Oklahoma.i start – The Oklahoma Sooners can face their most difficult path, since they are looking for a fifth record championship of the Women’s World Series.
The second sowed sooners will open on Thursday against Karlyn Pickens and the sown No. 7 Tennessee.
In the second regional game, Pickens unleashed a launch that traveled a NCAA record 79.4 miles per hour. Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso, the US team coach who took the Sooners to eight national titles, has not seen anything like that.
“It’s quite surprising, actually,” he said, “he is establishing a new standard.”
Gasso did not give how his team is preparing for Pickens, but said the Sooners expect the confrontation. She said the pickens launch speed is an example of the evolution of sport.
“It’s great for our game,” he said. “It’s phenomenal … So it’s a challenge for Sooners, without a doubt, but that is what led us here. We love challenges.”
Oklahoma counteracts with a formidable offensive led by a couple of second -year students, she Parker and Kasidi Pickering, who are hitting over .400. Oklahoma is the second nationwide with 115 homers and fifth with 7.75 races per game.
“We know we have an incredible opponent on Thursday, and we just want to put our best foot forward here,” said Tennessee coach Karen Weekly.
In addition to the difficulty of Oklahoma’s mission, the four teams on their side of the group are from the SEC: Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Florida.
The third seed of Florida and the sown No. 6 Texas will open the action on Thursday. Texas was a national runner -up last season and Florida reached the semifinals.
In other clashes of the opening day, the sown No. 12 Texas Tech will face Mississippi not sown and the seed No. 9 that UCLA meets the number 16 of Oregon in the night cup.
The first part of the event is the double elimination. The two final teams will play for the title in a series of the best of three from June 4.
Gasso was not sure that his team had the opportunity to win the League in the season.
“If you asked me in October, I would say, man, I hope we finish in the middle of the pack in the SEC,” he said. “I didn’t know, nor any of us.”
Florida’s coach Tim Walton recalls having spoken with Gasso after Oklahoma secured the title of the conference regular season.
“I congratulated her on the plate,” he said. “And she looked at me and she said:” We? Because he certainly didn’t feel that way. “I think it’s a pretty good appointment.
The Kedre and Kai Luschar sisters have been dominant in helping Oregon reach the World Series.
Kedre, a last -year student who is the youngest of the two, leads the team with an average bat of .444, 61 promoted races and 17 doubles. She has scored 59 races and has 29 stolen bases.
Kai Luschar, a fifth year senior, is the second in the team with an average .421. The nation leads with 59 stolen bases and has scored 63 races.
Ole Miss is the only remaining non -sown team. The rebels beat Arizona twice to win the regional Tucson and defeat Arkansas in Super Regional.
The rebels are not only here to appear.
“Very proud of the trip and the season we have had,” said Ole Miss coach Jamie Trachsel. “We have another chapter in our history, and we hope to have a lot to say about it here in Oklahoma City.”
UCLA and Oregon will meet in a confrontation of former PAC-12 teams that moved to Big Ten this year.
UCLA seeks to add to his 12 record titles of the World Series with a couple of sluggers leading the way. Megan Grant has 25 home runs and 79 ranked races and Jordan Woooly has 23 home runs and 86 ranges, and give the Bruins a legitimate opportunity to add to that total.
Oregon was the regular season champion Big Ten. The Ducks beat UCLA in two of three meetings during a series in April.
Bruins coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said his team has improved since then.
“What I learned most was that our best is yet,” he said. “We don’t play our best ball.”
Texas Tech Nijaree Canady launcher had the goal of taking his new team to the World Series, and she delivered.
The star pitcher was the US University player. UU. Last season for Stanford. She helped the cardinal to reach the national semifinals two consecutive years before joining the Red Raiders.
This season, Tech helped win the title of the regular season Big 12, then the tournament. The Red Riders finally achieved the goal of reaching the World Series by altering the state of Florida No. 5 in the super regional game.
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