University of Oklahoma Athletics

NORMAN -Softball Oklahoma n ° 3 (32-3) is preparing for a weekend at home while the Sooners welcome St. Thomas and the UCF for the Okana Invitational from Thursday April 3 to Saturday April 5.

Or welcomes St. Thomas on Thursday, April 3 at 7 p.m., while he was taking UCF on Friday April 4 at 7 p.m. and Saturday April 5 at 12:30 p.m.

How to follow

Thursday evening’s game will not be broadcast on SEC Network + due to the schedule of schedule. Friday and Saturday matches against the UCF will be broadcast on SEC Network +. A radio program for Thursday and Friday game will be available on franchise 2 (1560 h), while Saturday will be offered the 1560 h and 103.3 FM.

Live statistics will be offered on statbroadcast.com all weekend.

Against St. Thomas & UCF

Thursday will be the very first meeting between St. Thomas, while the Sooners and the Knights have already met five times.

The Sooners are 5-0 against the UCF after swallowing a series of three games in Orlando last April as part of the Big 12 matches that the two teams played against each other. Or previously welcomed the UCF in the Norman Super Regional 2022, the Oklahoma winning the two competitions.

The last time against st. Thomas & UCF
Ella Parker Hormed twice, Kasidi Pickering Addition of another shooting and Deal Kierston Recorded the last three withdrawals from the match while the Sooners finished a scan of the UCF with an 11-7 victory in Orlando on April 28, 2024.

About st. Thomas & UCF

St. Thomas is 19-11 and 4-2 at the conference game … It was only the fourth season during which St. Thomas was at the level of division I after leaving division III after the 2021 season … St. Thomas hits 0.294 as a team with 27 circuits, while its pitch maintained strikers at 12 circuits.

The UCF has a sheet of 22-16-1 and 4-8 in the championship … The Knights have a 4-4 sheet in real road matches this season … UCF is trained by Cindy Ball-Malone during its seventh season in Orlando … The Knights are 238-121-3 during its mandate and advanced for the 2022 Normand Super Regional … UCF played a pair of people like a pair of people de non-op 15 Missouri, 6-5, February 11. The Knights were classified compared to Missouri n ° 15, n ° 22 Fau and N ° 3 of Florida.

Last time

Oklahoma placed eight points in the fourth round en route to its 16th Run-Rule victory in a 13-2 victory against UT Arlington on Tuesday, April 1. Corri hicks Homed and drives in four, Gabbie Garcia doubled three times and TIA Milloy went 3 to 3 with three points and three products produced.

Slip

Freshman Gabbie Garcia Doubled in his three Bats on Tuesday in Ut Arlington, equaling a unique match record for the doubles in a match. Garcia posted only the ninth instance of this brand in the history of the program.

Refresh

Oklahoma first-year students combined the team’s produced points for nine during the 13-2 victory against UT Arlington, punctuated by CORRO HICKS ‘ four. Milloy raised two, Nelly McEnroe-Marinas had another and Sydney Barker Hooded with one.

Gab’s gift

First -year field player Gabbie Garcia Paces or with 11 circuits, tied to the eighth among all first -year students in division I in this category. She was named D1Softball Recruit of the week and player of the week of the dry week on March 18. Earlier this month, she became the first first year since Jocelyn Alo in Homer in five consecutive games.

3x dry pitch of the week

Launcher Sam Landry was appointed launcher of the week three times this season, including in the consecutive weeks on March 18 and March 25. It ranks in the top ten of the country in whip (0.86), the withdrawal / walking ratio (6.79) and the whitening (4).

Do not call him a return

Oklahoma currently has 11 return victories this season and is one of the country’s 14 teams to win two -digit victories. The Sooners returned to several games against South Carolina and Arkansas, as well as once against the Missouri.

Active career chiefs

Sooners have a number of players in the top ten among the active leaders in a variety of statistical categories, in particular between the arms of weapons Isabella Smith And Sam Landry.

Dry stars
Nelly McEnroe-Marinas And Gabbie Garcia have really played in the dry game, holding the left side of the inner field as well as the middle of the order. McENROE-Marinas has managed seven times in the league, while scoring 16 points, seven more than the following on the team or. Garcia’s defense is not to be overlooked because it made the 36 pieces on the field during the conference competition, all in Homering five times. Kasidi Pickering Pass the team with an average of the stick of .469.

Patient at the plate

Of the 291 points of the Sooners, the Oklahoma scored 87 points via a walk or a blow per blow. Oklahoma scored at least one point per game via a walk or a blow by pitch in 32 of the 35 games. The Sooners are second in the country in walks with 191.

New batteries, same results

Of the 67 Oklahoma circuits, 38 were affected by a newcomer or a earlier in their first season. In addition, six different sooners have experienced a performance of two homes this year (Gabbie Garcia,, Kasidi Pickering,, Nelly McEnroe-Marinas,, Sydney Barker And Isabela Emerling And Ella Parker). In total, 11 different players dominated at least once.

Home Dayta

Abby Dayton hit a tie a tie during the fifth round of the opening of the series against Tennessee on Friday March 28. It was just the second Home Run of Dayton of the season and first since his first in the stick as earlier on February 6. She also dominated twice during her two seasons in Utah.

Deal treats

Left -handed Deal Kierston was in great moments and on the biggest scene of his career in or. On Saturday, she intervened in another big match, turning in a full match in the 4-1 victory or against Tennessee n ° 10. She withdrew 12 of the last 13 strikers she faced in this match.

Cover the basis
Kasidi Pickering I went 15 consecutive strikers without being withdrawn between March 23 at Missouri and the series final against n ° 10 in Tennessee on Sunday, March 30. Pickering reached the base safely in 15 consecutive bats during this period, reaching 0.889 for the week.

Woah nelly
Nelly McEnroe-Marinas started the game of dry on fire, reaching seven circuits in the first 12 games. She hit one in every match at Missouri and launched two others at Arkansas, including a three -point circuit in the Sunday’s final. During the opening weekend of the SEC, she hit two three-point home circuits in the same match to help defeat the South Carolina, 10-9, March 9. She is the first earlier to hit a pair of three -point circuits in the same match since Lynnsie Elam did against Iowa on March 20, 2022. Four of her 10 home circuits in the season were a three -round shot.

Cydney Slamders
Cydney Sanders Has reached 200 games played this season, of which 148 came to Oklahoma. Its 52 career circuits are also ranked seventh among all active softball players and its 142 steps are in the fourth plus among active di players.

Keep him 100
Isabela Emerling struck his ninth circuit of the season and also reached 100 career products on March 26 in Wichita State. Ella Parker has also taken its own stage this season, exceeding 100 career successes in just 82 games.

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