Less than a month ago, it wasn’t clear whether the Oral Roberts University baseball team would even make the Summit League Baseball Tournament. However, the Golden Eagles won 10 out of their last 14 regular season games to become the No. 3 seed entering the conference tournament. ORU hosted the Summit League baseball tournament last…
If you haven’t been paying attention to college softball, now might be the time to start. Both the OU and OSU softball teams are headed to the Women’s College World Series at Devon Stadium in Oklahoma City. The WCWS begins on Thursday. In Norman last Friday night, the three-time defending national champion Sooners defeated Florida…
TULSA, Okla. –– The University of Tulsa and New Mexico State have agreed to a home-and-home football series with games scheduled for the 2025 and 2034 seasons. New Mexico State Aggies are members of Conference USA. Tulsa travels to Las Cruces, New Mexico, for the first of the two games on Sept. 6, 2025, at…
University of Tulsa’s women’s basketball team had a stellar season, but it came to an end last Thursday in the WBIT Quarterfinals as Illinois defeated the Golden Hurricane, 69-61, in front of a season-high crowd of 3,054 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center. Tulsa ends the season with an overall record of 25-10, while…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Northern Colorado outfielder Austin Bunn earned the latest TicketSmarter Summit League Baseball Peak Performer of the Week award, while Oral Roberts righthander Jakob Hall and Omaha lefthander Caleb Riedel shared the weekly pitching accolade, League officials announced Monday. Bunn finished the Bears’ series sweep of South Dakota State by going 10-for-15…
ORU’s record run in the 2023 season came to a close last week as they went into a win or be eliminated game losing to Texas Christian University 1-6 in the College World Series. The Golden Eagles closed their season with a 52-14 record, 1-2 in the World Series. The 52 wins in a season…
CHARLOTTE, NC – This is the final installment of columns from my recent travels. When I returned home, I realized I had been out of town 18 out of 23 days, and I had slept in five different states. I enjoy traveling, but the culmination of three different trips involved driving over 4,000 miles, and…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Coming off a third straight national title, University of Oklahoma was voted the 2023 ATEC/NFCA Division I National Coaching Staff of the Year, the Association announced on Thursday afternoon. Under the guidance of head coach Patty Gasso, along with associate head coach Jennifer Rocha, assistant coach JT Gasso and volunteer assistant Hannah…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Oral Roberts righthander Cade Denton, a junior from Rowlett, TX, was named the TicketSmarter Summit League Peak Performer of the Month for May-June, as announced by League officials Monday. Denton appeared in 15 of ORU’s 23 games through May and June that culminated with the program’s second appearance at the College…
On Sunday night, the Oral Roberts University baseball team got behind early, and couldn’t complete the comeback falling to Florida, 5-4, in their second game at the 2023 NCAA College World Series at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska. After winning their first game on Friday and advancing in the winners’ bracket to face Florida,…