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On the Road Again …

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FISHERS, IN – On the road again. Just can’t wait to get on the road again. The life I love is makin’ music with my friends, and I can’t wait to get on the road again. That old Willie Nelson song often rings true for me, especially this time of year. I typically travel quite…

Women’s College World Series OU romps Duke in first game

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Three-time defending national champion Oklahoma Sooners dominated in their opening game of the Women’s College World Series on Thursday afternoon. The Sooners were attempting to become the first-ever softball program to win four consecutive NCAA championships. The No. 2-seeded Sooners (55-6) opened with a 9-1 run-rule victory in six innings over No. 10-seeded Duke (52-8)…

OSU Cowgirls end their World Series bid

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Game 1: The No. 5 seed Oklahoma State softball team dropped its WCWS opener to fourth-seeded Florida, 1-0, Thursday at OGE Field at Devon Park. The game was a classic pitching duel. OSU All-American Lexi Kilfoyl (26-4) took a no-hitter into the fifth inning before the Gators’ Katie Kistler hit a leadoff home run to…

OSU wins the Big 12 conference tournament over OU

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Oklahoma State, the No. 2 seed, won the Big 12 Tournament title Saturday night by defeating the No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners, 9-3, at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Tex. It is the 35th conference championship in program history for the Cowboys, and the fourth Big 12 tournament title: their first since 2019. OSU is now…

ORU wins Summit League Tournament

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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…

Women’s softball teams advance to WCWS

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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-New Mexico State Agree to Home-and-Home Series in Football

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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…

TU women fall to Illinois in WBNIT

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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…

ORU’s Hall shares Pitcher of the Week honors

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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…

Golden Eagles’ College World Series run ends

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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…