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ORU wins Summit League Tournament

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No. 10 ranked Oral Roberts University baseball team claimed its 21st Summit League Championship title on Saturday, with a 12-4 victory over South Dakota State at Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo, North Dakota. With the victory, the Golden Eagles sealed a bid in the NCAA Tournament for the 30th time in program history. ORU has…

OSU and OU tangle in the Big 12 Tournament

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University of Oklahoma opened the Big 12 Baseball Championship on Wednesday with a 9-5 win over Oklahoma State, at Globe Life Field, in Arlington, TX. On Thursday, the Cowboys stayed alive with a 3-2 win over West Virginia. That same day, the Sooners lost a slugfest to Texas Tech, 10-9. As the tournament continued on…

NCAA Regional Tournaments

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OU, OSU and ORU were selected to play in the NCAA Regional Tournaments. Sixty four teams were selected to play in the Regionals. The Sooners received an at-large bid and will play as the No. 3 seed in the Charlottesville (VA) Regional.  On Friday they will play against East Carolina at 6 p.m. CDT. The…

Kansas City, Part I

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A weekend trip to Kansas City was both a history lesson and a trip down memory lane. My wife, daughter and I took the drive north to Kansas City last week and decided to make a stop along the way at Fort Scott National Historic Site, in eastern Kansas. From the site’s website; When Fort…

Sooners and Cowgirls advance to the College World Series

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Both the No. 1 seeded Sooners and the No. 6 seeded Cowgirls will go on to play in the 2023 NCAA College Softball World Series to be held in Oklahoma City June 1-9. The Cowgirls shut-out the Oregon team to improve their record for the season to 46-14. This will be the fourth straight year…

Jeff Farina-Morelos named as TU Women’s Basketball Director of Operations

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Tulsa, Oklahoma – The University of Tulsa named Jeff Farina-Morelos as the director of operations for the women’s basketball program, it was announced today by Head Coach Angie Nelp. “We are excited to welcome Jeff to our TU family,” Nelp said.  “He has helped programs reach success at an elite level and will immediately have…

OSU wins Bedlam and part of Big 12 regular season title

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Oklahoma State clinched a share of the Big 12 Conference regular season championship with a 11-1 victory over Oklahoma, Saturday at L. Dale Mitchell Park, in Norman. With the win, the 10th-ranked Cowboys improved to 37-16 and finished Big 12 play with a 15-9 mark. OSU shares the conference championship with Texas and West Virginia….

ORU Sweeps WIU, wins League Title

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The No. 12 Oral Roberts baseball team concluded its 2023 regular season with a 12-0 run-rule victory over Western Illinois in eight innings Saturday afternoon at Alfred D. Boyer Stadium, in Macomb, Ill. The series sweep marked the fourth straight for ORU and ninth of the year. The Golden Eagles, who finished Summit League play…

ORU top seed in Summit League Tournament

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Defending Summit League tournament champion Oral Roberts earned the No. 1 seed after winning the program’s 20th regular season title, while tournament host North Dakota State will be the No. 2 seed. South Dakota State and Omaha round out the field as those two programs will be the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds, respectively…

OU, OSU advance to NCAA Softball Super Regionals

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Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas from the Big 12 are advancing to the Super Regionals, having won their respective regionals. Each Super Regional will consist of three-game series with one team. the winner will be the first team to win two games and will advance to the NCAA Women’s World Series in Oklahoma City at…