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'LX,..,..,.. ..,..A:2*-X*KINICa.),- AND THE WINDS 711..,, EDMOND CAME SWEEPING EL RENO I E—I T c ANU RL S Y UNION CITY SHAW EE DOWN THE PLAIN: MOORE OKLAHOMA STANDS STRONG AFTER TORNADOES CRASH THROUGH STATE

firdp Left: This Tuesday, May21, 2013 photo shows wreckage of the Briarwood El- ementary School in Moore, Okla., as seen from a National Guard helicopter during a tour of tornado damaged areas by Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin. (AP Photo/ Sue Ogrocki, Pool); Top Right: After torandoes passed over Interstate 35, a number of vehicles were seriously damaged. Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista; Right: A neighborhood surrounding Warren Theater in Moore, Okla. was damaged after storms on May 20, 2013. Photo by Cyn Sheng Ling, The Vista. UCO organizations rally to help those affected by storms 111111111111.11 JOSH WALLACE, Staff Writer The University of Central Oklahoma's Vol- Hemphill went on to say that since then, everyone is doing the things to represent and purchase those things if they're able to, unteer and Service Learning Center (VSLC) the volunteer program has been ongoing, UCO in the proper fashion," Hemphill said. because we can't rely on the sites to have is reaching out to UCO students to help with with daily serving opportunities for those As for what prospective volunteers will be . them every time.' the recovery efforts from the aftermath of the wishing to offer their time to help with the doing, the majority of it is clean up of debris Information on volunteering for the VSLC May 20 tornado that hit Moore. recovery effort. Hemphill spoke about the in neighborhoods and public spaces. Volun- can be found on their website http://www. The VSLC began coordinating a volun- number of volunteers the VSLC has seen, teers meet on campus and then are driven uco.edu/student-affairs/vsld, which contains teer effort shortly after the EF-5 tornado adding, "It's been probably around 150 or to a "home base or hub" where they are as- the latest information gathered on volunteer went through Moore, killing 23 people and 200, that's about how many have served signed to a specific area for duty that day, organizations, meeting sites, donation cen- destroying a large swath of the city, includ- from UCO and probably more than we know and then shipped out by bus. In addition to ters, and contact information for the depart- ing residential and commercial areas. Eric of, just beciuse there have been groups who clean up efforts, service work can also in- ment. Hemphill spoke of the importance of Hemphill, VSLC coordinator, spoke on how have not gone through UCO so they're not dude distribution of food or other donated what VSLC and UCO are doing, adding, "We the department took action, saying, "We technically UCO sponsored, but they are goods. are a metropolitan university, and we have started the day it happened, gathering re- students. We've got a lot of people expressed Hemphill would like volunteers to be pre- to help out the metro area when it's in need sources and planning what we were going to interest in getting trained as team leaders." pared with the right safety gear for the job, and this is one of the biggest times it is in do in response to that, and we worked with According to Hemphill, the team leaders adding, "A lot of the places we go, they're need, so I think everybody should get out a lot of other departments, the president's of- take on the role of leading volunteer groups going to provide gloves and masks and that there and participate and if we can help you fice and a lot of other departments. We just and acting as liaisons for the university and sort of thing, but it's just better to not to have do that, then great, contact us." thought that since we were the volunteer the relief organizations they might be work- to rely on them to do that especially as the center we should be kind of the focal point ing with. Training takes around 30 to 45 volunteerism keeps going, they're going to Gov. Fallin provides relief and we actually had a university wide meet- minutes and goes over the logistics of the run out of those. A pair of gloves is probably for post-storm Oklahoma ing with all the people in charge of different task. "They're the liaisons, they're in charge $5 at ACE Hardware, so we're encouraging 4110 departments, just to kind of plan it." to make sure that everyone is being safe and people if they want to volunteer to go ahead MO student witnesses tornado sweep through town of Moore Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin looks out the window of a National Guard heli- J. Camero n Wise, Contributing Writer copter as she tours the tornado damage in Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, On the afternoon of May 20, 2013, an EF5 the potential danger the tornado could bring. was high, she did not realize the amount of 2013. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, Pool) tornado with wind speeds that peaked over "Looking at the tornado itself wasn't that devastation it had caused until she saw the NEN' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 200 mph, struck the city of Moore for the scary because it was so big that when it was surrounding areas of her neighborhood in OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Mary second time in 14 years, devastating residents close it was hard to see, it just looked like a Moore. Fallin has signed a bill that will allow the as it flattened the city, but the story from one big dark cloud that was moving faster than "Everywhere I looked was destroyed, like state to access $45 million from the state's of its residents puts it in real life perspective. you could count, the sound was so loud you bulldozers had flattened the neighborhoods. Rainy Day Fund to help communities re- Whitney Dudzinski, an early childhood couldn't hear anything else, it sounded like Unless you were underground when it hit, cover from tornado damage. education major at the University of Central a freight train over our head and then the you would have been flattened along with Fallin on Friday [May 24] signed a bill Oklahoma, and resident of Moore, experi- ground began shaking violently and that's everything else. There were bodies lying in that the House and Senate passed unani- enced the entire event from beginning to end when reality sank in." the street injured, or dead." mously in the wake of the deadly tornadd, at her home. As the tornado swept through the city, it Dudzinki was in an underground storm that raked across the state on Monday [May When asked what her initial reaction was claimed 24 fatalities and injured 377 more. shelter when the tornado hit, and believes 20], killing 24 people and injuring hun- when she heard a possible violent storm The tornado caused an estimate of more than it is one of the reasons she made it through dreds more. could be approaching, she said, "I didn't a billion dollars' worth of damage including a unscathed. It allows the state to use the money to think it was going to be that big of a deal neighborhood a couple of blocks from where "I feel very fortunate after seeing what hap- match federal disaster funds and for other at the beginning, its Oklahoma, and this is Dudzinski lives. pened to those around me, and want to en- "disaster-related assistance." alniost a yearly occurrence. It wasn't until I "After it [tornado] passed, it was so dark courage others to be prepared in the future if The state's Rainy Day Fund, a constitu was driving home and saw the tornado in my you couldn't see the initial devastation, just something like this happens again." tional reserve fund, currently has a balance rear view mirror that I realized it was serious. the debris lying everywhere. The reaction of Donations and volunteer help to the city of about $577 million. Up to 25 percent I could see a big black circle spinning with the people around me was shock and every- of Moore are still being accepted through the of the money can be accessed to pay for debris flying everywhere." one had gone into survival mode. It was sheer Red Cross. emergency-related expense. The rest is re- It was not until Dudzinski arrived home panic, almost like a bomb had just gone off." served for when the state experiences bud- that the initial shock left her and she realized Even though Dudzinki knew the damage get shortfalls. • • • Page ini on June S 2013 THEVISTA Meet the Summer ditors:

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Editorial 100 North University Drive tlinond 01: 730,3'1 ' Surrealism Stikes the Sooner State (405)974.-5549 -4 - vista” icoq:11,4,;mai The scariest part about surreal ing too young to grasp their concepts. years have passed, I've learned to see ' • ' events is their reality. And now, as I readily near the,age of the comfort in this state's borders, in It's as if the mind cannot grasp the twenty, the final shedding of the suf- our small-town big city, and the famil- unbearable nature of tragic events, fix "teen," giving way to my twenty- iar things, that make Oklahoma what The Vista is published as a newspaper and public forum by or even those events that we'd never somethings, it seems that the surreal- it is and what we know and love. LCO students, SeTili-\\eekly during the academie year except emtm and holiday periods, and only on Wednesdays during thought would ever happen to any of ism of the world is finally catching up Though the recent devastation to the summer, at the University of Central Oklahoma. The issue us. to me. our state seems too surreal to grasp, price is free for the first copy and S I am - each additional copy This week and last week have Yet, surrealism, in my mind, though we've all grasped on to something we obtained. served up enough surrealism to stir bringing fear, also strengthens my joy hold dear. Our pride, our fellow Okla- E D 1 TO RIAL S an uneasy swirl throughout my mind. for humanity. homans, and our state. Our Oklaho- Opinion coitunns, editorial cartoons, ro iews and commentaries From experiencing what seemed I am without a car window and I ma. represent the views of the writer or artist and not necessarily like relentless storms, to being a victim have a dysfunctional organ, but I can- It's been a privilege spending my the VieWS of The Vista Editorial Board, the Department of Mass of a car break-in, to preparing for my Communication,TICO or the Board of Regents of Oklahoma not help but feel increasingly fortu- two decades in Oklahoma, and here's Colleges, The Vista is 'not an official medium of expression for first surgery, I've gotten a taste of the nate that my home is intact, my fam- to many more. the Re gents or [CO. surreal. I never thought any of these ily is still together and my hometown In the words of Galen Culver, "Is things would ever happen to me. And remains. this a great state, or what?" LETT E RS The Vista encourages letters to the editor. Letters should ad- yet, they have. The last few weeks of Many, however, are not so lucky. dress issues and ideas, not personalities. Letters must be typed, my teenage years are attempting to For the actual surrealism of the last double-spaced, with a maximum of 250 words, and must give my approaching adulthood a run couple of weeks, has been the devas- include the author's printed name, title, major, classification and for its money. tation of the state I hold dear. SARAH NEESE phone nurnber. Letters are subject to editing for libel, clarity and •space, or to eliminate statements of questionable taste, The Vista For nearly two decades, I seemed to I used to want to escape the con- ecitor-in-chief reserves the right not to publish submitted letters. have escaped a bulk of the surrealism fines of this state, itching to explore & copy ecitor of major tragic events, simply by be- everywhere but my home. But as the „iddress letters to Editor, The Vista, 100 N. Univershir Dr., Ethnond, OK 73034- 5209, or deliver in person to the editor in the Comnumications Build- ing, Room Letters -can be entailed to pistaueo(agnatil.com . I'M SO HIGH ON GKeeti HOUSE USES UHT NOW, LET'S GO

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Page 3 News June 5, 2013 TI IE VISTA UCO announces new Provost and VP of Academic Affairs Olanrewaju Suleiman Berkeley in 1985. In 1992, he earned a to distribute and encourage scholar- Ph.D. in Entomology while still attend- ships and grants for research projects. Barthell is also a part the advisory Staff Writer ing the university. During his 18 years at Central, Bar- committee for the Oklahoma Art- On July 1, 2013 John Barthell, Ph.D thell Went from a faculty member to the Science Prize program. Partnering with will take effect as the new Provost and associate dean, and finally became the Creative Oklahoma, it is aimed towards Vice President for Academic Affairs for dean of the college. high school students in the state. UCO. In a press release sent in May, Barthell The program would facilitate a learn- Earlier in the year, the current Pro- said, "It is a genuine honor to follow ing environment for students who are vost and Vice President for Academic Provost Radke and advance our mission passionate in art design and science to Affairs; Dr. William Radke, announced to help students learn through transfor- learn more about the field of study. his retirement from UCO, effective June mative learning experiences." Nationally, Barthell serves on The 28. He believes that students can greatly . National Council on Undergraduate After an extensive search, UCO fac- benefit from Central's Transformative Research. He heads the Faculty Re- ulty and staff selected Dr. John Barthell Six as well as how undergraduate re- wards and Recognition Committee and to fill Radke's position. search can be 'applicable to their stud- works as an evaluation facilitator for the UCO's current president, Don Betz, ies, universities in the states he visits. made the announcement following He serves on the board of the Na- Through the years, Barthell has au- a series of interviews with numerous tional Science Foundation, which gives thored over 50 scholarly articles and qualified contenders. grants to support research at UCO. has been published in over 20 scientific Barthell is the current dean of the He was also the founder of STEM journals. College of Mathematics and Science. (Science, Technology Engineering and He will officially take the position on He has been a member of the Central Math), and UCO's Center for Under- July 1, 2013 following the retirement of John Barthell, Ph. D. has been named the new Provost community since 1995. graduate Research. Dr. Radke. and Vice President of Academic Affairs. Photo pro- Barthell graduated with a B.A. in Zo- Over the years, STEM be,came a mod- tided. ology at The University of California, el for colleges across the United States

ri4 •••• ismUSIN WM MS stoo •.:., SIAN reA ost,,, rem••• W4 MO11.1 NEA W-,4••• Wei UCO student •, remembered Larisa Leichter, Staff Writer Funeral services for ily and bring awareness I Madison Kathleen Watts of melanoma to the UCO were held on May 30 and campus. 31., after she lost her sec- The sorority sisters ond battle with cancer. joined together to create •I Watts was diagnosed and host events like Mela- ■ with metastatic melanoma noma Awareness Week, within the first weeks of a joint philanthropy con- starting at UCO. Her diag- cert, and blood drives 1111111, =II NM MI I =MI MI =II — MI, ■I =M I 11.1 nosis came after shejoined dedicated tQ Watts. These :647,4 SAM AVAR 1101111 ARAI EtAR EgM. S.M NM OMME "i,ra Alpha Gamma' Delta and efforts to raise money A the sorority's members and awareness were part stood behind their sister of "Maddys Mission," Higator kept in man's basement thrbughout her struggle. a moVement created in Her first battle with can- honor of Maddy's ongoing cer occurred while Watts fight with melanbnia.. was in the eighth grade. The Mayo Clinic states However, Watts found that melanoma is increas- herself victorious against ing in people wider age the unique case, of cancer 40, especially in Women. and carried on with. her This cancer is caused life. when the DNA of skin Watts took regular sun- cells becomes damaged screen precantions and from UV exposure. never tanned, which is The Skin Cancer Foun- what made Watts' case dation estimate 8,790 unique. people are killed from Watts completed her melanoma. treatment at M.D. An- The American Cancer derson Cancer Center in Society estimates about Houston, Texas. 120,000 new cases of mel- Alpha Gamma Delta anoma °ear in the U.S, contributed as. much time every year. as they could to help raise money for the Watts fain- This Monday, June 3, 2013 photo shows Brandon Woods, left to right, an assistant veterinary technician at Dayton South Veterinary Clinic and Tim Harrison, director of Outreach for Animals carrying an alligator to an examination room at the Humane Society of Greater Dayton and Outreach for Animals in Dayton , Ohio. Authorities say ani- Longest word mal cruelty charges may be filed against the man who was keeping a 7-foot alligator in his basement in suburban Dayton. (AP Photo/Dayton Daily News, Lisa Powell) in German falls THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI (AP) — A 7-foot alliga- least two years about the alligator in the edly had jerked its head from previous tor found in an Ohio man's basement is basement. But, authorities could not taunts, knocking out its own teeth or victim to law malnourished, has bone disease from a enter the home and investigate without weakening them. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS lack of sun for 15 years and was being probable cause to believe it was being The alligator is missing many teeth, taunted by teenagers on a regular basis, subjected to cruelty, which came in the while other teeth in its mouth were bro- BERLIN (AP) — A tweak from the books last week be- authorities said Tuesday. form of the Facebook post of the video, ken or infected. to state laws in the German cause European Union regu- The Humane Society of Greater Day- said Tim Harrison, director of Dayton- Harrison said the alligator is just un- state of Mecklenburg-West- lations have changed. ton confiscated the 15-year-old gator based Outreach For Animals, which der 7 feet long, but should be more like ern Pomerania to conform German still has words from its owner on Sunday in the south- specializes in rescuing wild and exotic 10 feet long. He said it showed other with current EU regulations like the very robust Don- western Ohio home where it was being animals throughout Ohio. signs of malnourishment and lack of vi- has caused an unexpected audampfschifffahrtsgesell- kept after a video was posted on Face- Harrison, who helped get the mal- tamin D from being kept in a basement casualty: the longest word in schaftskapitaenswitwe to fall book showing the reptile being taunted. nourished gator out of the home and to for 15 years without sunlight. the German language. back on — meaning "widow The video shows a young man laugh- a veterinarian, said the reptile's owner "When we brought him out in to the The Rindfleischetikettier- of a Danube steamboat coming as he throws beer on top of the al- had been keeping his back door open sun, he actually just closed his eyes for ungsueberwachungsaufga- pany captain." ligator, which jerks back in surprise and and allowing high schoolers to come in a long time. It was really sad," he said. benuebertragungsgesetz is Dpa reports such words bites the small, hard plastic tub where and see the alligator, even if he wasn't The alligator, now being allowed out no more. have been so rarely used, he was kept in the basement. there. in the sun in Columbus, will be moved The "law delegating beef however, that they're not Sheila Marquis, cruelty investigator of The man wasn't there when the Face- to a refuge in Florida this week, where label monitoring" was intro- in the dictionary. There the the Humane Society of Greater Dayton, book video was taken, Harrison said. he'll get special care, and be kept in a duced by the state in 1999 as longest word honor falls to said the alligator's owner and young The video may not appear to show swampy, outdoor area, Harrison said, part of measures against. mad Kraftfahrzeug-Haftp filch- men in the video may face charges of the alligator being directly harmed adding that an alligator's average life cow disease: But the dpa tversicherung: automobile animal cruelty in the next couple days physically, but Harrison said the con- span is about 75 years old in captivity news agency reported Mon- liability insurance. as she wraps up her investigation. crete wall next to its tub is covered in "He's going to be an alligator the best day the law was removed Rumors had been coming in for at teeth marks, showing that it repeat- he can be," he said.

In this handout photo taken on Friday, May 31, 2013 and released by press service of Feline smuggler busted the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for the Republic of Komi, guards show a cat which they catch on clandestine mis- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS sion at the Penal Colony No. 1 near the city of Syktyvkar in the Komi province, 1,000 MOSCOW (AP) • — Inmates cat on the fence and it seemed near the city of Syktyvkar in the kilometers (some 600 miles) northeast at Russia's prisons have been to be carrying something. On Komi province, 1,000 kilome- of Moscow, Russia. Guards patrolling a known to bribe guards to obtain a closer look, they found a few ters (some 600 miles) northeast prison colony in Russia's north saw a cat cellphones, but this may be the cellphones and chargers taped to of Moscow. on the fence and it seemed to be carrying first time they have used a cat as the cat's belly. It wasn't clear how the cat was something. On a closer look, they found a few cellphones and chargers taped to the an accomplice. The federal prison service said supposed to drop off its loot. cat's belly. (AP Photo/Press service of the Guards patrolling a prison Monday that this happened on Russian Federal Penitentiary Service for colony in Russia's north saw a Friday at the Penal Colony No. 1 the Republic of Komi) Page 4 Classifieds June 5, 2013 TI IEVISTA CROSSWORD

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Page 5 orts June 5, 2013 THEVISTA ;pedal Broncho pitcher takes the cake UCO junior Kalynn Schrock is awarded post-season MVP

'.1C0 junior left-hander Kalynn Schrock gave up only 75 hits in four Championship Finals games resulting in Schrock earning the tournaments Most Valuable Player honors. photo provided by Bronchosports.com

can't score. Many 'teams experi- She also pitched every single inning She showed the mental toughness striking out the side in the bottom Austin Litterell enced this firsthand when going up from the regional all the way to the that is required in the Champion- of the ninth, giving the Bronchos against Schrock. She Finished the national championship game. ship after KutZtown finally broke their first national championship. season with a one point 69-earned Not only is Schrock a National through and scored the tying runs Schrock finished the game with Contributing Writer fin average on the season. She says Champion, 'but she also earned the with two outs in the bottom of 14 strikeouts and proved why she that it was a team effort that led to most valuable player award in the the seventh inning. Also helping deserved the most valuable player On the road to the lady Bronchos' her dominance on the mound this postseason and . her play certainly Schrock was the support that came award. For a majority of the game national championship, there were season. backed up that decision. Schrock from her teammates and coaches. she was able to keep the Bears off many performances that stood out, "I was dominant because I had went undefeated in the tournament "Honestly it was my team that balance at the plate. both on offense and defense. One great bats and defense behind me. with nine wins and zero losses. kept me in there. I didn't want to let The Broncho softball team is the such performance standing out I can't win games by myself and Teams struggled just to get hits off them down again and I knew they first women's team at the Univer- from the rest came from pitcher they had my back every single time. of her, let alone score runs against would have my back like they have sity of Central Oklahoma to win a Kalynn Schrock who was nearly They made my job really easy" her. all year long," she said. championship. With Schrock re- unbeatable from the mound all sea- Schrock said. "MVP was definitely an honor. I After giving up two hits with a turning to the mound next season, son. It takes serious work ethic to didn'.t. think I would get something three-run lead to the Golden Bears, along with many other key play- Schrock finished the season with become great. Schrock put in the like that," she said. she found herself in a similar pre- ers, her and her teammates will be 34 wins to just six losses. She was work, pitching just over 265 in- Being able to overcome adversity dicament that she faced a couple looking to repeat on their success nearly unbeatable in MIAA play. nings, over a hundred more innings and forgetting mistakes is what de- of innings earlier. She managed to from this season. In sports, it is hard to win if you than the next pitcher on the team. fines a player of Schrock's caliber. claw her way out of the inning by

Opinion The Rounds: NBA fashion faux-pause If I had my choice I'd take a nice players. fashion sense. Mad Men. pair of shorts and T-shirt over a How in the world they decide to This is just one of the many Study the simple suit styles of suit any day, but these guys are walk out of their homes wearing questionable. outfit choices Wade Don Draper and R6ger Sterling making seven-plus figure con- some of those outfits is beyond has made during the playoffs, but and see how they do so much with tracts and seem to consider them- comprehension to me. he isn't alone in the NBA world so little effort going into their suit selves more insightful in the fash- Miami Heat star and two-time that need to rethink their ward- game. ion world than they really are. world champion Dwyane Wade robe choices. Another might be, if you have a. I first blame, but only a little, comes to mind immediately and Teammate and 4-time MVP stylist, fire he or she immediately Commissioner David Stern for maybe it's because it just recently LeBron James, Thunder stars Kev- because they are doing nothing, the way things have gone when it happened. in Durant and Russell Westbrook but making you look like a side- comes to this fashion faux pas that Arriving in Indiana for game and Knicks forward Carmelo An- show. If you don't have one, hire Sam Philbeck the NBA is going through. three of the Eastern Conference thony have all been pulled over by one, but be direct in that you want When he implemented the NBA Finals, Wade rocked an all-or- the fashion police for their ques- a more simple fashion. Sports Columnist dress code in 2005 taking out ange outfit that would make even tionable outfits involving some There are so many simple Tom the do-rags, vintage jerseys and the biggest Texas Longhorn fans shirts that looked like stuff I saw Ford and Armani suits out there Welcome to "The Rounds" the sneakers from the players style cringe. He was head to ankle in kids in elementary school wear- that are just dying to be worn. I'm sports column that will look at ev- choice he gave them free reign to orange pants with an orange polo ing, way too much leather and sure that stylist can find them in erything sports with a sprinkle of take in bright colors, odd patterns and cardigan. bow ties. no time. pop culture. and questionable glasses as their His shoe wear choice, much Why are bow ties so popular? I These are just a few ways to im- This week we make the rounds fashion wear and allowing many like his play in the Conference Fi- don't get it, but back to the point. prove on a fashion gene that so to the NBA and cover a subject of them to look quite foolish as nals, was very disappointing and This is an easy fix though, ex- many players seem to be lacking. that I find to be just as troubling they make their way to the stadi- all over the place. Only, the shoes cept for maybe Westbrook. That Until the players follow these as the playoffs have been this year. um or show' up to All-Star week- were more noticeable. guy goes by the beat of his own guidelines or get the hint, we are Fashion. Or a lack there of. end in whatever city was chosen And what's an ugly outfit with- drum, but too each his own I . in store for many more clownish Now I understand I may come that year. out the occasional man-purse that guess. getups that unfortunately have off a bit hypocritical as I myself That leads me to who I. put a many NBA players have now ad- For others, here's a way to fix people more excited to see than am not much of a fashion guru. lot of this blame on and that's the opted to go with their so-called these problems. Watch AMC's the actual game itself. Know 0 The So i

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consecutive strikeouts of the Gold- Thomas Jones en Bear's 4-5-6 batters and brought the thrilling 5-2 victory home for Contributing Writer the Broncho ladies. Schrock earned the tournament's UCO received its first women's Most Valuable Player Award, only national title Monday after clinch- giving up 15 hits and striking out ing a breathtaking 5-2 victory over 40 opponents in four Finals games, the Kutztown Golden Bears. including 14 strikeouts in the title Head Coach Genny Stidham led win over Kutztown in nine innings. her Lady Bronchos softball team She finished the season 34-6 with to the NCAA Division II National an earned run average of 1.69 and Championship Finals game in Sa- set single-season records for strike- lem, Va. Each player sported a outs (312), innings pitched (265.2) "Pray 4 OK" ribbon in her hair to and wins (34). commemorate all those who were Stidham, who has turned the affected by the recent tornadoes in Bronchos from an annual NCAA Moore, Okla. The team had to leave Division II national contender to the morning after the tornadoes hit. NCAA Division II National Cham- "It was just their way of saying pions, extended a record of her we're thinking about you," Coach UCO sophmore Kaylee Brunson helped key an 11-hit attack that carried ,Central Oklahoma to a 7-1 own with the win over Kutztown. Stidham said. win over Molloy in the second round of the NCAA Division II Championship Finals, Photo provided by Already the most successful softball Broncho's Ally Dziadula led off Bronchosports.com coach in school history, Stidham the first inning of the finals game third base with a sacrifice bunt and The Bronchos took a one-run took the momentum from Schrock's earned her 450th career win with at the James L. Moyer Sports Com- tied the game at 1-1 with a sacrifice lead in the top of the seventh, but dominant grit on the mound and the victory over the Golden Bears. plex with a second-pitch double fly. it would be short lived with the led off the ninth inning with back- The Bronchos completed a stellar dropping in the left-centerfield The game was all tied up go- Golden Bears tying it back up in to-back singles. Edwards drove a 9-0 run through the post-season to gap and advanced to third base on ing into the sixth inning when the the bottom of the inning with a long fly ball deep into the right- finish with 51 wins and 11 losses. a groundout by Kaylee Brunson. Bronchos moved runners to second two-out two-strike double. Hopes centerfield gap for her 16th double UCO won the Central Regional I Kacie Edwards scored the first run and third base with two outs and for the Bronchos were at a game- of the season and two runs scored, Tournament and the Central Super batted in with a groundout, bring- a chance to end the game. Hayley low with the game tied, runners for breaking the 2-2 stalemate. Sam Regional Tournament leading up ing Dziadula across home plate for Hudson took an aggressive swing, Kutztown on second and third, and Cool connected for a right field to dominating the Championship an early lead. connecting for a line drive, but a batter coming to the plate. No double with two outs on the board Finals. Junior southpaw Kalynn Schrock Kutztown right fielder Morgan surprise though, Schrock respond- and brought home Edwards, giv- The National Fastpitch Coaches stood tall on the mound, holding,. Booth was positioned perfectly to ed quickly with a strikeout to force ing the Bronchos a comfortable 5-2 Association poll, released Thurs- the Golden Bears, sco reless through -, - strand . the aggressors on base and the game into extra innings. lead. day, showed that Stidham's group three innings, retiring Kutztown's nab the final out of the inning. "A good pitcher always puts the The Bronchos three-run of champions received a unani- first nine batterOhe Golden Bears Schrock would retire the side in-the team first and when they do that lead would prove to be too much mous 16 first-place votes, moving bottom of the sixth with strikeouts good things happen," Coach Stid- for the Kutztown Golden Bears to the team from 19th to No. 1 in the did not hesitate to retaliate across the board. to send the game ham said. "That's the way Kalynn is. overcome. Schrock started the bot- nation. quickly though, after seeing their to the seventh inning, tied 1-1.' She said she wasn't going to let her torn of the ninth, allowing a pair "I don't know if I ever had a team lineup get swept once. "It was like a roller-coaster ride. team down again, even though she of leadoff singles. It wasn't look- that had as much chemistry to pull' Jackie Hetzler led off the fourth We were one strike away from tak- really hadn't, and her teammates ing too good for Oe Bronchos with this off," Stidham expressed, as she for Kutztown with the team's first ing it (the game in the seventh) and were going to do whatever they the momentum, s'hiftip,g yet again, held back tears. "I couldn't ask for hit reaching second base on an er- let them get back in it," Coach Stid- could for her." but Schrock was no(finied. She a better family than I have had right ror. Kutztown advanced Hetzler to ham said. Broncho's Dziadula and Brunson wrapped up the game with three here for the past 20 years."

Softball University of Oklahoma brings home softball hardware

Oklahoma pitcher Keilani Ricketts (10) reacts after the top of the 11th inning against Oklahoma's Third baseman Shelby Pendley and pitcher Keilani Ricketts celebrate be- Tennessee in the first game of the best of three Women's College World Series NCAA tween innings at the NCAA Super Regional softball as the University of Oklahoma softball championship series in Oklahoma City, Monday, June 3, 2013. Oklahoma won Sooners defeat Texas A&M 8-0 to advance to the College World Series at Marita Hines 5-3 in 12 innings.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Field on Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Norman, Okla. (AP PHOTO/The Oklahoman, Steve Sisney) • THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Lauren Cham- "There's no break in the Oklahoma lineup. "It was phenomenal how we ended up officially scored as a double. berlain rounded first base waiting, wonder- Every single pitch, it's all you've got because tying that game with just some clutch hits, The teams combined for just three hits ing and praying even that her long drive if you don't give everything then it's going to and it all came in one inning," Sooners coach through seven innings, and then both started would be a home'run and not just a foul ball. get hit out. Something bad's going to hap- Patty Gasso said. "Sometimes that's all you threatening in the extra frames. When third-base umpire Christie Corn- pen," Renfroe said. "I think more than any- need. ... That was one of the most amazing "The key for us, and we're going to spend well raised her right hand and signaled that thing it's just emotionally draining. Physi- comebacks I've ever seen." all night if we have to, is figure out how to it was a home run, she thrust both arms into cally, we've trained for this all year." Ricketts retired the Lady Vols in order in do better at the plate," Weekly said. "I think the air and ran around the bases into a cel- Game 2 of the best-of-three championship the 12th; striking out national player of the that's the key for us. And I'm sure Patty's do- ebration at home plate. series is Tuesday night. year finalist Raven Chavanne to end the in- ing the same thing." Chamberlain's two-run home run in the "I just told our kids that this is not over ning, before the Sooners struck again. Brian- The Lady Vols got the leadoff runner on in bottom of the 12th inning lifted top-seeded yet," said Lady Vols co-head coach Ralph na Turang chopped a double down the; left- the eighth when shortstop Jessica Vest mis- Oklahoma to a 5-3 win against Tennessee Weekly, whose team won the opener in 2007 field line before Chamberlain's blast. played Melissa Davin's grounder for an error. on Monday night in Game 1 of the Women's before losing the next two to, Arizona. -Okla- "This is a team on a mission and, man, I've She was sacrificed to second before Hannah College World Series finals. It was her 30th homa did the same thing last season, losing never seen anything like it," Ga.S§z) saidy„ Akamine drew a four-pitch walk, but Rick- of the season, tying for the most in the nation Games 2 and 3 — and the national champi- It was the longest outing of RickeOs' ca- etts struck out pinch-hitter Rainey Gaffin be- this season. onship — to Alabama. reer, and she hadn't needed to 'airs* More fore Chavanne lined out to Vest for the third "I really couldn't believe it," Chamberlain "We're still very much alive," Weekly said. than seven innings all season , as,: t:he',domi- out. said. "It was awesome." "We're facing a very, very good opponent but nant Sooners had 20 of their-ames g t- Renfroe then got herself into and out of The Sooners capitalized on a dropped we're ready to move on to tomorrow." ened to five innings by the eight-rim mercy a tight spot in the ninth, giving up Georgia pop-up to rally from three runs down in Shipman lined an 0-1 pitch from Ricketts rule. They led the nation in'Ascoring and Casey's leadoff single before throwing into the 1 1 th after Tennessee' Madison Shipman over the 220-foot fence in straightaway cen- earned-run average coming into the World the dirt on Shelby Pendley's sacrifice bunt. broke a scoreless tie with a three-run home ter field to break a scoreless tie in a throw- Series and had won five of their first eight She struck out Ricketts before a wild pitch run off of national player of the year Keilani back to the pitching duels of World Series NCAA tournament games by the mercy rule allowed both runners to advance with one Ricketts (35-1). from years gone by. while outscoring opponents 82-1.' out, then walked Brittany Williams to load Ellen Renfroe (19-5) was able to match But the Sooners were able to rally in the But they ran into a Tennessee tearn that the bases. Ricketts until the end, striking out 13 for bottom half of the inning after second base- had also gone 8-0 in the NCAA tournament First baseman Melissa Brown fielded Jes- seventh-seeded Tennessee (52-11). She man Lauren Gibson dropped Ricketts' popup to reach the finals. The finals feature all three sica Shults' grounder and got the force at threw 180 pressure-packed pitches, eight along the right-field line to allow her to reach finalists for national player of the year — home, then Renfroe struck out Martinez to less than Ricketts. second. Brittany Williams followed with an Ricketts and Chamberlain for Oklahoma, send the game to the 10th. It ended up as the longest game in the RBI double and Destinee Martinez had a and Chavanne for the Lady Vols. "I don't even know what to say," Gasso championship round since 1984, when two-out RBI triple before Callie Parsons tied Chavanne, a .455 hitter, struck out four said, "except I think that was the greatest UCLA beat Texas A&M 1-0 in 13 innings it on an RBI double to left. times and went 0 for 6. Chamberlain was 2 game I've ever been a part of." back when a single game decided the NCAA Parsons was thrown out trying to advance for 6 and also had a double and Ricketts was softball title. to third. 2 for 5, with the 11th-inning popup being • • •