Softball - Page 135

SoonerSpock · 02-10-2019, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by tycat947

Great start to the season but not much competition. Next week should give Patti and staff things to work on during the season. We need to be playing our best in April, May and June rather than February.

We need to be playing very well in February too in addition to peaking April-June. Think back to 2016-2017 when OU was preseason ranked number 1 after winning the 2016 natty. We had loses to Auburn, Washington, Tennessee and Notre Dame in February and fell into the teens in the rankings and it took all season to get back in the top 8.

This February we have #1 FSU, #2 UCLA, #7 Arizona, Kentucky and Notre Dame, Cal State, Fullerton and Oregon State (3-1-19). Should we do poorly in 2-3 of those games we will again be fighting the rankings all season playing in the not so strong Big 12.

sybarite · 02-10-2019, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SoonerSpock

We need to be playing very well in February too in addition to peaking April-June. Think back to 2016-2017 when OU was preseason ranked number 1 after winning the 2016 natty. We had loses to Auburn, Washington, Tennessee and Notre Dame in February and fell into the teens in the rankings and it took all season to get back in the top 8.

This February we have #1 FSU, #2 UCLA, #7 Arizona, Kentucky and Notre Dame, Cal State, Fullerton and Oregon State (3-1-19). Should we do poorly in those games we will again be fighting the rankings all season playing in the not so strong Big 12.

We aren't exactly a struggling team trying to stabilize a pitching staff and search for an extra outfielder from somewhere on the bench. In each of these games, I will be more than a little if we lose one, much less two.

SoonerinNC · 02-11-2019, 12:54 AM

Patty typically does a lot of shifting things around early in the season so I would not be suprised to see more than one or two losses going into Big 12 play.

The pitching seems to be very strong so far but we have yet to face a strong team.

SoonerinNC · 02-11-2019, 12:56 AM

Patty typically does a lot of shifting things around early in the season so I would not be suprised to see more than one or two losses going into Big 12 play.

The pitching seems to be very strong so far but we have yet to face a strong team.

And clearly, losing the early games caused us to be seeded so low one year we had to play a very top seeded team in the super regionals. I think it was against Alabama and we lost.

SoonerTraveler · 02-11-2019, 09:15 AM

Oklahoma Softball (5-0) ... Next 10 games

St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational
Thur, 2/14 .. Kentucky (3PM / ESPNU)
Thur, 2/14 .. Notre Dame (6PM / ESPN3)
Fri, 2/15 ... Florida Atlantic (9AM)
Fri, 2/15 ... Florida State (Noon / ESPNU)
Sat, 2/16 ... Hofstra (9AM / ESPN3)

Mary Nutter Classic / Palm Springs, California
Fri, 2/22 .. BYU (5:30 PM)
Fri, 2/22 .. UCLA (8PM)
Sat, 2/23 .. Arizona (Noon)
Sun, 2/24 .. Cal State Fullerton (11AM)
Sun, 2/24 .. UC Santa Barbara (1:30 PM)

.. All Times are Central Time (CT)

sybarite · 02-11-2019, 09:33 AM

At first glance, this weekend's schedule looked daunting. The RPIs were #13, #38, #81, #1, and #18. But, Kentucky lost to Houston, Illinois, and Oklahoma State, and Notre Dame lost to Duke and North Carolina. Florida Atlantic lost to Indiana and Georgia, and Florida State won five weak games. Hofstra hasn't yet played. A field that looked like it would be about 18--2 is only 13-7. Kentucky was a huge disappointment.

SuperHoops · 02-11-2019, 01:30 PM

I saw the Kentucky-OSU box score. OSU hit a pair of 2-run homers in the bottom of the seventh to come from behind and win 8-7. OSU's pitching appears to be soft again this year despite a couple of transfers but they should put up some runs.

SoonerSpock · 02-13-2019, 03:03 PM

Just an interesting side note regarding ticket cost for softball. OU charges $250 for reserved season ticket and $10 per game for general admission seats. Our attendance averages about 1,800+. Georgia who is a top 10 program does not charge for attending their regular season home games. They average 1,500+. Florida charges appoximately the same as OU for their softball tickets and their attendance averages about 2,000.

The Georgia softball fans are getting a deal.

http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArti...CLID=208802870

http://www.soonersports.com/pdf9/547...B_OEM_ID=31000

https://georgiadogs.com/schedule.aspx?path=softball

https://floridagators.com/documents/..._29_18_LSU.pdf

TulsaWorld · Yesterday, 09:02 AM

From Eric Bailey...

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Oklahoma
Record: 5-0

Looking ahead: Oklahoma will play five games at the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational. The highlight will be the Friday afternoon game against defending national champion Florida State. OU also will face Kentucky, Notre Dame, Florida Atlantic and Hofstra.

Looking back: The Sooners were perfect at the Grand Canyon University Kickoff Tournament, outscoring five opponents by a combined 44-2. Three of the victories were called after five innings because of run rule.

Notable: OU moved up one spot to No. 3 in the major softball weekly polls. … Junior Mariah Lopez was named the Big 12 pitcher of the week. She was 2-0 last weekend with two one-hit shutouts and double-digit strikeouts in both wins. … Jocelyn Alo (8-for-14) and Shay Knighten (4-for-7) had team-high .571 batting averages. .. Caleigh Clifton and Raegan Rogers had two home runs each.

sybarite · Yesterday, 10:26 AM

Today:

3:00 Kentucky (2-3) ESPNU, KEBC

-----Live Stats: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/...p?t=1&gid=okla

6:00 Notre Dame ESPN3, KEBC, Live stats at same site as for Kentucky

Kentucky lost to Illinois, Houston, and Oklahoma State in Houston. They beat Houston and Sam Houston State. Rocky start.

Notre Dame lost to Duke and South Carolina. But, they beat Washington and Liberty, Washington being about #3 at the time. In Puerto Vallarta.

BlackwellSooner · Yesterday, 06:19 PM

Anyone have a link for the OU-ND softball game on ESPN3?

BlackwellSooner · Yesterday, 06:36 PM

OU vs ND is on ESPN3 now, OU leading 1-0

Link http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/34805...e-invitational

sybarite · Yesterday, 08:16 PM

OU won 9-1 over Kentucky in five and 6-2 over Notre Dame in regulation.

Lopez and Sailes against Kentucky. Juarez and Sailes against Notre Dame.

SoonerSpock · Today, 03:05 PM

OU lost to FSU 4-7 seeing the effects of losing their top two pitchers (Parker and Lowary). Saile gave up 4 HR's getting the ball on too much of the white of the plate. Juarez allowed 1. OU allowed only 20 HR's in 62 games last year. The top competition in the Power 5 conference is slightly better hitters than the Conference USA hitters as Shannon learned today. She has to learn to keep the ball on the black of the plate.

FSU's freshman pitcher came in the 2nd inning and allowed only 1 run. FSU only left 1 runner on base.

OU offense is going to need every run their offense can generate this year. I expect the team era will be 0.50 higher than last years 1.12 era.

Also we have made 7 errors in 8 games YTD. Last year we made 22 for the 62 game season.