OU Hosts North Texas at 4 PM Today

NORMAN, Okla. Following its two run-rule wins over Arkansas Wednesday night, the No. 6 Oklahoma softball team returns to the diamond Thursday as it hosts North Texas at 4 p.m. at the OU Softball Complex. The Sooners are looking to add another win to their perfect 18-0 record.

The OU/North Texas game is the third game in OU's seven-game home stand this week. The Sooners will host the OU/Residence Inn Invitational this weekend at the OU Softball Complex. OU will meet up with Wichita State at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday and follow with a 4:45 p.m. contest against Temple. In Sunday's action, the Sooners will face Temple at 12:15 p.m. and Wichita State at 2:30 p.m.

LIVE STATS AND VIDEO COVERAGE
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TICKETS AND FOR THURSDAY
Seats to Thursday's game are available for $10 (reserved), $7 (general admission), $5 (youth and senior citizen) and $3 for groups of ten or more at the OU Athletics Ticket Office (800-456-4668) and at SoonerSports.com. The gates will open an hour and a half before first pitch.

SCOUTING NORTH TEXAS
Oklahoma and North Texas will be meeting for the 12th time in school history and still have another contest against each other slated for April 11 in Denton. OU leads the all-time series 11-0.

The Mean Green own a 3-10 record and are still looking for their first true road win after losing all four of their road games. North Texas has recorded wins over Colorado State, Sam Houston State and Texas A&M Corpus-Christi this season. Some of their losses include Big 12 schools Texas (twice) and Oklahoma State.

For the second straight season Susan Waters is headlining the offense with a .421 batting average and nine RBI. She hit two home runs in one game against the Sooners last season. Ashley Lail leads the effort in the circle as the right-hander owns a 3.83 ERA and a 2-3 record.

ARKANSAS TWIN BILL RECAP
The Sooners swept Arkansas in a doubleheader Wednesday night as both contests ended in a run rule. D. J. Mathis pitched a no-hitter in the first game and the Sooner offense rolled to a 14-0 run-rule victory (five innings). It marked the first no-hitter by a Sooner since April 22, 2003 when Kami Keiter did it against Tulsa. The sophomore lefty struck out seven in the five-inning contest and was one walk away from a perfect game.

Traci Dickenson keyed the Sooners in the second game with her walk-off three-run homer in the bottom of the fifth to give OU the 10-2 run-rule win. It marked her fourth home run of the season as OU recorded its ninth run rule of the year.

Samantha Ricketts was the offensive leader in both games as the sophomore was impressive against the Lady'Backs with seven RBI on a 4-for-7 performance. Ricketts, OU's home run leader, pounded her sixth home run of the year and also recorded a double in the combined two games.

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