Life just got a lot harder for the Oklahoma Sooners. Head coach Patty Gasso will make sure of that.
Less than two weeks after sweeping Georgia in Norman, the No. 1 Sooners fell to the Bulldogs 10-5 in the quarterfinals of the SEC Softball Tournament on Thursday in Lexington, Kentucky, after squandering the biggest lead in the tournament’s history. OU had earned byes in the first two rounds as the regular-season champion, so is headed back to Norman after only one game, during which it led 5-0 at one point.
Patty Gasso delivers Sooners a wake-up call after loss to Georgia
After the disappointing loss, Gasso was crystal clear what the next week will entail for her team before the NCAA Tournament starts next weekend, when the Sooners should be hosting a regional at Love’s Field. Gasso was also brutally honest that her team isn’t meeting expectations right now heading into the most important part of the season.
“I think we all had a conversation and decided to go back to Norman and just practice harder, do things sharper — like clean up practice instead of going through the motions like we’ve got it,” Gasso said. “Let’s really, really press. We’re gonna press you everyday throughout the entire practice to the point of exhaustion. And you should keep asking for more. And more and more and more. Until your hands bleed…