Sooners Home to Host George Washington

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George Washington

Friday, Feb. 11 / 6:45 p.m. CT / Norman, Okla. / Lloyd Noble Center

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NORMAN – The No. 2 Oklahoma women's gymnastics team will close out a three-meet homestand Friday night against George Washington inside Lloyd Noble Center. The meet is slated for a 6:45 p.m. start on SoonerSports.tv.

NOTES AND NUMBERS FOR MEET FIVE

HOME SWEET HOME
OU is to 124-4 inside Lloyd Noble Center since the arrival of head coach K.J. Kindler in 2007. The Sooners have posted 57 consecutive victories dating back to 2014 and the 2022 senior class has never lost a home meet in their career.

SUNDAY SHOWDOWN
The Sooners posted their second straight score of 198 or higher on Sunday, Feb. 6, with a 198.050 victory over TWU inside the LNC. After a lackluster start on vault, the Sooners recorded three scores of 49.600 or better on the final three events to reach the 198 mark.
Ragan Smith was perfect on balance beam, earning the first perfect 10 of her career. Smith's perfect score was the fourth 10.0 of the year earned by a Sooner and the second on beam. Smith took home the beam title, her third of the season on the event. Smith also earned the floor title with a career-high 9.975. Allie Stern and Katherine LeVasseur shared the vault title with matching 9.875s. Audrey Davis took home the uneven bars title for the fifth-straight meet with a near-perfect 9.975 and the all-around with a 39.400.

SOONERS SWEEP BIG 12 HONORS
Ragan Smith (Gymnast), Bell Johnson (Event Specialist) and Danielle Sievers (Newcomer) swept the Big 12 Weekly Awards, the second week in a row a trio of OU athletes accomplished the feat. Smith picked up her sixth overall Big 12 accolade and first Gymnast of the Week selection. Johnson was honored for the first time in her career while Sievers was honored for the second time this season.

All three of Smith's scores were career and season-highs including the first perfect 10 of her career on balance beam to lead OU to an incredible 49.625 on the event. The junior anchored floor where she was nearly perfect again, earning a 9.975 to close out the meet. The native of Lewisville, Texas added a 9.95 on bars, helping Oklahoma to its best bars score of the season (49.650). Smith took home the event title on beam and floor, her third of the season on each event, and was the only Sooner competing on more than two events to earn at least a 9.95 on every event she competed.

Johnson tied her career-high and set a season-high on floor with a 9.925 to earn her first Big 12 weekly recognition. The sophomore's score was the highest leadoff score on any event by the Sooners and helped OU tie its season-best on floor with a 49.625. Sievers started an incredible uneven bars rotation by setting a career-high with a 9.900. The freshman nailed her routine by sticking her dismount to help Oklahoma count five scores of 9.9-or-better in the rotation.

IN THE POLLS
After posting their second-straight mark of 198-plus with a 198.050 on Sunday, the Oklahoma women's gymnastics team remained No. 2 in the nation with a 197.640 average. The top five remained mostly unchanged with Michigan remaining No. 1 (198.035), Utah coming in at No. 3 (197.540) and Florida at No. 4 (197.535). LSU moved back into the top five with a 197.258 average. On the events, the Sooners boast the top spot on bars (49.505). OU is No. 3 on beam (49.350), No, 4 on floor (49.465) and No. 5 on vault (49.320).

NATIONAL RANKINGS
Individually, six Sooners hold eight rankings. Katherine LeVasseur is No. 2 on vault with a 9.935 average. On beam, the sophomore is ranked No. 3 with a 9.942 average. Audrey Davis is No. 2 on bars with a 9.945. Jordan Bowers is ranked No. 15 on bars (9.895) and No. 12 on floor (9.925). Karrie Thomas is No. 12 on bars (9.900) and Ragan Smith is No. 19 on the event (9.890). Jenna Dunn is 25th on beam (9.890).

TO 198 AND BEYOND
Since 2016, OU has totaled 38 scores of 198 or better and has 45 such scores in program history. Of those 45, only 17 have been earned at home with the other 28 all coming at road or neutral sites. Thirteen of those scores have come in regional or national competition, including a 198.475 mark at the 2019 NCAA Athens Regional which is the second-highest road score in NCAA history. In 2018, OU set the NCAA record with 10 scores of 198 or better in a single season. OU has more scores of 198 in the last eight years than any other program has in their entire history.

CLUB 9.9
Through four weeks of the season, the Sooners have posted 54 scores of 9.9 or higher. With 120 routines competed, that means 45 percent of the routines have scored a 9.9 or higher this season. OU has put up double-digit marks of 9.9 or higher in four of five meets this season, including a season-best 13 against Denver on Jan. 30.

TOP TOTALS
Of the nation's top totals this season, the Sooners hold two of the top four scores and three of the top 10 marks. OU is one of just two teams to hit the 198 mark twice, holding the No. 3 spot (198.200) and No. 4 spot (198.050). OU also holds the No. 9 spot with a 197.900. Four other schools are represented in the top 10 with Michigan, Florida, LSU and Alabama all represented.

PERFECTION IN THE LNC
Katherine LeVasseur and Allie Stern went back-to-back with perfect 10s on vault on Jan. 9 in the home opener. The duo joined an exclusive club with their back-to-back perfection as just the fourth pair to achieve the feat. In 2021, Anastasia Webb and Evy Schoepfer went back-to-back with perfect scores on vault. In 2018, Webb earned a perfect 10 on balance beam and was followed by a perfect score from Maggie Nichols. McKenzie Wofford and Nicole Lehrmann went back-to-back on uneven bars in 2017. This was the first time since the 2019 season that a Sooner earned a perfect score in the first meet of the season. In 2019, Maggie Nichols earned a perfect 10 on vault at Arkansas to open the season.
On Jan. 30, Carly Woodard added another perfect 10 as she earned her first career perfect score on balance beam. Woodard, who returned for a fifth season, has had multiple 9.95s in her career but couldn't quite reach the elusive mark of perfection. On Feb. 6, Ragan Smith was perfect on balance beam, earning the first perfect 10 of her career. Smith's perfect score was the fourth 10.0 of the year earned by a Sooner and the second on beam. Smith had been close twice in 2022 with two 9.975s in weeks two and three of the year.

QUICK HITS

OU was ranked No. 3 in the WCGA preseason coaches poll, the seventh-straight season the Sooners have been ranked in the top three to begin the year.
Four Sooners have earned at least one perfect 10 this season. Katherine LeVasseur and Allie Stern both posted a perfect score on vault and Carly Woodard and Ragan Smith have both accomplished the feat on beam.
Of the 120 routines competed so far by the Sooners, 78 have been performed by underclassmen. That means 65 percent of routines competed are being done by freshmen and sophomores.
The Sooners will be featured on ESPN networks five times during the regular season: vs. Alabama (Jan. 9), at Utah (Jan. 14), vs. Denver (Jan. 30), vs. Michigan (March 4), at Big 12 Championship (March 19).

SCOUTING GWU

George Washington is 6-5 on the year, most recently picking up three victories in a home quad meet against LIU, Eastern Michigan and Kent State. Deja Chambliss was named the EAGL Gymnast of the Week after earning a perfect score on vault with a 9.95 on her Yurchenko full. Chambliss posted a career-high 39.425 in the all-around to take home the team title.

TICKETS

Season tickets for the 2022 season are currently available for purchase. Tickets are available for $40 for general admission and $60 for reserved seating, which will reserve a seat location for the entire season. Youth (6-18) and senior (55+) season tickets will be $30. 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.

MEET DAY POLICIES

Appropriate cloth or surgical-style masks that cover the nose and mouth are highly encouraged. OU will continue its clear-bag policy this season. The approved clear plastic tote size is a maximum of 12 inches x 6 inches x 12 inches or a one-gallon clear plastic freezer bag. Even those bags are subject to search.

Arena doors will open to the public one (1) hour prior to tip off. The general public can utilize the north and east entrances. Full details on OU's game day policies at Lloyd Noble Center can be found here.

UP NEXT

The Sooners will travel to the Lone Star State for their first podium meet of the season. OU will once again compete at the annual Metroplex Challenge inside the Fort Worth Convention Center on Saturday, Feb. 19. OU will face Denver, Stanford and Washington in the quad meet.