Fall Festival Kicks Off Exhibition Slate

NORMAN – The defending national champion Oklahoma softball team begins its 2016 fall schedule this weekend with the annual Fall Festival Tournament.

Oklahoma opens play on Friday against Temple College at 6:30 p.m., then plays twice Saturday with games at 1:30 p.m. against Seminole State and 3:45 p.m. against Northern Oklahoma College.

Tickets are $5 for general admission and $3 for students in grades K-12 and senior citizens. Children under three years of age and OU students are free. A full schedule of games can be found below.

OU is coming off a season in which the Sooners won their third national title, becoming just the third team ever to accomplish the feat. Oklahoma is also the five-time defending Big 12 champion, a run never before seen in the conference. The Sooners finished the 2016 season with a 57-8 record as they made their 10 appearance at the Women's College World Series.

The team loses five seniors from last year's squad in 2017, but returns Paige Parker, a first-team All-American and the WCWS' Most Outstanding Player, and second-team All-American Shay Knighten.

In addition to Parker and Knighten, returning all-region honorees include juniors Kelsey Arnold and Lea Wodach and sophomores Fale Aviu, Caleigh Clifton and Sydney Romero. Oklahoma also welcomes in seven newcomers, including a five-person freshman class and transfers Paige Lowary (Missouri) and Hannah Sparks (Northwest Florida State College).

Fall Festival Schedule

Day	Time	Visitors	Home
Friday	11 a.m.	Northern Oklahoma	Bacone College
Friday	1:30 p.m.	Bacone College	Seminole State
Friday	4 p.m.	Temple College	Northern Oklahoma
Friday	6:30 p.m.	Temple College	Oklahoma
Saturday	11 a.m.	Seminole State	Temple College
Saturday	1:30 p.m.	Seminole State	Oklahoma
Saturday	3:45 p.m.	Northern Oklahoma	Oklahoma