No. 1 Sooners to Face No. 23 Iowa State

No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 23 Iowa State
March 11 | 6:30 p.m. CT | Ames, Iowa | Hilton Coliseum

MATCHUP AT A GLANCE
	Oklahoma	Iowa State
2019 Record	15-0-0	9-6-0
2019 Ranking	No. 1	No. 23
2019 Scoring Average	197.764	195.294
2019 RQS	197.940	195.790
2019 Team High	198.325	196.700

NOTES AND NUMBERS FOR MEETS ELEVEN

ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The No. 1 Oklahoma gymnastics team will wrap up a double-weekend with a conference clash at No. 23 Iowa State Monday at 6:30 p.m. CT inside Hilton Coliseum.

ROAD WARRIORS
On Monday, the Sooners will look to build upon their 80-11 all-time true-road record under head coach K.J. Kindler. OU has won 19 of its last 20 meets on the road, dating back to 2016.

KINDLER VS. THE BIG 12
In 13 seasons, OU head coach K.J. Kindler is 70-3 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 34-0 record.

LAST TIME OUT
The No. 1 Oklahoma women's gymnastics team posted the second-highest score in the nation this season with a 198.200 to defeat No. 7 Michigan (197.425) inside the Crisler Center on March 9. With a commanding lead throughout the meet, the Sooners used a season-best 49.625 on beam to secure the win and improve to 15-0 on the season. OU has now posted the top two scores in the nation this season and three of the top four. The Sooners are also the only team to put up four scores of 198 or better in 2019. OU hit every routine, going 24-for-24, as they defeated their fifth top-10 opponent this season and 11^th ranked opponent. The underclassmen stepped up once again with seven of the eight competing in the meet.

NQS BREAKDOWN
After taking down the No. 2 team in the country, the Oklahoma women's gymnastics team continued its stay at the top of the rankings with a national qualifying score (NQS) of 197.940. NQS is based on a team's six best regular season scores, three of which must be from road contests. The overall high score is eliminated, and the five remaining scores are averaged. NQS scores are used to determine seeding for NCAA regional competition at six campus sites on April 4-6. The Sooners' 197.775 on Sunday raised their NQS by .015 after replacing a 197.700 from the list of six scores currently being used to calculate the ranking. Additionally, Oklahoma ranks in the top three on all four events, including the top spot on vault and bars with a 49.515 and 49.535, respectively. OU ranks second on beam with a 49.430 NQS and third on floor with a 49.530.

TEN POINT “O”
Freshman Olivia Trautman became the fourth freshman in program history to earn a perfect 10 on Feb. 15. 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 joined 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).

CLOUD 9.9
The Sooners have posted 118 scores of 9.9 or better during the first three meets of the year. With 238 routines under their belts, that means that 49.5 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 of eight of 10 meets, tallying 17 against Florida, 14 at the Perfect 10 Challenge, 13 at the Metroplex Challenge and at Michigan, 12 against Arkansas and UCLA and 10 each against Georgia and UNC.

CLUB 197
The Sooners have posted a score of at least 197 or higher in 54 of their last 55 meets. Currently, the Sooners' streak is at 19 meets with a score of at least 197, and 11 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 and a 198.200 on March 9. The Sooners now have 22 marks of 198 or better since the 2016 season and 29 overall. No other school has more than 19 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 (49) | 9.9 (26) | 9.95 (9)
BARS At least 9.85 (52) | 9.9 (35) | 9.95 (9)
BEAM At least 9.85 (45) | 9.9 (26) | 9.95 (8)
FLOOR At least 9.85 (43) | 9.9 (31) | 9.95 (13)

NATIONAL RANKINGS
Six Sooners hold 17 individual top-25 rankings, which are also determined by NQS. Sophomore Anastasia Webb is the lone Sooner ranked in the all-around, moving up three spots to No. 12 with a 39.470. Webb also ranks 11th on beam (9.910), 21st on bars (9.890) and 24th on floor (9.900). Three Sooners are ranked on three events each. Senior Brenna Dowell is sixth on floor (9.935), 10th on vault (9.900) and 11th on bars (9.915). Senior Nicole Lehrmann is 5th on bars (9.925), 15th on vault (9.885) and 20th on beam (9.875). Freshman Olivia Trautman is second on floor (9.955), seventh on vault (9.910) and 22nd on beam (9.870). Juniors Jade Degouveia and Maggie Nichols are each ranked on a pair of events. Degouveia is ranked sixth on vault with an NQS of 9.915 and 16th on floor (9.910). Nichols is No. 1 on beam with an NQS of 9.955 and second on bars with a 9.950.

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 March 4)
Team
Overall: 1^st (197.940 RQS)
Vault: 1^st (49.515)
Bars: 1st (49.535)
Beam: 2^nd (49.430)
Floor: 3^rd (49.530)

Top Individuals
All-Around: Anastasia Webb (39.470, 11^th)
Vault: Jade Degouveia (9.915, 6^th)
Bars: Maggie Nichols (9.950, T-2nd)
Beam: Maggie Nichols (9.955, 1st)
Floor: Olivia Trautman (9.955, T-2^nd)

A GLANCE AT IOWA STATE
Rankings (as of March 4)
Team
Overall: 23rd (195.790 RQS)
Vault: 16^th (49.055)
Bars: 22^nd (49.025)
Beam: 30^th (48.835)
Floor: 35^th (48.980)

Top Individuals
All-Around: Meaghan Sievers (39.290, 23^rd)
Vault: Meaghan Sievers (9.880, T-21^st)
Bars: Meaghan Sievers (9.860, T-48^th)
Beam: Grace Woolfolk (9.840, T-52^nd)
Floor: Meaghan Sievers (9.870, T- 54^th)

SERIES HISTORY
The Sooners and Cyclones saw each other three times in 2018 with OU coming out on top all three times. The two teams squared off at the NCAA Minneapolis Regional with OU coming out on top, 198.050-195.925.

QUICK HITS

Head coach K.J. Kindler now has 453 career victories after earning three wins at the Perfect 10 Challenge. Kindler has also amassed 359 victories as the head coach of the Sooners.
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

The Sooners will return to Lloyd Noble Center for the regular season finale, taking on No. 9 Alabama on Friday, Feb. 15, at 6:45 p.m. CT.