Norman, OK (November 28, 2016) – The University of Oklahoma maintained their lead in the latest USA Curling Collegiate Merit Point Standings. The Sooners have now been atop the standings for 181 days; a new record for the Sooner Curling program. The OU Curling team maintained their strong lead with multiple tournament wins. The Sooners have won two of the three collegiate tournaments they have attended. The only other team this year to have accomplished this feat is the 2016 National Champions, The University of Pennsylvania (currently 5th in the standings).
Other teams in the Top 5 include: #2 SUNY – Poly, #3 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, #4 Wayne State College, and #5 University of Pennsylvania. Bowdoin College fell out of the Top 5, with the new standings, and are currently 9th. With two more Collegiate Tournaments left in 2016, there is a chance for other teams to shake-up the Top 5 heading into 2017. For the full list of standings, visit the USA Curling Collegiate website: http://www.collegecurlingusa.org/. Denver, CO (November 13, 2016) – The University of Oklahoma Curling Team won the 2016 Denver College Curling Tournament going 5-0 and amassing 54 points while only allowing 19 points against. The Sooners faced the Wayne State College Wildcats in the first round. OU, with an impressive defensive performance, won 8-2 in 7 ends. In round two, the Sooners faced the home team, University of Denver, and won 11-3 in 7ends. In the last round before playoffs, the Sooners faced former Big XII rival, University of Nebraska, for the number one seed in their pool. The Sooners stole one in the first end and hold Nebraska to one in the second end; however, the Sooners opened it up in the third end by scoring 6, which resulted in a 7-1 advantage for the Sooners heading into the fourth end. OU increased their lead by stealing 2 in the fourth end, with Nebraska taking two in the fifth end. In the sixth end, the Sooners put the game away by scoring four with the final score 13-3 OU. The big win against Nebraska gave OU a perfect 3-0 record in pool play. As the top finisher in the A pool, OU faced the second finisher in the B pool, Wayne State College’s 2nd team. Despite the rough start, OU gained a late lead scoring 5 in the fifth end and held on to beat Wayne St. 12-8 in eight ends. In the champion match, the Sooners once again faced Nebraska. The championship match started the exact same way as their previous match, with the Sooners stealing one in the first and Nebraska scoring one in the second. Nebraska stole one in the third to take an early 2-1 lead, but the Sooners railed in the fourth and fifth ends scoring 2 and 1 respectively. In the sixth end, the Sooners stole two more for a 6-2 lead heading into the seventh end. Nebraska began the seventh end on a hot streak keeping four stones in play for the potential to score four and tie the game. However, with the last four stones, Sooner Vice Skip, Casey Cascio (Gr.), took out one Nebraska stone with his first throw, and hit a double takeout roll-in to give the Sooners the advantage. Sooner Skip, Noah Gordon (Fr.), followed by taking out Nebraska’s second to last stone with his first shot, and placing a high scoring guard with his second. The last four stones changed the game to give the Sooners an additional four points, and ended the game 10-2 in seven ends. This marked the second time the OU Curling Club has won the Denver College Curling Tournament, with the first in March 2015. The team consisted of mostly freshmen with Casey Cascio as the lone graduate student who competed on the March 2015 team as the Second. The 2016 team consisted of: Noah Gordon (Fr. – Skip), Casey Cascio (Gr. – Vice Skip), Edward Thorn (Fr. – Second), and Matthew Ramsey (Fr. – Lead). The Sooners also maintained their lead as the #1 team in the USA College Curling Merit Point Standings. The Sooners have been atop the merit point standings since they were first released on June 1st, 2016. Following the Sooners in the Top 5 are: #2 SUNY – Poly, #3 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, #4 Bowdoin College, and #5 University of Pennsylvania. The OU team hopes to not only to punch their tickets to the National Championship early this year, but to also lead their Division consisting of: Wayne St. College, Creighton, UNL – Omaha, University of Denver, University of California – Berkley, and Region 5 rival University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Several games were live streamed and recorded, and are available on the Denver Curling Club’s YouTube page. Direct links are provided below in addition to final standings and full OU 2016 Denver Curling roster. Round 1: OU v. Wayne St. College Round 3: OU v. Nebraska Championship: OU v. Nebraska 2016 Denver Sooner Team
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