NORMAN – The Oklahoma women's gymnastics team will be featured four times on the ESPN family of networks during the 2024 season ESPN announced Thursday. The slate includes the most anticipated meet of the season, featuring three of the top four finishers at the 2023 NCAA Championship.
The Sooners will take part in the inaugural Sprouts Farmer's Market Collegiate Quad on Jan. 13 inside the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah. The Sooners will compete alongside Utah and LSU, who finished third and fourth, respectively, at the 2023 NCAA Finals and UCLA who is ranked No. 5 in the preseason coaches' poll. The meet is set to air at 3 p.m. CT on ABC.
To kick off the month of March, the Sooners welcome the 2021 National Champion Michigan Wolverines to Norman on Friday, March 1, for a 6:15 p.m. battle on ESPN2.
OU will host future SEC foe Alabama on Sunday, March 17, at 2:45 p.m. on ESPN2. The Sooners are undefeated against the Crimson Tide since 2013.
The 2024 Big 12 Championship will be hosted by Oklahoma in its final season in the league. The championship will air in primetime on ESPNU Saturday, March 23, at 6 p.m. CT. The meet will have a new look in 2024 with five teams competing for the crown in OU, BYU, Denver, Iowa State and West Virginia.
The journey to the NCAA Championship begins on April 3 with the NCAA Regionals in Ann Arbor, Mich., Berkeley, Calif., Fayetteville, Ark., and Gainesville, Fla. For the fourth consecutive year, ESPN will broadcast every round for all four regional sites on ESPN+.
The NCAA semifinals will air on ESPN2 on Thursday, April 18, with Semifinal I at 3:30 p.m. CT and Semifinal II at 8 p.m. CT in Fort Worth, Texas. The Championship Final will air live on ABC at 3 p.m. CT on Saturday, April 20.
Coming off its sixth national championship and third in the last five years, the 2024 women's gymnastics team returns six gymnasts who combined for seven All-America honors in seniors
Ragan Smith,
Audrey Davis and
Katherine LeVasseur, juniors
Danielle Sievers and
Jordan Bowers and sophomore
Faith Torrez.
Smith has opted to use her extra year due to COVID-19 to return for a fifth season. In addition to the returners, the Sooners bring in freshmen Aspen Lenczner, Hannah Scheible and Keira Wells.
For a full look at the 2023 Oklahoma women's gymnastics schedule with times and TV selections, click
here.
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Season tickets to watch the back-to-back and six-time national champion Oklahoma women's gymnastics team's 2024 home campaign are now available. To reserve your seat, click here or contact the OU Athletics Ticket Office by phone at (405) 325-2424. Reserved seats are $60 each. General admission season tickets are $35 for adults, while seniors (55+) and youth (6-18) are $25.
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