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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Softball Opens Big 12 Play Against Nebraska
March 25, 2011 | Softball
March 25, 2011
| No. 14 Nebraska (26-3) at No. 12 Oklahoma (26-8) | |
| Game Info | Saturday, March 26 | 2 p.m. CT Sunday, March 27 | Noon CT |
| Location | OU Softball Complex | Norman, Okla. |
| Tickets | Available: $10 reserved | $8 general admission |
| Television | Cox Channel 3 (Oklahoma City and Tulsa) |
| Promotions | Saturday: Pack the Park Pink | Sunday: Chana'e Jones Day |
| Online | Webcast | Game Notes (PDF) | Twitter |
A LOOK AT THIS WEEKEND
The 12th-ranked University of Oklahoma softball team opens Big 12 action this weekend, hosting the No. 14 Nebraska Cornhuskers. The first game of the series is Saturday at 2 p.m. CT with the finale following on Sunday at noon. Live stats are available at SoonerSports.com. The game airs locally on Cox Channel 3 in Oklahoma City and Tulsa with Toby Rowland and Kenny Mossman calling the action. A webcast of the game is available through Oklahoma All-Access and a subscription is required.
A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA AS A TEAM
• The Sooners are 11-4 all-time in Big 12 openers and also 11-4 in Big 12 home openers.
• OU is 5-4 against ranked opponents this season and 170-149 (.533) all-time.
• The Sooners are 7-16 against a ranked Huskers team and 17-8 against No. 14.
• Oklahoma has hit 42 home runs this year; five of those are grand slams.
• OU has played one of the nation's toughest schedules to date. After this weekend, OU will have played 11 games against ranked opponents.
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A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA INDIVIDUALLY
• Keilani Ricketts' 546 strikeouts are fifth on the career list and 51 from tying for fourth-place. Ricketts averages 11.86 K's per game.
• In her 17 starts in the circle, she has registered double-digit strikeouts 12 times.
• Ricketts leads the Big 12 in strikeouts (200) and appearances (23), games started (17) and complete games (16).
• Ricketts' 0.95 ERA is fourth-best in the league.
• Ricketts has 21 career shutouts, eighth on the career all-time list.
• Ricketts struck out a career-high 17 batters against DePaul on March 17.
• OU's 3-5 hitters of Jessica Shults, Brittany Williams and Haley Nix have provided the OU offense a spark this year.
• Shults leads OU with 16 home runs, 51 runs batted in and a .930 slugging percentage.
• Shults' 16 home runs are a new single season best for her. The OU single season record is 20 (Lisa Carey, 2000 and Lynette Velazquez, 1999).
• Williams leads the Sooners and Big 12 with 34 walks drawn this season.
• Nix has two grand slams on the year, including a walk-off against Missouri State in the championship game of the Oklahoma Spring Festival.
• Senior Dani Dobbs earned her first career Big 12 Player of the Week honor on March 22.
• Dobbs hit. 526 on the week (10-for-19) with five runs scored and 10 RBI.
• She recorded two doubles and three home runs for a 1.105 slugging percentage and totaled 21 bases in six games.
• Freshman Destinee Martinez leads OU and the Big 12 with 48 hits. Martinez also leads the Sooners in batting average (.387).
• After playing outfield all of last season and the majority of this year, Brianna Turang made the move to second base this past weekend.
• Head coach Patty Gasso won her 800th Division I game on March 19 against No. 4 Washington. Gasso is 800-257-2 (.755) in 17 years at OU.
• Gasso is the 20th active coach to reach the mark and 30th all-time at the NCAA Division I level.
• Gasso is 962-317-2 (.752) in 21 seasons as a head coach. She needs 38 wins for career win No. 1,000.
A LOOK AT THE SERIES HISTORY
• Nebraska leads the all-time series against the Sooners, 41-37. Oklahoma holds a 15-12 advantage in games played in Norman.
• OU swept the Huskers in Lincoln last year, winning 5-0 (April 24) and 8-0 (April 25). The Sooners have won four straight in the series.
• OU is 24-19 against Nebraska under Patty Gasso and 6-4 in the last 10 meetings in Norman. OU has won eight out of the last 10 meetings.
• Complete series history information is on page 139 of the 2011 Oklahoma softball virtual guide.
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK
• OU hosts Central Arkansas Tuesday at 5 p.m. CT. The game airs locally on Cox Channel 3 in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
• The Sooners travel to Lubbock for a Friday/Saturday two-game series with the Red Raiders next weekend.
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