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Oklahoma softball coach Patty Gasso has not been elected the official spokesperson for coaches, but she has pointed out several things that can make the Women s College World Series better experience for players and fans.
No games finishing at 2 a.m. The team seeding process. Better player facilities such as showers and locker rooms at Hall of Fame Stadium.
And why not stretch the WCWS over a 12-day period like college baseball s World Series instead of the current seven-day-crunch format? I think some of the things that were said maybe rubbed some people the wrong way, but that s not what I was trying to do, said Gasso, whose Sooners won their fifth national championship a few weeks ago. I want to help this sport continue to grow and improve.
LUBBOCK, Texas With just more than a minute to go Monday night at Texas Tech, Lon Kruger once again put the ball in Elijah Harkless’ hands.
Harkless drove toward the basket before flicking the ball into Umoja Gibson’s hands in the corner.
Gibson drained a 3-pointer to pull the Sooners within two.
They eventually lost, 57-52 to No. 13 Texas Tech, snapping a five-game winning streak.
The ninth-ranked Sooners missed Austin Reaves significantly.
Harkless’ assist was one of only three OU had on the night, tied for their fewest in a game since Lon Kruger took over in 2011.
While Reaves’ scoring he’s the Sooners’ leading scorer with 15.
NORMAN OU’s women’s gymnastics team didn’t have much time to process a major loss that happened just before the No. 2 Sooners took on No. 3 Utah on Sunday at Lloyd Noble Center.
About 10 minutes into the warmup, freshman vaulter Audrey Lynn suffered a leg injury that ended her season.
The Sooners shook it off and beat the Utes 197.025-196.550.
“I really, honestly, do think my athletes lost their focus a little bit and had some concern, obviously as they should,” OU coach K.J. Kindler said. “It kind of pulled us out of the zone we were trying to be in and from that point forward, it was just kind of a struggle from warm-up on.”
After Lynn’s injury, Kindler adjusted not only the vault lineup but
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