NORMAN — Oklahoma softball coach  Patty Gasso didn't do a usual vote before the season to name captains. Instead, she asked players to reach out to her via text if they were interested in being a part of of the leadership group on the team. One pitcher reached out to her —  Kierston Deal . "She said, 'I want to help,'" Gasso said. "'Let me help from the pitching side,' so she has been someone that I go to if I have questions or I need guidance or 'What do you think of this?' After Sunday’s game, where Deal made her first SEC start this season in her final regular-season game at Love’s Field, Gasso praised Deal’s approach to this season. Deal know that innings could be hard to come by for her this season with Audrey Lowry returning healthy, the additions of Sydney Berzon and Miali Guachino in the transfer portal and freshman pitchers Allyssa Parker and Berkley Zache joining the team as well. But Deal chose to remain in Norman to wrap up her college career with the Sooners.…