OU Softball: Patty Gasso is ‘Loving’ Her Team as Oklahoma Opens Play at Love’s Field
The No. 2-ranked Sooners are unbeaten and fresh off a fantastic weekend of work at the Getterman Classic in Waco.
The first two weekends couldn’t have gone much better for Oklahoma.
Patty Gasso’s new-look Sooners got tested throughout their California swing, and then OU made strides to dominate last weekend at the Getterman Classic in Waco, TX.
Now, the No. 2-ranked team in the land will get to make their full debut in front of hordes of Sooner fans at Love’s Field this weekend.
“I’m loving them right now,” Gasso said of her team on Tuesday. “They are just very hard working, they are fearless, they hustle, they’re strong, they play as a team, they’re somewhat intimidating on the field, they’re fast, they’re clutch — everything I’m looking for.
“I really, really enjoyed them this last weekend. I thought they played really, really well.”
Ella Parker has stacked back-to-back SEC Co-Player of the Week honors, and both Kasidi Pickering and Cydney Sanders have been excellent alongside her.
The newcomers, spearheaded by Abigale Dayton, look comfortable.
And OU’s pitching staff looks polished, as Campbell transfer Isabella Smith and Lousiana transfer Sam Landry have already thrown a five inning perfect game each.
“I really feel they’re very comfortable with each other,” Gasso said. “They fight. They fight as a team.”
The defense has been excellent, too, which has helped unlock a new dimension from some of OU’s new hurlers.
“Knowing how good our defense is and trusting them and trusting the coaches has allowed me to go in the strike zone a little bit more,” Landry said. “So if you look at my previous stats you’ll probably see I have a lot more walks even at this point in the season than I do this season.
And that was just something because I always bit around the zone and I will admit I hated getting hit. But we’ve been working on that because it’s not that I hated getting hit, I just hated the ball getting put in play because I would get scared of what was going to happen sometimes.
