3 Winners of Five Straight Big 12 Titles and Its Past 27 Games, Oklahoma
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3 2016 OKLAHOMA SOFTBALL | 2000, 2013 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 10 WCWS APPEARANCES | 13 BIG 12 TITLES | 50 ALL-AMERICA HONORS | 118 ALL-REGION HONORS Karl Anderson, Assistant Communications Director 180 West Brooks, Suite 2525 | Norman, OK 73019 Offi ce: (405) 325-8571 | Cell: 405-595-7659 E-Mail: [email protected] www.SoonerSports.com | Twitter: @OU_Softball 11 BIG 12 PLAYERS OF THE YEAR | 4 BIG 12 PITCHERS OF THE YEAR | 5 BIG 12 FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR | 85 ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM HONORS | 127 WEEKLY BIG 12 HONORS FEBRUARY Sportco Kick Off Classic 12 vs. #14/13 Minnesota Las Vegas, Nev. L 0-1 vs. #20/19 Washington Las Vegas, Nev. L 3-10 13 vs. Lamar Las Vegas, Nev. W (5) 12-2 vs. Syracuse Las Vegas, Nev. W 7-0 14 vs. Long Beach State Las Vegas, Nev. W 7-0 Troy Cox Classic 19 vs. Creighton Las Cruces, N.M. W 11-4 at New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. W (5) 11-1 20 vs. Western Michigan Las Cruces, N.M. W (5) 12-0 at New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. W (6) 8-0 Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic No. 3 Oklahoma No. 6 Alabama No. 2 Michigan No. 10 LSU 25 vs. RV/RV Oregon State Palm Springs, Calif. L 4-6 NFCA: No. 3 | USA: No. 3 NFCA: 6 | USA: 6 NFCA: 2 | USA: 2 NFCA: 10 | USA: 12 vs. NR/RV Utah Palm Springs, Calif. W 6-2 26 vs. #2/2 Michigan Palm Springs, Calif. L 9-16 (52-7, 17-1 Big 12) (51-12, 17-8 SEC) (51-5, 21-2 Big Ten) (50-16, 13-11 SEC) vs. #20/20 Fresno State Palm Springs, Calif. W 3-2 Current Streak: Won 27 Current Streak: Won 5 Current Streak: Won 5 Current Streak: Won 2 27 vs. #11/10 UCLA Palm Springs, Calif. W 11-7 Last 10 Games: 10-0 Last 10 Games: 8-2 Last 10 Games: 9-1 Last 10 Games: 8-2 MARCH RPI Ranking: No. 3 RPI Ranking: No. 4 RPI Ranking: No. 2 RPI Ranking: No. 11 05 DARTMOUTH NORMAN W (5) 9-0 Team Slash: .360 avg/.433 obp/.553 slg Team Slash: .314/.406/.497 Team Slash: .354/.465/.605 Team Slash: .319/.428/.480 DARTMOUTH NORMAN W 7-0 Team ERA: 2.15 Team ERA: 2.28 Team ERA: 2.04 Team ERA: 1.83 OU Tournament 11 SAINT LOUIS NORMAN W 9-4 RV/NR BYU NORMAN W (5) 8-0 12 RV/NR BYU NORMAN W 3-0 MARYLAND NORMAN W (6) 11-2 13 MARYLAND NORMAN W (6) 11-0 16 #22/22 MINNESOTA NORMAN L (8) 10-12 Easton Tournament 18 vs. DePaul Fullerton, Calif. W 6-1 at Cal State Fullerton Fullerton, Calif. L 5-7 19 vs. Grand Canyon Fullerton, Calif. W 7-1 vs. #6/6 Alabama Fullerton, Calif. W 2-0 20 vs. #23/25 Nebraska Fullerton, Calif. W 4-2 No. 4 Auburn No. 12 UCLA No. 8 Florida State No. 16 Georgia 25 UMKC NORMAN W (5) 10-0 NFCA: No. 5 | USA: No. 5 NFCA: 14 | USA: 13 NFCA: 7 | USA: 7 NFCA: 15 | USA: 19 26 vs. UMKC Oklahoma City W 8-4 30 vs. NR/RV Oklahoma St.* Oklahoma City W (5) 10-2 (54-10, 16-7 SEC) (40-14-1, 16-5-1 Pac-12) (53-8, 21-2 ACC) (45-18, 12-12 SEC) Current Streak: Won 2 Current Streak: Won 2 Current Streak: Won 10 Current Streak: Won 2 APRIL Last 10 Games: 9-1 Last 10 Games: 9-1 Last 10 Games: 10-0 Last 10 Games: 6-4 01 KANSAS* NORMAN W 5-2 02 KANSAS* NORMAN L 2-5 RPI Ranking: No. 5 RPI Ranking: No. 15 RPI Ranking: No. 6 RPI Ranking: No. 19 03 KANSAS* NORMAN W 4-0 Team Slash: .323/.445/.532 Team Slash: .319/.416/.519 Team Slash: .327/.433/.508 Team Slash: .348/.426/.527 06 WICHITA STATE NORMAN W (5) 10-1 08 at #19/18 Baylor* Waco, Texas W 5-0 Team ERA: 2.14 Team ERA: 3.58 Team ERA: 2.18 Team ERA: 2.24 09 at #19/18 Baylor* Waco, Texas W (8) 4-0 10 at #19/18 Baylor* Waco, Texas W 7-4 13 NORTH TEXAS NORMAN W 6-1 Winners of fi ve straight Big 12 titles and its past 27 games, All-time, Oklahoma is eighth in WCWS win percentage and 15 RV/RV TEXAS* NORMAN W 9-8 ninth in WCWS wins and appearances. 15 RV/RV TEXAS* NORMAN W 5-3 Oklahoma earned the No. 3 overall seed in the 2016 NCAA 16 RV/RV TEXAS* NORMAN W 5-3 Division I Softball Championship. OU has been a national seed All-Time WCWS All-Time WCWS 20 at Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. W 3-1 each of the last 10 seasons and is a top-3 seed for the third Win Pct. WCWS Wins Appearances 1. UCLA (95-31) .754 1. UCLA 95 1. UCLA 26 Tennessee Classic time since the Super Regional was introduced in 2005. 2. Arizona (61-32) .656 2. Arizona 61 2. Arizona 22 23 at #12/13 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. W 9-0 3. Florida (22-12) .647 3. Fresno State 30 3. Cal 12 vs. Radford Knoxville, Tenn. W (5) 9-0 4. Texas AM (21-13) .618 4. Florida 22 Fresno State 12 24 vs. Lipscomb Knoxville, Tenn. W 2-0 Advancing out of the Norman Super Regional, OU faces No. 5. Fullerton (16-10) .615 Washington 22 Michigan 12 6 Alabama Thursday at 6 p.m. on ESPN2 in the Women’s College 6. Fresno St. (30-23) .566 6. Cal 21 6. Alabama 11 29 at Iowa State* Ames, Iowa W 4-2 World Series. In their second game of the double elimination 7. Georgia (5-4) .556 Texas A&M 21 Arizona State 11 at Iowa State* Ames, Iowa W 8-1 8. OU (17-14) .548 8. Arizona State 18 Washington 11 30 at Iowa State* Ames, Iowa W 12-1 tournament, the Sooners will face either No. 2 Michigan (51-5) 9. Wash. (22-19) .500 9. Oklahoma 17 9. Oklahoma 10 or No. 10 LSU (50-16). 10. Tenn. (15-14) .517 Alabama 17 10. Florida State 9 MAY 04 at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. W 4-1 06 TEXAS TECH* NORMAN W (5) 8-0 A win over Alabama would have OU play on Friday night at AGAINST THE WCWS FIELD 07 TEXAS TECH* NORMAN W 4-0 8:30, while a loss would see Oklahoma play its second game of Each of the eight WCWS teams has played at least three 08 TEXAS TECH* NORMAN W (5) 10-1 13 at Oklahoma State* Stillwater, Okla. W (5) 8-0 the WCWS Saturday at 1:30 p.m. games against the rest of the fi eld. With wins over Alabama 14 OKLAHOMA STATE* NORMAN W 5-2 and UCLA, and a loss to Michigan, OU ranks third in win NCAA Regional Fans can listen to each of OU’s games on KEBC 1560 in percentage among World Series teams. 20 WICHITA STATE NORMAN W 7-2 Norman or online via link on SoonerSports.com. Team W-L Pct. Team W-L Pct. 21 NR/RV OLE MISS NORMAN W (5) 9-1 22 NR/RV OLE MISS NORMAN W 3-0 Michigan 4-0 1.000 Florida State 2-3 .400 Against the NCAA Tournament fi eld this year, the Sooners Auburn 6-1 .857 Alabama 3-5 .375 NCAA Super Regional were an impressive 20-6 (.769) during the regular season. Oklahoma 2-1 .667 Georgia 2-8 .200 26 #9/9 UL-LAFAYETTE (14) NORMAN W 8-2 LSU 5-3 .625 UCLA 1-4 .200 27 #9/9 UL-LAFAYETTE (14) NORMAN W 7-6 WORLD SERIES EXPERIENCE JUNE Oklahoma is making its 10th overall appearance at the In addition, Oklahoma has the top batting average (.360) NCAA Women’s College World Series 2 vs. #6/6 Alabama (6) Oklahoma City ESPN2 6 p.m. Women’s College World Series and its fi fth trip in the last six of the WCWS teams, is second in slugging (.533) and is third in All Times CT | * Big 12 game | ~ if necessary years. Alabama is the only other team in the country to make on-base percentage (.433). OU is fourth in team ERA (2.14) and Rankings (NFCA/USA) as of game day | National Seed follows team name fi ve trips to the WCWS since the 2011 season. No. 1 in fi elding percentage (.985) 2016 OKLAHOMA SOFTBALL 2 # Name Pos. B/T Ht. Cl. Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 1 Nicole Pendley OF L/L 5-5 So. 1L Rio Rancho, N.M. (Rio Rancho HS) 2 Sydney Romero INF R/R 5-7 Fr. HS San Diego, Calif. (Vista Murrieta HS) Oklahoma Sooners Softball - Official Page 3 Kelsey Arnold INF L/R 5-2 So. 1L Tulsa, Okla. (Holland Hall Prep) 4 Brittany Finney RHP R/R 6-0 Fr. HS Wichita, Kan. (Bishop Carroll Catholic HS) 6 Macey Hatfield UTL R/R 5-7 Jr. 2L Maysville, Okla. (Seminole State) 7 Jayden Chestnut RHP R/R 5-8 Fr. HS Mustang, Okla. (Mustang HS) 8 Paige Parker LHP L/L 5-11 So. 1L Independence, Mo. (Truman HS) @OU_Softball 9 Tori Nirschl OF L/L 5-8 Sr. 1L Carlsbad, Calif. (Pittsburgh) 11 Paris Townsend INF/OF R/R 5-11 Sr.