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Sooners Begin Season at No. 10
January 20, 2009 | Softball
Jan. 20, 2009
NORMAN, Okla. – The University of Oklahoma softball team begins the 2009 season ranked among the nation's best. The Sooners are 10th, after receiving 498 points in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25. Florida was the overall top choice, followed by defending national champion Arizona State. Alabama, UCLA and Texas A&M rounded out the top five.
Oklahoma returns seven starters from last season's 47-14 squad that finished 16-2 in the Big 12. The team took second in conference play and went on to advance to an NCAA Super Regional. OU received nine of 10 first-place votes and tallied 81 points to receive top billing in the 2009 Big 12 coaches' preseason poll. The selection the first time the Sooners were chosen a unanimous selection to win the league title since 2000, when OU won its first National Championship.
The Sooners return three All-Americans in seniors Samantha Ricketts and D.J. Mathis and junior Amber Flores. The trio, along with junior catcher Lindsey Vandever, also earned first team All-Midwest Region honors and All-Big 12 first team accolades a year ago. Oklahoma welcomes six newcomers, including pitchers Allee Allen (Buena Vista, Calif.) and Kirsten Allen (Union, Ky.) and Oklahoma products Katie Norris (Stillwater), Evan Sallis (Muskogee), Samantha Bachman (Midwest City) and Karolyne Long (Midwest City). Long is the younger sister of former OU All-American Savannah Long.
Oklahoma begins the 2009 campaign Feb. 5-7 at the Hawai'i Paradise Classic in Honolulu. The Sooners open at home on Feb. 18, hosting Stephen F. Austin in a 2 p.m. doubleheader at the OU Softball Complex.
2009 USA TODAY/NFCA TOP 25 PRESEASON POLL
| Rank | Team | 2008 Record |
| 1 | Florida (14) |
70-5 |
| 2 | Arizona State (15) | 66-5 |
| 3 | Alabama | 58-8 |
| 4 | UCLA | 51-9 |
| 5 | Texas A&M |
57-10 |
| 6 | Louisiana (1) |
52-15 |
| 7 | Arizona | 41-19 |
| 8 | Michigan | 52-8 |
| 9 | Northwestern | 40-16 |
| 10 | OKLAHOMA | 47-17 |
| 11 | Stanford | 49-15 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 50-16 |
| 13 | Houston | 54-11 |
| 14 | Fresno State |
54-13 |
| 15 | DePaul | 51-18 |
| 16 | Missouri | 47-17 |
| 17 | California | 34-32 |
| 18 | North Carolina |
50-12-1 |
| 19 | LSU | 44-18 |
| 20 | Virginia Tech |
49-19 |
| 21 | Washington | 30-25-1 |
| 22 | Georgia | 46-24 |
| 23 | Nevada | 44-18 |
| 24 | Long Beach State |
40-17 |
| 25 | San Diego State |
44-17 |
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