Softball Faces Kansas on Wednesday

April 5, 2011

No. 14 Oklahoma (29-10) at Kansas (27-10)
Game Info	Wednesday, April 6, 2011 \| 4 & 6 p.m. CT
Location	Arrocha Ballpark \| Lawrence, Kan.
Online	Live Stats \| Game Notes \| Twitter

A LOOK AT THIS WEEKEND
The 14th-ranked University of Oklahoma softball team travels to Lawrence, Kan to face the Kansas Jayhawks. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 4 p.m. CT with the second game to follow. Live stats of both games are available at SoonerSports.com.

A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA AS A TEAM
• Oklahoma is 201-66 all-time in Big 12 games.
• OU has split its first two conference series against Nebraska and Texas Tech.
• Oklahoma has hit 52 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 13 games against ranked opponents.

Sooner to Watch
	Katie Norris \| Jr. \| UTL • Has played in 31 games this year • Has seen time at designated player • Has hit two home runs this year • From Stillwater, Okla.

A LOOK AT OKLAHOMA INDIVIDUALLY
• Keilani Ricketts' 595 strikeouts are fifth on the career list and two from tying for fourth-place. Ricketts averages 11.83 K's per game.
• In her 21 starts in the circle, she has registered double-digit strikeouts 14 times.
• Ricketts leads the Big 12 in strikeouts (249), appearances (28) and games started (21).
• Ricketts has 21 career shutouts, eighth on the career all-time list. She 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 18 home runs, 53 runs batted in and a .886 slugging percentage.
• Shults' 18 home runs are a new single season best for her. The OU single season record is 20 (Lisa Carey, 2000 and Lynette Velazquez, 1999).
• Shults has two grand slams this year. Nix has the other two. Dani Dobbs has the fifth.
• Williams leads the Sooners and Big 12 with 38 walks drawn this season. She is second on the team with a .761 slugging percentage.
• Freshman Destinee Martinez leads OU and the Big 12 with 52 hits.
• After playing outfield all of last season and the majority of this year, Brianna Turang made the move to second base this year.
• Head coach Patty Gasso won her 800th Division I game on March 19 against No. 4 Washington. Gasso is 803-260-2 (.754) 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 965-319-2 (.750) in 21 seasons as a head coach. She needs 35 wins for career win No. 1,000.

A LOOK AT THE SERIES HISTORY
• Oklahoma leads the all-time series with the Jayhawks 47-41. OU is 12-10 against KU in Lawrence.
• Gasso is 36-10 against Kansas. OU took both meetings last season. The two teams split the 2009 meetings in Lawrence.
• Oklahoma is 7-3 in the last 10 series meetings and 6-4 in the last 10 meetings in Lawrence.
• Kansas assistant coach D.J. Mathis was an All-American at Oklahoma in 2008 (second team).
• Complete series history information begins on page 137 of the 2011 Oklahoma softball virtual guide.

A LOOK AT WHAT'S NEXT
• Oklahoma returns home this weekend to face No. 17 Baylor on Saturday and Sunday.

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