Omaha, NE (February 10, 2017) – The University of Oklahoma is sending two teams to compete at the Nebraska State College Bonspiel. The teams will face local teams Wayne St. College, Creighton, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, and fellow out-of-state team University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. Both OU teams will feature true freshmen skips. OU 1 will be skipped by Noah Gordon and OU 2 will be skipped by Edward Thorn. Noah will be supported by veterans Jeff Milne (Gr.-Ph.D.) and Casey Cascio (Gr. – Ph.D.) in the vice skip and second positions respectively. OU 1 will be led by Matt Ramsey (Fr.). OU 2 will feature tournament newcomers Sophia Huebler (Fr.) and Ellie Holder (Fr.), but will have senior support with Alex Plotkin (Sr.) playing on the frontend. Additionally, for the first-time in the program’s history, OU will field a split team with the University of Nebraska. OU’s Dillon Kovar (So.) will skip the split team with Mark Preslar (So.) serving in the lead position. The team will be rounded out with Nebraska contributing players for the second and vice skip positions. Games will begin at 8:30 AM on Saturday, February 11th at Baxter Arena and continue throughout the day. Each team will compete in pool play, which consists of four games. Then, the pools will be broken into event finals, which will occur on Sunday, February 12th at 11:00 AM. The full schedule can be found below. Overall, the Sooners look to finish the season strong and secure a Top 5 finish in the US Collegiate Curling standings. Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 Draw 1: 8:30AM - 10:30AM UNL2 v. OU1 (Sheet 2) Creighton v. OU/UNL (Sheet 3) Wayne St. 2 v. OU2 (Sheet 4) Draw 2: 10:45AM - 12:45PM UNL 1 v. OU/UNL (Sheet 4) Draw 3: 1:30PM - 3:30PM OU/UNL v. OU 2 (Sheet 2) Wayne St. 3 v. OU 1 (Sheet 5) Draw 4: 3:45PM - 5:45PM Wayne St. 1 v. OU 1 (Sheet 1) UNL 1 v. OU 2 (Sheet 3) Wayne St. 2 v. OU/UNL (Sheet 5) Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017 Draw 5: 8:30AM - 10:30AM UW-SP v. OU1 (Sheet 3) Creighton v. OU 2 (Sheet 5) Finals Ceremony: 10:45AM - 11:00AM FINALS: 11:00AM - 1:00PM OU 1 v. TBD OU 2 v. TBD OU/UNL v. TBD Awards: 1:00PM 2017 Omaha OU1 Team
2017 Omaha OU2 Team
2017 Omaha OU/UNL Team
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