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Iowa State
Sunday, March 14 / Noon CT / Ames, Iowa / Hilton Coliseum
NORMAN – The No. 1 ranked Oklahoma women's gymnastics team heads to Iowa State for the final meet before the Big 12 Championships. The Sooners and Cyclones will meet on the floor on Sunday at noon. The meet will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
NOTES AND NUMBERS FOR MEET ELEVEN
BACK AT THE TOP
After a weekend that saw the Sooners post two of their highest scores this season, the Oklahoma women's gymnastics team moved into a tie for first place in this week's rankings. OU posted a 197.800 and a 197.950 over the weekend to improve its NQS to 197.944. The Sooners are now tied with Florida for the top spot. LSU was ranked third with a 197.700, Michigan fourth with a 197.569 and Utah fifth at 197.469.
Due to the limited number of meets for some teams in 2021, NQS will be calculated with just four scores instead of six. The top four scores, two of which must be away, will be averaged and no score will be dropped. The Sooners hold a top five spot on each event. OU is No. 1 on vault (49.556), No. 2 on beam (49.606), No. 4 on floor (49.475) and No. 5 on bars (49.450).
SENIOR NIGHT REWIND
Last Friday, the Sooners honored the five-member senior class of Jordan Draper, Evy Schoepfer, Karrie Thomas, Anastasia Webb and Carly Woodard. The five have put together an illustrious career that includes 95 wins and an undefeated 28-0 record at home. On their final night in the LNC, they took down No. 11 BYU. The Sooners swept the event titles with a senior taking home every title. Webb took home vault with a 9.9, beam with her second career perfect 10 on the event and the all-around with a 39.500. Thomas earned a 9.9 on bars to earn the event title and Schoepfer took home her first career title on floor with a 9.925
OU debuted six 10.0 start value vaults for the first time this season with the return of Olivia Trautman to the lineup. Thomas made her debut on floor for the first time since her freshman year, earning a 9.875.
SUNDAY FUNDAY
At a tri-meet with TWU and Centenary, the Sooners exploded for a 197.950 that saw impressive scores on vault and bars. Starting the meet on bars, three Sooners earned career highs as Kat LeVasseur and Karrie Thomas each tallied a 9.95. Anastasia Webb nailed her dismount to earn a 9.975 for the event title and a career high. OU ended the rotation with a season-best 49.525.
The meet was capped on vault and an explosive 49.725. Webb and fellow senior Evy Schoepfer went back-to-back with perfect scores on the event. It was the second perfect 10 on vault this season for Webb and the first for Schoepfer.
Webb had a career night, posting an incredible 39.850 in the all-around to tie for the second-highest score in the nation in 2021. Along with her perfect 10 on vault, Webb swept the event titles with a 9.975 on bars, a 9.925 on beam and a 9.95 on floor. The senior now has four career perfect 10s, including two on vault. It was the second perfect score of the weekend for Webb as she notched perfection on beam on Friday night.
THEY'RE GOING BACK TO BACK
When Anastasia Webb and Evy Schoepfer earned back-to-back perfect 10s on vault Sunday, they joined an elite club. The duo were just the third pair to earn back-to-back perfect scores and the first since 2018. This is the second time Webb has been a part of back-to-back perfect 10s. 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 on Feb. 26, 2017. Ironically, the meet was also against TWU in Denton and led the Sooners to a 49.700 on the event. The pair were the first in program history to achieve the feat.
WINNING WAYS
With a 17-0 record, the Sooners have extended their winning streak to 65 consecutive wins, dating back to the 2019 season. OU's last loss came at the 2018 NCAA Championships when they finished as the runner-up. This is the second longest winning streak in school history for the Sooners who have posted three streaks of 50 victories or more. From 2016-2018, the Sooners had 75 consecutive victories, including a perfect season in 2017. From 2014-2015, the Sooners won 50 consecutive meets. OU currently has the nation's longest active win streak. Florida currently ranks second with 18 consecutive wins after going undefeated in the shortened 2020 season.
NATIONAL RANKINGS
Six Sooners hold 12 individual rankings. Senior Anastasia Webb leads the pack with four top 10 rankings. Webb is No. 2 on vault (9.956) and beam (9.963), No. 3 in the all-around (39.688) and No. 10 on floor (9.938). Senior Evy Schoepfer is the new No. 1 ranked athlete on vault with an NQS of 9.963 and a season-high of 10.0 after earning her first perfect score on Sunday. Allie Stern is ranked 11th on the event (9.913). Freshmen Audrey Davis and Katherine LeVasseur are tied at No. 22 with an NQS of 9.913.
Davis and LeVasseur are also ranked on bars. Davis is No. 5 with a 9.938 NQS and LeVasseur is 7th with an NQS of 9.925. Karrie Thomas is also ranked in a tie for 18th with an NQS of 9.906. Thomas and Davis are ranked 17th and 22nd on beam, respectively. Thomas boasts an NQS of 9.919 while Davis is at a 9.913.
QUICK HITS
- Five different Sooners have been named the Big 12 Event Specialist of the Year in 2021. Jordan Draper, Jenna Dunn, Katherine LeVasseur, Allie Stern and Karrie Thomas have all earned at least one recognition marking the seventh time in program history that at least five Sooners won the award.
- A freshman has won the uneven bars title in seven of nine meets this season for the Sooners. Katherine LeVasseur has won two, while Audrey Davis has won the other five.
- Senior Evy Schoepfer will return to her hometown for the final time on Sunday as a member of the OU gymnastics team. Schoepfer hails from Ames, Iowa, and will have one final chance to perform in front of friends and family.
UP NEXT
The Sooners will look to continue their streak of Big 12 titles at the 2021 Big 12 Championships. Denver, Iowa State, West Virginia and Oklahoma will meet in Morgantown, W.Va., on Saturday, March 20, for the championship. The meet will air on ESPN2 at 1 p.m. CT."in" - Google News
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