OU softball: Nicole Mendes will miss early part of 2020 season due to ACL injury

Editor's note: This post was updated Wednesday morning to reflect that Nicole Mendes will only miss the start of the 2020 season, not the whole season.

NORMAN — Nicole Mendes will miss the start of the 2020 season with an ACL injury, coach Patty Gasso announced Tuesday on Chris Plank's radio show.

.@GassoPatty just broke the news to @PlankShow that @OU_Softball senior Nicole Mendes suffered an ACL injury that will keep her out for the early portion of the 2020 season. — SportsTalk1400 (@Sportstalk1400) October 29, 2019





Gasso said she believes Mendes could be back by early March.