Sooners Set for Senior Night against No. 9 California

Saturday, March 19

Norman. Okla.

6 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

California

Sooners Set for Senior Night against No. 9 California

March 18, 2022 | Men's Gymnastics

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NORMAN – The Oklahoma men's gymnastics team is set to host senior night against No. 9 California this Saturday at 6 p.m. CT at McCasland Field House.

The Sooners will be aiming for their eightieth straight win in McCasland Field House dating back to 2007.

Oklahoma will honor Josh Corona, Spencer Goodell, Vitaliy Guimaraes, Morgan Seyler and Alexei Vernyi with a Senior Night ceremony.

Free entry will be provided with a ticket from any Oklahoma sporting event from this week.

The meet is available to watch on Bally Sports Southwest. Live results can be accessed here.

LAST TIME OUT

The second-ranked Oklahoma men's gymnastics team claimed all six team event titles and defeated No. 6 Ohio State 408.400-399.050 Saturday night at McCasland Field House. The Sooners also tallied four individual event titles.

OU has now beaten 79 straight opponents inside the Field House dating back to 2007.

Freshman Emre Dodanli started the Sooners strong on floor exercise with a 13.600, and junior Jack Freeman notched a 13.650. Senior Vitaliy Guimaraes followed with a career-best and OU-season-high 14.850 as Oklahoma took an early lead with a score of 68.450.

On pommel horse, freshman Raydel Gamboa registered a career-high 13.350 and sophomore Zach Nunez tallied a 13.600. Guimaraes notched his second career high of the night with a 14.250, doubling as the Sooners' highest pommel horse score this season. Oklahoma's 67.150 marked its highest pommel horse score of the season, topping its previous high of 66.800 against Nebraska.

Freshman Fuzzy Benas and Alan Camillus (career high) each registered a 13.600 on still rings to help the Sooners post a score of 66.900 during rotation three.

In the fourth rotation, sophomore Daniel Simmons earned his second individual event title of the season with a 14.500 on vault and Benas tallied a 14.450 to lead the Sooners to a 70.950.

Oklahoma earned a 65.660 on parallel bars thanks in part to career-high scores by both Nunez (13.750) and Gamboa (14.050). Guimaraes contributed with a 13.150 and Benas closed out the rotation with a 13.750.

The Sooners claimed their highest high bar score of the season with a 69.400 after scoring a 69.050 against Springfield and William & Mary last Sunday. Benas tallied set a career high with a 13.750 and Freeman tied his career high with his third score of 14.500 in three weeks.

SOONERS HOLD STEADY AT NO. 2

The Oklahoma men's gymnastics team remains at No. 2 in the Collegiate Gymnastics Association (CGA) rankings after a strong week at home in their 408.400-399.050 win over No. 6 Ohio State. Oklahoma takes first place on high bar (68.300) and second on floor (68.500), pommel horse (66.650) and parallel bars (67.583). The Sooners notch the No. 3 spot on still rings (66.883) and the No. 6 spot on vault (71.267).

Sophomore Zach Nunez earns the No. 1 spot in the individual rankings with his 80.550 score. Freshmen Fuzzy Benas (80.367) and Raydel Gamboa (80.333) follow him at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots.

Four Sooners hold top-ten spots on high bar. Junior Jack Freeman earns second with a 14.300. Redshirt-junior Cesar Gracia's 13.800 takes the No. 4 spot. Gamboa notches the No. 8 spot (13.650), and senior Vitaliy Guimaraes tallies the No. 10 spot (13.533).

Nunez takes the No. 5 spot on pommel horse with a 13.950, and Guimaraes earns the No. 7 spot with a 13.833.

On parallel bars, Benas claims third (14.283) and Gamboa notches ninth (14.017).

Benas takes the No. 10 spot on still rings (13.833) and the No. 7 spot on vault (14.550).

On floor exercise, senior Spencer Goodell claims the No. 10 spot with his 13.850 average.

UP NEXT

The Sooners will take a week off of competition before the MPSF Championship on April 2, in Palo Alto, California.

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