After advancing to the national championship, Oklahoma head coach K.J. Kindler said her team would need to compete freely to win the title. The weight of the world was off the Sooners’ shoulders—now, it was time to enjoy the moment.
One year later, the Sooners can permanently put the disappointment of 2024 behind them as they claimed their seventh national team title in program history with a 198.0125 at the 2025 NCAA national championships. The win ties Oklahoma with this year’s runner-up, UCLA, for the third-most team titles in NCAA history. A last-second inquiry on Amy Wier’s beam score put Missouri in third, marking its best finish ever for a women’s program at the school, while Utah finished fourth.
Fifth-year Audrey Davis secured the title with Oklahoma’s top score on bars, a 9.925. She acknowledged that she wasn’t at her best during Thursday’s semifinal but returned with a new mindset for the final.
“I was not free on Thursday,” Davis said after the meet. “But today, I came in and said, ‘You’ve got nothing to lose.’ Today is the day to do your best gymnastics. I was a lot more joyful and present in the moment.”
Oklahoma opened on beam, an event that gave the Sooners trouble in the semifinal. Freshman Lily Pederson, described by…
