No. 1 Oklahoma run-rules No. 7/8 Texas for third straight day, moves to 33-0

No. 1 Oklahoma softball run-ruled No. 7/8 Texas for the third straight day on Sunday to move to an astonishing 33-0 on the season.

No. 1 Oklahoma softball has been on a demolition derby in 2021 absolutely obliterating their way to the top ranking in the country and an undefeated record.

This weekend, the Sooners welcomed in what appeared to be their stiffest test of the season in No. 7/8 Texas, but you wouldn’t know it with how the games have unfolded. After getting the run-rule win in the opener on Friday night and doing it again on Saturday afternoon, they completed the trifecta on Sunday getting the sweep with a 9-0 win in five innings.

Freshman Nicole May got the start and was fabulous tossing 4 1/3 shutout innings allowing six hits and striking out four. She gave way to sophomore Alanna Thiede to record the final two outs and finish things off.

After a rare empty opening inning for Oklahoma offensively, they struck for three in the second on a sacrifice fly from Taylon Snow and a two-run home run by Jana Johns. They were far from done after that.

In the third, the Sooners added four more runs on the board on two more home runs. The first was a three-run shot by Jayda Coleman with the second being a solo job off the bat of Lynnsie Elam. Patty Gasso’s club held a commanding 7-0 lead heading to the fourth.

Needing only one more run to put them in position for another run-rule, Oklahoma messed around and got two more for good measure on yet another home run – this one a two-run blast by Tiare Jennings. May and Thiede would then team up to slam the door in the fifth for the 9-0 win.

The victory moves the Sooners to an astonishing 33-0 on the season and 9-0 in conference play. There are not proper adjectives to put into words what this team is doing this season, absolutely eviscerating everyone in their path to this point. Of their 33 wins, this is their 25th run-rule. That is obscene.

Gasso expressed after Saturday’s game that there was talk of the narrative surrounding them that they had mostly dominated inferior competition –Β  well let that talk live no longer. This was a series against a top-10 opponent and it was never even remotely close.

Oklahoma will have a day off tomorrow, not that they need one by any stretch, before hitting the road to take on Georgia for a doubleheader in Athens on Tuesday night.