Softball

[MsProudSooner]

Thought you all would like to read the lead-in to OSU softball feature today...



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And that's why the seniors speak after the basketball game on Senior night.

 

[tycat947]

Thought you all would like to read the lead-in to OSU softball feature today...



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Did he re-read the letters on Saturday??? Cheez ‘n rice!!! One excuse after another! Did he re-read before playing Hypocrite U in Big 12 tourney???

 

[TulsaWorld]

Did he re-read before playing Hypocrite U in Big 12 tourney???

I get the feeling that you are not a fan of Baylor.

First up, a few things on another team at the OU regional...

At this point, the University of Tulsa being sent to Norman for a softball regional is seemingly a given.


The Hurricane is playing in the Norman Regional for the third consecutive season and for the seventh time in 10 NCAA Tournament appearances. TU faces Missouri at 3:30 p.m. Friday, with the winner advancing to face No. 4 overall seed Oklahoma or Boston University.


“I always go into it expecting to be sent to Norman, to be honest with you,” coach John Bargfeldt said. “I think the dynamic of Wichita State being in our conference and the fact that they are in (the NCAA field), that left a little possibility that we could get sent somewhere else because we knew we couldn’t both be sent there.




“They had a better RPI than we did, so you can understand why they would send us to Norman since we’re the higher RPI team.”

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Also a few local players picked up some NFCA honors last night...

The Oklahoma softball team tied a school record by having all eight of its nominees named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division I All-Central Regional Team, including four first-team honorees, the NFCA announced Thursday.

Seniors Paige Parker and Nicole Pendley, junior Sydney Romero and freshman Jocelyn Alo were selected for the first team. Juniors Shay Knighten and Caleigh Clifton were placed on the second team, while senior Kelsey Arnold and freshman Nicole Mendes were named to the third team.

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And finally, a feature on the OU softball team...

Selections are largely based on geography, but for the third consecutive year, Tulsa will play in the Norman Regional.


“Well, Tulsa, like duh,” OU coach Patty Gasso said Thursday. “Quite honestly, it’s hard for both teams because we keep doing this over and over, and it’s just … they’re good, we’re good. But to see the same team, I think they would say the same thing. It’s like, come on. Let’s give each team an experience.”


As for Missouri, Gasso wasn’t too surprised. The selection made sense, but it also created the possibility of an interesting showdown. OU pitchers Paige Lowary and Parker Conrad are Missouri transfers. They could face their old school in a matchup with major implications.


“I felt confident we’d get somebody out of the SEC,” Gasso said. “Did I look at it and go, ‘Ooh, storyline, storyline?’ No."

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[TulsaWorld]

One more to share ahead of tonight's game --- Tulsa World Magazine does a regular feature called "How I got here" and December's edition featured Patty Gasso:

> My mother was a single mom who raised us — I have an older brother and younger sister — and she worked really, really hard and had a couple of jobs. But when her jobs were over, we lived right next to a park with four softball diamonds and a basketball court. She would come home from work, and we would go to the park and practice.

> She was living her life to allow us to live our life. She put us through private school. She was always tired, but she never complained. So I just felt like there was nothing I can’t do because I watched her do it.

> My mom was never in the stands when I was playing. She was working.

> My first job was fast food. I worked at Burger King. I called myself the Burger Queen. I took a lot of pride in it. I wanted to be the fastest in the drive-thru. That is where I learned work ethic.

> When it comes to my philosophy, I think top of the list is blue collar. I don’t know any other way. Hard work. Never surrendering. Fearless. Loyalty. Just fight.

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[sybarite]

In other regionals:

Yesterday:
Oregon 4 Albany 0
Drake 3 BYU 2

Today:
Northwestern 3 California 2 (8)
Auburn 5 Kennesaw 2

Lightning delay:
Notre Dame 1 Michigan 0 (5th?)
Oklahoma State 2 Wichita State 0 after one

Big Twelve looking bad: Final Wichita State 8 Oklahoma State 2. OSU with some really sloppy errors. McNeese scored five in the top of the first against Baylor.

Notre Dame 4 Michigan 1
Florida State 8 Jacksonville 0

Tulsa 4 Missouri 0 third

 

[sybarite]

Tulsa 9 Missouri 1 in the top of the fourth as they threaten to run=rule Mizzou.

Baylor got two runs and two hits to avoid run=rule, for now, 8-2 down against McNeese in the bottom of the fourth.

 

[sybarite]

Eugene Bracket
--Oregon 4 Albany 0
--Drake 3 BYU 0
----BYU 16 Albany 0 (4th)
---Oregon 5 Drake 0

Columbia, Bracket
--Liberty 2 Hofstra 0 (10)
--South Carolina 1 UNC Greensboro 0 (3rd)

Tempe Bracket
--Ole Miss 9 Long Beach State 1
--Arizona State 2 New Mexico State 0 (3rd)

Seattle Bracket
--Texas 2 Minnesota 1

Tuscaloosa Bracket
--Wisconsin 9 Oregon State 3 (8)

Fayetteville Bracket
--Arkansas 2 DePaul 0
--Wichita State 8 Oklahoma State 2

Norman Bracket
--Oklahoma 9 Boston 0 (5)
--Tulsa 9 Missouri 1 (5)

Los Angeles Bracket
--Cal Fullerton 2 Texas State 1

Tucson Bracket
--North Dakota State 5 Mississippi State 4

Baton Rouge Bracket
--Houston 1 Louisiana Lafayette 0

Tallahassee Bracket
--Florida State 8 Jacksonville 0
--Auburn 5 Kennesaw 2

Athens Bracket
--Georgia 6 Harvard 2
--Northwestern 3 California 2 (8)

Knoxville Bracket
--James Madison 2 Ohio 1

College Station Bracket
--Texas A&M 9 Prairie View A&M 0
--McNeese State 11 Baylor 10

Gainesville Bracket
--Florida 8 Bethune-Cookman 0
--Ohio State 3 South Florida 1

 

[sybarite]

Eugene Bracket
(1.) Oregon 4 (141 Albany 0
(33) Drake 3 (51) BYU 2
BYU 16 Albany 0
Oregon 5 Drake 0
Drake 3 BYU 0

Lexington Bracket
(13) Kentucky 3 (140) Ill-Chicago 0 Still ongoing, rain delay
(42) Notre Dame 4 (31) Michigan 1 (Mild upset)

Columbia SC Bracket
(9) South Carolina 3 (53) UNC Greensboro 0
(32) Liberty 2 (19) Hofstra 0 (Mild upset)

Tempe Bracket
(7) Arizona State 2 (89) New Mexico State 0
(40) Ole Miss 9 (21) Long Beach State 1 (Upset, although it is a surprise that Long Beach was this high)

Seattle Bracket
(6) Washington 8 (67) Boise State 0
(36) Texas 2 (23) Minnesota 1 (Mild Upset)

Tuscaloosa Bracket
(16) Alabama 8 (103) Middle Tennessee 0
(50) Wisconsin 9 (26) Oregon State 3 (Mild upset)

Fayetteville Bracket
(17) Arkansas 2 (60) DePaul 0
(35) Wichita State 8 (27) Oklahoma State 2 (Mild upset)

Norman Bracket
(4) Oklahoma 9 (91) Boston 0
(47) Tulsa 9 (24) Missouri 1 (Upset only because Mizzou was overrated)

Los Angeles Bracket
(2) UCLA 3 (192) Sacramento State 0
(49) Cal Fullerton 2 (28) Texas State 1 (Upset)

Tucson Bracket
(12) Arizona 1 (97) St. Francis 0
(46) North Dakota State 5 (20) Mississippi State 4 (Mild upset, only if you didn''t know better)

Baton Rouge Bracket
(11) LSU 9 (85) Fordham 0
(39) Houston 1 (22) Louisiana Lafayette 0

Tallahassee Bracket
(5) Florida State 8 (87) Jacksonville State 0
(18) Auburn 5 (34) Kennesaw State 2

Athens Bracket
(10) Georgia 6 (172) Harvard 2
(37) Northwestern 3 (29) California 2 (Very mild upset)

Knoxville Bracket
(8) Tennessee 9 (114) Monmouth 0
(25) James Madison 2 (55) Ohio 1

College Station Bracket
(15)Texas A&M 9 (240) Prairie View A&M 0
(41) McNeese State 11 (14) Baylor 10 (Probably the biggest upset of the day. I understand Moore got cute and started his #2 in order to save Rodoni for A&M)

Gainesville Bracket
(3) Florida 8 (197) Bethune-Cookman 0
(30) Ohio State 3 (43) South Florida 1

No "seeds" were upset. A few had some difficulty, like Arizona over St. Francis or Arkansas over DePaul. But, the upsets were between the number two and three seeds of the bracket. Lot of mild upsets. The most surprising were Baylor, possibly Minnesota and Louisiana-Lafayette. I didn't regard Mississippi State

 

[tycat947]

http://www.normantranscript.com/spo...cle_90b6a842-652d-5208-acfa-17fad1d8586c.html

 

[sybarite]

Liberty 3 South Carolina 1
South Carolina becomes the first seeded team to lose. Florida trails Ohio State, 2-1 in the fifth.

 

[BanjoCharley]

Only coverage of OU Tulsa I can find is on The Football Braniacs. What’s wrong with this picture? ESPN Gamecenter is blank, this thread’s got nothing, Sooner Sports draws a blank.

Anyone know the score?

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

Only coverage of OU Tulsa I can find is on The Football Braniacs. What’s wrong with this picture? ESPN Gamecenter is blank, this thread’s got nothing, Sooner Sports draws a blank.

Anyone know the score?

Sorry to be so late seeing your post, Banjo.

OU just run ruled the Tulsa Hurricane in 6 innings.

The whole game was on ESPN2.

 

[sybarite]

I think all of the Norman regionals games will be on ESPN2. They even aluded to Mizzou/Boston.

 

[sybarite]

Eugene Bracket
(1.) Oregon 4 (141 Albany 0
(33) Drake 3 (51) BYU 2
BYU 16 Albany 0
Oregon 5 Drake 0
Drake 3 BYU 0
Oregon 3 Drake 0
Oregon wins regional

Lexington Bracket
(13) Kentucky 3 (140) Ill-Chicago 0 Still ongoing, rain delay
(42) Notre Dame 4 (31) Michigan 1 (Mild upset)
Michigan 6 Ill-Chicago 0
Kentucky 10 Notre Dame 0

Columbia SC Bracket
(9) South Carolina 3 (53) UNC Greensboro 0
(32) Liberty 2 (19) Hofstra 0 (Mild upset)
Hofstra 6 UNC Greensboro o no hitter
South Carolina 5 Hofstra 4

Tempe Bracket
(7) Arizona State 2 (89) New Mexico State 0
(40) Ole Miss 9 (21) Long Beach State 1 (Upset, although it is a surprise that Long Beach was this high)
Arizona State 7 Ole Miss 1
Long Beach 9 New Mexico State 0
Ole Miss 1 Long Beach State 0


Seattle Bracket
(6) Washington 8 (67) Boise State 0
(36) Texas 2 (23) Minnesota 1 (Mild Upset)
Washington 2 Texas 1
Minnesota 11 Boise State 3
Minnesota 3 Texas 0

Tuscaloosa Bracket
(16) Alabama 8 (103) Middle Tennessee 0
(50) Wisconsin 9 (26) Oregon State 3 (Mild upset)
Alabama 9 Wisconsin 1
Oregon State 4 Middle Tennessee 0
Oregon State 5 Wisconsin 1

Fayetteville Bracket
(17) Arkansas 2 (60) DePaul 0
(35) Wichita State 8 (27) Oklahoma State 2 (Mild upset)
Arkansas 5 Wichita State 0
Oklahoma State 6 DePaul 0
Wichita State 5 Oklahoma State 4

Norman Bracket
(4) Oklahoma 9 (91) Boston 0
(47) Tulsa 9 (24) Missouri 1 (Upset only because Mizzou was overrated)
Oklahoma 8 Tulsa 0 (6)
Missouri 10 Boston 8

Los Angeles Bracket
(2) UCLA 3 (192) Sacramento State 0
(49) Cal Fullerton 2 (28) Texas State 1 (Upset)
Cal Fullerton 3 UCLA 2 (9) (Big upset)
Texas State 8 Sacramento State 4
UCLA 14 Texas State 1

Tucson Bracket
(12) Arizona 1 (97) St. Francis 0
(46) North Dakota State 5 (20) Mississippi State 4 (Mild upset, only if you didn''t know better)
Arizona 6 North Dakota State 0
Mississippi State 12 North Dakota State 0
Baton Rouge Bracket
(11) LSU 9 (85) Fordham 0
(39) Houston 1 (22) Louisiana Lafayette 0
LSU 1 Houston 0
Louisiana Lafayette 15 Fordham 3
Louisiana Lafayette 7 Houston 2

Tallahassee Bracket
(5) Florida State 8 (87) Jacksonville State 0
(18) Auburn 5 (34) Kennesaw State 2
Florida State 2 Auburn 1
Jacksonville State 5 Kennesaw State 3 (10)
Jacksonville State 3 Auburn 2

Athens Bracket
(10) Georgia 6 (172) Harvard 2
(37) Northwestern 3 (29) California 2 (Very mild upset)
Georgia 12 Northwestern 0
California 10 Harvard 1
Northwestern 4 California 3


Knoxville Bracket
(8) Tennessee 9 (114) Monmouth 0
(25) James Madison 2 (55) Ohio 1
Tennessee 12 James Madison 3
Ohio 4 Monmouth 0
Ohio 7 James Madison 3

College Station Bracket
(15)Texas A&M 9 (240) Prairie View A&M 0
(41) McNeese State 11 (14) Baylor 10 (Probably the biggest upset of the day. I understand Moore got cute and started his #2 in order to save Rodoni for A&M)
Texas A&M 10 McNeese State 1
Baylor 9 Prairie View A&M 0
Baylor 6 McNeese State 0

Gainesville Bracket
(3) Florida 8 (197) Bethune-Cookman 0
(30) Ohio State 3 (43) South Florida 1
Florida 10 Ohio State 2 (6) Florida trailed 2-0 until the fifth.
South Florida 3 Bethune-Cookman 0
Ohio State 3 South Florida 2

 

[BanjoCharley]

Thanks SOUG, out here in the mountains we don’t get reception except for the occasional Pony Express. Got to rely on the internet.

Thanks again, we must have gotten the steamroller fired up!

 

[sybarite]

Two seeds, South Carolina and UCLA were upset. Still fighting.

 

[Stringmusic]

thanks, Syb, for the scores update. That is great.

 

[BanjoCharley]

Any word on Shea or Paige in terms of injury (and was it a Tulsa fan who rear ended her?

 

[SoonerTraveler]

Mizzou beat Tulsa 6-5 today to finish the rain-delayed game from Saturday night. OU plays Mizzou in the regional final today at 4pm, presuming the rain holds off.

This means OU will likely get the opportunity to knock-out Mizzou in the Norman Regional and Arkansas in the Norman Super-Regional. It would be sweet to directly end the season for 2 SEC teams prior to the World Series in OKC.

 

[sybarite]

If Paige can't go, I'm sure Lowary and Conrad would love an opportunity to shut out Mizzou. Maybe three innings each in a run-rule win. Mizzou has allowed 9 to Tulsa in a five-inning run-rule loss, 8 to Boston, and 5 to Tulsa. I doubt they can hold us to 8. I don't think they can score five against any of our pitchers.