No. 1 Oklahoma softball returned to Marita Hynes Field on Sunday for their final game of the regular season against unranked Texas Tech.
The series opened with a doubleheader on Saturday and the Sooners doing what they often do: dominate. They opened the day with a 15-0 run-rule blowout win before capping off the sweep of the afternoon with a 5-0 victory in the second game.
In the finale on Sunday, it was more of the same as Patty Gasso’s club rolled to a mind-blowing 20-0 run-rule win to complete the weekend sweep.
Getting the start was ace pitcher Giselle Juarez who was fantastic tossing four shutout innings allowing just two hits and striking out five. Shannon Saile then closed things out with a 1-2-3 fifth inning.
Oklahoma wouldn’t wait long to get the bats going as after just two batters they already led 2-0 after Jocelyn Alo got one just over the right field fence for her 24th home run of the year. Red Raiders starting pitcher Missy Zoch would settle in a bit after that, keeping the score there through three innings.
But the fourth inning is where things would severely get away from Texas Tech in historic fashion as the Sooners had a gigantic program record 18-run (!) inning to push the lead all the way out to 20-0. Alo and Kinzie Hansen both got RBI singles to get it started before Jayda Coleman knocked in two more herself. Taylon Snow’s ball hit to third base was then booted that allowed two more to come across before Jana Johns cleared the bases with a three-run home run to right field. They were only just getting started
Alo would then connect on a two-run double to deep center before Rylie Boone got another run across on a fielder’s choice. Snow would then connect with a three-run home run to right field followed by a two-run triple by Nicole Mendes and yet another RBI hit from Alo giving her six RBIs on the day.
After the roughly 45-minute half inning, Shannon Saile would come out to relieve Juarez and finish the job in the fifth to complete the series sweep. The win moves the Sooners to an astonishing 37-1 on the season and 12-0 in Big 12 play.
This was as dominant of a weekend of softball as you could really have, Oklahoma won all three games by a combined score of 40-0. That seems to be pretty good.
The Sooners will take the day off tomorrow before battling Baylor in a doubleheader in Waco on Tuesday evening.