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FRIDAY
The Oklahoma City Redhawks face the Nashville Sounds at 7:05 p.m. at Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City. Tickets range from $6.75 to $20.50.
SATURDAY
The second annual Battle of the Burger is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Marc Heitz Chevrolet, 1221 Ed Noble Parkway in Norman. Judges include former OU football coach Barry Switzer.
SUNDAY
Spanish dance classes begin at 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. at Reaves Park, 121 E. Constitution St. Experience is not necessary.
MONDAY
Visit the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History for free. The museum, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., offers free admission the first Monday of each month.
TUESDAY
The Summer Basketball Series begins at 6 p.m. in the Huston Huffman Fitness Center. The league is open to students, faculty and staff. The first three weeks will be season play, and the final week will be a tournament. Register by Friday, June 1, by emailing summer@ou.edu. For a full calendar of events, visit oudaily.com
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OU softball coach Patty Gasso (left) argues with an NCAA official over a call during the second game of the super regional in Norman against Arizona on Saturday, May 26. The Sooners defeated the Wildcats, 7-1.
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oftball coach Patty Gasso admits her job right now is pretty easy. The coach, in her 18th season as the Sooners’ skipper, is getting ready to take her seventh team to the Women’s College World Series on MORE INSIDE A breakdown Thursday, when they will face the daunting of each team task of beating out seven other programs to in the WCWS. PAGE 4 earn the 2012 national title, but she said she’s giving up most of her current coaching duties to players in the crimson and cream uniforms. “It’s a good feeling as a coach to watch them set themselves up,” Gasso said. “You don’t have to say much, and I just make SEE GASSO PAGE 4
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The OU softball team carries a panel of the outfield wall that will display the Sooners’ participation in the 2012 Women’s College World Series. Oklahoma earned a spot in the series after defeating Arizona, 7-1, on Saturday, May 26. The Sooners begin their quest for a second national championship against South Florida on Thursday in Oklahoma City. OU won its first title in 2000.
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OREGON (44-16) First opponent: Arizona State at 8:30 p.m.
CALIFORNIA (56-5)
Road to the WCWS: Hosted and swept Eugene, Ore., regional; won Austin super regional
First opponent: LSU at 2:30 p.m.
Player to watch: Junior outfielder Samantha Pappas — .396 batting average, 21 stolen bases
Road to the WCWS: Hosted and won Berkley, Calif., regional and super regional Player to watch: Senior pitcher Valerie Arioto (20-3) — 1.32 ERA, .385 batting average, .962 slugging average, 23 homers
SOUTH FLORIDA (50-12) First opponent: Oklahoma at noon Road to the WCWS: Won Gainesville, Fla., regional; hosted and won Tampa super regional Player to watch: Sophomore pitcher Sara Nevins — 1.06 ERA, 323 strikeouts
LSU (39-23) First opponent: California at 2:30 p.m. Road to the WCWS: Won College Station regional and Columbia, Mo., super regional Player to watch: Junior pitcher Rachele Fico (20-11) — .92 ERA, 213 strikeouts
SERIES NOTE All opening-round games are Thurday
OKLAHOMA (50-8) ARIZONA STATE (51-9)
First opponent: South Florida at noon
First opponent: Oregon at 8:30 p.m.
Road to the WCWS: Hosted and swept Norman regional and super regional Player to watch: Junior catcher Jessica Shults — .382 batting percentage, 19 homers, 57 RBIs, 11 doubles
Road to the WCWS: Hosted and won Tempe, Ariz., regional and super regional
ALABAMA (55-7)
Player to watch: Senior shortstop Katelyn Boyd — 22 stolen bases, 49 walks and 10 strikeouts as leadoff hitter
TENNESSEE (52-12)
First opponent: Tennessee at 6 p.m.
First opponent: Alabama at 6 p.m.
Road to the WCWS: Hosted and swept Tuscaloosa, Ala., regional and super regional Player to watch: Sophomore shortstop Kaila Hunt 20 homers, 74 RBIs, .747 slugging percentage
Road to the WCWS: Hosted and won Knoxville, Tenn., regional and super regional Players to watch: Pitcher sisters Ellen and Ivy Renfroe (27-4, 25-8) — Combine for 470 strikes in 431.4 innings on the mound
GASSO: Sooners hitting .321 as a team heading into final tournament Continued from page 1 sure that certain things are in order. I just try not to screw anything up.� Gasso said this COVER Sooner team is easy STORY to coach because regardless of age or classification, every player has bought into what she has taught them about playing as a complete team. That cohesiveness is beginning to pay dividends for the peaking Sooners, who have one of the best records in softball at 50-8. “They’re all on the same page, and it’s so comfortable MELODIE LETTKEMAN/THE DAILY to be around,� Gasso said. Junior catcher Jessica Shults celebrates with her teammates after “There’s something to be hitting her 19th home run of the season in the fifth inning of game said about a team that likes to two of the super regional Saturday, May 26, in Norman. Oklahoma be around each other. There isn’t any jealousy because beat the Arizona Wildcats, 7-1, for its 50th win of the season.
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from clean-up to the five hole in the Sooner lineup. However, the junior AllAmerican wasn’t phased by the move and found a way to get on base, going 3-for-5 with three hits, two RBIs and two walks during the two outings against Arizona in the super regional last weekend. And that type of performance is what Gasso said she expects from all of her players regardless of their position in the batting lineup. “We want to come out and attack right away but at the same time be patient because SPIRITS
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walks are just as damaging,� Gasso said. “Just find a way on and then get yourself in scoring position.� Gasso used more than 30 different lineups this season but admitted she liked the current batting order going into the Women’s College World Series. And until opposing pitchers find a way to shut down a lineup that is hitting .321 as a team, Gasso said she plans to let her players continue to hold the reigns going into the final round of the NCAA tournament. “I give it all up to them,� Gasso said. “I just make sure that certain things are in order, but I’m just the orchestrator and they’re the instruments that play the music. “And they’re playing wonderful music right now.�
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