The Sooners find themselves one loss away from elimination after a 7-3 loss to the No. 5 UCLA Bruins in the semifinal. The Sooners and Bruins will play a second game later this afternoon and the winner will move on to the final.
Nicole May’s perfect record is no more. May gave up two home runs and walked three before being pulled with one out in the third inning. Jordy Bahl came in for relief and finished the game.
In her first extended action since being sat down, Bahl looked very good. The only runs scored on Bahl came on a two-run home run by Maya Brady. That last name sounds familiar somehow.
The Sooners trailed UCLA for the entirety of game one. They did respond to UCLA’s big first inning, however. Jayda Coleman got OU on the board to help keep the Sooners in the game and Grace Lyons hit another home run in the fourth to bring the Sooners within two.
It wasn’t enough, however, and the Sooners will now have to play another game later today to try to continue this fantastic season.
The biggest positive here is that Jordy Bahl appears to be back to her usual self. If OU can beat UCLA in game two, she should absolutely start in the final series.
No need to panic, Sooners fans. The Sooners are up big in the early going in the winner-take-all matchup with UCLA.
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