Oklahoma women's gymnastics defeats Kentucky 197.825-197.225

It was Game Show Night at the Lloyd Noble Center and the Sooners showed up to play.

No. 1 Oklahoma (10-0) defeated No. 8 Kentucky (4-3) this Friday in Norman, 197.825-197.225. Now 4-0 in SEC matchups, the Sooners have been eager to continue their comeback narrative as they sweep through their new conference.

There’s been particular attention given to their vault routines this season, and that training paid off Friday night as Oklahoma secured their highest event score of 2025. Freshman Lily Pederson led the team off strong with her 9.900, but junior Faith Torrez stole the show with her third stick in three consecutive weeks for a near-perfect 9.975.

“Sticking three vaults in a row three meets in a row is very unusual,” said head coach K.J. Kindler. “Very rare. That was an amazing moment.”

Freshman Addison Fatta earned a career high 9.875, freshman Elle Mueller had her career-debut on vault for a 9.825, and senior Jordan Bowers stuck her landing for a 9.950. The Sooners totaled a season-high of 49.550, leading over Kentucky’s 49.275.

That's a career high 9.975 for @TorrezFaith! 📺 | SEC Network pic.twitter.com/P3l4kZLgTs
— Oklahoma Women's Gym (@OU_WGymnastics) February 8, 2025

After being out for injury for a few weeks, Senior Danielle Sievers returned to the bar lineup and led OU off with a 9.850. Both Pederson and fifth-year senior Audrey Davis stuck their landings, with Pederson taking a 9.925 and Davis claiming yet another 9.950. With a 49.475 in bars, Oklahoma led 99.025-98.625 through two.

“I was ecstatic to be put in the line up,” said Sievers. “Anytime I get the opportunity to compete is an honor… It was a frustrating start [to the season], it’s never fun to be hurt, but I’ve been doing anything that I can out of the gym… Putting myself in the best position I can to come back on the other events…and be there for my team.”

Davis led their rotation off strong with a 9.900 in beam, and Bowers went fourth in the lineup for the same score. Despite this, it was a weaker performance for OU in what is usually one of their strongest events. They scored a 49.275, .200 less than their event average. Fortunately for Oklahoma, the Wildcats were unable to capitalize on this, as they also scored a 49.275 this rotation and sent the meet to 148.300-147.900, Oklahoma lead.

“Beam was very shaky, I just didn’t think it was very aggressive, but I felt that way after warm-up. I felt like maybe we weren’t quite on-fire there.” Kindler said about beam. “We had some pretty healthy errors there that I know we can get rid of.”

Finally, OU took on the floor, wrapping up the final rotation with a total of 49.525. Fatta earned a career-high 9.900, closing in the all-around with another career-high of 39.500. Bowers scored another 9.900, and Torrez finished the night with a 9.950.

Close us out, Faith! 📺 | SEC Network pic.twitter.com/W3KeDe6ykx
— Oklahoma Women's Gym (@OU_WGymnastics) February 8, 2025

Next, Oklahoma will travel to Baton Rouge, LA. to compete against No. 3 LSU (5-2) on Friday, Feb. 14, at 7:45 p.m. This meet will be available to watch on ESPN2.

This story was edited by Hannah Bryant.