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 | 99 WEEKLY BIG 12 HONORS No. 1/1 Oklahoma Softball OKLAHOMA VS. IOWA STATE 2013 Schedule (40-3, 8-1) Friday/TV:...6:30 p.m./Fox College Sports FEBRUARY Saturday/TV: ..12 p.m./Fox College Sports Kajikawa Classic Sunday/TV: ...12 p.m./Fox College Sports 08 vs. #21/20 Stanford Phoenix, Ariz. W, 6-0 vs. RV/RV Oregon State Phoenix, Ariz. W, 14-2 (5) Venue: ...............................Marita Hynes Field 09 vs. #5/6 Oregon Phoenix, Ariz. W, 12-0 (5) vs. New Mexico Phoenix, Ariz. W, 11-1 (5) Live Stats: ...................SoonerSports.com 10 vs. RV/RV Northwestern Phoenix, Ariz. W, 7-4 Campbell/Cartier Classic 15 vs. UC Riverside San Diego, Calif. W, 7-0 OU vs. Iowa State: ...........OU leads 62-28 at RV/NR San Diego St. San Diego, Calif. W, 4-0 16 vs. #24/22 Kentucky San Diego, Calif. W, 11-0 (5) In Norman: ......................OU leads 19-12 vs. #18/16 Washington San Diego, Calif. W, 2-0 17 vs. Notre Dame San Diego, Calif. W, 7-5 (9) In Ames: ............................OU leads 28-8 Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic At Neutral Site: ..................OU leads 15-8 21 vs. #13/16 Georgia Palm Springs, Calif. W, 5-0 No. 1/1 Oklahoma (40-3, 8-1 Big 12) Iowa State (19-26, 4-8 Big 12) vs. #14/19 Arizona Palm Springs, Calif. W, 5-0 Last Meeting: ..........OU 5, ISU 1; 5/13/12 22 vs. UC Santa Barbara Palm Springs, Calif. W, 5-2 SOONERS CYCLONES vs. RV/NR Nebraska Palm Springs, Calif. W, 2-0 Streak: ....................................OU won 15 23 vs. #23/23 Florida State Palm Springs, Calif. W, 6-0 MARCH No. 1 Oklahoma returns home for the fi rst time in three weeks with a ROAD WARRIORS Spring Preview Tournament three-game series at Marita Hynes Field against Iowa State this week- Friday’s home game will be the fi rst for Oklahoma since sweeping 01 HOUSTON NORMAN W, 6-0 end. The Sooners have won 15 straight versus the Cyclones and haven’t Baylor, April 5-7. In between OU played seven consecutive true road 02 #NR/25 NEBRASKA NORMAN W, 10-3 lost in Norman to ISU since April 5, 2003, a streak of 9 games. games, the team’s longest string of road games since April 1-10, 2006 #NR/25 NEBRASKA NORMAN L, 0-1 and the fourth-longest stretch in program history: 03 HOUSTON NORMAN W, 4-1 Last year, OU swept a three-game set in Ames, winning by a combined score of 27-2. The Sooners hit 4 home runs in a 10-0 win in the series Games Dates Record Opponents 08 NORTHERN COLORADO NORMAN W, 14-0 (5) DRAKE NORMAN W, 10-2 (6) opener. Game two saw OU win its ninth Big 12 title and Lauren 9 4/1-12/98 8-1 OSU, Baylor (2), TTU (2), Mizzou (2), KU (2) 09 NORTHERN COLORADO NORMAN W, 10-0 (5) Chamberlain set the Big 12 single season home run record in a 12-1, 8 4/22-26/92 3-5 Okla. Baptist (2), Regis (2), Colorado St. (4) DRAKE NORMAN W, 13-0 (5) fi ve-inning victory. Oklahoma closed out the sweep with a 5-1 win 8 4/10-18/99 6-2 Nebraska (2), ISU. (2), TAMU (2), Texas (2) Judi Garman Classic thanks to a 3-hit shutout from Keilani Ricketts. 7 4/1-10/06 3-4 Nebraska (2), OSU, TAMU (2), Baylor (2) 15 vs. Pacifi c Fullerton, Calif. W, 9-0 (5) 7 4/12-23/13 6-1 TTU(3), Texas (3), North Texas vs. North Carolina State Fullerton, Calif. W, 3-0 CONSENSUS NO. 1 16 vs. #14/19 Arizona Fullerton, Calif. W, 4-0 For the seventh week in a row, Oklahoma is the consensus No. 1 team HOT STREAKS 17 vs. Penn State Fullerton, Calif. W, 8-0 (5) at Cal State Fullerton Fullerton, Calif. W, 9-0 (5) in the country. A quick look at which Sooners have been enjoying recent success: 23 #11/11 LOUISVILLE NORMAN L, 1-5 #11/11 LOUISVILLE NORMAN W, 9-1 (5) The Sooners received all 27 of 31 fi rst-place votes in the USA Today/ Player G AB R H RBI 2B HR BB K SB AVG/OBP/SLG 24 #11/11 LOUISVILLE NORMAN Cancelled/Cold NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll and all 16 of 20 votes in the ESPN.com/USA Casey 8 28 11 11 6 2 1 5 5 1 .393/.485/.571 27 at Wichita State Wichita, Kan. W, 7-1 Softball Collegiate Top 25. Martinez 7 23 4 13 3 0 0 1 0 2 .565/.583/.565 at Wichita State Wichita, Kan. W, 16-1 (5) Parsons 8 16 3 7 6 1 0 1 1 1 .438/.444/.500 Oklahoma has been ranked No. 1 by USA Softball for 11 straight weeks, Pendley 9 27 13 13 19 2 8 7 7 2 .519/.618/1.481 APRIL 03 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE NORMAN Cancelled/Rain while the NFCA has put the Sooners on top for seven weeks in a row. Turang 9 23 7 11 5 1 0 3 4 3 .478/.538/.522 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE NORMAN Cancelled/Rain 04 at #20/18 Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. W, 3-1 The Sooners also maintained their spot as the No. 1 team in the fi fth SOONERS SWEEP WEEKLY BIG 12 HONORS 05 #17/18 BAYLOR* NORMAN W, 8-3 installment of the NCAA Division I RPI rankings on April 22. They have The Oklahoma softball team has swept the weekly Big 12 conference 06 #17/18 BAYLOR* NORMAN W, 9-3 been No. 1 each week since the rankings fi rst came out. honors for the third time this season, it was announced Tuesday. 07 #17/18 BAYLOR* NORMAN W, 8-0 (6) 10 NORTH TEXAS NORMAN Cancelled/Rain FASTEST TO 40 Senior Brianna Turang was named Big 12 Player of the Week for the 12 at Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas W, 9-0 (6) 13 at Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas W, 6-0 Now 40-3 on the season, the Sooners have reached 40 wins faster than fi rst time in her career, while fellow senior Keilani Ricketts was chosen 14 at Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas W, 13-7 any other team in school history following a 12-1, 6-inning win at as Big 12 Pitcher of the Week for the fourth time this season and 15th 17 vs. Oklahoma State* Oklahoma City Postponed, Rain North Texas on Tuesday. time in her career. 19 at #6/7 Texas* Austin, Texas W, 6-1 20 at #6/7 Texas* Austin, Texas L, 2-4 Year Record Finish Postseason Turang was 6-9 and drove in four runs as the Sooners took two of three 21 at #6/7 Texas* Austin, Texas W, 5-3 2013 40-3 N/A N/A games at No. 6 Texas. Ricketts earned both of the wins, including a 23 at North Texas Denton, Texas W, 12-1 (6) 2007 40-4 55-8 NCAA Super Regional season-high 15 strikeouts in a 6-1 win on Friday. 26 IOWA STATE* NORMAN 6:30 P.M. 27 IOWA STATE* NORMAN 12:00 P.M. 1994 40-5 58-15 NCAA Regional Final 28 IOWA STATE* NORMAN 12:00 P.M. 2000 40-5 66-8 NCAA Champions TAKING ON THE TOP 25 2001 40-7 50-9 NCAA WCWS Through April 24, the Sooners lead the nation in wins against top-25 MAY 2005 40-7 50-17 NCAA Super Regional teams (16) and winning percentage against top-25 teams (.842; min. 5 03 at Kansas* Lawrence, Kan. 2:00 p.m. 2012 40-7 54-10 NCAA WCWS Finals games), while they are tied for fourth in games played against ranked at Kansas* Lawrence, Kan. 4:00 p.m. 1998 40-8 49-15 NCAA Regional Final teams (19). 04 at Kansas* Lawrence, Kan. 12:00 p.m. 2010 40-10 47-12 NCAA Super Regional 10 vs. Oklahoma State* Oklahoma City 6:00 p.m. Wins Win Pct. (min. 5 games) Games Played 11 OKLAHOMA STATE* NORMAN 3:00 P.M. 1. Oklahoma 16 1. Oklahoma (16-3) .842 1. Washington 26 12 at Oklahoma State* Stillwater, Okla. 1:00 p.m. BEST BIG 12 STARTS 2. Washington 15 2. Florida (8-3) .727 2. Arkansas 21 This is the eighth time OU has started 8-1 or better in league play, and 3. Arizona State 11 3. Texas (9-4) .692 3. UCLA 20 NCAA Regional all of those prior teams fi nished in either fi rst or second place. Oregon 11 4. Arizona St. (11-5) .688 4. Oklahoma 19 17 TBD Campus Sites TBA 5. Texas 9 5. Tennessee (8-4) .667 Mississippi 19 Year Start Finish Place Postseason UCLA 9 NCAA Super Regional 2002 9-0 14-2 2nd NCAA Super Regional 24 TBD Campus Sites TBA 2000 9-0 17-1 1st NCAA Champions NCAA Women’s College World Series 1997 8-1 14-4 2nd NCAA Regional 29 TBD Oklahoma City, Okla.