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WEEK NO. 6 | JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC | WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 16-19, 2011 | FULLERTON, CALIF. 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 FEBRUARY Kajikawa Classic 10 vs. Cal State Bakersfi eld Tempe, Ariz. W, 11-2 (5) 11 vs. Appalachian State Tempe, Ariz. W, 8-0 (5) vs. Northwestern Tempe, Ariz. W, 9-1 (6) NOTRE DAME (14-2) DEPAUL (15-2) #7 ARIZONA (21-4) PENN STATE (11-8) PACIFIC (12-6) #4 WASHINGTON (19-0) #9/8 OKLAHOMA (22-5) 12 vs. #2 Arizona Tempe, Ariz. W, 11-1 (5) FIGHTING IRISH BLUE DEMONS at #13 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. L, 4-3 WILDCATS NITTANY LIONS TIGERS HUSKIES SOONERS 13 vs. Western Michigan Tempe, Ariz. W, 5-0 16 ST. GREGORY’S NORMAN W, 9-0 (5) A LOOK AT THIS WEEKEND The ninth-ranked University of Oklahoma softball team closes out non-conference tournament action this weekend at the Judi Garman Classic, Troy Cox Classic hosted by Cal State Fullerton. The Sooners open Wednesday against Notre Dame at 6 p.m. CT. OU faces DePaul at 11 a.m. Friday and has a re-match 18 vs. Southern Utah Las Cruces, N.M. W, 8-3 at New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. W, 7-4 with No. 7 Arizona at 5:30 p.m. CT. OU plays Penn State and Pacifi c in back-to-back contests beginning Saturday at 11 a.m. CT.OU closes out the 19 vs. Sam Houston State Las Cruces, N.M. W, 12-4 event against No. 4 Washington Saturday morning at 11 a.m. CT. Live stats of all games are available at SoonerSports.com. vs. ULM Las Cruces, N.M. W, 14-4 (5) 20 at New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. W, 16-0 (5) A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA AS A TEAM Cathedral City Classic Oklahoma’s current 11-game win streak is its longest since winning 15 straight last year from April 21-May 27. 24 vs. #1 Georgia Cathedral City, Calif. L, 1-0 OU won the Oklahoma Spring Festival this past weekend with wins over Indiana, Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Missouri State (twice). vs. #10 Hawaii Cathedral City, Calif. L, 4-1 25 vs. Long Beach State Cathedral City, Calif. L, 2-1 OU has out-scored opponents 77-7 in that stretch and has a 0.61 earned run average. vs. #2 UCLA Cathedral City, Calif. L, 3-0 OU has played one of the nation’s toughest schedules to date. After this weekend, OU will have played seven opponents in the top 15. 26 vs. Cal Poly Cathedral City, Calif. W, 4-2 Nine of OU’s 22 opponents have been ranked at the time of the contest. MARCH 2 at North Texas Denton, Texas W, 3-0 A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA INDIVIDUALLY 4 #24 AUBURN NORMAN W, 6-0 Sophomore Keilani Ricketts has thrown complete game shutouts in each of her last six starts. The Preview featuring Bedlam Ricketts has 21 career shutouts, eighth on the career all-time list. 5 vs. Illinois-Chicago Oklahoma City, Okla. W, 5-3 Her 497 strikeouts are fi fth on the career list and 100 from tying for fourth-place. Ricketts averages 12.01 K’s per game. vs. #19 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, Okla. W, 7-0 Ricketts leads the Big 12 in shutouts, strikeouts (151), innings pitched (88.0), appearances (18) and games started (13). 6 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO NORMAN W, 9-1 (6) Ricketts has not allowed a run (earned or unearned) in the last 42.2 innings pitched. 9 TULSA (SSN) NORMAN W, 9-0 (5) She has tallied double-digit strikeout totals in 10 games this year, including four straight. OU’s 3-5 hitters of Jessica Shults, Brittany Williams and Haley Nix have provided the OU off ense a spark this year. Oklahoma Spring Festival 12 INDIANA NORMAN W, 9-0 (5) Shults is second on the team in batting average (.420) and leads OU with 15 home runs, 47 runs batted in and a 1.062 slugging percentage. UAPB NORMAN W, 15-0 (5) Her’ 15 HR match her single season total from a year ago. The OU single season record is 20 (Lisa Carey, 2000 and Lynette Velazquez, 1999). 13 MISSOURI STATE NORMAN W, 1-0 Williams leads the Sooners and Big 12 with 27 walks drawn this season. MISSOURI STATE NORMAN W, 9-1 (6) Nix has two grand slams on the year, including a walk-off against Missouri State in the championship game of the Oklahoma Spring Festival. Judi Garman Classic Head coach Patty Gasso is 796-254-2 (.756) in 17 season at Oklahoma. She is four wins shy of OU win No. 800. 16 vs. Notre Dame Fullerton, Calif. 6 p.m. With her 800th Division I win, Gasso would become the 20th active coach to reach the mark and 30th all-time. 17 vs. DePaul Fullerton, Calif. 11 a.m. vs. #7 Arizona Fullerton, Calif. 5:30 p.m. Gasso is 958-314-2 (.752) in 21 seasons as a head coach. She needs 42 wins for career win No. 1,000. 18 vs. Penn State Fullerton, Calif. 11 a.m. vs. Pacifi c Fullerton, Calif. 1 p.m. A LOOK AT THE SERIES HISTORY 19 vs. #4 Washington Fullerton, Calif. 11 a.m. OU holds a slim 4-3 margin over Notre Dame. DePaul leads the series with OU 6-5. OU last met both teams at the 2009 Judi Garman Classic. 23 at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. 6 p.m. The Sooners run-ruled Arizona earlier this year, 11-1, but the Wildcats still lead the overall series26-12. 26 NEBRASKA* (SSN) NORMAN 2 P.M. Oklahoma and Penn State have previously met twice with OU winning both. Those meetings were in 1993 and 2000. 27 NEBRASKA* (SSN) NORMAN 12 P.M. 29 CENTRAL ARKANSAS (SSN) NORMAN 5 P.M. OU is 6-2 against the Pacifi c Tigers. The two teams last met at the 2010 Cathedral City Classic. Washington leads the series with OU 9-7. OU played the Huskies four times last year, including in NCAA Super Regional action. APRIL Complete series history information begins on page 134 of the 2011 Oklahoma softball virtual guide. 1 at Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas 6:30 p.m. 2 at Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas 11 a.m. 6 at Kansas (DH)* Lawrence, Kan. 4 p.m. A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK 9 BAYLOR* (SSN) NORMAN 2 P.M. Oklahoma travels to Tulsa Wednesday evening before opening conference play next weekend against Nebraska. 10 BAYLOR* (SSN) NORMAN 12 P.M. 13 OKLAHOMA STATE* (COX) NORMAN 7 P.M. Both games of the Nebraska series area locally on Cox Channel 3 in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. 16 at Missouri* (FOX) Columbia, Mo. 3:30 p.m. 17 at Missouri* (ESPN) Columbia, Mo. 3 p.m. 22 TEXAS A&M* (SSN) NORMAN 7 P.M. PROBABLE OKLAHOMA STARTING LINEUP 23 TEXAS A&M* (SSN) NORMAN 2 P.M. 27 at Oklahoma State* Stillwater, Okla. 7 p.m. Based on previous contest 30 at Texas* (ESPN) Austin, Texas 7 p.m. Pos. No. Name Class Hometown GP-GS BA Runs Hits HR RBI SLG% BB OB% MAY 1 at Texas* Austin, Texas 12 p.m. CF #00 Destinee Martinez Fr. Corona, Calif. 27-27 .426 23 40 0 13 .447 6 .455 5 NORTH TEXAS NORMAN 6 P.M. 1B #3 Chana’e Jones Sr. San Jose, Calif. 27-27 .309 19 21 2 12 .515 11 .413 7 IOWA STATE* NORMAN 2 P.M. RF #5 Haley Nix Sr. Daingerfi eld, Texas 27-27 .364 21 28 5 27 .636 10 .457 8 IOWA STATE* NORMAN 12 P.M. 14 TBD C #18 Jessica Shults So. Valencia, Calif. 27-27 .420 25 34 15 47 1.062 12 .505 15 TBD LF #23 Brittany Williams Fr. Santa Clarita, Calif. 27-27 .407 23 24 7 25 .881 27 .593 20-22 NCAA Regionals Campus Sites DP #10 Keilani Ricketts So. San Jose, Calif. 20-19 .277 10 13 4 11 .532 9 .393 27-29 NCAA Super Regionals Campus Sites 3B #21 Dani Dobbs Sr. Moore, Okla. 27-27 .279 15 19 2 13 .485 3 .367 JUNE 2B #12 Cierra Hughes Fr. Midwest City, Okla. 24-8 .300 9 9 0 4 .367 3 .364 2-8 WCWS Oklahoma City, Okla. SS #8 Ali Vandever Fr. Davenport, Okla. 20-10 .143 7 2 0 2 .238 7 .367 All home games in BOLD CAPS and played at the OU Softball Complex. All times CENTRAL and sub- Pos. No. Name Class Hometown APP-GS W-L ERA IP H ER BB SO B/Avg. ject to change. Scan the QR code to the left to go LHP #10 Keilani Ricketts So. San Jose, Calif. 18-13 12-2 0.88 88.0 48 11 23 151 .153 to the softball home page on SoonerSports.com on your mobile device. LHP #32 Michelle Gascoigne So. Benicia, Calif. 10-9 5-3 2.95 40.1 34 17 4 47 .219 LHP #22 Allee Allen Jr. Buena Park, Calif. 9-2 2-0 0.95 22.0 17 3 10 17 .213 RHP #40 Kirsten Allen Jr.