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2013 OKLAHOMA SOFTBALL | SEVEN WCWS APPEARANCES | NINE BIG 12 TITLES | 2000 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 41 ALL-AMERICANS Karl Anderson, Assistant Communications Director McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics 180 West Brooks, Suite 2525 | Norman, OK 73019 Phone: (405) 325-8571 | E-Mail: [email protected] www.SoonerSports.com | Twitter: @SoonerSoftball 88 ALL-REGION SELECTIONS | 8 BIG 12 PLAYERS OF THE YEAR | 4 BIG 12 DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR | 68 ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM HONOREES | 93 WEEKLY BIG 12 HONORS No. 1/2 Oklahoma Softball SPRING PREVIEW TOURNAMENT 2013 Schedule (15-0) Venue: ...............Marita Hynes Field (1,000) FEBRUARY Live Stats: ..................SoonerSports.com Kajikawa Classic Webcast: ..................... SoonerSports.TV 08 vs. #20/21 Stanford Phoenix, Ariz. W, 6-0 vs. RV/RV Oregon State Phoenix, Ariz. W, 14-2 (5) 09 vs. #6/5 Oregon Phoenix, Ariz. W, 12-0 (5) OU vs. Houston: ..................OU leads 4-1 Houston (8-5, 0-0 Conference USA) vs. New Mexico Phoenix, Ariz. W, 11-1 (5) In Norman: ............................Never Met 10 vs. RV/RV Northwestern Phoenix, Ariz. W, 7-4 In Houston: ........................OU leads 4-1 COUGARS Campbell/Cartier Classic At Neutral Site: ......................Never Met 15 vs. UC Riverside San Diego, Calif. W, 7-0 Last Meeting: .........OU 5, UH 3; 2/14/09 at RV/NR San Diego St. San Diego, Calif. W, 4-0 16 vs. #22/24 Kentucky San Diego, Calif. W, 11-0 (5) vs. #16/18 Washington San Diego, Calif. W, 2-0 OU vs. Nebraska: ............NU leads 42-39 17 vs. Notre Dame San Diego, Calif. W, 7-5 (9) In Norman: .....................OU leads 16-13 In Lincoln: ........................NU leads 10-8 Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic No. 1/2 Oklahoma (15-0, 0-0 Big 12) At Neutral Site ................NU leads 19-15 No. 25/NR Nebraska (11-4, 0-0 Big Ten) 21 vs. #16/13 Georgia Palm Springs, Calif. W, 5-0 vs. #19/14 Arizona Palm Springs, Calif. W, 5-0 SOONERS Last Meeting ..........OU 2, NU 0; 2/22/13 CORNHUSKERS 22 vs. UC Santa Barbara Palm Springs, Calif. W, 5-2 vs. RV/NR Nebraska Palm Springs, Calif. W, 2-0 23 vs. #23/23 Florida State Palm Springs, Calif. W, 6-0 MARCH Ranked No. 1 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll and SOONERS STAY ATOP ESPN.COM/USA SOFTBALL POLL Spring Preview Tournament No. 2 in the USA Today/NFCA poll, the University of Oklahoma Sporting a 15-0 record, including a perfect 5-0 mark at 01 HOUSTON NORMAN 3:15 P.M. softball team continues the 2013 season this weekend with its last weekend’s Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs, 02 #25/NR NEBRASKA NORMAN 1:30 P.M. #25/NR NEBRASKA NORMAN 3:30 P.M. fi rst home games of the year. Calif., the Oklahoma softball team remained No. 1 in the latest 03 HOUSTON NORMAN 12:00 P.M. ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25. The Sooners’ home opener is set for Friday at 3:15 p.m. 06 at Wichita State Wichita, Kan. 3:00 p.m. at Wichita State Wichita, Kan. 5:00 p.m. against Houston. After a doubleheader on Saturday against After capturing 16 fi rst-place votes, OU is moving closer 08 NORTHERN COLORADO NORMAN 3:30 P.M. Nebraska, which begins at 1:30 p.m., OU closes out the to being the unanimous No. 1 as it now has 18 of the 20 top DRAKE NORMAN 6:00 P.M. weekend with a second contest against the Cougars on Sunday votes and leads No. 2 Alabama, 498-480. 09 DRAKE NORMAN 1:30 P.M. at noon. NORTHERN COLORADO NORMAN 4:00 P.M. The Sooners’ three-week run atop the poll is the longest Judi Garman Classic Oklahoma is 34-8 all-time in home openers, including an in school history. In fact, OU had never been No. 1 in 15 vs. Pacifi c Fullerton, Calif. 12:00 p.m. 18-0 mark since Patty Gasso became head coach in 1995. consecutive weeks prior to this season. vs. North Carolina State Fullerton, Calif. 2:30 p.m. 16 vs. Arizona Fullerton, Calif. 5:00 p.m. 17 vs. Penn State Fullerton, Calif. 11:00 a.m. SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS Oklahoma stayed No. 2 in the NFCA Poll, where it has at Cal State Fullerton Fullerton, Calif. 1:30 p.m. Sitting at 8-5 on the season, Houston opened the year by been all season. The Sooners gained 11 of 31 fi rst-place votes splitting its fi rst four games before embarking on a fi ve-game for the second week in a row but the Crimson Tide’s lead grew 23 LOUISVILLE NORMAN 2:00 P.M. LOUISVILLE NORMAN 4:30 P.M. winning streak that included a pair of wins over DePaul. Since from seven points to nine. 24 LOUISVILLE NORMAN 12:00 P.M. the winning streak, the Cougars have lost three of four, 27 TBD TBA TBA including a 3-2 setback against UTSA on Wednesday night. RICKETTS NAMED BIG 12 PITCHER OF THE WEEK APRIL Friday’s contest marks the fi rst time the two teams have Senior Keilani Ricketts dominated the competition at the 03 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE NORMAN 5:00 P.M. met anywhere other than in Houston. Oklahoma leads the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic last weekend and has earned Big LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE NORMAN 7:00 P.M. all-time series, 4-1, including wins in the past two games. The 12 Pitcher of the Week honors for her eff orts 05 BAYLOR* NORMAN 6:30 P.M. teams last met on Feb. 14, 2009 with OU prevailing 5-3. 06 BAYLOR* NORMAN 2:00 P.M. 07 BAYLOR* NORMAN 2:00 P.M. In posting a 3-0 record, Ricketts did not allow a single run 10 NORTH TEXAS NORMAN 6:30 P.M. Nebraska (11-4) is ranked No. 25 in the most recent USA in 23.1 innings of work, including 21.0 innings against teams 12 at Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas 7:00 p.m. Softball Poll. The former Big 12 rival won its nine of its fi rst ranked or receiving votes. She struck out 34 batters and gave 13 at Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas 4:00 p.m. 14 at Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas 12:00 p.m. 10 games this season. Playing fi ve games at the Mary Nutter up just fi ve hits to go with three walks allowed. 17 vs. Oklahoma State* Oklahoma City, Okla. 7:00 p.m. Collegiate Classic last weekend, including four against ranked 19 at Texas* Austin, Texas TBA teams, the Huskers went 2-3, including a 2-0 win over then-No. Ricketts has been named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week 20 at Texas* Austin, Texas 5:00 p.m. 23 Florida State. 13 times in her career, including the initial honors in 2013. 21 at Texas* Austin, Texas 11:30 a.m. 26 IOWA STATE* NORMAN 6:30 P.M. The Huskers lead all-time 42-39, but the Sooners have Along with Michelle Gascoigne last week, the Sooners have 27 IOWA STATE* NORMAN 2:00 P.M. won six of the past seven meetings. In Norman, OU leads 16- taken home all three Big 12 Pitcher of the Week accolades this 28 IOWA STATE* NORMAN 12:00 P.M. 13. season. MAY 03 at Kansas* Lawrence, Kan. 2:00 p.m. Oklahoma and Nebraska actually squared off six days Against No. 16 Georgia, Ricketts gave up one hit and one at Kansas* Lawrence, Kan. 4:00 p.m. ago at the Mary Nutter Classic with OU emerging with a walk and struck out 10 in the 100th complete game of her 04 at Kansas* Lawrence, Kan. 12:00 p.m. hard-fought, 2-0 win. After being no-hit for six innings, senior career as the Sooners won 5-0. She picked up her fi rst save of 11 OKLAHOMA STATE* NORMAN 3:00 P.M. 12 at Oklahoma State* Stillwater, Okla. 1:00 p.m. Brianna Turang singled to lead off the seventh and moved the season in a 5-2 win over UC Santa Barbara as she held the to third after back-to-back walks. Senior Jessica Shults then Gauchos hitless over the last 2.1 innings, striking out four. NCAA Regional singled through the right side to plate the game’s only runs. 17 TBD Campus Sites TBA Senior Keilani Ricketts secured the win, battling Ricketts threw her fi fth shutout of the season as she NCAA Super Regional Nebraska’s Tatum Edwards in a tight pitcher’s duel. In throwing struck out nine batters in a complete-game eff ort in a 2-0 24 TBD Campus Sites TBA the shutout, Ricketts struck out nine batters in a complete- win over Nebraska. In improving to 7-0, she struck out 11 and game eff ort, yielded just three hits and allowed one walk. allowed a lone single in the fi rst inning against No. 23 Florida NCAA Women’s College World Series 29 TBD Oklahoma City, Okla. TBA Edwards was eff ective, but wild for the Cornhuskers. She gave State as she threw her sixth shutout of the season. Ricketts and up two earned runs on two hits and struck out eight, but she the Sooners retired the fi nal 16 Seminoles batters of the game, Note: All times listed as central walked nine and hit another batter. not allowing a base runner beyond the second inning.