Gymnastics: Women ready for Nebraska, too

The University of Oklahoma women’s gymnastics squad hosts Nebraska in the team’s 2008 home opener at 7 p.m. on Friday at the Lloyd Noble Center in a dual meet with both school’s men’s squads.

No. 6 OU enters the meet with a 8-0 record, fresh off a season-high team score of 196.550 in last Sunday’s competition at West Virginia.

The Sooners are led by senior All-American Kiara Redmond-Sturms who earned her second-consecutive Big 12 Gymnast of the Week honor for her efforts in the win, as the Los Angeles, Calif., native won her fourth-straight all-around, vault, bars and floor title.

Redmond-Sturms enters the meet ranked No. 1 in the nation on the floor exercise, with a season-average score of 9.931.

Twelfth-ranked Nebraska travels to Norman with a 3-1 overall record, 2-0 in Big 12 matches. The reigning Big 12 Champions, Nebraska’s only loss on the year is to second-ranked Utah.

The Cornhuskers are led by senior Emily Parsons, who shared Big 12 Gymnast of the Week honors with Redmond-Sturms, after her efforts in the NU win against conference-rival Missouri.