2017 Softball Tulsa Invitational

[Tax Guy]

2017 Softball Tulsa Invitational

Tulsa is now 11-9 and kicking off the home schedule by bringing in:
#23/19 California (15-3)
Texas Tech (12-9)
Montana (7-12)
Wichita State (11-7)

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 9
Tulsa vs. Montana - 6:00pm (just moved from Saturday)
Friday, March 10
Game 1 - Montana vs. Texas Tech - 10:30 a.m.
Game 2 - Montana vs. California - 12:30 p.m.
Game 3 - Wichita State vs. Texas Tech - 3:00 p.m.
Game 4 - Tulsa vs. California - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 11
Game 1 - Wichita State vs. California - 9:00 a.m.
Game 2 - Texas Tech vs. California - 11:15 a.m.
Game 3 - Wichita State vs. Montana - 1:30 p.m.
Game 4 - Tulsa vs. Texas Tech - 3:45 p.m.
Sunday, March 12
Game 1 - Montana vs. Texas Tech - 11:00 a.m.
Game 2 - Tulsa vs. Wichita State - 1:15 p.m.

Midweek game is in Tulsa vs. #24/RV Arkansas (17-1)
By that point Arkansas will have just completed their opening SEC conference weekend with #7 Alabama.

 

[Tax Guy]

Just now able to get look at the results from last weekend.
Tulsa was 3 and 1 on the weekend and is now 14 and 10 on the season
All Saturday games were washed out and some rescheduled for Sunday
Tori Stafford was the American Player of the week batting .778 on the weekend
Emily Watson was the American Pitcher of the week with two complete game shutouts

Thursday: W 3-1
Montana 1 run 4 Hits 0 Errors 6 LOB
Tulsa 4 runs 4 hits 0 Errors 3 LOB
Tori Stafford was 2 for 2
Maddie Withee had a triple
Haley Meinen pitched 3 innings with 0 Runs 2 Hits 0 BB 1 K
Madison Higley 1 Run 0 ER 0 Hits 2 BB and 0 K
Lexi Blevins pitched 3 innings 0 Runs 0 BB and 3 K
Friday: W 4-0
California 0 Runs 4 Hits 2 Errors 4 LOB
Tulsa 4 runs 11 Hits 0 Errors and 10 LOB
Julia Hollingsworth was 2 for 3 with a double
Maddie Withee was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI
Tori Stafford was 3 for 3 and a Stolen Base
Emily Watson pitched 7 innings 0 Runs 4 Hits 1 BB and 9 K
Sunday:
Game 1 W-7-0
Texas Tech 0 runs 3 hits 1 Error 3 LOB
Tulsa 7 runs 11 hits 0 Errors 7 LOB
Julia Hollingsworth was 2 for 4 and a Stolen Base
Maggie Withee was 2 for 4 with a triple 2 RBI and a Stolen Base
Maddie Withee was 2 for 4 with a double and 2 RBI
Tori Stafford with a HR and 3 RBI
Emily Watson pitched 7 innings 0 runs 3 Hits 1 BB and 12 K
Game 2 L 3-5
Wichita State 5 Runs 7 Hits 0 Errors 5 LOB
Tulsa 3 Runs 7 Hits 1 Error and 8 LOB
Maddie Withee and Rylie Spell each doubled
Tori Stafford HR
Haley Meinen pitched 4.1 with 2 Runs 1 ER 5 Hits 1 BB and 0 K
Lexi Blevins pitched 2.2 with 3 ER 2 hits 2 BB and 3 K

In the other games
Montana was 2 and 2 on the weekend beating Texas Tech 8-5 and Wichita State 3-1.
California was 1 and 1 on the weekend beating Montana 7-0
Texas Tech was 1 and 2 on the weekend beating Wichita State 4-3
Wichita State was 1 and 2 on the weekend beating Tulsa 5-3

Arkansas comes to Tulsa on Wednesday
Arkansas dropped the 3 games with Alabama over the weekend 9-0(5), 4-3 (9) and 5-0 moving to 19-4 on the season

 

[Tontisooner]

I went to the last games on Sunday, if not for the pitcher Tulsa would have a losing record..very pedestrian offense..average at too many positions..a small kid in the 3 hole position..probably more of a 2 or 9 hole hitter...The kid that threw against Tech is special, the other pitchers are average at best but in their conference they should be ok..just my opinion

 

[canerush]

I expected more from this freshman class. So far a bust. Also very disappointing is the lack of offense from Center field, Shortstop and Catcher. There are some good players in the lineup but without pitching depth and big sticks it's a mediocre team.

 

[Tontisooner]

When you get kids that are uncommitted in August of their Sr year in high school they are probably not d1 ready..in today's d1 world kids are generally committed by their soph. year..

 

[Tax Guy]

Wednesday’s results W 8-0 (5)

#25/RV Arkansas 0 runs 1 hit 1 Error and 1 LOB
Tulsa 8 runs 10 Hits 0 Errors 5 LOB
Rylie Spell was 2 for 2 with a HR and 5 RBI
Morgan Neal was 3 for 3
Emily Watson pitched 5 innings 0 runs 1 hit 0 BB and 8 K. Gave up a double in the 5th to break up the perfect game.

 

[ImaCanefan]

Wednesday’s results W 8-0 (5)

#25/RV Arkansas 0 runs 1 hit 1 Error and 1 LOB
Tulsa 8 runs 10 Hits 0 Errors 5 LOB
Rylie Spell was 2 for 2 with a HR and 5 RBI
Morgan Neal was 3 for 3
Emily Watson pitched 5 innings 0 runs 1 hit 0 BB and 8 K. Gave up a double in the 5th to break up the perfect game.

Wow.

 

[TU_BLA]

They have some bats. They need to ID a strong #2 pitcher because right now Watson is the only reliable arm they have and she's virtually unhittable.

 

[canerush]

A couple of very good wins against Cal and Arkansas. Oklahoma close. Sophomore class producing BIG. Watson pitching Awesome. Some good competition this weekend against LSU. Hope Big bats get hot '

 

[goldfan83]

God softball dad is such a friggin debbie downer. I would never want to drink with that guy.

 

[Tontisooner]

Well thank you

 

[TU_BLA]

Watson just shut out the #13 team in the country. She has 4 consecutive shut outs, 3 against top 25 teams. Add another arm to back her up and this team could be a nightmare in a tourney situation.

 

[canerush]

Awesome day!!! Shutting out LSU and a come from behind 7th inning win over Kansas. Can't get much better than that.

 

[Tontisooner]

Should be top 30 in rpi when released..the top pitcher is very special..imo better than the 1 kid from a few years ago