OU To Host TWU, WVU in Tri-Meet

Friday, February 14

Lloyd Noble Center

6:45 PM

University of Oklahoma

West Virginia

Photo by: Joshua R. Gateley

February 13, 2020 | Women's Gymnastics

Tickets Meet Notes FSOK Live Stats

By: Lindsey Morrison

¹ Oklahoma

TWU

West Virginia

Friday, Feb. 14 / 6:45 p.m. CT / Norman

Tickets / FSOK / Live Stats / Meet Notes

NORMAN – The Sooners are back at home for the first of four-straight meets in the state of Oklahoma. OU will face West Virginia and Texas Woman's at 6:45 p.m. CT inside Lloyd Noble Center. The meet will air on Fox Sports Oklahoma with former OU gymnast Kelly Garrison-Funderburk and Meg McDonald on the call.

NOTES AND NUMBERS FOR MEET EIGHT

LOOK BACK AT IT
In its last meet, Oklahoma went on the road to defeat Texas Woman's, 197.900-195.225, in Denton, Texas. Three Sooners were nearly perfect as Jade Degovueia (vault), Maggie Nichols (bars) and Ragan Smith (beam) each earned a 9.975 to take home their respective event titles. Anastasia Webb earned the floor title with a 9.925 and the all-around title with a 49.675. Evy Schoefper set a pair of career highs with a 9.95 on vault and a 9.875 on beam. Carly Woodard added a career-high 9.95 on beam as the Sooners posted their highest beam score of the season with a 49.575. The Sooners are now 11-0 on the year, extending their win-streak to 43 victories.

SEEING DOUBLE
For the second time this season, the Sooners are seeing a team they had faced in the last week. OU competed at TWU on Sunday, Feb. 9, and will face them just five days later inside Lloyd Noble Center. Earlier this season, the Sooners faced Alabama twice in an eight-day span. OU traveled to Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Jan. 17 before heading to the Metroplex Challenge on Jan. 25 where Alabama was one of four teams in the quad meet. OU will face Denver three times in 2020. The two teams met at the Metroplex Challenge and will face off in Norman on Feb. 29. The final meeting between the two teams will be at the Big 12 Championships on March 21.

KINDLER VS. THE BIG 12
In 14 seasons, Kindler is 76-3 against current and former members of the Big 12 (not including regionals and NCAA Championships). Against current members of league (Denver, Iowa State, West Virginia), Kindler is undefeated in the regular season with a 37-0 record. At the Big 12 Championship, she is undefeated against current members with a 13-0 record against Iowa State, 7-0 record against West Virginia and 4-0 over Denver. OU will host all three Big 12 schools at Lloyd Noble Center in 2020. The Sooners will face Iowa State on Jan. 31, West Virginia on Feb. 14 and Denver on Feb. 29.

DEPTH DISPLAYED
OU has showcased the depth it has on its roster with 14 Sooners appearing in at least one lineup this season. Seniors Maggie Nichols (AA) and Jade Degouveia (VT, UB, BB), juniors Anastasia Webb (AA), Carly Woodard (BB), Jordan Draper (UB, FX) and Evy Schoepfer (VT), sophomore Allie Stern (VT, FX) and freshmen Jenna Dunn (BB) and Ragan Smith (AA) have competed in every meet this season.

Junior Karrie Thomas (UB, BB), sophomores Emma LaPinta (FX) and Olivia Trautman (UB, BB) and freshmen Vanessa Deniz (UB, BB, FX) and Brooke Weins (VT) have all competed in at least two meets this season. The underclassmen are playing a major role once again as the eight sophomores and freshmen have combined for 64 of 167 routines (38.3 percent). Degouveia, Nichols, Smith and Webb have contributed 95 routines (56.8 percent). Degouveia, Smith and Webb have competed at least three routines in every meet with Webb being an all-arounder in all seven. Nichols has competed at least three routines in six of seven meets. Webb is the only Sooner on the current roster to appear in every meet of her career. Webb has hit 99 of 104 routines, good for a .952 average.

STILL ON TOP
After posting the nation's top score of the weekend with a 197.900, the Oklahoma women's gymnastics team remained in the No. 1 spot in the country. OU improved to 11-0 on the year with a 197.900-195.225 win over Texas Woman's on Sunday in Denton, Texas. The Sooners are averaging a 197.782 through their first seven meets of the year to maintain their hold on the No. 1 ranking. The Sooners have now been ranked No. 1 every week since Jan. 7, 2019. The rest of the top five saw minimal shifting as Florida (197.650) and Utah (197.065) remained in second and third, respectively. UCLA moved into fourth (197.050) while Denver dropped to fifth (196.992). Oklahoma remained the top vault (49.461) and bars (49.536) team in the nation. The Sooners rank third on beam (49.400) and floor (49.386).

NATIONAL RANKINGS
Eight Sooners combined for 16 individual national rankings. Senior Maggie Nichols is No. 1 in the all-around (39.775) and on vault (9.954). She is No. 3 on floor (9.95) and second on bars (9.943). Junior Anastasia Webb ranks No. 14 in the all-around (39.418), ninth on vault (9.886) and 13th on beam (9.886). Senior Jade Degouveia is ranked on a pair of events, coming in at No. 6 on bars (9.918) and No. 14 on vault (9.879). Freshman Ragan Smith is ranked 16th in the all-around with a 39.363 average and 24th on beam with a mark of 9.871. Sophomore Olivia Trautman is No. 17 on bars (9.875) and 15th on vault (9.875). Sophomore Allie Stern is No. 20 on vault (9.871), while juniors Evy Schoepfer and Carly Woodard are tied for 20th on beam (9.875).

QUICK HITS

OU was ranked No. 1 in the WCGA preseason coaches poll, the sixth-straight season the Sooners have been ranked in the top two to begin the year.
Twelve of Oklahoma's 13 regular season opponents are ranked in the preseason coaches poll.
OU will face six preseason top-10 opponents during the 2020 season including No. 4 UCLA, No. 6 Michigan, No. 7 Denver, No. 8 Georgia, No. 9 California and No. 10 Alabama.
Oklahoma returns seven previous NCAA All-Americans who own 23 total accolades: Jade Degouveia (VT, FX), Maggie Nichols (AA, VT, UB, BB, FX), Bre Showers (VT, AA), Karrie Thomas (UB), Olivia Trautman (FX), Anastasia Webb (UB, FX), Carly Woodard (BB).
The Sooners will be featured on ESPN networks four times during the regular season: at Arizona State (ESPNU), at Alabama (ESPN2), Denver (ESPNU) and the Big 12 Championship (ESPNU).

SCOUTING TWU
The Pioneers are 4-5 on the season entering their second of two meets with the Sooners this weekend. The Pioneers posted their second-best mark of the season with a 195.225 in Sunday's meet against Oklahoma. Six gymnasts set nine personal bests in Sunday's meet. The Pioneers will continue to face tough competition in 2020 with meets at Auburn and Florida and against Arkansas and LSU.

SCOUTING WVU
The Mountaineers are 5-5 on the season and coming off a pair of wins at a quad meet featuring New Hampshire, George Washington and Brown. WVU is just outside the top 25, sitting in 29th overall. Their best event ranking is bars where they are No. 27. The Mountaineers rank in the top 35 on each event at No. 33 on vault, No. 35 on beam and No. 28 on floor. West Virginia's high score of the season is a 196.0250 set at home against New Hampshire and Temple.

TICKETS

Single-meet tickets for the 2020 season are currently available for purchase. Tickets are available for $10 for general admission and $15 for reserved seating. Youth (6-18) and senior (55+) season tickets are $8. Discounted tickets are available for $5 for groups of 10 or more. Group tickets must be purchased at least 24 hours prior to the event. Fans can order online through SoonerSports.com or over the phone at (405) 325-2424 or toll-free at 800-456-GoOU.

UP NEXT

The Sooners will compete in the annual Perfect 10 Challenge held at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Okla. OU will Stanford at 6:45 p.m. CT on Friday, Feb. 21.