The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Softball earns fourth seed in Big 12 Championship
05.04.2008 | Softball
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Texas Softball team has earned the No. 4 seed in the 2008 Big 12 Softball Championship after finishing the regular season with a 9-9 conference record. The Big 12 Softball Championship returns to ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City on Friday-Sunday, May 9-11 for the 13th consecutive year.
Texas (27-20-2) and Oklahoma State both finished the season with a 9-9 league mark, but based on the conference tiebreaking policy, the Longhorns received the higher seed because of a larger run differential during conference play.
Texas A&M captured its second Big 12 regular season title and enters the 2008 Big 12 Softball Championship as the top seed. Oklahoma earned the No. 2 seed after closing out the season with a 16-2 record followed by third-seeded Missouri (11-6). Oklahoma State earned the No. 5 seed and Texas Tech clinched the No. 6 seed garnering its highest placement since 2001.
Seventh-seeded Kansas will meet No. 10 seed Nebraska at 5 p.m. on Friday to open championship action while No. 8 Baylor and No. 9 Iowa State will play at the same time on Field 4.
Fox Sports Net will televise Saturday's 4:30 p.m. semifinal game as well as Sunday's noon championship contest.
Texas (1999, 2002-03, '05) has won the most postseason championships with four followed by Nebraska (1998, 2000, '04) and Oklahoma (1996, 2001, '07) who have captured three championships each. Missouri (1997) and Kansas (2006) have claimed top honors once. The winner will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Softball Championship.
2008 BIG 12 SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
May 9-11 - ASA Hall of Fame Stadium - Oklahoma City
Friday, May 9
Game 1 - No. 7 Kansas vs. No. 10 Nebraska -- 5 p.m.
Game 2 - No. 8 Baylor vs. No. 9 Iowa State -- 5 p.m. Field 4
Saturday, May 10
Game 3 - No. 2 Oklahoma vs. Game 1 Winner -- 11 a.m.
Game 4 - No. 3 Missouri vs. No. 6 Texas Tech -- 11:30 a.m. Field 4
Game 5 - No. 1 Texas A&M vs. Game 2 Winner -- 1:30 p.m.
Game 6 - No. 4 Texas vs. No. 5 Oklahoma State -- 2 p.m. Field 4
Game 7 - Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner -- 4:30 p.m. [FSN]
Game 8 - Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner -- 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 11
Game 9 - Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner -- Noon [FSN]
Championship Game
