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NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP | MAY 20-22, 2011 | OU SOFTBALL COMPLEX | NORMAN, OKLA. 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 | 79 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) 12 vs. #2 Arizona Tempe, Ariz. W, 11-1 (5) at #13 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. L, 4-3 #9 SEED OKLAHOMA SOONERS IONA COLLEGE GAELS TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE MISSOURI STATE BEARS 13 vs. Western Michigan Tempe, Ariz. W, 5-0 38-16, 10-8 Big 12 | RPI: 9 31-20, 12-5 MAAC | RPI: 131 43-13, 19-5 C-USA | RPI: 26 29-23, 13-11 MVC | RPI: 93 16 ST. GREGORY’S NORMAN W, 9-0 (5) A LOOK AT THE NCAA REGIONAL The ninth-seeded University of Oklahoma softball team opens play in the 2011 NCAA Division I Women’s Softball Championship Friday evening against the Iona Gaels at 7:30 Troy Cox Classic p.m. CT. The day’s fi rst game features Tulsa and Missouri State at 5 p.m. CT. A complete schedule of events is located on pagetwo. A free webcast of all games and live stats 18 vs. Southern Utah Las Cruces, N.M. W, 8-3 at New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. W, 7-4 are available at SoonerSports.com. 19 vs. Sam Houston State Las Cruces, N.M. W, 12-4 vs. ULM Las Cruces, N.M. W, 14-4 (5) A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA AS A TEAM 20 at New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. W, 16-0 (5) OU is 11-12 against ranked opponents this year. The Sooners haven’t faced this many ranked opponents since facing 25 in the 2003 season (16-9). Cathedral City Classic Oklahoma has hit 67 home runs this year; seven of those are grand slams. 24 vs. #1 Georgia Cathedral City, Calif. L, 1-0 The Sooners are 18-15 against the fi eld of 64 and have faced Tulsa (1-1) and Missouri State (2-0) twice each this season. vs. #10 Hawaii Cathedral City, Calif. L, 4-1 Oklahoma is 52-32 (.619) all-time in the NCAA Championship. OU has made fi ve appearances at the Women’s College World Series 2000-04).( 25 vs. Long Beach State Cathedral City, Calif. L, 2-1 OU has won nine NCAA Regional titles (2000-05, 2007-08, 2010) and is 43-16 (.729) in the opening round of the Championship. vs. #2 UCLA Cathedral City, Calif. L, 3-0 The Sooners won the 2000 National Championship (66-8). 26 vs. Cal Poly Cathedral City, Calif. W, 4-2 MARCH A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA INDIVIDUALLY 2 at North Texas Denton, Texas W, 3-0 Sophomore Keilani Ricketts (389) became the Oklahoma single season strikeout leader on April 30. The previous record was 356 by Jill Most in 1996. 4 #24 AUBURN NORMAN W, 6-0 Ricketts’ 735 career strikeouts is second all-time at OU and 70 from fi rst place. She averages 11.51 K’s per game. In her 35 starts in the circle, she has registered double-digit strikeouts 23 times. The Preview featuring Bedlam 5 vs. Illinois-Chicago Oklahoma City, Okla. W, 5-3 Ricketts leads the Big 12 in strikeouts (389), innings pitched (236.2), appearances (43) and games started (35). vs. #19 Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, Okla. W, 7-0 Ricketts has 22 career shutouts, eighth on the career all-time list. She struck out a career-high 17 batters against DePaul on March 17. Ricketts was named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association National Player of the Week and Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Week for games played May 2-8. 6 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO NORMAN W, 9-1 (6) Ricketts went 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA, gave two singles and 22 strikeouts. At the plate, she went 3-for-5 with four RBIs, four runs, four walks and a home run. 9 TULSA (SSN) NORMAN W, 9-0 (5) She limited opponents to a .049 batting average, while herself turning in a .600 clip to go along with a .778 on-base and a 1.200 slugging percentage. Oklahoma Spring Festival Ricketts is the seventh Sooners to earn National Player of the Week honors from the NFCA. It is her fi fth career Big 12 honor and second this season. 12 INDIANA NORMAN W, 9-0 (5) Senior Dani Dobbs set a single game best in the second game against Kansas on April 6. Dobbs went 5-for-5 at the plate. UAPB NORMAN W, 15-0 (5) She’s the fi rst Sooner to have fi ve or more hits in a game since Amber Flores had fi ve against Iowa State in 2009. It’s also an OU single game record. 13 MISSOURI STATE NORMAN W, 1-0 Freshman Destinee Martinez leads OU and the Big 12 with 72 hits. She leads OU with a .365 batting average. MISSOURI STATE NORMAN W, 9-1 (6) Senior Chana’e Jones continues to have a breakthrough season. Jones has set single season highs in the majority of off ensive categories. Judi Garman Classic Jones is 8-for-15 (.533) with seven runs scored and a .800 slugging percentage in the last fi ve games. 16 vs. Notre Dame Fullerton, Calif. L, 2-1 She’s also playing a new defensive position - fi rst base. Jones is errorless in conference games and been responsible for several highlight-reel plays. 17 vs. DePaul Fullerton, Calif. W, 4-3 (8) Sophomore Jessica Shults leads OU with 19 home runs, 58 runs batted in and a .768 slugging percentage. vs. #7 Arizona Fullerton, Calif. W, 5-3 Shults’ 19 home runs are a single-season best for the sophomore. The OU single season record is 20 (Lisa Carey, 2000 and Lynette Velazquez, 1999). 18 vs. Penn State Fullerton, Calif. L, 5-2 vs. Pacifi c Fullerton, Calif. W, 13-2 (5) Shults has two grand slams this year. Nix has the other two. Ricketts, Williams and Dobbs have the others. 19 vs. #4 Washington Fullerton, Calif. W, 7-6 (8) Shults is hitting .727 in the last fi ve games (8-for-11), having played mostly as the DP following a medical issue. Freshman Brittany Williams leads the Sooners and Big 12 with 44 walks drawn this season. She also leads the team with a .509 on-base percentage. 23 at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. L, 1-0 The only other Sooner to have more walks in a single season was Flores (2008-10). 26 #14 NEBRASKA* (SSN) NORMAN L, 4-1 Ricketts, Jones and Martinez were named All-Big 12 fi rst team. Shults, Dobbs and Nix earned second team honors. 27 #14 NEBRASKA* (SSN) NORMAN W, 6-3 29 CENTRAL ARKANSAS (SSN) NORMAN W, 8-3 Head coach Patty Gasso won her 800th Division I game on March 19 against then-No. 4 Washington. Gasso is 812-266-2 (.752) in 17 years at OU. Gasso is the 20th active coach to reach the mark and 30th all-time at the NCAA Division I level. APRIL Gasso is 974-325-2 (.749) in 21 seasons as a head coach. She needs 26 wins for career win No. 1,000. 1 at #23 Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas L, 5-0 2 at #23 Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas W, 7-6 A LOOK AT THE SERIES HISTORY 6 at Kansas* Lawrence, Kan. W, 12-6 at Kansas* Lawrence, Kan. W, 13-5 This is the fi rst-ever meeting between Oklahoma and Iona. 9 #17 BAYLOR* (SSN) NORMAN W, 3-2 OU leads the all-time series with Tulsa 33-9 and holds a 17-3 advantage in games played in Norman. Gasso is 26-9 against the Golden Hurricane. 10 #17 BAYLOR* (SSN) NORMAN L, 5-2 The Sooners lead the all-time series with Missouri State 14-12 and lead 10-3 in games played in Norman. Gasso is 10-4 against the Bears. 13 #19 OKLA. STATE* (COX) NORMAN W, 5-1 Complete series information begins on page 132 of the 2011 Oklahoma softball virtual guide. 16 at #14 Missouri* (FOX) Columbia, Mo. L, 3-2 (9) 17 at #14 Missouri* (ESPN) Columbia, Mo. L, 1-0 (11) 22 #19 TEXAS A&M* (SSN) NORMAN L, 3-0 23 #19 TEXAS A&M* (SSN) NORMAN W, 2-0 PROBABLE OKLAHOMA STARTING LINEUP 27 at #16 Oklahoma State (CSN)* Stillwater, Okla. L, 2-1 based on previous game 30 at #3 Texas* (ESPN) Austin, Texas W, 5-2 MAY Pos. No. Name Class Hometown GP-GS BA Runs Hits HR RBI SLG% BB OB% 1 at #3 Texas* Austin, Texas L, 5-3 CF #00 Destinee Martinez Fr. Corona, Calif. 54-54 .365 35 72 0 17 .386 7 .385 5 NORTH TEXAS NORMAN W, 9-1 (5) 1B #3 Chana’e Jones Sr. San Jose, Calif. 54-54 .351 34 52 5 19 .527 18 .429 7 IOWA STATE* NORMAN W, 3-0 (5) LF #23 Brittany Williams Fr. Santa Clarita, Calif. 53-53 .325 39 40 12 37 .707 44 .509 8 IOWA STATE* NORMAN W, 4-1 DP #18 Jessica Shults So.