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OU Softball: Oklahoma Announces Schedule Change for Saturday Texas Game

The Sooners beat the Longhorns 7-6 on Friday night, but Saturday's Game 2 needs to be shifted to accommodate expected sketchy weather.

John E. Hoover

Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso, center, talks to pitcher Sam Landry (21) and catcher Isabela Emerling, left.
Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso, center, talks to pitcher Sam Landry (21) and catcher Isabela Emerling, left. / NATE BILLINGS/FOR THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Oklahoma took Round 1 in a thriller.

Round 2, however, will have to wait just a little bit longer.

Saturday's second game of the Sooners' three-game Southeastern Conference series has been moved from a scheduled 11 a.m. start to a 6:30 p..m. first pitch at Love's Field in Norman.

The Sooners and Longhorns will play on SEC Network +, rather than on the originally scheduled ESPN2.

No. 3-ranked OU jumped out to a 6-0 lead against their second-ranked rivals to the south, but Texas rallied to put the go-ahead run on second base in the top of the seventh inning before pitcher Sam Landry got a fly ball to end it.

Patty Gasso’s squad improved to 40-5 overall and 14-5 in SEC play, while Mike White’s side dropped to 42-7 and 13-6.  Friday's game was played before a Love's Field official attendance record: 4,587.

Sunday's series finale is still scheduled for a 1 p.m. start, with the broadcast scheduled for ESPN2.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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