Completed Event: Women's Gymnastics versus Rutgers on April 3, 2026 , Win , 197.875, to, 196.300
Final
Women's Gymnastics
197.875
vs Rutgers
196.300
University of Oklahoma Athletics
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Sooners No. 1 Overall Seed for NCAA Championships
March 22, 2022 | Women's Gymnastics
NORMAN – The road to the NCAA Championships will make a journey through Norman and Lloyd Noble Center.
The Oklahoma women's gymnastics team earned the nation's No. 1 overall seed for the sixth time in the last seven seasons, the NCAA announced Tuesday. The Sooners will be the No. 1 seed in the Norman Regional, the 12th consecutive season OU has earned a No. 1 seed for regional competition. The top-seeded Sooners will face No. 8 Minnesota, No. 9 California, No. 16 Arizona State, Arkansas, Arizona, Boise State, Utah State and West Virginia.
The regional will be held March 30-April 2. New this year is a recovery day for the athletes between the second round and finals. Competition days will be March 30-31 and April 2.
This will be the fourth time since 2011 that the Sooners will play host as they hosted in 2011, 2013 and 2015. OU has won all three regional championships in the LNC and will look to make it four in April.
The regional begins on Wednesday, March 30 with the first round featuring Arizona and West Virginia at 3 p.m. CT. The winner will advance to the second round on Thursday, March 31. The afternoon session of round two will begin at 1 p.m. CT and will feature Minnesota, California, Boise State and Utah State. The evening session will begin at 7 p.m. CT and will include the host and top-seeded Sooners, Arizona State, Arkansas and the winner of the first round.
The top two teams from each session will advance to Saturday's regional final, beginning at 5 p.m. CT. The top two teams will advance to the NCAA Championships April 14-16 in Fort Worth Texas.
OU, which holds an NCAA record national qualifying score (NQS) of 198.140 will aim for its 12th consecutive regional title and 18th straight NCAA Championships berth at regional competition. Last weekend, the Sooners claimed their ninth Big 12 Championship in the last 10 years the Big 12 and enter the postseason with a 19-2 record.
The Sooners have faced five of the eight teams this season in Arizona State, Arizona, Boise State, Utah State and West Virginia and is 5-0 against the field. All five meetings against NCAA Norman Regional teams came on the road.
In addition to qualifying teams, Oklahoma will face individual all-around competitors and event qualifiers from Eastern Michigan, Ball State, Illinois State, Lindenwood, Penn and Penn State.
The Sooners will be led into competition by head coach K.J. Kindler, the 2022 Big 12 Coach of the Year. Kindler has guided OU to 12 NCAA regional titles, 12 Big 12 championships and 14 NCAA Championship appearances. Under Kindler's leadership, OU has achieved 10 top-three NCAA finishes since 2010 and won four national championships.
OU is one of four host sites this season, joining Auburn, Washington and NC State. The Sooners were not originally slated to host in 2022, but due to issues at another host site, OU was granted the postseason competition in early March.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by visiting SoonerSports.com/tickets or clicking here. All session tickets are $40 for reserved seats and adult general admission and $30 for youth and seniors. Single session tickets are $15 for reserved seats, $10 for adult GA, $8 for youth/senior GA and $5 for students. Children two and under are free.
| NCAA Regionals | ||
|---|---|---|
| Site | Team | Seed (National Seed) |
| NCAA Norman Regional | Oklahoma* | 1 (1) |
| Minnesota | 2 (8) | |
| California | 3 (9) | |
| Arizona State | 4 (16) | |
| Arkansas | ||
| Arizona | ||
| Boise State | ||
| Utah State | ||
| West Virginia | ||
| NCAA Auburn Regional | Florida | 1 (2) |
| Auburn* | 2 (7) | |
| Kentucky | 3 (10) | |
| Denver | 4 (15) | |
| Georgia | ||
| Iowa State | ||
| Ohio State | ||
| Southern Utah | ||
| Western Michigan | ||
| NCAA Raleigh Regional | Michigan | 1 (3) |
| LSU | 2 (6) | |
| Missouri | 3 (11) | |
| UCLA | 4 (14) | |
| NC State* | ||
| Iowa | ||
| Maryland | ||
| North Carolina | ||
| Towson | ||
| NCAA Seattle Regional | Utah | 1 (4) |
| Alabama | 2 (5) | |
| Michigan State | 3 (12) | |
| Oregon State | 4 (13) | |
| Washington* | ||
| BYU | ||
| Illinois | ||
| San Jose State | ||
| Stanford | ||
| *host institution |
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