With Juarez recovered from biceps surgery, Patty Gasso said the goal of this year was always to build her up to be playing her best softball by the postseason.
Now, as the Oklahoma Sooners start regional play on Friday, Gasso said she’s pleased with where her ace is mentally.
“I think we came to a realization, you know, Giselle was one of the best pitchers in the country in 2019 and I think everyone knew that and then we had this injury,” Gasso said during a Zoom press conference on Wednesday. “It’s a different Giselle with a different route, but I think the hardest part was her pressing to be who she was and accepting that it’s just going to take a different road, and that’s what we’ve been figuring out.”
In their final non-conference game of the regular season, Patty Gasso s Sooners will battle the Shockers, who have knocked off Oklahoma State twice this season
Already 37-1, Oklahoma softball can still find another gear
Heading to Baylor for another mid-week double header, Patty Gasso and Jocelyn Alo believe there is still more to see out of an already record-setting OU softball team
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Apr 27, 2021
Just six games remain until the Oklahoma Sooners head to Oklahoma City for the Big 12 Tournament.
To date, OU is a dominant 37-1, only stubbing their toe in the front end of a double-header in Georgia just two days after capping off an emotional sweep of Texas.
Patty Gasso’s No. 1-ranked Sooners on are pace to rewrite almost every offensive record to date by the time a champion is crowned this June in OKC, but somehow they still may have another level they’ve yet to achieve.