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Apr. 16—Patty Gasso approached Grace Lyons ahead of her freshman season and jolted her confidence with just a few words. "You're my shortstop." Lyons, a Peoria, Arizona, native, knew it wasn't a promise. She would have to live up to the program's expectations that hit her from the day she walked into it to retain the job. "It was a big responsibility to take, and initially yes, it is kind of ...

No. 1 Oklahoma thumps Mississippi State 9-0 Giselle Juarez and Shannon Saile combine on a one-hit shutout in the opening game of a doubleheader at Louisiana Tech Author: Giselle Juarez and Shannon Saile pitched a five-inning shutout as No. 1-ranked Oklahoma routed Mississippi State 9-0 on Saturday afternoon at Louisiana Tech. Hastily scheduling a doubleheader with Mississippi State and host Louisiana Tech after games with Wichita State and Baylor were postponed, the Sooners extended their unde...

“Yeah, she gave us a lot of momentum, honestly, that first inning,” said teammate Lynnsie Elam, who hit two home runs. “She walked out there like the boss lady that she is, and we are so excited to see that. … “We just love being able to back up our pitchers, and especially when they go out so confident. It fires us up in there on the offensive side so it gets us really excited and thats what she did tonight.” That was bad news for Kansas pitchers. The Sooners wasted no time getti...

Mar 12, 2021 OKLAHOMA CITY — Top-ranked Oklahoma run-ruled Houston and rallied against Kansas City in the Hall of Fame Classic on Friday in a softball doubleheader at Hall of Fame Stadium. The Sooners (20-0) got three home runs in a 9-1 victory over the Cougars — Jocelyn Alo, Grace Lyons and Taylon Snow each hit one — and Shannon Saile and Alanna Thiede combined for five innings in the circle. Snow drove in four runs with a three-run homer in the top of the first that put the Sooners ...

Oklahoma dominates UT-Arlington Sooners hit five more home runs and the pitching staff throws five scoreless innings in a 14-0 home victory Author: Mar 10, 2021 NORMAN — Top-ranked Oklahoma hit five more home runs Wednesday night at Marita Hynes Field in a 14-0 rout of UT-Arlington. With yet another easy win, the Sooners improved to 18-0 on the season and now have compiled 14 run-rule victories. The Sooners have now outscored their opponents 231-18 and have amassed 66 home runs, tops in the n...

Mar 7, 2021 NORMAN — Three Oklahoma pitchers combined for a perfect game — the Sooners second of the season — and OU mashed six home runs in a 17-0 victory over Sam Houston State. The No. 1-ranked Sooners improved to 17-0 with four wins (including three more run-rules) at the Courtyard Marriott Tournament at Marita Hynes Field. Tiare Jennings, Jocelyn Alo, Grace Lyons and Mackenzie Donihoo all hit home runs for the Sooners — as did freshmen Paige Knight and Zaida Puni, who each hit t...

Feb 27, 2021 PHOENIX — New Mexico jumped on top with a home run in the top of the first inning — and then promptly gave up a 33-spot. No. 2-ranked Oklahoma routed the Lobos 33-4 in Saturday’s opener at Grand Canyon University Softball Stadium, then stomped host GCU 14-0 in the nightcap. OU responded to its early deficit with seven runs in the first inning, seven more in the second, 12 in the third and seven again in the fourth. The Sooners OU (11-0) scored 29 in their season-opener at UTE...

She didn’t say the Sooners were this good. OU opened the 2021 season on Thursday at the Miner Invitational with an historic 29-0 rout of host UTEP, then pummeled Abilene Christian 9-0 in their second game. The Sooners bashed an NCAA record 13 home runs against UTEP, including three each from Grace Lyons and freshman Kinzie Hansen and Jocelyn Alo, Jayda Coleman and Mackenzie Donihoo also homered as OU raced out to a 13-0 lead in the first inning. Jennings finished with six RBIs, while Lyon...

Oklahoma New faces are a big part of the story at Oklahoma this season. The arrivals include freshmen infielders Jayda Coleman and Tiare Jennings and pitcher Nicole May. Like UConn’s Paige Bueckers on the basketball court, Coleman brings star power that goes beyond being the nation’s No. 1 recruit. Also coming aboard is South Carolina transfer Jana Johns. How did adding a proven slugger in the infield work out when it was Shelby Pendley? Add those new arrivals to what we saw in 2020 from Jo...

OU Athletics The headline isn’t that Oklahoma has been picked to win its ninth consecutive Big 12 Conference championship. It’s that somebody else received votes in the preseason coaches poll — enough to nearly topple the Sooners from the top spot. Texas got three first-place votes and finished with 33 voting points, just one vote and one point behind OU (four first-place votes, 34 points). The preseason poll was announced Thursday, and it’s the ninth year in a row and 12th time in the ...