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2012 OKLAHOMA SOFTBALL | SIX WCWS APPEARANCES | EIGHT BIG 12 TITLES | 2000 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 38 ALL-AMERICANS David Bassity, Assistant Director for Communications McClendon Center for Intercollegiate Athletics 180 West Brooks, Suite 2525 | Norman, OK 73019 Phone: (405) 274-1455 | E-Mail: [email protected] www.SoonerSports.com | Twitter: @SoonerSoftball 84 ALL-REGION SELECTIONS | 7 BIG 12 PLAYERS OF THE YEAR | 4 BIG 12 DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR | 64 ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM HONOREES | 84 WEEKLY BIG 12 HONORS 2012 RESULTS FEBRUARY OKLAHOMA VS. TEXAS TECH Sportco Kick-Off Classic 10 vs. Cal State Bakersfield Las Vegas, Nev. W, 6-0 Game 1 . .Thursday, April 5, 7 p.m. at. UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. W, 5-0 Game 2 . Friday, April 6, 7 p.m. 11 vs. Weber State Las Vegas, Nev. W, 12-2 (5) vs. Kent State Las Vegas, Nev. W, 6-0 Game 3 . .Saturday, April 7, 12 p.m. 12 vs. Kent State Las Vegas, Nev. W, 11-1 Venue: . Marita Hynes Field (1,000) ACC/Big 12/SEC Challenge Live Stats: . SoonerSports.com 17 vs. Virginia Tech Auburn, Ala. W, 10-0 (5) vs. Georgia Tech Auburn, Ala. L, 1-0 Webcast . SoonerSports.com 18 vs. #2 Alabama Auburn, Ala. Cancelled vs. Auburn Auburn, Ala. Cancelled TV . .Cox Channel 3/703 (HD) Radio . N/A Cathedral City Classic 23 vs. San Diego State Palm Springs, Calif. W, 5-0 Series Record: . .OU leads, 35-6 vs. UC Davis Palm Springs, Calif. W, 10-0 (5) 24 vs. Boise State Palm Springs, Calif. W, 9-0 (5) OU Ranking . No. 5/7 vs. #14 Stanford Palm Springs, Calif. L, 5-0 TTU Ranking . N/A 25 vs. #9 Georgia Palm Springs, Calif. L, 3-2 No. 5/7 Oklahoma (30-4, 6-1 Big 12) TEXAS TECH (30-7, 3-2 Big 12) 29 at North Texas Denton, Texas W, 4-1 SOONERS RED RAIDERS MARCH 2 vs. #24 LSU NORMAN W, 7-0 3 vs. #24 LSU Oklahoma City, Okla. W, 5-0 GAME PREVIEW vs. Iowa Oklahoma City, Okla. W, 6-0 No. 5/7 Oklahoma (30-4, 6-1) returns to Big 12 home action with a three-game series against Texas Tech (30-7, 3-2) beginning 4 vs. Iowa NORMAN W, 4-2 6 Austin Peay NORMAN W, 8-0 (5) Thursday night at 7 p.m. The Sooners enter the series riding a four-game conference winning streak after sweeping Kansas last Marriott presents Oklahoma Spring Festival weekend by a combined score of 22-2 and defeating Oklahoma State last Wednesday in Oklahoma City, 4-0, while Texas Tech enters 9 vs. Wichita State NORMAN W, 13-0 (5) the series riding a 13-game winning streak. vs. Indiana NORMAN W, 14-0 (5) 10 vs. Wichita State NORMAN W, 5-0 11 vs. Indiana NORMAN W, 4-1 Oklahoma enters the weekend at the Big 12’s top pitching team with an ERA of 0.72 and the second-best team in the Big 12 with vs. Indiana NORMAN W, 12-1 (5) a batting average of .334. The numbers have helped Oklahoma win 21 of its last 22 games including four straight Big 12 games. Judi Garman Classic Oklahoma currently sits second in the Big 12 behind Texas (5-0) while Texas Tech is fifth. 15 vs. DePaul Fullerton, Calif. W, 18-1 (5) vs. #20 Michigan Fullerton, Calif. W, 2-0 16 vs. Virginia Fullerton, Calif. W, 9-1 Freshman Lauren Chamberlain leads the Big 12 with 49 RBIs and 17 home runs, a number that ranks second nationally. She is one vs. Penn State Fullerton, Calif. W, 6-1 17 vs. #4 Washington Fullerton, Calif. Cancelled of four Sooners with at least six home runs including Keilani Ricketts who leads the Big 12 with a .522 on base perccentage. 23 at #22 Baylor Waco, Texas W, 2-0 24 at #22 Baylor Waco, Texas W, 5-0 Ricketts (17-4) is part of a one-two pitching punch with junior classmate Michelle Gascoigne (12-0). Ricketts ranks third nationally 25 at #22 Baylor Waco, Texas L, 1-0 28 vs. Oklahoma State Oklahoma City, Okla. W, 4-0 with 11.1 strikeouts per seven innings while Gascoigne averages 10.8 strikeouts per seven. 30 vs. Kansas NORMAN W, 8-0 (5) 31 vs. Kansas NORMAN W, 8-0 (6) Texas Tech enters the weekend on a 13-game winning streak including a three-game sweep of Iowa State last weekend in Lub- APRIL bock. The Red Raiders’ two conference losses came to Texas in Austin at the beginning of March. 1 vs. Kansas NORMAN W, 6-2 5 vs. Texas Tech NORMAN 7:00 p.m. 6 vs. Texas Tech NORMAN 7:00 p.m. THE SERIES 7 vs. Texas Tech NORMAN 12:00 p.m. 11 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. 7:00 p.m. • Oklahoma leads the series, 35-6, including a 10-3 record in Norman. 13 at #16 Texas A&M College Station, Texas 7:00 p.m. • OU swept last year’s series, 13-5 and 12-6, and have won the last four games and the last 17 games in Norman. 14 at #16 Texas A&M College Station, Texas 3:00 p.m. 15 at #16 Texas A&M College Station, Texas 12:00 p.m. • The teams have split the last four games but Oklahoma has won 11 of the last 13 match ups. 18 vs. North Texas NORMAN 6:00 p.m. 20 vs. #11 Missouri NORMAN 7:00 p.m. 21 vs. #11 Missouri NORMAN 2:00 p.m. PROMOTIONS 22 vs. #11 Missouri NORMAN 12:00 p.m. 25 vs. Oklahoma State NORMAN 7:00 p.m. • Thursday night is Thirsty Thursday with free small popcorn and a small drink for the first 250 fans. Friday is Military Appreciate 28 at Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. 1:00 p.m. Night with $4 admission to military and family with a military ID along with bilingual bingo night and International Student Night. 29 at Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. 12:00 p.m. The first 150 OU students will receive free t-shirts while the first 100 receive a free hot dog, popcorn and coke. Saturday is Kirsten MAY Allen Day with free Kirsten Allen posters available for the first 250 fans and Strike Out Bullying Day with free Strikeout Bullying 4 vs. #3 Texas NORMAN 7:00 p.m. 5 vs. #3 Texas NORMAN 2:00 p.m. shirts for the first 100 students. 6 vs. #3 Texas NORMAN 12:00 p.m. 11 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa 4:00 p.m. 12 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa 2:00 p.m. FUTURE SCHEDULE 13 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa 12:00 p.m. • Oklahoma heads to Stillwater on Wednesday for the second meeting of the Bedlam Series presented by Farm Bureau. NCAA Regional • The Sooners travel to College Station, Texas next week for its second Big 12 road series beginning on Friday. 18 TBD Campus Sites TBA LAST THREE GAMES NCAA Super Regional 25 TBD Campus Sites TBA Sunday, April 1 - OU 6, Kansas 2 - Norman...................................................OU: 8 Hits, 1 Error; KU: 9 Hits, 2 Errors NCAA Women’s College World Series 31 TBD Oklahoma City, Okla. TBA Sooners give up first earned runs of Big 12 play as they rally from 2-0 deficit for a 6-2 win. Saturday, March 31 - OU 8, Kansas 0 (6) - Norman ................................... OU: 10 Hits, 0 Errors; KU: 2 Hits, 0 Errors Note: All times listed as central OU moves to 8-0 when hitting double digits in hits while Lauren Chamberlain hits two home runs for fourth time of season. Friday, March 30 - OU 8, Kansas 0 (5) - Norman ........................................ OU: 11 Hits, 0 Errors; KU: 0 Hits, 2 Errors Keilani Ricketts throws her first ever perfect game as OU batters smack three home runs of 11 hits. 2 0 1 2 OKLAHOMA SOFTBALL 2 2012 NUMERICAL ROSTER # Name Pos. B/T Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 00 Destinee Martinez OF L/R 5-3 So. 1L Corona, Calif. (Roosevelt HS) Find us on Facebook! 2 Brianna Turang OF L/R 5-6 Jr. 2L Corona, Calif. (Santiago HS) 7 Javen Henson INF R/R 5-7 So. 1L Red Oak, Okla. (Red Oak HS) Oklahoma Sooners - Official Page 8 Ali Vandever INF R/R 5-5 So. 1L Davenport, Okla. (Davenport HS 10 Keilani Ricketts LHP L/L 6-2 Jr. 2L San Jose, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty HS) 12 Callie Parsons OF L/L 5-4 Fr. HS Pryor, Okla. (Pryor HS) 17 Kelley Reeves INF R/R 5-6 Fr. HS Arvado, Colo. (Ralston Valley HS) 18 Jessica Shults C L/R 5-9 Jr. 2L Valencia, Calif. (Hart HS) 22 Allee Allen LHP R/L 5-6 Sr. 3L Buena Park, Calif. (Kennedy HS) 23 Brittany Williams OF L/R 5-6 So. 1L Santa Clarita, Calif. (Canyon HS) 27 Jessica Vest INF R/R 5-4 Fr. HS Hollister, Calif. (San Benito HS) 28 Haley McGregor OF R/R 5-6 So. 1L Wichita, Kan. (The Independent School) 32 Michelle Gascoigne LHP R/L 5-9 Jr. 2L Benicia, Calif. (Benicia HS) 33 Katie Norris UTL R/R 5-11 Sr. 3L Stillwater, Okla. (Stillwater HS) 40 Kirsten Allen RHP R/R 5-11 Sr. 3L Union, Ky. (Ryle HS) 42 Georgia Casey RHP/INF R/R 5-5 Fr. TR Sydney, Australia (Mount St. Benedict College) Follow Sooner softball on Twitter! 44 Lauren Chamberlain INF R/R 5-9 Fr.