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In her final competition as a Sooner, Carly Woodard’s score on the beam helped seal the comeback for national team title.

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We Are the Champions

Wins and losses create one definition for success in collegiate athletics. At the University of Oklahoma, over the past few months, the success has been much higher, with one program reaching the national championship match for the first time in school history, another putting together a record-breaking campaign while challenging history, and finally a third that had to stage a never-before-seen comeback to repeat as national champions. This describes the spring of 2022 for women’s tennis, softball and women’s gymnastics at OU.

Of special note: This year marked Patty Gasso's 10th straight Big 12 Coach of the Year honor and the 14th in her 28-year career.

  • Leading OU to a first-ever berth in the NCAA Final gave Audra Cohen her 100th OU career win in her sixth season with the Sooners. Photo by Ricky Bassman
  • A first-ever outright Big 12 regular season championship led to lots of celebrations. Photo by Ricky Bassman
  • Through it all, including the COVID season, the Corley sisters (Carmen, left, and Ivanna) have added annually to the Sooner tradition of excellence. Photo by R
  • Already an NFCA Hall of Famer, Patty Gasso will be inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame as a member of 2022 class.
  • A record-tying three rotations with scores of 49.00 plus led to a magical comeback for OU and the fifth national championship in eight years.
  • Coach K.J. Kindler and Ragan Smith celebrate after Ragan’s routine on the balance beam, the last routine in the final event, guaranteed another title for the So
  • In her final competition as a Sooner, Carly Woodard’s score on the beam helped seal the comeback for national team title.