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WEEK NO. 8 | at TEXAS TECH | FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 1-2, 2011 | ROCKY JOHNSON FIELD | LUBBOCK, TEXAS Cassie Gage, Assistant Communications Director McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics 180 West Brooks, Suite 2525 | Norman, OK 73019 Google Voice: (405) 310-9244 | E-Mail: [email protected] www.SoonerSports.com | Twitter: @SoonerSoftball 36 ALL-AMERICANS | 80 ALL-REGION SELECTIONS | 7 BIG 12 PLAYERS OF THE YEAR | 4 BIG 12 DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR | 61 ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM HONOREES | 78 WEEKLY BIG 12 HONORS 2011 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Game 38 ..........................................................Friday, April 1, 2011 | 6:30 p.m. CT Game 39 .........................................................Saturday, April 2, 2011 | 11 a.m. CT FEBRUARY Kajikawa Classic Location ......................................................Rocky Johnson Field | Lubbock, Texas 10 vs. Cal State Bakersfi eld Tempe, Ariz. W, 11-2 (5) Radio........................................Internet Only (Friday) | KREF 1400 AM (Saturday) 11 vs. Appalachian State Tempe, Ariz. W, 8-0 (5) vs. Northwestern Tempe, Ariz. W, 9-1 (6) Live Stats ..............................................................Available at SoonerSports.com 12 vs. #2 Arizona Tempe, Ariz. W, 11-1 (5) Series History ...............Oklahoma leads 34-5 | In Lubbock: Oklahoma leads 12-0 at #13 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. L, 4-3 First/Last Meeting ...............................................................................1977/2010 13 vs. Western Michigan Tempe, Ariz. W, 5-0 #15/14 OKLAHOMA #23/22 TEXAS TECH SOONERS (28-9) | RPI: 8 OU Series Streak .........................................................................................Won 1 RED RAIDERS (35-3) | RPI: 30 16 ST. GREGORY’S NORMAN W, 9-0 (5) Troy Cox Classic A LOOK AT THIS WEEKEND 18 vs. Southern Utah Las Cruces, N.M. W, 8-3 The 15th-ranked University of Oklahoma softball team travels to Lubbock, Texas to face 23rd-ranked Texas Tech. The fi rst game fo the series is set for at New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. W, 7-4 19 vs. Sam Houston State Las Cruces, N.M. W, 12-4 6:30 p.m. CT on Friday evening at Rocky Johnson Field. Saturday’s game is at 11 a.m. CT. Both games can be heard online at SoonerSports.com and vs. ULM Las Cruces, N.M. W, 14-4 (5) Saturday’s contest also airs locally on KREF 1400 AM. Brian Brinkley has the call both days. 20 at New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. W, 16-0 (5) Cathedral City Classic A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA AS A TEAM 24 vs. #1 Georgia Cathedral City, Calif. L, 1-0 Oklahoma is 6-5 against ranked opponents this year and 171-150 (.533) against those teams all-time. vs. #10 Hawaii Cathedral City, Calif. L, 4-1 The Sooners are 2-0 against a ranked Texas Tech team (1998) and 7-2 all-time against the nation's No. 23 team. 25 vs. Long Beach State Cathedral City, Calif. L, 2-1 vs. #2 UCLA Cathedral City, Calif. L, 3-0 Oklahoma is 200-65 in Big 12 games. 26 vs. Cal Poly Cathedral City, Calif. W, 4-2 Oklahoma opened conference play last weekend with a series split with No. 14 Nebraska. OU defeated Central Arkansas 8-3 Tuesday. The Huskers took the opener 4-1, while OU rebounded to win the second game 6-3. MARCH 2 at North Texas Denton, Texas W, 3-0 Oklahoma has hit 49 home runs this year; fi ve of those are grand slams. 4 #24 AUBURN NORMAN W, 6-0 OU has played one of the nation’s toughest schedules to date. After this weekend, OU will have played 13 games against ranked opponents. The Preview featuring Bedlam 5 vs. Illinois-Chicago Oklahoma City, Okla. W, 5-3 A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA INDIVIDUALLY vs. #19 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, Okla. W, 7-0 Keilani Ricketts’ 579 strikeouts are fi fth on the career list and 18 from tying for fourth-place. Ricketts averages 12.05 K’s per game. In her 19 starts in the circle, she has registered double-digit strikeouts 14 times. 6 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO NORMAN W, 9-1 (6) 9 TULSA (SSN) NORMAN W, 9-0 (5) Ricketts leads the Big 12 in strikeouts (233), innings pitched (135.1), appearances (26), games started (19) and complete games (18). Ricketts has 21 career shutouts, eighth on the career all-time list. She struck out a career-high 17 batters against DePaul on March 17. Oklahoma Spring Festival OU’s 3-5 hitters of Jessica Shults, Brittany Williams and Haley Nix have provided the OU off ense a spark this year. 12 INDIANA NORMAN W, 9-0 (5) UAPB NORMAN W, 15-0 (5) Shults leads OU with 18 home runs, 53 runs batted in and a .927 slugging percentage. 13 MISSOURI STATE NORMAN W, 1-0 Shults’ 18 home runs are a new single season best for her. The OU single season record is 20 (Lisa Carey, 2000 and Lynette Velazquez, 1999). MISSOURI STATE NORMAN W, 9-1 (6) Shults is second in the nation in total home runs. Judi Garman Classic Williams leads the Sooners and Big 12 with 36 walks drawn this season. She is second on the team with a .807 slugging percentage. 16 vs. Notre Dame Fullerton, Calif. L, 2-1 Williams also leads the team in batting average (.373). 17 vs. DePaul Fullerton, Calif. W, 4-3 (8) Nix has two grand slams on the year, including a walk-off against Missouri State in the championship game of the Oklahoma Spring Festival. vs. #7 Arizona Fullerton, Calif. W, 5-3 18 vs. Penn State Fullerton, Calif. L, 5-2 Freshman Destinee Martinez leads OU and the Big 12 with 49 hits. vs. Pacifi c Fullerton, Calif. W, 13-2 (5) After playing outfi eld all of last season and the majority of this year,Brianna Turang made the move to second base this year. 19 vs. #4 Washington Fullerton, Calif. W, 7-6 (8) Head coach Patty Gasso won her 800th Division I game on March 19 against No. 4 Washington. Gasso is 802-258-2 (.754) in 17 years at OU. 23 at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. L, 1-0 Gasso is the 20th active coach to reach the mark and 30th all-time at the NCAA Division I level. 26 #14 NEBRASKA* (SSN) NORMAN L, 4-1 Gasso is 964-318-2 (.751) in 21 seasons as a head coach. She needs 36 wins for career win No. 1,000. 27 #14 NEBRASKA* (SSN) NORMAN W, 6-3 29 CENTRAL ARKANSAS (SSN) NORMAN W, 8-3 A LOOK AT THE SERIES HISTORY APRIL Oklahoma leads the all-time series with the Red Raiders 34-5. OU is 12-0 against TTU in Lubbock. 1 at #23 Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas 6:30 p.m. Gasso is 30-5 against Texas Tech. The two teams split last year’s series meeting in Norman. OU has won nine out of the last 10. 2 at #23 Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas 11 a.m. 6 at Kansas (DH)* Lawrence, Kan. 4 p.m. Complete series history information is on page 145 of the 2011 Oklahoma softball virtual guide. 9 BAYLOR* (SSN) NORMAN 2 P.M. 10 BAYLOR* (SSN) NORMAN 12 P.M. A LOOK AT WHAT’S NEXT 13 OKLAHOMA STATE* (COX) NORMAN 7 P.M. 16 at Missouri* (FOX) Columbia, Mo. 3:30 p.m. The Sooners travel to Lawrence, Kan. on Wednesday for a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m. CT. 17 at Missouri* (ESPN) Columbia, Mo. 3 p.m. Oklahoma returns home next weekend to face Baylor on Saturday and Sunday. 22 TEXAS A&M* (SSN) NORMAN 7 P.M. 23 TEXAS A&M* (SSN) NORMAN 2 P.M. 27 at Oklahoma State* Stillwater, Okla. 7 p.m. 30 at Texas* (ESPN) Austin, Texas 7 p.m. PROBABLE OKLAHOMA STARTING LINEUP Based on previous contest MAY 1 at Texas* Austin, Texas 12 p.m. 5 NORTH TEXAS NORMAN 6 P.M. Pos. No. Name Class Hometown GP-GS BA Runs Hits HR RBI SLG% BB OB% 7 IOWA STATE* NORMAN 2 P.M. CF #00 Destinee Martinez Fr. Corona, Calif. 37-37 .366 26 49 0 13 .381 6 .390 8 IOWA STATE* NORMAN 12 P.M. 2B #2 Brianna Turang So. Corona, Calif. 37-32 .349 28 38 0 7 .385 2 .372 14 TBD RF #5 Haley Nix Sr. Daingerfi eld, Texas 37-37 .308 24 33 5 34 .523 15 .406 15 TBD 1B #18 Jessica Shults So. Valencia, Calif. 37-37 .358 34 39 18 53 .927 19 .462 20-22 NCAA Regionals Campus Sites 27-29 NCAA Super Regionals Campus Sites C #23 Brittany Williams Fr. Santa Clarita, Calif. 37-37 .373 31 31 9 29 .807 36 .568 3B #21 Dani Dobbs Sr. Moore, Okla. 37-37 .316 21 31 6 26 .602 4 .382 JUNE DP #33 Katie Norris Jr. Stillwater, Okla. 29-16 .220 2 11 2 8 .400 4 .304 2-8 WCWS Oklahoma City, Okla. SS #7 Javen Henson Fr. Red Oak, Okla. 29-25 .080 8 2 0 2 .080 5 .233 LF #3 Chana’e Jones Sr. San Jose, Calif. 37-37 .333 23 32 3 13 .521 14 .423 All home games in BOLD CAPS and played at the OU Softball Complex. All times CENTRAL and sub- ject to change. Scan the QR code to the left to go Pos. No. Name Class Hometown APP-GS W-L ERA IP H ER BB SO B/Avg. to the softball home page on SoonerSports.com on LHP #10 Keilani Ricketts So. San Jose, Calif. 26-19 16-5 1.14 135.1 85 22 36 233 .171 your mobile device. LHP #32 Michelle Gascoigne So.