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The University of Tulsa softball team does not panic.

It didn’t happen in the midst of the Golden Hurricane’s 11-losses-in-13-games slide from April 8 through May 4.

“When you lose, your character really gets revealed,” TU coach John Bargfeldt said. “I checked with our leaders a couple of times and they assured me things were all good. There was no backbiting or anything like that. The chemistry remained good.”

It won’t happen now that the 35-19 Golden Hurricane has been sent to Norman, home of the hottest team in college softball, for this week’s NCAA regional.

TU stopped being fazed by the Oklahoma Sooners a very long time ago. The Hurricane beat OU 10 times over a period from 2003-11. Two of those wins came at the Norman Regional. One of them, in 2009, ended the Sooners’ season.

After his team defeated top-seeded South Florida to win the American Athletic Conference championship last Saturday, Bargfeldt knew the Sooners, and their 22-game winning streak, would likely be in his future.