DJ Gasso recruited the Sooners outfielder to Utah before he made his move to the SEC.

NORMAN — Oklahoma’s series with Arkansas will have members of the Gasso family in both dugouts, creating a unique dynamic, but one of the Sooners’ new faces will also enjoy a reunion in Fayetteville.

Abby Dayton, who transferred to Norman over the offseason after two stellar years at Utah, will get to see her old hitting coach DJ Gasso in the Razorbacks’ dugout this weekend.

Gasso spent three years as an assistant with the Utes, and he recruited Dayton for her freshman season — one that proved to be his final year before making the move to join the SEC outfit.

“I love DJ,” Dayton said shortly after transferring to OU. “He was basically the main reason I went to Utah, so it was kind of a little hurtful when he left. I was like, ‘Oh man.’ But he was a game-changer for me, at least hitting-wise, which is why I love being with JT (Gasso) so much, because a lot of the things that DJ did teach us was from JT.”

Though Dayton will be hitting for JT this weekend and trying to rob hits of DJ’s hitters when the No. 1 Sooners and the No. 12 Razorbacks hit the field, DJ said he still will relish getting to see Dayton again.