The Oklahoma Sooners get a chance at redemption in the winner’s bracket of the Women’s College World Series. Their next matchup against the Texas Longhorns provides an opportunity for the Sooners to play the team that handed OU their first loss of the season a few months back.
Though it’s just another game, a game against a rival that beat you earlier in the season will carry some extra weight.
In that mid-April loss, Jordy Bahl was outdueled by Hailey Dolcini in the Longhorns’ 4-2 win to snap Oklahoma’s record-setting winning streak to start the 2022 season.
In that loss, Tiare Jennings, Jocelyn Alo, and Grace Lyons combined to go 0-9 with two strikeouts. The Sooners’ only two hits in the game came in the seventh with Oklahoma trailing 4-0. Jayda Coleman singled and Kinzie Hansen homered to cut the lead to 4-2. Dolcini bounced back and shut the Sooners’ rally down before it could really get going.
But that was nearly two months ago and the Sooners are playing great since the start of the NCAA tournament. Women on a mission, the Sooners have outscored opponents 65-5 since the start of the tournament.
As they look to stay unbeaten in the postseason, they’ll have to beat a Texas team that comes in with the confidence that they can beat Oklahoma, cause they did it earlier this year.
As Oklahoma gets set to take on the Texas Longhorns, here’s how you can tune in for the [autotag]Women’s College World Series[/autotag] opener.
- Date: Saturday, June 4, 2022
- Time: 2:00 p.m. CDT
- TV Channel: ABC
- Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)
- Radio Broadcast: The game can be heard on 107.7 The Franchise in Oklahoma and nationwide on The Varsity app.
No. 1 Oklahoma vs Texas Longhorns
Players to watch:
No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners
[autotag]Jocelyn Alo[/autotag]: .497 batting average with 29 home runs, 72 RBIs, 51 walks, 2x Reigning National Player of the Year, 2022 Big 12 Player of the year.
[autotag]Tiare Jennings[/autotag]: .387 batting average with 25 home runs and 76 RBIs, 39 walks.
[autotag]Grace Lyons[/autotag]: .422 batting average with 21 home runs and 64 RBIs, 20 walks. 2022 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year.
[autotag]Jayda Coleman[/autotag]: .434 batting average with 7 home runs, 37 RBIs, 47 walks, and 13 stolen bases.
[autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag]: 21-1 with a 0.95 ERA, 199 strikeouts in 132.2 innings pitched. 2022 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and Big 12 Freshman of the Year.
[autotag]Nicole May[/autotag]: 15-0 with a 0.99 ERA, 93 strikeouts in 85 innings pitched.
[autotag]Hope Trautwein[/autotag]: 19-1 with a 0.51 ERA, 148 strikeouts in 109 innings pitched.
Texas Longhorns
Janae Jefferson: .427 batting average with 6 home runs, 33 RBIs, 30 walks, and 16 stolen bases.
Mia Scott: .384 batting average with 3 home runs, 35 RBIs, 24 walks, and 24 stolen bases.
Mary Iakopo: .341 batting average with 11 home runs, 56 RBIs, and 24 walks.
Alyssa Popelka: .352 batting average with no home runs, 7 RBIs, 12 walks, and 16 stolen bases.
Hailey Dolcini: 23-10 with a 2.18 ERA, 212 strikeouts in 202 innings pitched.
Estelle Czech: 11-1 with a 3.41 ERA, 74 strikeouts in 86.1 innings pitched.
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