The weekend saw the end of an amazing season for the OU women’s gymnastics team and a stellar career for senior Hollie Vise.

The Sooners recorded a program-best second-place finish at the NCAA Championships on Friday in Gainesville, Fla., while Vise finished second on bars and on floor Saturday in the individual event finals.

The top-seeded UCLA Bruins took their sixth national title with 197.725. With a tight competition going down until the last routine, OU edged Alabama, 197.250-197.225.

The Sooners, competing in their first Super Six team final, were guaranteed a record finish.

OU began on floor exercise with a 49.425 team total, its highest in program history at NCAAs. High scores were 9.925 from senior Hollie Vise and 9.9s from senior Jackie Flanery and sophomore Megan Ferguson. The team tallied 49.300 on vault, with 9.9s from sophomore Sarah Stone and junior Melanie Root.

The Sooners continued their march on uneven bars, swinging to a 49.325 team total. Freshman Brie Olson scored a personal-best 9.9, matched by Vise.

After 18 hit routines, Oklahoma trailed UCLA by .125 going into the final event. OU ended on the precarious 4-inch-wide balance beam, and suffered its first mistake of the night with a fall from junior Natalie Ratcliff. With the team able to drop its low score on each event, OU couldn’t afford any more mistakes if it wanted a podium finish.

The Sooners rebounded, with 9.9 routines from Vise and sophomore Ferguson and 9.850 from senior Kristin Smith.

UCLA closed its night with a show on floor exercise, where the Bruins impressed judges with difficult tumbling and unique choreography for the highest team total of the night on any event (49.550).

In her final act competing for the Sooners, Vise recorded the best OU finish in the event finals since 1988 when Kelly Garrison won two national titles.

Vise scored a 9.925 on bars and a 9.9 on floor to finish second in both events.

OU’s achievement marks a four-year turnaround after the Sooners replaced their entire coaching staff. The team is in its fourth year under head coach K.J. Kindler and assistants Lou Ball and Tom Haley.

OU coaches swept the coach of the year ballots, with Kindler winning National Coach of the Year and assistants Ball and Haley sharing the Assistant Coach of the year honors.

After starting the season ranked ninth in the preseason poll, the Sooners were ranked first or second in every poll of the season.

OU was the only team in the nation to score above 196.000 in every meet of the season.