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Meet 12 | OKLAHOMA at OHIO STATE | St. John Arena (Columbus, Ohio) | March 17, 2012 | 3 P.M. CT Leslie Koch, Communications Graduate Assistant McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics 180 W. Brooks, Suite 2525, Norman, OK 73019 O: (405) 325-8413| M: (918) 740-3577 | E: [email protected] WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ® www.SoonerSports.com | Twitter: @soonersportscom, @OUgymnastics 2 SUPER SIXES | 11 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES | 9 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 50 ALL-AMERICANS Oklahoma Schedule GYMINFO GYMINFO At A Glance DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/RESULTS 2 13 1.7 Excite Night Lexington 1st/4, 195.875 Date: . Saturday, March 17 No. 23 Kentucky Bowling Green Time: . 3 p.m. CT Wisconsin-Oshkosh Venue: . .St. John Arena 1.13 No. 7 Oregon State Corvallis L, 196.525 Live Stats: . .OhioStateBuckeyes.com 1.21 TWU Denton 1st/4 (197.450) Centenary Webcast: . .OhioStateBuckeyes.com Utah State Oklahoma (16-3, 2-0 Big 12) Series Record: . OU leads 5-2 Ohio State (11-2, 5-2 Big 10) 1.27 No. 20 N.C. State % Norman W,196.475 SOONERS BUCKEYES 2.3 No. 9 Nebraska Norman 2nd/4 (196.475) No. 25 Minnesota The Matchup Centenary • The second-ranked Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team closes its regular season with a road match against No. 13 2.5 No. 2 Arkansas Fayetteville W, 197.425 Ohio State, Saturday, March 17 at 3 p.m. CT. 2.10 Perfect 10 Challenge* Oklahoma City 1st/3 (197.200) • OU leads the Buckeyes all-time, 5-2. Iowa State • The Sooners won the last meeting of the two teams, 197.025-196.100, in 2011. SEMO 2.17 No. 22 Missouri Columbia W, 197.400 The Coaches 2.24 No. 11 Michigan Norman 1st/4 (197.225) • Oklahoma: K.J. Kindler is 132-40-2 (.762) in her sixth season at Oklahoma. She has been the National Coach of the TWU Year twice and Big 12 Coach of the Year five times. 3.2 No. 5 Alabama Norman W, 197.300 • Ohio State: In her eighth season at the helm, Carey Fagan has produced two All-Americans and led the Buckeyes to 3.11 No. 7 UCLA Los Angeles L, 196.475 six-consecutive appearances at the NCAA regional championships. 3.17 No. 12 Ohio State Columbus 4 p.m. Last Time Out • Oklahoma: The second-ranked Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team lost to No. 3 UCLA Sunday in Los Angeles at the Big 12 Championship (Lloyd Noble Center) John Wooden Center, 197.525-196.475. 3.24 Big 12 Championship Norman 4 p.m. • Ohio State: The Buckeyes defeated North Carolina, 195.750-194.475, March 10 in Chapel Hill. Sarah Miller won vault with a 9.900 and tied for first on balance beam with a 9.875. NCAA Championships 4.7 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA Next Up 4.20 NCAA Semifinals Duluth, Ga. TBA • OU opens the postseason with the 2012 Big 12 Championship on Saturday, March 24 at 4 p.m., in Norman at the 4.21 NCAA Super Six Duluth, Ga. TBA Lloyd Noble Center. 4.22 NCAA Event Finals Duluth, Ga. TBA NOTES bold denotes home meets * Perfect 10 Challenge is hosted by Bart Conner Gymnastics at the GYMNASTS TO WATCH Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Okla. % Beauty and the Beast Night with OU Wrestling Megan Ferguson | Senior Ranked No. 1 in the country on floor and No. 2 on both bars and beam. Ferguson has scored a 9.9 or higher in 18 routines this season and won 19 event titles. Sara Stone | Senior Stone was named Big 12 Event Specialist of the Week after finishing second on vault with a 9.9. Stone has posted a 9.9 or higher in 10 of her 11 vaults and is ranked No. 1 in the country on vault. Oklahoma Women’s Gymnastics Notes 2 OKLAHOMA SOONERS NAME HT. YEAR HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) CLUB PRONUNCIATION Albright, Lara 5-0 So. Carrollton, Texas (Hebron, HS/Washington) WOGA Brewer, Erica 4-10 Fr. Louisville, Ky. (Sacred Heart Academy) Champion Gymnastics Cindell, Candace 5-5 Sr. Frisco, Texas (Frisco HS) Kurt Thomas Gymnastics sin-DELL Clark, Rebecca 5-3 Fr. Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs South) GAGE Ferguson, Megan 4-11 Sr. Olathe, Kan. (Blue Valley HS) Eagles Gymnastics Kelley, Natasha 5-4 Sr. Katy, Texas (Home schooled) Cypress Academy Mooring, Madison 5-2 So. Sallisaw, Okla. (Bixby HS) Dynamo Gymnastics Nowak, Kayla 5-2 Jr. Algonquin, Ill. (Huntley HS) Illinois Gymnastics Institute no-VAK Olson, Brie 5-2 Jr. St. Cloud, Minn. (Rocori HS) Ultimate Gymnastics BREE Smith, Lauren 5-0 So. Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock HS/Texas Tech) Texas Elite Gymnastics Academy Sorensen, Haley 5-4 Fr. The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands HS) Cypress Academy Spears, Taylor 5-0 So Plano, Texas (Allen HS) WOGA Stone, Sara 5-4 Sr. Dallas, Texas (Spring Creek Academy) Metroplex Gymnastics Ward, Hayden 5-5 So. Norman, Okla. (Norman North HS) Dynamo Gymnastics COACHING STAFF K.J. Kindler – Head Coach (Sixth Year) | Lou Ball – Assistant Coach (Sixth Year) | Tom Haley – Assistant Coach (Sixth Year) LARA ALBRIGHT ERICA BREWER CANDACE CINDELL REBECCA CLARK MEGAN FERGUSON NATASHA KELLEY MADISON MOORING KAYLA NOWAK BRIE OLSON LAUREN SMITH HALEY SORENSEN TAYLOR SPEARS SARA STONE HAYDEN WARD PHOTO ROSTER Oklahoma Women’s Gymnastics Notes 3 NATIONAL RANKINGS CLOSER LOOK AT THE MATCHUP NO. TEAM RQS HIGH The second-ranked Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team closes the 2012 regular season 1 Florida 197.330 197.850 Saturday, March 17 against No. 13 Ohio State at St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio at 3 2 OKLAHOMA 197.310 197.450 p.m. CT for the Buckeyes’ Senior Night. 3 UCLA* 197.140 198.050 Oklahoma (16-3, 2-0 Big 12) is coming off its loss to No. 3 UCLA in Los Angeles on March 4 Alabama* 197.065 197.725 11. The Sooners posted their second-lowest score of the season while UCLA scored its 5 Georgia 196.995 197.700 third-highest team total on Senior Night. 6 Nebraska* 196.960 197.600 Ohio State (11-2, 5-2 Big 10) enters Saturday’s meet following its 195.750-194.475 win 7 Utah 196.615 197.550 over North Carolina. 8 Oregon State* 196.550 197.400 OU leads the all-time series with Ohio State, 5-2, and won the last meeting between the 9 Arkansas* 196.545 197.225 two programs, 197.025-196.100, last season. 10 LSU 196.440 196.850 11 Stanford 196.315 196.575 NEXT UP 12 Penn State 196.120 196.650 The Sooners eye their 10th conference title as OU plays host to the 2012 Big 12 13 Ohio State* 196.000 197.625 Championship on Saturday, March 24 at the Lloyd Noble Center at 4 p.m. Saturday is the first Big 12 Championship OU has hosted since 2008 when the Sooners won their first of 14 Auburn 195.965 196.875 three straight conference championships. 15 Boise State 195.830 196.175 16 Missouri* 195.790 196.375 LAST TIME OUT 17 Denver 195.755 196.725 The second-ranked Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team lost to No. 3 UCLA Sunday in Los 18 Arizona 195.750 196.275 Angeles at the John Wooden Center, 197.525-196.475. The Bruins won all four individual event titles including the all-around. UCLA won three of the four team event titles while 19 Minnesota 195.665 196.250 the Sooners won beam with a 49.225. Sunday was the first time this season that OU did 20 N.C. State* 195.600 196.775 not win a single individual event title. 21 Michigan* 195.475 196.300 22 Illinois 195.425 195.775 197 AND COUNTING 23 Kentucky* 195.255 196.025 OU is the only team in the NCAA this season to break the 197-mark six times this season, 24 Washington 195.175 196.350 four of which have come away from Norman. With the 197.450 at TWU on Jan. 21, OU 25 Arizona State 195.145 195.875 became the first program in the country to break the 197-mark on the road this year. The 197.450 was the fourth-highest team score in school history and was the second-highest score in the Kindler era. OU’s program-best team score of 197.950 came on March 5, 2010 against then-No. 1 Alabama at the Lloyd Noble Center. * - Denotes OU’s regular season opponents. COMEBACK KIDS GYMINFO RANKING SCHEDULE: The Sooners’ upset over No. 2 Arkansas came just 48-hours after OU’s first regular season home loss since 2009. The Sooners fell to No. 9 Nebraska at the Lloyd Noble Center on Fri- Through Feb. 20, the teams are ranked by total season day, Feb. 3 after counting a fall on floor in the final rotation. Two days later, OU upset No. average. Beginning Feb. 27, the ranking is done by 2 Arkansas on the road with its second-best score of the season. OU’s season-high score Regional Qualifying Score which consists of a team’s came one week after the Sooners regular-season win streak was snapped at No. 7 Oregon three highest road scores and the next three highest State on Jan. 13. OU posted a 197.450 at TWU to finish first at the Pioneers’ quad meet. scores. The high score is subtracted from the six event totals and the remaining amount is divided by five. CLUTCH PERFORMANCE Heading into the final rotation, Alabama led OU by .425. With just one event left, OU needed a huge score on floor to have any chance of passing the Crimson Tide.