Mother Nature Halts Sooners' March

March 15, 2003

Fullerton, Calif. - Mother Nature again disrupted the Oklahoma softball schedule on Saturday. Heavy rains blanketing Southern California forced the cancellation of the remainder of the 2003 Kia Klassic Softball Tournament in Fullerton, Calif., it was announced Saturday morning.

No. 6 Oklahoma (24-3) earned consecutive wins over Arizona State, UNLV, Cal State Northridge and Louisiana-Lafayette for a perfect 4-0 record before the tournament was halted. No. 2 Arizona was the only other team to also have a 4-0 mark with wins over Florida State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Long Beach State and UNLV.

The Sooners will now turn their attention to Big 12 Conference play with a trip to No. 3 Nebraska on Thursday, March 20. OU will square off against the Cornhuskers for a doubleheader in Lincoln, Neb., at 4 and 6 p.m.

Nebraska and No. 4 Texas were the other Big 12 teams participating in the Kia Klassic. Nebraska managed a 1-2 record with a win over Cal State Fullerton and losses to DePaul and Fresno State. The Longhorns dropped all three games in the tournament with losses to Fullerton, Washington and Hawaii for an 0-3 record.

Oklahoma has won 17 consecutive games for a 24-3 record and looks to move up in the national polls that will be released Tuesday.

University of Oklahoma Athletics

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