NORMAN – The No. 1 Oklahoma women's gymnastics team returns to the friendly confines of Lloyd Noble Center for a top 15 matchup with No. 13 Arkansas. Friday's meet is set for a 7:45 p.m. CT start on ESPN2 with Bart Conner and Kennedy Baker on the call.
Date: Friday, Jan. 31
Time: 7:45 p.m. CT
Opponent: No. 13 Arkansas
Live Stats: Statbroadcast
TV: ESPN2 |
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THE MORE YOU KNOW
COUNTRY FOR A CAUSE
The meet will be the first "Country for a Cause" meet. During team introductions, each student-athlete will wear a cowboy hat in the color that represents a cause they have identified as important to them. . Fans are encouraged to join the team in celebrating their own causes and can pick up colored ribbons on the concourse ahead of the meet to show their support as well.
The team will be representing eight different causes Friday night.
Ava Siegfeldt,
Aspen Lenczner,
Kelsey Slade and
Hannah Scheible will be wearing pink hats for breast cancer awareness.
Addison Fatta and
Danielle Sievers will wear purple hats for Alzheimer's awareness, while
Keira Wells' purple hat will represent pancreatic cancer.
Elle Mueller and
Faith Torrez will wear blue for autism awareness,
Audrey Davis and
Jordan Bowers will represent prostate cancer awareness with light blue hats and Lizzy Blessey will wear dark blue for colon cancer.
Caitlin Smith and
Danae Fletcher will show support for heart disease awareness with red hats.
Lily Pederson and
Hurley Snow will bring light to mental health awareness with green hats.
TIDE TAKEDOWN
In its first true road test of the season, the No. 1 Oklahoma women's gymnastics team took down No. 10 Alabama, 197.550-196.300, Friday night inside Coleman Coliseum. The Sooners are now 8-0 on the year and 2-0 in SEC competition.
Jordan Bowers claimed a trio of event titles, winning the all-around with a 39.625 and bars and floor with matching 9.95s.
Faith Torrez was narrowly behind Bowers with a 39.600 in the all-around and took home the vault, beam and floor titles with 9.95s on each event.
SWEET HOME OKLA(HOME)A
Oklahoma is 149-4 inside Lloyd Noble Center since the arrival of head coach K.J. Kindler in 2007 and has posted 87 consecutive home victories across 56 meets dating back to 2014. The 2025 senior class is currently undefeated at home in their careers.
OU has five regular season home meets in 2025, welcoming Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Florida and Michigan to the LNC throughout the year.
BOWERS NAMED SEC Co-GYMNAST OF THE WEEK
Jordan Bowers is the second Sooner to earn gymnast of the week honors this season and fourth Sooner to earn a weekly award. In its first year in the league, OU has claimed at least one weekly honor in each of the first four weeks and lead the conference with five total honors.
Bowers was exceptional at Alabama, winning the all-around title, the uneven bars title and the floor title, while also finishing second on beam. Bowers' 39.625 was tied for the highest all-around score in the nation over the weekend as she claimed her second all-around title of the season. Her 9.95 on bars was a season high as she was one of just two athletes to score a 9.9 or higher on the event in the meet. On beam, her 9.925 was just behind teammate
Faith Torrez as she led the Sooners to a 49.575 on the event – the second-highest score in the nation. Her 9.95 on floor was her third-straight mark of 9.95 or higher this season and one of just three scores of 9.9 or better in the meet.
SERIES HISTORY
The Sooners and Razorbacks have competed against each other in regular season or postseason competition in 17 of the last 18 seasons, with 2017 being the only outlier. The Sooners are 22-1 in that stretch and lead the all-time series 24-1. Last season, OU and Arkansas faced twice in the regular season in 2024 with the Sooners winning both meetings.
AMAZING AUDREY
Senior
Audrey Davis has been an impeccable uneven bars worker in her time at OU. She has shown exceptional consistency on bars, recording a 9.9 or higher on 54 of 66 routines performed. Of her 54 scores of 9.9 or higher, she has tallied ten 9.9s, eight 9.925s, nineteen 9.95s, two 9.9625, fourteen 9.975s and one perfect 10. She has never scored lower than a 9.80 and nine of her scores below 9.9 are 9.875s.
Davis has been one of the most consistent gymnasts to ever wear an OU leotard across all events. Davis has hit 225 of 226 career routines – a .995 percentage – over the last four years. Her lone fall on balance beam came in the 12th routine of her career. Since then, Davis has hit 214 routines in a row, dating all the way back to Feb. 7, 2021. Davis has hit every routine in her last 62 meets.
ALL-AROUND EXCELLENCE
In each of the first four weeks of the season, the Sooners have put five athletes up to compete in the all-around:
Jordan Bowers,
Audrey Davis,
Addison Fatta,
Lily Pederson and
Faith Torrez. Bowers, Davis and Torrez all have substantial all-around experience, while Fatta and Pederson made their collegiate all-around debuts in the season opener on January 4.
A different Sooner won the all-around in each of the first three meets with Torrez, Bowers and Davis all bringing home the title. Davis is currently tied for the highest all-around score among SEC competitors with a 39.725. Bowers is not far behind with a season-high of 39.675 and Torrez boasts a season-best 39.625. In the national rankings, Torrez, Davis, Bowers and Pederson are all ranked in the top seven in the all-around.
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
No. 13 Arkansas: In its last outing, Arkansas defeated the No. 2 LSU Tigers. The upset was the biggest of the Jordyn Wieber era and the highest-ranked win since Arkansas took down No. 1 Florida in 2011. Freshman Joscelyn Roberson won the all-around with a score of 39.350, the third all-around crown of her young career. Redshirt junior Frankie Price won floor for the second meet in a row with a 9.950 and received a 10 from one judge.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Sooners host Kentucky inside Lloyd Noble Center on Friday, Feb. 7, at 7:15 p.m. CT. Sooner alumni will be in attendance for Alumni Night and will be honored and recognized during the meet.
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