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No. 3 Nebraska is headed to No. 1 Oklahoma to compete in a top-three match-up. The meet will take place on Feb. 28 at 6 p.m. (CT) at McCasland Field House in Norman, Okla. The meet will be on ESPN+.
Jim Hartung, the longtime Husker assistant coach who passed away Jan. 10, shared a championship legacy with Oklahoma head coach Mark Williams at Nebraska. The two competed together and won NCAA team titles in 1979 and 1980, and Williams added another alongside Hartung in 1981 while serving as a graduate assistant coach. Their bond as teammates and champions became a lasting part of Nebraska gymnastics history.
Last Time Out
Nebraska won against No. 10 Greenville, No. 15 Simpson and No. 14 William & Mary at their home quad meet. The Huskers had a team score of 319.650, which is their highest score of the season. Nebraska swept the event titles with Asher Cohen winning rings and parallel bars, Nathan York winning pommel horse, Alex Nitache winning floor, Ty Roderiques winning vault and Max Odden winning high bar.
Odden and Nitache competed at the Winter Cup on Feb. 21 in Kentucky. Odden got fourth on floor and Nitache got fifth on floor and fifth on high bar.
Scouting the Competition
Oklahoma has been undefeated this season and has been ranked No.1 in the country for four weeks. In the Sooners' last meet, they competed against Ohio State and Air Force. Oklahoma received a score of 328.650, which was their highest team score of the season and is the highest score in the nation this season. Fuzzy Benas won titles on floor and high bar, Coldby Aranda won the pommel horse, Francisco Velez Belendez won the rings and Tyler Flories and Sasha Bogonosiuk shared the vault title in their last meet.
Nebraska and Oklahoma first met this season at the Rocky Mountain Open at Air Force. Oklahoma won it with a score of 323.950, and Nebraska received a score of 315.500.
Quick Notes
Oklahoma has a 119-108-2 record over Nebraska.
On the floor, York is ranked third in the country, and Nitache is ranked fifth.
Cohen is ranked third on the rings, and Luke James is ranked fifth on vault.
Oklahoma’s highest team score of the season is a 328.650, and Nebraska’s highest team score this year is a 319.650.