Despite the bitter cold in Michigan, the Wolverines will host a hot competition this weekend.  The No. 6 Michigan Wolverines will face its biggest test of the year this Friday as they welcoming in the defending NCAA co-champion and No. 1 Oklahoma.  Both teams are undefended this season and will look to hold on to that record following this meet.  Oklahoma starts a tough stretch on their schedule with this road meet to Michigan while Michigan will have two upcoming meets at home.  The Sooners last visit to Michigan was in 2011 where they were victorious over the Wolverines 196.650-196.275. 

Pictured- Haley Scaman, Oklahoma
 

Event Rankings 

Vault-  
OU- No. 1 49.468 - UM- No. 10 49.20 

Bars- 

OU- No. 1 49.414 - UM- No. 5 49.221

Beam- 

OU- No. 2 49.25 - UM- No. 3 49.238

Floor- 

OU- No. 1 49.404 - UM- No. 6 49.271

Team Totals- 

OU- No. 1 197.563- UM- No. 6 196.929

 

Gymnasts to Watch 

Chayse Capps (1st BB, 10th VT) - Oklahoma

Haley Scaman (3 VT, 8th FX) - Oklahoma

Kara Lovan (6th BB) – Oklahoma

Sachi Sugiyama ( 8th AA)- Michigan

Nicole Artz ( 9th AA, 3rd BB) - Michigan

Brianna Brown (8th UB, 14 AA) - Michigan

Pictured- Nicole Artz- Michigan

Keys to Success 

Michigan

- Sticking landings on vault 

- Continuing consistency on beam 

- Aggressive floor routines 

- Staying focused and within their own “bubble”
 

Oklahoma 

- Calm and confident competition 

- Aggressive vault and floor
- Stuck landings

 

Coach Bev Plocki on this meet – Via Michigan 

Q: With No. 1 Oklahoma coming in on Friday, there's probably not a lot you need to say to get the team fired up. But are you looking forward to seeing where you measure up against arguably the nation's best team?

A: These types of competitions are absolutely what we need to be doing with our program. We need these meets so that when we get to the end of the year, we know we belong there. Due to our conference schedule, we're constricted a little because we have to face Big Ten teams and can't go out to face non-conference opponents as much as we'd like, but despite that, we've still been able to maintain our relationship with other top teams like Georgia, Utah and Oklahoma. When we do have an opening, I always try to make sure that we get a competition like this, because it's meets like these that are going to prepare you for the national championship. You have to be able to measure yourself against the best teams in the country. That's why we started out at Georgia and why we're going to Utah in a few weeks. I know the team is excited to face Oklahoma. They're a fantastic team that'll give us a great challenge.

Gymnastike will be on site to provide video coverage of the competition so make sure to check back here to watch all of the routines!

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