In a new feature here at the Sooners Wire, we will be highlighting team and player of the week from Oklahoma Athletics.
In our first installment of the ‘Team of the Week” award, there were several compelling options. OU softball started the season right where they left off the 2021 campaign with a run-rule win to open the season and then went 4-0 in the Mark Campbell Invitational. Women’s gym had a memorable week of their own, putting on several perfect performances in their win over George Washington.
While they had fantastic weeks, it was the No. 8 Oklahoma women’s tennis team that stood out above the crowd. Over the weekend, they did something that no Sooners women’s tennis team has ever done, and that’s take down the No. 1 team in the nation. What’s extra delicious is that the No. 1 team in the nation was Red River Rivals the Texas Longhorns.
According to SoonersSports.com, it was the first time since 2003 that the Sooners had beaten the Longhorns in team play. They did so in a route on Saturday, with a four matches to one win over Texas in the quarterfinals of the ITA National Indoor Championships.
On Sunday, the Sooners beat No. 5 Pepperdine 4-2 to move onto the final of the ITA National Indoor Championships.
Over the weekend, Carmen Corley, Ivana Corley, Anchisa Shanta, and Emma Staker stood out to help the Oklahoma Sooners reach the national championship match against the No. 2 team in the country, the North Carolina Tar Heels. The action gets underway at noon from Madison, Wisconsn and can be streamed live here via Play Sight.
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