After breezing through the opening weekend of Big 12 play, Oklahoma now has its sights set on the Red River Rivalry and at Top 10 matchup against Texas. The Sooners enter the weekend as the nation’s top team but are facing a Longhorn squad that can be dangerous and has revenge on its mind after getting pounded by OU in last year’s Women’s College World Series.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time | TV | Result |
| March 31 | Texas | 6:00 PM | ESPN+ | |
| April 1 | Texas | 11:00 AM | ESPN2 | |
| April 2 | Texas | 11:00 AM | ESPN2 |
Tuning In
- Friday’s game in OKC is set for 6 p.m. start and can be seen via ESPN+ with Chad McKee handling play-by-play duties and OU alums Erin Miller and Nicole Mendes joining him on the call.
- Saturday and Sunday’s games will be shown to a national TV audience on ESPN2 with ESPN’s crew of Beth Mowins, Michele Smith and Amanda Scarborough calling the action.
- All three games can be heard via 107.7 The Franchise in Oklahoma or nationwide on The Varsity app.
What We Learned Last Weekend
- Teams are approaching Oklahoma’s lineup with a battery of pitchers. Iowa State continued a trend that had started in the non-conference portion of OU’s schedule by throwing multiple pitchers in a game and replacing them early. It worked initially as the Sooners only scored three runs in the opener (a 3-0 win) but they quickly adjusted to score 23 runs in the final two games of the series.
Notes & Storylines
- The teams meet Friday night in Oklahoma City at USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex before the final two games of the series in Norman on Saturday and Sunday.
- Oklahoma holds a conference record of 164-15 the past 10 seasons and has not lost a Big 12 series since 2011.
- OU is outscoring its opponents by a combined score of 278-27 on the season, surrendering an average of 0.8 runs/game.
- As a team, OU is batting a nation-best .391 with 57 home runs.
- The Sooners have homered in 26 of 31 games, including 14 games with multiple home runs.
Against Texas
- OU has won 27 of the last 28 games over Texas, including 10 straight series.
- Oklahoma holds a 53-25 all-time advantage over the Longhorns.
- OU claimed its second straight and sixth overall national title in a two-game sweep of Texas, by scores of 16-0 and 10-5, to close out the 2022 Women’s College World Series.
Heavy Hitters
- Alyssa Brito and Jayda Coleman have each blasted 8 homeruns for the Sooners. Brito is batting .440 and has 32 RBI. Coleman his batting a team best .500 on the season and has 23 RBI.
- Courtney Day and Reese Atwood each have 7 homeruns for the Longhorns. Day is batting .333 with 22 RBI and Atwood is batting .315 with 23 RBI.
From the Circle
- Oklahoma’s Nicole May is 9-0 on the season and has a 0.39 ERA with 82 strikeouts.
- UT’s Citlaly Gutierrez is 10-1 on the season with an ERA of 1.75 and 53 strikeouts.
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