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Big 12 Releases Conference Soccer Schedule – University of Oklahoma
NORMAN — The Big 12 Conference released the 2023 conference schedule Monday morning, with play beginning Sept. 14 and running through Oct. 23.
The Sooners will meet 10 of the 14 member institutions over six weeks in the fall, including matches vs. new conference members UCF, Cincinnati and BYU. The conference will implement a 1-2-2-2-2-1 format where programs will play each other at least once in a two-year time frame.
Oklahoma will start conference play with home matchups vs. the two Sunflower State schools, Kansas (Sept. 14) and Kansas State (Sept. 21).
Sunday, Sept. 24 will be OU’s first Big 12 road trip of the season, heading to Houston for a match on Sunday, Sept. 24 before meeting Texas Tech in Lubbock on Thursday, Sept. 28.
The Sooners will host new member UCF on October 1 at John Crain Field prior to a road swing out East to play at West Virginia (Oct. 5) and Cincinnati (Oct. 8).
The Red River Rivalry returns to Norman on Thursday, Oct. 12 before the final home conference match of the fall vs. first-year member BYU on Monday, Oct. 16.
The conference slate closes with Bedlam in Stillwater vs. Oklahoma State on Oct. 23.
The 2023 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Soccer Championship is slated for Oct. 28-Nov. 4 at the Round Rock Multipurpose Complex in Round Rock, Texas.
Non-conference play begins on Thursday, August 17. OU’s full schedule with non-conference opponents and match times will be announced at a later date.
For updates and more information on Oklahoma Soccer, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_WSoccer) and like Oklahoma Soccer on Facebook.
2023 Oklahoma Big 12 Soccer Conference Matches
Thursday, September 14
Kansas at Oklahoma
Thursday, September 21
K-State at Oklahoma
Sunday, September 24
Oklahoma at Houston
Thursday, September 28
Oklahoma at Texas Tech
Sunday, October 1
UCF at Oklahoma
Thursday, October 5
Oklahoma at West Virginia
Sunday, October 8
Oklahoma at Cincinnati
Thursday, October 12
Texas at Oklahoma
Monday, October 16
BYU at Oklahoma
Monday, October 23
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State
Saturday, October 28
2023 Sprouts Famers Market Big 12 Championship – Round One
Monday, October 30
2023 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Championship – Quarterfinals
Wednesday, November 1
2023 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Championship – Semifinals
Saturday, November 4
2023 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Championship – Final
*Dates are subject to change.
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May 5, 2024
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OU Baseball: Oklahoma Wins Again, Takes Series at Texas Tech
By OU Media Relations
LUBBOCK, TX — No. 22 Oklahoma took the series over Texas Tech with a 7-5 win Saturday afternoon in Lubbock.
With the win, Oklahoma (28-17, 17-6) clinched its fifth conference series of the season and second straight series victory in Lubbock over Tech (30-19, 12-14).
OU collected its 17th win in Big 12 play Saturday, matching the most wins in conference play since 2009.
A complete team win powered OU to the series W, with the offense putting up seven runs on 11 hits, including two home runs. The pitching staff of starter Kyson Witherspoon and relievers Carter Campbell, Dylan Crooks and Malachi Witherspoon allowed a powerful Tech offense just five runs on seven hits, with all five runs coming in the final four innings.
OU jumped out to another early lead, scoring a pair at the top of the first. After a double from senior Bryce Madron, sophomore Easton Carmichael brought him in on an RBI single down the left line. Two batters later, senior Anthony Mackenzie singled in Carmichael for a two-run lead before the Red Raiders stepped to the plate.
Witherspoon settled in and worked five scoreless innings to start, a day after junior Braden Davis and senior Will Carsten combined to shut out the Red Raiders for OU’s fourth shutout of the season.
The Sooners provided plenty of insurance at the top of the fifth, scoring four runs on four hits. A leadoff home run from Madron, his team-leading 10th of the season, started the offensive explosion. After a Carmichael single, stolen base and HBP drawn by senior Michael Snyder, Mackenzie ripped his sixth home run of the season out to right on a three-run shot.
Tech scored its first run of the series in the bottom of the sixth on a solo home run after the Sooner arms had held the Red Raiders scoreless for 14 innings.
Witherspoon exited in the seventh with a final line of: 6.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 5 BB and 7 K. It was the righty’s fifth appearance on the year with seven-plus strikeouts.
Campbell and Crooks combined to finish the seventh, allowing the Red Raiders to push a pair across on a two-run single. Crooks induced a groundout to get out of the jam, stranding a pair.
The Sooners got one back at the top of the eighth again off the bat of Madron. After a HBP drawn by fellow senior Kendall Pettis and walk to junior John Spikerman, Madron dropped an RBI single into right field to score Pettis. A play at the plate ended the OU threat with runners on the corners, as Spikerman was ruled out at the plate after review on a double-steal attempt.
Tech pulled within two in the bottom of the ninth on a two-run home run, but sophomore closer Malachi Witherspoon shook back with a strikeout looking to secure the OU win and series victory.
Madron led OU at the plate with his seventh game of the season with three hits, going 3-for-4 with a homer, two RBIs and two stolen bases. Mackenzie brought in four runs in a 2-for-5, one home run showing. Seven Sooners recorded a base hit in the game.
OU, already having secured a spot in the Big 12 Championship in Arlington, is now in first place by two games in the conference standings heading into Sunday.
The teams meet for the series finale at 2 p.m. Sunday.
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