know the fight is there, the will is there, the want is there.” – Florida Head Coach Jenny Rowland
UP NEXT:
A meeting of the nation’s top ranked teams is next for a Florida fan favorite – the 20th Annual Gators Link to Pink presented by UF Health.
Next Friday’s meeting between No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 2 Florida is the third time the top two teams meet in the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center for regular-season action and first since these two teams met the final day of January 2014 with then No. 2 Florida taking the win.
Oklahoma defeated No. 4 Alabama 198.20 – 197.45 in a home meet Friday.
When: Friday, Feb. 13 at 6:45 p.m. ET
Venue: Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center<https://www.oconnellcenter.ufl.edu/events/gymnastics-vs-oklahoma/> (gates open at 5:30 p.m.)
TV: ESPN2<https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/7a7ee378-c500-4e6e-b100-dc2c2e7457ae>
Live Scores: Virtius<https://scores.virti.us/?s=gLf7AdegRW>
Tickets: $15 – $30 <https://am.ticketmaster.com/gators/en/buy/ism/R00yNjAz?utm_source=WEB&utm_medium=SCHED&utm_campaign=GYM-SINGLE&camefrom=CFC_GATORS_WEB_SCHED_GYM-SINGLE>
Promotions: Link to Pink T-Shirt – Every seat in the Exactech Arena gets a 2026 Gators Link to pink t-shirt, compliments of UF Health!
No. 2 Florida at No. 7 Missouri
Final Team Totals
Feb. 6, 2026 ● Mizzou Arena (2,976)
Team
Vault
Bars
Beam
Floor
Total
Missouri
49.150
49.250
49.275
49.525
197.200
Florida
49.250
48.475
49.450
49.325
196.500
