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OU Gymnastics: Oklahoma Soars to Season-High Score in Senior Night Victory

Another huge crowd filled Lloyd Noble Center to watch the No. 1-ranked Sooners roll past Michigan for another undefeated home season.
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Oklahoma gymnast Jordan Bowers
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By OU Media Relations

NORMAN – In front of the fourth highest attendance in program history (9,144), the No. 1 Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team put up its highest score of the season in a 198.200-196.900 victory over No. 17 Michigan Friday night inside Lloyd Noble Center.

OU closed its home slate with a 5-0 record inside the LNC as the Sooners moved to 153-4 all-time under head coach K.J. Kindler. This is the 11th straight season OU has gone undefeated at home, a 90-0 record across 60 meets.

Senior Jordan Bowers won a trio of event titles, including the all-around with a season-high 39.775. Bowers also added event titles on bars and beam with near-perfect 9.975s. The senior shared bars with fellow senior Audrey Davis and beam with junior Faith Torrez. Freshman Lily Pederson took home vault with a 9.95.

The Sooners opened the meet with a 49.325 on vault to Michigan’s 49.175 on bars. Pederson was the highlight at the start of the rotation, sticking her Yurchenko 1.5 cold for a career-high 9.975. Torrez added a 9.85 in the No. 2 spot. Sophomore Keira Wells, freshman Addison Fatta and freshman Elle Mueller added a trio of 9.825s in the middle of the rotation. Bowers capped off the rotation with a 9.875.

A 49.650 on bars extended the OU lead to 98.975-98.350 at the halfway point. Davis was near perfection in the No. 5 spot, earning her 15th career mark of 9.975. Bowers added the second near-perfect score of the night as she stuck her dismount in the anchor spot for a 9.975 of her own. Senior Dani Sievers got the rotation started with a strong routine and a stuck dismount for a 9.925 and Torrez added a 9.90 in the No. 4 spot. After a fall in the second spot, Fatta got things back on track with a solid routine for a 9.875.

OU used its second-highest beam score of the season to push its lead even further. Bowers was nearly perfect for the second time in the No. 4 spot. The senior nailed her series with ease and stuck her dismount to earn her second 9.975 of the night. In the anchor spot, Torrez was nearly perfect herself, showing off why she’s one of the top beam workers in the nation with a 9.975. A strong and confident performance from Fatta earned her a career high 9.925 in the No. 2 spot. Davis started the rotation with a stunning routine and a stick on the dismount to earn a 9.90. Making her season debut was Ava Siegfeldt with a 9.80 in the No. 5 spot.

A 49.650 on floor sealed the season-high score for the Sooners. For her final routine in the LNC, Davis got the crowd on its feet with her swing inspired performance for a 9.9. Following her was Sievers for the last time at home, earning a 9.925 as she nailed her passes with ease in her return to the floor lineup. Bowers, a fan favorite on floor, put an exclamation point on her night with a 9.95 in the No. 5 spot. Torrez closed out the rotation with a big double layout, stuck cold, for a 9.975. Fatta and Mueller looked poised and confident, adding 9.90s in the middle of the rotation.

The Sooners return to SEC action for one last dual meet when they take on Georgia next Friday at 5:45 p.m.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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