Feb. 25, 2004
Up Next for Mizzou...
The #14 ranked Mizzou Tigers return to the Hearnes Center to host the #8 ranked Oklahoma Sooners. Getting back to Big 12 action, the Tigers and Sooners face-off on Sun., Feb. 29 at 2:00 p.m.
Missouri wraps up the 2004 home season hosting the Mizzou Invitational the following weekend. The Tigers welcome Centenary, Illinois State and Northern Illinois to a quad meet in the Hearnes Center on Sun., March 6 at 2:00 p.m.
Rounding out the regular season, the Tigers travel to Denton, Texas to compete in the Texas Woman's Invitational. TWU and Mizzou join Kentucky and Pennsylvania in the quad meet on Fri., March 12 at 7:00 p.m.
Scouting the Opposition
Oklahoma is ranked eighth in the nation and second in the South Central Region owning a 196.620 Regional Qualifying Score. The Sooners also top the nation ranked third on bars (49.315), fifth on floor (49.365), eighth on beam (49.105) and 17th on vault (49.020).
OU is 7-8 on the year finishing third-of-four teams at the Cancun Classic and fourth-of-six at the Super Six Challenge.
The Sooners are 0-2 against Big 12 Conference opponents falling to Iowa State (196.775-195.675) and Nebraska (196.600-196.350).
Tiger Rankings
* Missouri is currently ranked 14th in the nation owning a 196.250 Regional Qualifying Score--it is the highest RQS based ranking a Tiger team has received.
* Keeping in the top-25 in each event, Mizzou ranks sixth on vault (49.258), ninth on beam (49.100), 15th on floor (49.221) and 16th on bars (48.955).
* In the South Central Region, the Tigers are tabbed the fourth-finest team overall. The Tigers are ranked second of vault and floor, third on beam and fourth on bars.
!!! The updated rankings in this release include scores from the MU-BYU meet held on Mon., Feb. 23. The latest GymInfo Rankings were released Monday morning, excluding Mizzou's scores recorded that evening against the Cougars.
Tiger Tidbits
* In eight meets this season, Lauren Schwartzman, Alisha Robinson and Amanda Pezzullo have yet to score below a 9.8 on vault hitting 23-of-23 vaults in 2004.
* In six consecutive meets this year, Missouri has recorded one of the program's top-12 vault totals, including its 49.350 all-time high scored at the Cat Classic.
* Entering the 24th Annual Cat Classic ranked #12, Missouri bested #18 Penn State, #25 BYU and Kentucky to claim its second consecutive Cat Classic title.
* On their way to the Cat Classic championship podium, the Tigers brought down three team records and won each team event title.
* Mizzou smashed the program's all-time team total scoring a 197.350 at the Cat Classic--its first 197+ mark.
* The Tigers also scored a 49.300 to set a new standard on vault and notched a 49.575 record on floor.
* The Tigers also recorded their second-highest marks on bars and beam scoring a 49.250 and 49.225, respectively, at the Classic.
* The Tigers upset the uneven bars record for the second straight meet scoring a 49.325 to best Arkansas.
* MU kicked off the year scoring its highest season opening score in the program's 25-year history posting a 195.350 against Iowa State.
* Continuing their opening stanza, the Tigers took their feat a step further scoring a 196.500 against Southeast Missouri State and a 196.050 against New Hampshire. Prior to that, the Tigers' had only tallied two 196+ team scores in program history during the 2003 season.
Mizzou in the Big 12
* Missouri is currently ranked second in the Big 12 Conference owning an 8-3 season record and an 0-2 league mark. Iowa State leads the Big 12 with a perfect 7-0, 3-0 record.
* In individual event highs, Lauren Schwartzman is the only gymnast in the conference to score a 10.000 on beam. She also joins Alisha Robinson scoring a league high 9.975 on floor.
* Adding to her 9.975 floor mark, Robinson is tied for second on vault also scoring a 9.975 in 2004.
* Jodie Heinicka ties to lead the Big 12 on bars scoring a 9.950 high.
* Missouri currently owns the Big 12's second-highest floor exercise score (49.575) The Tigers have also scored the league's second-highest team total (197.350).