It was a great week for Oklahoma softball punctuated by Jocelyn Alo blasting five home runs in three games to tie Lauren Chamberlain’s NCAA career record of 95 home runs.
After recording back-to-back two homer games against McNeese State and Houston on Saturday, Alo sent the second pitch she saw on Sunday against Texas State out of the park for her record-tying 95th career home run. As a result, Alo was named the Big 12 Player of the Week. Alo also pulled down national player of the week honors as she was named the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I Player of the Week.Alo batted .600 on the weekend, registered 11 RBI, seven extra base hits and slugged 1.733 in Oklahoma’s five run-rule wins.
Meanwhile, Hope Trautwein recorded her fourth career no-hitter during OU’s 11-0 victory over McNeese State on Saturday and picked up Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the Week honors. Trautwein struck out eight in five innings and allowed just one walk against the 16 batters she faced. It represented her first individual no-hitter as a Sooner since joining the Sooners as a graduate transfer from North Texas. The 5-foot-11 righty from Plugerville, Texas, was the 2021 Conference USA Pitcher of the Year and she’s yet to allow a run this season with Oklahoma in her 17 innings of work.
For Alo, it was the fifth career Big 12 Player of the Week honor. Trautwein snagged her first career Big 12 weekly award.
Alo is looking to make history this weekend as Oklahoma heads into the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. OU plays Cal State-Fullerton and Long Beach State at 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday. Then, No. 8/10 Arizona and No. 17/17 Tennessee at 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday before a final date at 11 a.m. on Sunday against Utah.
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