Sunday Softball Rained Out

April 16, 2010

#14 Texas (35-9, 8-2 Big 12) at #12 Oklahoma (32-10, 6-3 Big 12)
Game Information	Sunday, April 18, 2010 \| Cancelled \| Live Stats Sunday, April 18, 2010 \| Cancelled \| Live Stats
Location	OU Softball Complex \| Norman, Okla.
Tickets	Reserved: $10 \| General Admission: $8
Promotions	1,000 National Championship patches (Sunday)
Television	ESPN (Justin Kutcher and Jessica Mendoza) - first game
Online	Gameday Central \| Game Notes \| Twitter

Due to rain in the Norman area, both Sunday games have been cancelled.

A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA
• Oklahoma is 192-64 (.752) all-time in Big 12 Conference games.
• OU is 160-143 (.528) all-time against ranked opponents and 17-8 against the nation's 14th-ranked team.
• OU is 8-6 this season against ranked foes.
• The Sooners are 7-16 against a ranked Texas team. Prior to the 2010 season, the two teams last met as ranked opponents in 2007.
• Amber Flores leads OU with a .393 batting average. Flores is OU's career home run leader (52) and five shy of tying the Big 12 career mark.
• She also leads the team in slugging percentage (.744) and on-base percentage (.547). She has drawn 24 walks and been hit by a pitch 17 times.
• Keilani Ricketts is the reigning Big 12 Pitcher of the Week. Ricketts struck out 15 on Saturday at Texas A&M.
• Ricketts' 224 strikeouts this season are the seventh-most in a single season by an OU pitcher. She needs two more to move into sixth.
• Both Ricketts and Flores are top 25 finalists for USA Softball's Collegiate Player of the Year.
• Brianna Turang leads the team with 20 stolen bases on the season.
• Lindsey Vandever is four walks shy of a single season best set in 2009.
• Vandever tied her career high with her ninth home run of the season in the second game of Thursday's doubleheader.
• Jessica Shults holds the Oklahoma freshman record for home runs in a season (12).
• Wendy Trott hit her first home run of the season, a walk-off grand slam, during Thursday's first game against Texas Tech.

A LOOK AT TEXAS
• Blaire Luna is the Longhorns' ace. Luna, a top 25 finalist for Collegiate Player of the Year, leads the Big 12 with a 0.91 earned run average.
• Texas hitters have hit 66 home runs this season, a program best. UT is hitting .344 as a team.
• Tallie Thrasher leads Texas with a .405 batting average and had school-record three home runs in the second game of the Missouri series.

A LOOK INTO THE SERIES HISTORY
• The series with Texas is dead-even at 20 wins apiece. The Sooners hold a 9-6 advantage in games played in Norman.
• Oklahoma holds an advantage of 14-13 in regular season conference games.
• The two teams first met during the 1997 season.

BROADCAST/PROMOTIONAL INFORMATION
• Sunday's game airs nationally on ESPN with Justin Kutcher and Olympic gold medalist Jessica Mendoza calling the action.
• Jennifer Stewart, Most Outstanding Player of the 2000 Women's College Series, will throw out the first pitch Saturday.
• Mendoza will throw out the first pitch Sunday.
• The first 1,000 fans Saturday receive a commemorative ticket marking the 10-year anniversary of the 2000 National Championship.
• Members from the 2000 National Championship will be available for autographs following Saturday's contest, weather permitting.
• On Sunday, 1,000 National Championship patches are available.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
• Oklahoma travels to Baylor for a midweek doubleheader on Wednesday.
• The Sooners travel to Lincoln next weekend for a two-game series with Nebraska.

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