No. 1 OU Set for West Virginia Road Trip

No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 26 West Virginia
Feb. 24 | 1 p.m. CT | Morgantown, W.Va. | WVU Coliseum

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MATCHUP AT A GLANCE
	Oklahoma	West Virginia
2019 Record	12-0-0	13-5-0
2019 Ranking	No. 1	No. 26
2019 Scoring Average	197.850	195.182
2019 Team High	198.325	196.125

NOTES AND NUMBERS FOR MEET EIGHT

CONFERENCE CLASH
The Sooners are set for their second conference matchup of the season when they travel to West Virginia. The Sooners and Mountaineers will face off on Sunday, Feb. 24, at 1 p.m. CT in Morgantown, W.Va. West Virginia is currently 13-5 on the year and will compete at Pitt on Friday before facing the Sooners.

TEN POINT “O”
Freshman Olivia Trautman became the fourth freshman in program history to earn a perfect 10, earning the perfect score at Friday's Perfect 10 Challenge. Trautman was the final routine of the night and put an exclamation point on the Sooners win as she performed a flawless floor routine to earn her first perfect score. She joins teammates Brenna Dowell (bars), Maggie Nichols (vault, beam, floor, bars) and Anastasia Webb (beam) as the only Sooners to earn a perfect 10 in their freshman campaigns. Trautman is the third gymnast in 2019 to earn a perfect 10 on floor (Katelyn Ohashi, UCLA; Lynzee Brown, Denver) and the third OU gymnast to record a perfect 10 this season (Maggie Nichols, vault; Nicole Lehrmann, bars).

PERFECT 10 CHALLENGE RECAP
The Sooners took home the Perfect 10 Challenge title with a 198.075, the second highest score of the season for the Sooners, to give head coach K.J. Kindler her 450th career victory. Olivia Trautman set a pair of career highs on the night with her perfect score on floor and a 9.975 on vault. Both scores gave the Champlin, Minn. native the event title and she has now earned at least one event title in every meet this season. Brenna Dowell took home the all-around crown with a career-high 39.675. The senior was exceptional all meet, earning a share of the beam title with a 9.9. She added a 9.875 on vault, a 9.925 on bars and a 9.975 on floor. Anastasia Webb tied her career high in the all-around with a 39.650, earning at least a 9.9 on all four events for the first time in her career. The sophomore took home a share of the beam title with a 9.9 and added a 9.925 on vault, a 9.9 on bars and a 9.925 on floor.

ROAD WARRIORS
The Sooners are back on the road for the sixth time this season and the last of three road meets in the month of February. On Sunday, the Sooners will look to build upon their 78-11 all-time true-road record under head coach K.J. Kindler. OU has won 17 of its last 18 meets on the road, dating back to 2016.

KINDLER VS. THE BIG 12
In 13 seasons, OU head coach K.J. Kindler is 69-3 against current and former members of the Big 12 (not including regionals and NCAA Championships). Against current members of the league (Denver, Iowa State, West Virginia), Kindler is undefeated in the regular season with a 33-0 record.

TOP TOTALS
Of the nation's top totals this season, the Sooners hold the top three scores and have five scores in the top 10. OU is the only team to hit the 198 mark in more than one meet, holding the top spot with a 198.325 (Feb. 1) the No. 2 spot with a 198.075 (Feb. 15) and the No. 3 spot 198.050 (Jan. 5). OU also holds the No. 6 spot with a 197.975 and the No. 8 spot with a 197.825. Only two other schools are represented in the top 10 as UCLA has three of the top scores and Florida has two.

CLOUD 9.9
The Sooners have posted 84 scores of 9.9 or better during the first three meets of the year. With 167 routines under their belts, that means that 50 percent of the routines competed have scored at least a 9.9. The Sooners have put up double-digit scores of 9.9 or better in six of seven meets, tallying 17 against Florida, 14 at the Perfect 10 Challenge, 13 at the Metroplex Challenge, 12 against Arkansas and 10 each against Georgia and UNC. Of schools currently ranked in the top five Florida has 64 such scores, UCLA has 62, LSU has 50 and Utah has 41. Florida has only competed in six meets this season and LSU has competed in eight.

CLUB 197
The Sooners have posted a score of at least 197 or higher in 51 of their last 52 meets. Currently, the Sooners' streak is at 16 meets with a score of at least 197, and 10 of those meets have featured a score of at least a 198. The Sooners are one of just four teams that have scored a 197 or better in every meet (Utah, UCLA, Florida).

TO 198 AND BEYOND
With a 198.050 in its opening meet, the Sooners became the only team in NCAA history to break 198 in the first meet of the year. OU added a second score of 198 or better with a 198.325 on Feb. 1, the highest score in the nation thus far. OU also tallied a 198.075 on Feb. 15. The Sooners now have 21 marks of 198 or better since the 2016 season and 28 overall. No other school has more than 18 in its program history. In 2018, OU set the NCAA record with 10 scores of 198 or better in a single season.

INDIVIDUAL SCORES
Below is a breakdown of the Sooners' individual scores on each event this season, including totals of at least 9.85, 9.9 and 9.95.
VAULT At least 9.85 (34) | 9.9 (20) | 9.95 (6)
BARS At least 9.85 (36) | 9.9 (24) | 9.95 (8)
BEAM At least 9.85 (33) | 9.9 (19) | 9.95 (6)
FLOOR At least 9.85 (31) | 9.9 (21) | 9.95 (10)

CONFERENCE HONORS
Jade Degouveia (Event Specialist of the Week) and Olivia Trautman (Newcomer of the Week) were recognized by the league for their contributions to the Sooners' win at the Perfect 10 Challenge. This is the fifth conference honor for Degouveia and sixth for Trautman.

Degouveia earned her fourth weekly honor of 2019 after helping the Sooners to a 49.575 on vault and a 49.650 on floor at the Perfect 10 Challenge. The junior tallied a 9.85 on vault before posting a 9.95 on floor. Degouveia has earned a 9.9 or better on floor in three of her last four meets.

Trautman was named the Newcomer of the Week for the fifth time this season after becoming the fourth freshman in OU history to earn a perfect 10 and just the second to do so on floor. Trautman took home the floor title with her perfect score and is one of just three gymnasts in the nation with a 10.0 on floor this season. The freshman also added a career high 9.975 on vault to take home the vault title. On beam, Trautman tallied a 9.850 in the leadoff spot.

DEPTH DISPLAYED
OU has showcased the depth it has on its roster with 14 Sooners appearing in at least one lineup or performing an exhibition routine. Seniors Brenna Dowell (AA), Nicole Lehrmann (VT, UB, BB) and Alex Marks (UB), juniors Jade Degouveia (VT, FX), Maggie Nichols (AA) and Bre Showers (AA), sophomores Jordan Draper (FX), Evy Schoepfer (BB, VT), Karrie Thomas (UB), Carly Woodard (BB) and Anastasia Webb (AA) and freshmen Emma LaPinta (FX), Allie Stern (VT, FX) and Olivia Trautman (AA) have all competed. Schoepfer (FX, BB, VT) and Thomas (BB) have appeared in exhibition.

A GLANCE AT OKLAHOMA
Rankings (as of Feb. 18)
Team
Overall: 1^st (197.850 average)
Vault: 1^st (49.471)
Bars: 1^st (49.518)
Beam: 1^st (49.418)
Floor: 3^rd (49.443)

Top Individuals
All-Around: Olivia Trautman (39.725, 1^st)
Vault: Maggie Nichols (9.942, 1^st)
Bars: Maggie Nichols (9.950, 1st)
Beam: Maggie Nichols (9.913, 4th)
Floor: Olivia Trautman (9.54, 2^nd)

A GLANCE AT WEST VIRGINIA
Rankings (as of Feb. 18)
Team
Overall: 26th (195.182 average)
Vault: 23^rd (48.864)
Bars: 39^th (38.596)
Beam: 38^th (48.507)
Floor: 9^th (49.214)

Top Individuals
All-Around: Abby Kaufman (38.821, T-76^th)
Vault: Kirah Koshinski (9.861, T-22^nd)
Bars: Esperanza Abarca (9.800, T-83^rd)
Beam: Esperanza Abarca (9.767, T-115^th)
Floor: Kirah Koshinski (9.907, 12^th)

SERIES HISTORY
OU leads the all-time series with West Virginia, 16-1. The Sooners most recently topped the Mountaineers at the 2018 Big 12 Championship, 197.775-195.625. The Sooners have never lost to West Virginia under head coach K.J. Kindler.

QUICK HITS

Head coach K.J. Kindler now has 450 career victories after earning three wins at the Perfect 10 Challenege. Kindler has also amassed 356 victories as the head coach of the Sooners.
Oklahoma returns six previous NCAA All-Americans who own 22 total accolades: Jade Degouveia (VT), Brenna Dowell (UB, VT, FX), Nicole Lehrmann (UB, BB), Maggie Nichols (AA, VT, UB, BB, FX), Bre Showers (VT, AA) and Anastasia Webb (FX).
Three of OU's regular season home matches will be televised live by Sooner Sports TV. The UCLA meet will be carried on ESPN.
The Big 12 Championship will be hosted at the Lloyd Noble Center on Saturday, March 23, at 1 p.m. CST and will air on ESPNU.

UP NEXT
OU returns home for the biggest matchup of the year as No. 2 UCLA comes to Norman in a rematch of last year's national championship. The Bruins and Sooners will square off in a dual meet on Sunday, March 3, at noon CT on ESPN. Tickets are available for purchase online through SoonerSports.com or over the phone at (405) 325-2424 or toll-free at 800-456-GoOU.