The No. 15 OU softball team travels this weekend to the toughest place in the Big 12 this season to get a win.
The Sooners face No. 9 Missouri (33-5, 7-1 Big 12) on Saturday and Sunday in Columbia, Mo.
The Tigers will be looking to maintain the nation’s longest home winning streak (30) against OU, which is looking to improve its conference standings.
Oklahoma leads the overall series 49-37. The Sooners won their last two outings in Columbia, 6-2 and 4-2, in 2009.
Last year, the Tigers advanced to the Women’s College World Series and finished with a school-record 51 wins. Missouri returns 17 of 22 players from that team.
Sophomore Chelsea Thomas, a fury on the mound for the Tigers, leads the conference in ERA (.70) and holds batters to .147.
OU will look to its sophomore ace, Keilani Ricketts, to keep the Sooners in the game against an explosive Missouri offense. Ricketts averages over 11 strikeouts per game and moved into third on OU’s all-time career strikeout list with 11 strikeouts against Oklahoma State on Wednesday.
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