What OU players Ella Parker, Abigale Dayton and Sam Landry said after falling to Texas

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What OU players Ella Parker, Abigale Dayton and Sam Landry said after falling to Texas
Ella Parker has been in this position before. Few of her teammates have.
Oklahoma softball's designated player took the dais Saturday alongside teammates Abigale Dayton and Sam Landry after the Sooners lost to Texas, 4-2, in the Women's College World Series. Parker is the only one of the three who played for OU last year. As such, she's the only one who has had to face elimination at the WCWS.
And face it, they did. Oklahoma overcome a loss to Florida in the semifinals to go on and win a fourth straight national title. To win a fifth, they'll have to do it again.
This is what the Sooners trio had to say Saturday after Texas.
Parker on difference this game vs previously against Texas
(Texas pitcher Teagan) Kavan had a really good game. She's a really good pitcher. I just think our in-game adjustments weren't locked in. That's just something we needed to work on.
Dayton on same difference
We just had to work on making sure we were swinging on the first pitches that were coming to the plate. There were many balls we were swinging at that we don't normally swing at. Just making in-game adjustments, I think that threw us off.
Parker on what Sooners were saying late game
Just continuing to stay loose. We know how to play this game, so not making any moment too big. Continue to pass the bat is what we talked about what we focused on.
Landry on her performance
I thought defensively the team looked very good so we were just trying to keep the ball in the park. It doesn't always go that way. They came up with some timely hits, some good hits. That helped them a lot. I'm really proud of the defense. I thought they looked great today. Another double play today.
Parker on being here last year, too
We're just ready to come out and compete again. We're ready.
Landry on the home runs allowed
My mindset going into all of them (at bats) is give the defense a ground ball, a fly ball to work with. I think that both of those pitches were left too much over the heart of the plate or right in their barrel path. They got a good hit on it and we're ready to bounce back tomorrow.
Landry on defense behind her
Like coach always says, defense wins championships. The defense looked absolutely amazing. They kept us in it as long as they could. They had a lot of fire today. Ready to bring it back tomorrow.