OU was scheduled to play the Dolphins at 2 p.m. in Jacksonville.

No new match has been set.

Oklahoma is ranked No. 62 in the March 18 release of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) team rankings.

Sophomore Andrei Daescu is ranked No. 39 in the ITA singles rankings/

Next, the Sooners host Cameron and Oklahoma Baptist on Tuesday, March 25, at the Headington Family Tennis Center. OU and Cameron start at 1 p.m. followed by OBU at 4 p.m.

“Tulsa is an extremely talented team and this match will be the most challenging match that we have played this year,” head coach Paul Lockwood said.

The Sooners come into the match with two singles players ranked, Andrei Daescu (5-1) at No. 34 and Sergey Avdeyev (2-3) at No. 96.

In addition the duo of Federico Chavarria and Daescu are ranked No. 40 in doubles play. The rankings are administered by the ITA.

“I am very excited to see where we are as a team against Tulsa because of their talent. I believe we are ready to compete at a very high level and tomorrow will show us where we are as a team,” Lockwood continued.

Last season, the Golden Hurricane downed the Sooners 5-2 in Norman on April 3.

Next, the Sooners host Oral Roberts and East Central on Sunday, March 2, for the first home matches of the 2008 season at the Headington Family Tennis Center.

Matches will begin at 1 p.m.

This will be the fourth time the two teams have met. Alabama (3-4) currently holds a 3-0 series record over OU (4-2).

“We always look forward to playing Bama,” OU head coach Mark Johnson said. “They always have a very strong program and every meeting has been a great match.”

The two teams last met Feb. 24, 2007, with Alabama taking a 4-3 decision at the University of Alabama Varsity Courts.

Oklahoma comes into Saturday’s match after falling 5-2, on the road, to 34th ranked Wichita State.

Alabama recorded a 6-1 victory over Georgia State in its last match Wednesday, Feb. 21 at home.

“Saturday should be a great matchup,” said Johnson. “I feel like we have had a great week of practice and have learned from our loss last Friday.”

The Sooners are led by freshman Ana-Maria Constantinescu at the No. 1 singles position. The Romania native has earned a 5-0 record in dual matches this season. In doubles action, she has teamed up with senior Chelsea Orr to go undefeated at No. 1 doubles.

“Both Ana and Chelsea have been playing very well for us,” said Johnson. “They have both really stepped up in their own ways.”

Fans in attendance at Saturday’s match will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a racquet as well as an OU T-shirt and hat. The drawings will take place between singles and doubles play.

“We have showed tremendous improvement over the last couple of weeks and I am pleased with the way we are competing,” head coach Paul Lockwood said.

Last Saturday, the Sooners defeated Old Dominion in Norfolk, Va., 5-2. Sunday OU came up on the short end against Virginia Commonwealth losing 5-2..

“Once again we play a couple of very strong teams and if we compete the way we are capable of competing we can pick up two victories,” Lockwood continued. “We are playing on the road for the second straight week which will pay off for our team in the long run.”

The Sooners are ranked No. 36 in the latest ITA tennis poll.

The Sooners return home Sunday, Feb. 17, as they host Arkansas at Willow Creek Golf and Country Club in Oklahoma City at 11 a.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL (15-6, 3-3)

Last Week: Oklahoma split its two games last week, beating Bedlam rival Oklahoma State 64-61 on Monday in Norman before falling at No. 23 Texas A&M 60-52 on Saturday. Junior forward Taylor Griffin led the Sooners against OSU by scoring a career-high 20 points and pulling down a game-high six rebounds, while Blake Griffin added 15 points, four boards and three assists. Senior guard David Godbold keyed OU offensively at Texas A&M as he netted a career-high 22 points with the help of 6-for-10 3-point shooting. The Sooners led 51-50 in College Station but were outscored 10-1 over the final three minutes.

This Week: OU plays host to No. 10 Texas (17-4, 4-2) on Wednesday at 6 p.m. CST (televised by ESPN2) before traveling to Boulder, Colo., for a contest against Colorado (9-12, 1-6) on Saturday at 3 p.m. CST.

Notes: Over his last two games against Texas A&M, David Godbold has scored 42 points and is 11-for-17 (.647) from 3-point range … Blake Griffin saw his 11-game streak of scoring in double figures snapped with his six-point performance on Saturday (the streak did not include the Jan. 14 game when he played five minutes at Kansas) … Griffin is still averaging a double-double in his four full Big 12 games (16.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per contest) … OU’s loss at Texas A&M was its first this season when leading at halftime (it was 11-0 prior to Saturday) … Texas will mark OU’s sixth ranked opponent in the last 11 games and third in the last four.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (15-4, 5-2 Big 12)

Last Week: No. 11/10 Oklahoma (15-4, 5-2) defeated Kansas and No. 25 Texas last week as it extended its winning streak to four games — two of which were against ranked opponents. The Sooners grabbed a 67-51 home win against the Jayhawks on Wednesday, Jan. 30, before using a 19-0 second-half run to take down the Longhorns in Austin, Texas, Sunday, Feb. 3. Nyeshia Stevenson came off the bench to play a career high 32 minutes against KU and score a game-high 15 points. It was the first time in her career to lead her team in scoring. Courtney Paris nearly posted the second triple-double of her career with a 20-point, 14-rebound, eight-block effort to stifle Texas.

This Week: Oklahoma travels to Missouri Wednesday, Feb. 6, before hosting Colorado Saturday, Feb. 9.

Notes: Oklahoma’s “Think Pink” game to promote breast cancer awareness is on the horizon. OU will host its “PinkOUt” game versus Texas A&M on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Tip-off is 7 p.m.

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SOFTBALL

This Week: The No. 5 Oklahoma softball team will begin its season this week as it heads to Los Angeles, Calif., for the CSFU/UCLA Freeway Series (Feb. 8-10). The Sooners’ season opener will be a top-10 showdown as OU will face No. 10 UCLA on Friday, Feb. 8 at 2:30 p.m. (CST) on UCLA’s home field in Los Angeles. Oklahoma will follow that with a 7:30 p.m. meeting against UC Santa Barbara. In Saturday action of the tournament, the Sooners will head to Fullerton, Calif., as they will face Nevada at 12 p.m. No. 21 Cal State Fullerton at 5 p.m. Oklahoma will return to UCLA on Sunday for an 11:30 a.m. meeting with the Bruins to round out tournament action.

Notes: Oklahoma opens the season as the No. 5 team in the country in the NFCA Preseason Poll … Oklahoma and Arizona are the only two schools to be ranked in every NFCA Top 25 Poll since its inception in 1995 … Junior Samantha Ricketts and senior Lauren Eckermann were named to USA Softball’s National Player of the Year Watch List for 2008 … Oklahoma was picked to finish second in the conference in the Big 12 Coaches Preseason Poll.

WRESTLING

Last Week: No. 17 Oklahoma rebounded from two straight losses by whipping the Arizona State Sun Devils last Friday in Norman, 31-9. After losing the opening two bouts, the Sooners reeled off eight straight victories and 31 unanswered points to take the victory.

This Week: The Sooners (0-2 in Big 12) resume Big 12 conference competition this weekend as they hit the road to Columbia, Mo., and Lincoln, Neb. OU will dual the Missouri Tigers, ranked 12th, on Friday, Feb. 8, and the No. 2 Nebraska Cornhuskers on Sunday, Feb. 10.

Notes: Oklahoma, now 12-3 on the season, has surpassed its overall win total of 11 wins last season … The Sooners have continued to be plagued with injuries on the season. Brian Shelton at 133 pounds missed his fourth straight dual due to a lingering hip injury. Zack Bailey at 141 pounds, who leads the team with 27 total wins this season, also missed his first match on the year versus the Sun Devils … Coming in for the injured Bailey, Nolan Spring started the Sooner rally against the Sun Devils with a 6-4 decision over Chris Drouin. The victory was Nolan’s fourth of the season (4-1) … Senior Joshua Weitzel, ranked No. 7, bounced back from his first loss of the season versus Iowa State to record a fall against No. 14 Brent Chriswell of ASU.

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MEN’S GYMNASTICS

Last Week: Sophomore Ian Jackson won his first all-around title of the season as the Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team defeated No. 12 Nebraska 355.500-337.750 Friday night at the Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners claimed team titles on all six events and OU gymnasts won at least a share of each individual event crown. Oklahoma set team season highs on the floor exercise (60.250), pommel horse (55.850), still rings (60.800) and vault (63.200) en route to the victory.

This Week: Five Sooner gymnasts will compete in the 2008 Winter Cup Challenge, Feb. 7-9 in Las Vegas, Nev. Jonathan Horton, Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons, Steven Legendre, Ian Jackson and Jacob Messina will participate in the USA Gymnastics re-ranking event which helps determine spots on the U.S. Senior National Team. Joining the OU quintet at the competition will be former Sooners Jamie and David Henderson.

Notes: With Friday night’s win against Nebraska, the Sooners moved to 3-0 on the season against their Mountain Pacific Sports Federation rivals. OU also defeated the Huskers at the Rocky Mountain Open, Jan. 12 in Colorado Springs, Colo., and in a tri-meet with the Air Force Academy in Lincoln, Neb., on Jan. 20 … Oklahoma gymnasts swept the top four spots on the floor exercise, still rings, vault and high bar against NU … OU’s six individual event champions Friday night were Russell Czeschin (floor), Jason Laughton (pommel horse), Jonathan Horton (rings and h-bar), Ian Jackson (vault, all-around) and Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons (p-bars).

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WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

Last Week: The No. 6 OU women’s gymnastics squad bested Big 12 rival and 12th-ranked Nebraska 195.275-194.950 on Feb. 1, in Oklahoma’s home opener. Leading the charge was Ashley Jackson who bested 2007 co-Big 12 Gymnast of the Year Emily Parsons 39.275-39.250 for the all-around title in front of 1,238 fans at the Lloyd Noble Center. It was the first career all-around title for the Hudsonville, Mich., native as the junior bested her previous best all-around score by 0.4 points.

This Week: The Sooners hit the road for the fifth time in six meets as OU travels to Denver, Colo., on Feb. 9 to face DU. The meet against the Pioneers is slated for a 7 p.m. (CST) start.

Notes: OU has won 22 of its last 23 regular-season matchups dating back to Jan. 19, 2007. Winners of all regular season meets on the year, the Sooners last regular season defeat was to Stanford on March 9, 2007 in Palo Alto, Calif.

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TRACK & FIELD

Last Week: Competing at home, Oklahoma’s Shardae Boutte won two events, while five teammates also picked up individual titles at the eighth annual J.D. Martin Invitational at the Mosier Indoor Facility.

This Week: The Sooners will split up next week as a number of sprinters and distance athletes head to New York City for the New Balance Collegiate Invitational while jumpers, vaulters and multi-event athletes compose the majority of an Oklahoma group competing in the Adidas Classic in Lincoln, Neb.

Notes: Senior sprinter Marcus Pugh posted an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 6.69 to win the 60-meter dash. OU swept the event as Scottesha Miller claimed the title in the women’s division with a time of 7.47 … Two other Sooners defended J.D. Martin Invitiational titles as Chip Heuser finished first in the pole vault with a top mark of 16-10.75 (5.15) and Sheldon Leith took top honors in the 60-meter hurdles with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 7.83 … OU finished 1-2 in the 60-meter hurdles as freshman D’Andre Fisher set a personal record, 8.17, en route to a second-place finish … Sophomore Kevin Snyder rounded out the OU title race with a win in the high jump. Snyder edged Langston’s William Moses with a best jump of 6-8.75 … Latoya Greaves finished second in the 60-meter hurdles, but more importantly, bested the NCAA provisional qualifying mark with a time of 8.28.

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MEN’S TENNIS

Last Week: Went 1-1 this weekend as they competed against Old Dominion and Virginia Commonwealth. Saturday the Sooners defeated ODU, 5-2. Sunday OU was defeated by VCU, 5-2.

This Week: The Sooners continue on the road next weekend when they travel to Minneapolis, Minn., to face Minnesota on Feb. 9, and Wisconsin-Green Bay on Feb. 10.

Notes: OU’s No. 1 singles player, Andrei Daescu, won two matches over the weekend, pushing his season record to 3-0.

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Last Week: The University of Oklahoma women’s tennis team increased its series record against Oklahoma Baptist to 12-0 Friday, Feb. 1 at Willow Creek Golf and Country Club in Oklahoma City. The teams played two duals, with the Sooners twice defeating the Bisons, 7-0.

Notes: In the first round of play, Oklahoma took an early 1-0 lead, sweeping doubles play. In singles action, the Sooners were victorious at all six positions, dropping only nine total games. Freshman Ana-Maria Constantinescu continued to roll improving her spring record to 4-0 at the No. 1 singles position.

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“VCU is a very tough team and they showed that today as they played excellent tennis and made us pay for our mistakes,” head coach Paul Lockwood said.

In No. 1 doubles Sebastian Ripoll and Emil Lindgren of VCU defeated the duo of Andrei Daescu and Federico Chavarria, 8-4. In No. 2 doubles Ryan Thomas and Ionut Beleleu lost 9-8 to Martin Schulhauser and Thibaut Charron.

The loss gave VCU the doubles point and put the Rams up 1-0. In No. 3 doubles the team of Sergey Avdeyev and Alex Joitoiu defeated Stepan Siska and Damien Lacombre, 8-5.

“We did not play the quality of tennis that we are capable of playing and in the end VCU came away with the victory,” senior Federico Chavarria said.

In No. 1 singles action Daescu defeated Schulhauser, 6-2, 6-4 to tie the match at 1-1. Beleleu lost to Charron, 6-2, 6-1 in No. 2 singles putting the Rams ahead 2-1. Avdeyev playing No. 3 singles tied the match at 2 all for the Sooners with his victory over Lacombre, (3-6), 6-1, 6-4.

“As a team we realize that if we don’t bring our top performance every single day that we will get beat because we play a very tough schedule. My team and I look forward to getting back on the court and correcting our mistakes,” Chavarria continued.

Alexandre Israel once again put VCU ahead by a point at 3-2 and the Rams never looked back as he defeated Vlad Marinescu in No. 4 singles, 7-6, (6-7), 10-8.

Joitoiu was defeated in No. 5 singles by Lindgren, 6-1, 6-1. In the final match at No. 6 singles Chavarria was beaten by Ripoll, 6-4, 7-6 to give the Rams a 5-2 victory.

“We need to learn from his defeat and take positives from it,” Lockwood continued. “We can’t let this defeat get us down because we have a lot more tennis to play against some very tough teams. We need to refocus and correct our mistakes.”

The Sooners continue on the road next weekend when they travel to Minneapolis, Minn., to face Minnesota on Feb. 9, and Wisconsin-Green Bay on Feb. 10.

SINGLES
No. 1 Andrei Daescu (OU) def. Martin Schulhauser (VCU), 6-2, 6-4 No. 2 Thibaut Charron (VCU) def. Ionut Beleleu (OU), 6-2, 6-1 No. 3 Sergey Avdeyev (OU) def. Damien Lacombre (VCU), (3-6), 6-1, 6-4 No. 4 Alexandre Israel (VCU) def Vlad Marinescu (OU), 7-6, (6-7), 10-8 No. 5 Emil Lindgren (VCU) def. Alex Joitoiu (OU), 6-1, 6-1 No. 6 Sebastian Ripoll (VCU) def. Federico Chavarria (OU), 6-4, 7-6

DOUBLES
No. 1 Sebastian Ripoll/Emil Lindgren (VCU) def. Andrei Daescu/Federico Chavarria (OU), 8-4 No. 2 Martin Schulhauser/Thibaut Charron (VCU) def. Ryan Thomas/Ionut Beleleu (OU), 9-8 No. 3 Sergey Avdeyev/Alex Joitoiu (OU) def. Stepan Siska/Damien Lacombre (VCU), 8-5

 “This was a great win for our team and what makes it even more important is that it came on the road,” head coach Paul Lockwood said.

In singles action, Andrei Daescu defeated Aleksandr Seleznev, 7-6, 6-2 to earn the first point in the match for the Sooners in No 1 singles. Ionut Beleleu followed that up with a win in No. 2 singles, 6-0, 6-4, over Eidy Igarashi. The victory put Oklahoma up 2-0.

Sergey Avdeyev dropped his No. 3 singles match to Tobias Fanselow, (6-1), 3-6, 1-6. Freshman Vlad Marinescu dropped his match to Rodrigo Souza, 6-4, (7-5), 6-4, in No. 4 singles.

Alex Joitoiu put Oklahoma back on the winning track with a 6-3, 7-6, victory over Matt Fawcett in No. 5 singles. Oklahoma won the match going up 4-0 with a victory in No. 6 singles as senior Federico Chavarria defeated Matt Fawcett, 6-3, 7-6

“We fought back after ODU tied the match at 2-2 and played some very solid tennis,” Lockwood continued. “Not only did we win the match but we showed toughness mentally and physically in doing so.”

In doubles action Chavarria and Daescu, playing No. 1 doubles, defeated Souza and Fanselow, 9-8. The No. 2 doubles team of Beleleu and Ryan Thomas lost 8-4, to Igarashi and Seleznev.

Avdeyev and Joitoiu finished out the night for OU winning in No. 3 doubles, 8-4 over Fawcett and Alex Funkhouser.

Oklahoma continues play tomorrow as they will face No. 31 Virginia Commonwealth.

The Sooners continue on the road next weekend when they travel to Minneapolis, Minn., to face Minnesota on Feb. 9, and Wisconsin-Green Bay on Feb. 10.

No. 1 Andrei Daescu def. Aleksandr Seleznev, 7-6 6-2 No. 2 Ionut Beleleu def. Eidy Igarashi, 6-0, 6-4 No. 3 Tobias Fanselow def. Sergey Avdeyev, (6-1), 3-6, 1-6 No. 4 Rodrigo Souza def. Vlad Marinescu, 6-4, (7-5), 6-4 No. 5 Alex Joitoiu def. Matt Fawcett, 6-3, 7-6 No. 6 Federico Chavarria def. Yakov Diskin, 6-4, 6-3

No. 1 Chavarria/Daescu def. Souza/Fanselow, 9-8 No. 2 Igarashi/Seleznev def. Beleleu/Ryan Thomas, 8-4 No. 3 Avdeyev/Joitoiu def. Fawcett/Alex Funkhouser, 8-4

There the Sooners will meet Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Ohio State and Marquette. It will be the first time in program history that OU has met Marquette and Ohio State and only the second time the Sooners have seen Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Sooners last faced the Panthers in 1998 sweeping a 6-0 victory.

“We are really excited to get the season underway,” head coach Mark Johnson said. “This will be a great way for us to see some new teams and some fresh competition.”

Oklahoma will begin the weekend in a head-to-head dual with Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Friday at 10 a.m. The Sooners will take on Ohio State Saturday at Marquette University beginning at 10 a.m., before finishing the weekend on Sunday in a head-to-head dual with Marquette at 10 a.m.

“We are going to get a lot of match time, in only a few days,” said Johnson. “It will be a great way to learn our strengths and what we still need to work on.”

MEN’S BASKETBALL (13-5, 1-2)
Last Week: The Sooners split their two games, losing 85-55 at No. 3 Kansas on Monday before regrouping to beat Texas Tech 63-61 at home on Saturday. Longar Longar scored a team-high 21 points against Kansas and shared team-high honors with Taylor Griffin by netting 16 points versus Texas Tech. Against the Red Raiders, Longar added nine rebounds and three blocks while Griffin grabbed 12 rebounds for his first double-double of the year.

This Week: Oklahoma is off until its Saturday game at Baylor (3 p.m. CST on ESPN Plus). The Bears enter the week with a 15-2 overall record and a 3-0 Big 12 mark (tied for first place).

Notes: Longar’s 21 points at Kansas marked his second highest total of the year … Including Saturday’s performance against Texas Tech, Longar has scored in double figures in nine of the last 10 contests and has scored at least 16 points in eight of those games … Starting in place of his injured younger brother Blake (out multiple weeks with a knee sprain), Taylor Griffin’s 16 points and 12 rebounds against Texas Tech were both season highs … Tony Crocker was 3-for-4 from 3-point range on Saturday and has now made at least three treys in a contest seven times this year (he is shooting .493 on the season) … After getting outrebounded in three of its previous four games, OU outboarded Texas Tech by a 40-27 count (13-2 on offensive rebounds).

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (11-4, 2-2)

Last Week: No. 11 Oklahoma split a pair of home contests, defeating Nebraska, 80-72, Wednesday, Jan. 16, and falling to No. 6 Baylor, 84-73, Sunday, Jan. 20.

This Week: The Sooners host Texas Tech Wednesday, Jan. 23, and No. 17 Georgia Sunday, Jan. 27.

Notes: Sunday’s game versus Baylor was “Cheer Like a Champion” Day with an attendance of 11,859, the fifth-largest Lloyd Noble Center crowd for an Oklahoma women’s basketball game … Courtney Paris achieved a milestone with her 75th consecutive double-double against Nebraska and extended the number to 76 versus Baylor … Saturday, Jan. 26, and Sunday, Jan. 27, is alumni weekend for OU women’s basketball with most of the team’s all-time letterwinners returning to Norman for the Georgia game … Jan. 27 is also Sooner Kids Club Day at the Lloyd Noble Center and the team’s latest scholarship endowments will be recognized.

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WRESTLING

Last Week: OU defeated No. 19 UT-Chattanooga in Norman last Friday to win its seventh straight match of the season by a 21-13 final tally. The Sooners won six of the 10 matches on their way to upsetting their second straight top-20 opponent.

Oklahoma’s seven-match winning streak came to a halt last Sunday, losing to No. 13 Wisconsin at the ESPNU Wrestling Invitational in Oklahoma City. The top-20 matchup was decided in the final bout, but Oklahoma (11-2) was unable to take advantage, losing 18-15 to the Badgers.

This Week: The Sooners return to Big 12 competition when they host No. 8 Iowa State this Friday, Jan. 25 at the Howard McCasland Field House in Norman. The dual is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and admission is free to the public. Doors will open one hour prior to the start of the match.

Notes: Senior Joshua Weitzel (19-0) is the lone Sooner undefeated on the season … Joel Flaggert, now 17-1, was upset by No. 6 Dallas Herbst of Wisconsin last weekend to give him his lone defeat of the season … OU’s 11 wins this season ties the overall win record of last season when the Sooners finished 11-7 … Headed into last Sunday, Oklahoma had two wrestlers that were ranked but unable to compete due to injury. Senior Max Dean (No. 20) and sophomore Brian Shelton (No. 13) missed the weekend’s competition.

Promotions: The first 500 fans arriving at the match Friday versus the Cyclones will receive a free OU wrestling T-shirt. Fans also can enjoy 50-cent hot dogs while supplies last. The marketing department has also declared the evening “Oklahoma high school” night.

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MEN’S GYMNASTICS

Last Week: The third-ranked Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team claimed its second straight victory over No. 10 Nebraska and Air Force Sunday at the Bob Devaney Center in Lincoln, Neb. The Sooners scored a 349.700 to beat the second place Huskers (341.400). Air Force finished third with a 323.650. OU’s Steven Legendre added to the stellar start to his freshman season, scoring an 87.650 to take his second consecutive all-around title. Junior Kyle McNamara, runner-up in the all-around to Legendre at last week’s Rocky Mountain Open, also finished second on Sunday with an 83.750 total.

This Week: The Sooners open their home schedule on Saturday, Jan. 26, against sixth-ranked Michigan. The meet is slated for a 7 p.m. start at the Howard McCasland Field House. Tickets can be purchased by calling the OU Ticket Office at (405) 325-2424 or (800) 456-GoOU.

Notes: In addition to his all-around crown, Legendre was once again champion on the floor exercise, scoring a 15.450. The Port Jefferson, N.Y., native also finished third on the parallel bars (14.600) and high bar (14.900) and was fourth on the pommel horse with a 13.700 … Also claiming event titles for the Sooners were junior Jason Laughton and freshman Bobby Shortle. Shortle, a walk-on, was the vault champion with a team season-best 15.900, while Laughton tied Nebraska’s Kyle Shanahan (15.000) for first place on the high bar … As a team, OU improved on its scores from last week on every event besides rings and placed first on floor (59.500), pommel horse (54.950), vault (62.550), p-bars (57.950) and high bar (58.950).

Promotions: Saturday night is “Cleveland Elementary Night” at the men’s gymnastics meet. Students from Norman’s Grover Cleveland Elementary School will be selected for various prizes throughout the meet. The Sooners will also be signing autographs in the Field House lobby following the competition.

Web: http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-gym/recaps/012008aaa.html

WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

Last Week: Sweeping all four event titles for the third consecutive meet, the No. 9 OU women’s gymnastics squad coasted to a 196.45-192.8 victory over Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas. Senior All-American Kiara Redmond-Sturms won her third all-around title of the season with a career high 39.65 as the Sooners posted season high’s on bars (49.2), floor (49.275) and final team score (196.450). OU’s team score was the third-highest mark by any squad in the NCAA this season while Redmond-Sturms’ all-around total marked the second highest in OU women’s gymnastics history.

This Week: The Sooners close out a four-meet road trip to start the 2008 season in Morgantown, W. Va., against the Mountaineers of West Virginia. The Sooners have already defeated WVU once this season, besting the Mountaineers 195.175-192.125 to win the second session of the season-opening Cancun Classic. The meet also features squads from George Washington University and William & Mary.

Notes: Oklahoma hosts Nebraska in its home opener at the Lloyd Noble Center on Feb. 1. The meet also features the men’s squads from both schools and will start at 7 p.m. (CST). Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased through the OU ticket office by calling (405) 325-2424 or (800) 456-GoOU.

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TRACK & FIELD

Last Week: Latoya Greaves and Marcus Pugh both picked up titles as four of the five University of Oklahoma sprinters who competed at the Texas Tech Invitational finished in top five in their respective events. Greaves, who transferred to OU from Oklahoma Baptist, took the women’s title in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.86. In his first short sprint action of the season after winning the Big 12 60-meter title in 2007, Pugh took top honors in the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.27. Two Oklahoma men finished in the top five of the 55-meter hurdles finals as Sheldon Leith (7.44) finished third and freshman D’Andre Fisher (7.75) came in fifth.

This Week: OU returns to action Jan. 25-26 with a trip to Fayetteville, Ark., for the Razorback Invitational.

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MEN’S TENNIS

Last Week: The Sooners coasted to victory at the Shocker Invitational in Wichita, Kan., over the weekend. Oklahoma dropped only one Saturday match during the tournament and swept all seven singles and doubles matches on Sunday.

This Week: The Sooners host Fresno State next Friday, Jan. 25, at Willow Creek Country Club in Oklahoma City.

Notes: Junior Sergey Avdeyev defeated Nuno Jacinto, 6-1, 6-1. Freshman Ionut Beleleu defeated Oscar Beich, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, for his first career singles victory. Freshman Alex Joitoiu defeated Xavier Riart-Ferrer, 6-2, 6-4, for his second-career singles victory. Freshman Vlad Marinescu defeated Daniel Tobar, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, for his second straight sets victory in as many days. Senior Ryan Thomas continued his solid play as he disposed of Michael Hobson, 6-2, 6-4 … In doubles play, the Sooner duo of Thomas and Beleleu defeated the team of Beich and Riart-Ferrer, 8-4. Marinescu and Joitoiu defeated the Redbirds’ Hobson and Tobar 8-4.

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

This Week: The University of Oklahoma women’s tennis team will kick off spring competition Friday, January 25 in Milwaukee, Wis. when they enter a three-day, three-team set. The Sooners will face Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Ohio State and Marquette. It will be the first time in program history that OU has met both Marquette and Ohio State and only the second time the Sooners have seen Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

OU burst out of the gates with five consecutive singles victories to begin the morning against Illinois State.

Oklahoma vs. Illinois State (Doubles)
Thomas/Beleleu (OU) def. Beich/Riart-Ferrer (ILS), 8-4
Marinescu/Joitoiu (OU) def. Hobson/Tobar (ILS), 8-4