OU Softball To Host NCAA Regional

May 14, 2000

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Coach Gasso

L. Carey

J. Stewart

NORMAN, Okla. - The owner of a 58-8 record and a No. 4 national ranking, the University of Oklahoma softball team was selected as one of eight NCAA Championship Regional hosts Sunday night. The Sooners, who will be the No. 1 seed when regional play begins Thursday at the OU Softball Complex, will face sixth-seeded Harvard at 7:30 p.m. on the first day of competition. Regional play will end on Sunday with the winner advancing to the Women's College World Series May 25-29 at Don E. Porter Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

The remainder of the six-team regional field will consist of No. 2 seed Oregon State, No. 3 seed Arkansas, No. 4 seed Cal State Northridge and No. 5 seed Northwestern. Oklahoma has faced Oregon State and Arkansas already this season. The Sooners run-ruled Oregon State 9-0 March 16 in the KIA Klassic in Fullerton, Calif., and posted three wins against the Razorbacks (5-3 Feb. 13 in Arlington, Texas, 3-0 and 6-2 Feb. 23 in Norman).

Arkansas will face Cal State Northridge Thursday at 2:30 p.m. to start regional play. Oregon State and Northwestern are scheduled to square off at 5 p.m. and will be followed by OU and Harvard.

This marks the second regional the Sooners have hosted under sixth-year head coach Patty Gasso (also hosted in 1997) and the second time OU has been a No. 1 regional seed under Gasso (also No. 1 in 1998).

NCAA Regional Field
1. Oklahoma (58-8)
2. Oregon State (37-19-1)
3. Arkansas (41-28)
4. Cal State Northridge (26-24)
5. Northwestern (28-24)
6. Harvard (19-19)

Thursday's Regional Schedule
Game 1 (2:30 p.m.): No. 3 Arkansas vs. No. 4 Cal State Northridge
Game 2 (5 p.m.): No. 2 Oregon State vs. No. 5 Northwestern
Game 3 (7:30 p.m.): No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 6 Harvard

University of Oklahoma Athletics

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