On a day where Jocelyn Alo was walked four times in the two games combined against No. 8/10 Arizona and No. 17/17 Tennessee, history had to wait. The fireworks for Oklahoma softball did not.
After Oklahoma enjoyed a run-rule 10-2 victory over Arizona in game one, Tennessee handed the Sooners their first true scare of the 2022 season. OU jumped in front of the Vols 4-0, but Tennessee scratched one run across in the fourth inning, brought home three in the fifth and then plated two in the seventh. Suddenly, Oklahoma and Tennessee were headed into extra innings.
OU and Tennesse were both held scoreless in the eighth and then traded RBI singles in the ninth to set the stage for the dramatics. Tennessee jumped in front 8-7 in the top of the 10th inning after an error plated the go-ahead run for the Vols.
The international tiebreaker rule meant that Taylon Snow started the bottom of the 10th on second base. Then, following Alyssa Brito flying out to centerfield and Mackenzie Donihoo popping out to shortstop, OU was down to its final out with sophomore Jayda Coleman coming to the plate.
On a 2-1 count, Coleman launched the next pitch over the left field fence for a walk-off, two-run home run and Oklahoma stayed perfect at 14-0 with a 9-8 extra innings win over Tennessee.
OU freshman pitcher Jordy Bahl struck out a career-high 16 in the contest against Tennessee in 8.1 innings. It matched the most strikeouts for a Sooner pitcher since Giselle Juarez sat down 16 in the NCAA Norman Regional versus Wisconsin in May of 2019. She was replaced by Nicole May for 1.2 innings, but Bahl reentered the circle to close the game late for Oklahoma.
Here’s how social media reacted to Coleman’s two-run bop.