That's the word Keilani Ricketts used to describe Oklahoma's mindset on its quest for a second consecutive berth in the Women's College World Series. That begins this weekend when the Sooners (45-8), the No. 4 overall seed in the tournament, host the Norman Regional.

NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma’s Keilani Ricketts has been named one of three finalists for the 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) announced today. The junior joins two seniors in Cal’s ...

The Oklahoma Sooners advanced to the Super Regional of the NCAA Tournament Sunday by knocking off the Oregon State Beavers 6-0, thanks to yet another lights-out performance from Keilani Ricketts. The junior pitcher hurled a complete-game for the Sooners ...

Lauren Chamberlain, Keilani Ricketts and Jessica Shults were named to the region's first team while Georgia Casey was named to the second team. With Thursday's announcement, Oklahoma has now had 50 players receive NFCA All-Region honors in the ...

The grand slam was Oklahoma’s (48-8) second of the tournament and sixth home run of the weekend. Oklahoma pitcher Keilani Ricketts (31-7) had her 21st career 10-plus strikeout performance, fanning 10 Beavers and adding five assist and a putout in the 88 ...

Two of Oklahoma's top softball players are top 10 finalists for a big national honor. OU's Keilani Ricketts and Lauren Chamberlain are finalists for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award that recognizes outstanding athletic achievement by ...

“I didn’t think I would win it, to be honest,” Thomas said. “I thought Keilani Ricketts from Oklahoma would get it, just because they won the conference and she had a great year.” Ricketts instead came away with a greater honor — Big ...

Juniors Keilani Ricketts (Oklahoma) and Mel Dumezich (Texas A&M) have tallied Big 12 Player and Pitcher of the Week honors, respectively, for games May 1-7. Ricketts picks up her first Player of the Week award, giving her 12 total distinctions ...

Because of that, TU's season is over. The Hurricane managed three hits against Oklahoma ace Keilani Ricketts in a 7-1 winners bracket loss, then came back three hours later and fell to Oregon State 2-1. Skylar Swanson hit a two-out solo homer to ...

When it became likely their two schools would be placed on the same side of the NCAA softball tournament bracket, Stephanie Ricketts got a text message from her sister Keilani. "It's happening," she wrote. For the Hawaii righty and the Oklahoma ...