No. 1 Oklahoma throttled No. 16 Iowa State by posting their highest team tally (197.250) since 2004.
During “Beauty and the Beast” night, the top ranked Sooners (9-0, 2-0 Big 12) led the entire way towards their 197.250-196.225 victory over No. 16 Iowa State (4-5, 0-2 Big 12).
Oklahoma started and finished the rotation with event winning 9.875s from senior Jackie Flanery and senior Mary Mantle. The senior duo’s shared event titles caused the Sooners to rally up a team tally score of 49.200 to open the dual meet with the event win, with help coming from sophomore Sara Stone and redshirt freshman Natasha Kelley’s pair of 9.85s.
The Sooners posted six straight scores of 9.825 or higher on bars and took their second event title of the night with a season-high score of 49.425. It was a full 0.2 points higher than any other Oklahoma team score on the apparatus in 2010.
After surviving a fall on the first position on beam, the Sooners rallied around freshman Kayla Nowak and Kelley who posted routines of 9.825 and 9.85, by obtaining five scores back-to-back of 9.825 or higher.
The Sooners hit the road for back-to-back meets beginning with a trip to Columbia, Mo., for a meeting with conference rival Missouri on Feb. 19, before ending the two-meet road trip at Michigan State on Feb. 26.
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