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Jordy Bahl rises to the occasion to carry Sooners to 2-0 win over Stanford

In a classic pitcher’s duel, Jordy Bahl delivered for the Oklahoma Sooners with an incredible complete game shutout performance vs. Stanford.

Watching Oklahoma Softball, one enters a game expecting to see offensive fireworks. In the Sooners’ 2-0 win over Stanford on Thursday, there were certainly fireworks, but in the form of a classic pitcher’s duel.

[autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] vs. NiJaree Canady brought back memories of Pedro Martinez vs. Roger Clemens or Andy Pettite for John Smoltz in the late 90s and early 2000s.

It was the stuff legends are made of.

Bahl and Canady put together performances that created a drama-filled opener for the two sides in the Women’s College World Series.

Canady, who led the nation in ERA entering the game, held the Sooners scoreless for the first 4.2 innings of work. Even in the fifth inning, when the Sooners broke through, she had Alynah Torres, Rylie Boone, and Jayda Coleman all at two strikes, and each hitter came up with a hit.

It was the Sooners’ clutchness that helped them overcome a fantastic pitching performance from Canady. And it was Bahl’s toughness, resiliency, and strikeout prowess that kept the Cardinal off the board.

Jordy Bahl allowed multiple base runners in three innings but forced Stanford to leave seven runners on base. When things tightened up for the Sooners’ sophomore pitcher, she locked in and struck her way out of several jams.

Or, as Patty Gasso said after the game, “She was just a boss today.”

“She said it herself – she lives for those moments,” Gasso said. “It’s not a lie. It’s real. She loves the pressure, and that’s where she thrives the most.”

In the pressure cooker, Bahl put together an incredible performance. Her 11 strikeouts were the third-highest total in 2023 and the sixth time she’s reached double-digit strikeouts in her collegiate career.

The Oklahoma offense has carried the Sooners for much of the last three seasons. However, in the Sooners Women’s College World Series opener, Jordy Bahl carried the Sooners in an incredible performance to help Oklahoma advance.

“Bahl has done such things throughout her two seasons in Norman, but that doesn’t mean they should be taken for granted,” Jenni Carlson of The Oklahoman wrote. “She still has a long way to go and is continuing to add to her legend, but what she did against Stanford is a reminder of just how talented she is. How tough she is, too.”

And the Sooners needed every bit of her toughness and grit to guide them through to a winner’s bracket showdown vs. the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday.

Here are some of the best photos from the Sooners’ 2-0 win over Stanford.

Oklahoma Sooners win Big 12 championship with 6-1 win over Texas Longhorns

The Oklahoma Sooners captured the Big 12 tournament title with a 6-1 win over the Texas Longhorns.

The Oklahoma Sooners completed the Big 12 sweep with their championship game win over the Texas Longhorns 6-1.

Both sides of the Red River championship showdown had their shot in the first couple of innings, but starters [autotag]Nicole May[/autotag] and [autotag]Citally Gutierrez[/autotag] kept each side off the scoreboard. [autotag]Haley Lee[/autotag] ended the scoreless duel by blasting a solo home run to lead off the third inning.

Texas responded with a solo shot of its own off the bat of [autotag]Viviana Martinez[/autotag] in the top of the fourth to make it a 1-1 game.

The Sooners wasted little time responding to the Longhorns’ salvo in the bottom of the fourth. With one out in the inning, [autotag]Alyssa Brito[/autotag] hit a double and advanced to third on an errant throw. Brito scored on a wild pitch to give the Sooners the lead.

[autotag]Alynah Torres[/autotag] drew a walk and [autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] was inserted to pinch run and stole second base. With two outs in the inning, [autotag]Rylie Boone[/autotag] drove a ball up the middle to bring [autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] in from second to make it 4-1 Oklahoma.

In the sixth inning, Lee walked. With [autotag]Avery Hodge[/autotag] running for Lee and one out in the inning, [autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] drove a ball to right center. Hodge scored on a throwing error, which also allowed Bahl to advance to third on the play. With [autotag]Kinzie Hansen[/autotag] at the plate, Bahl showed fantastic base running skills again, waiting out the throw from third basemen Mia Scott to dart for home, where she slid in to make the game 6-1.

After pinch running in the fourth, Bahl came into relieve [autotag]Nicole May[/autotag]. Bahl proceeded to throw three shutout innings with two hits and a walk, striking out three Longhorns to get the save. May improved to 16-0 on the season, allowing one run on three hits and a walk, with three strikeouts.

Lee led the way for the Sooners, going 2-for-2 with the home run, RBI and a walk.

The Oklahoma Sooners (51-1) and are on an incredible 43-game winning streak. The No. 1 team in the nation awaits the announcement on selection Sunday of who will join them for the Norman regional.

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Oklahoma Sooners close regular season with 5-1 win over Oklahoma State

Alex Storako notched career strikeout No. 1,000 and the Oklahoma Sooners beat Oklahoma State 5-1 to close the regular season on a 41-game winning streak.

Oklahoma finished off a dominant regular season after a Bedlam series sweep against Oklahoma State. They won the final game of the series 5-1 in a strong showing to close out their last trip to Stillwater for the foreseeable future.

It’s Oklahoma’s 41st win in a row and the Sooners closed out the Big 12 regular season undefeated at 18-0. It was the final hurdle on the schedule until the postseason begins in the Big 12 tournament in Oklahoma City.

The Sooners got the scoring started in the third inning with senior shortstop Grace Lyons driving in Cydney Sanders and Jayda Coleman with a two out double.

Oklahoma had a chance to bust the game wide-open in the fourth, but failed to capitalize with the bases loaded and one out in the inning. After leaving runners on base in the fourth, the Sooners would push a couple more runs across the plate in the fifth to extend their lead on Alynah Torres’ two-run single to make it 4-0.

Lyons picked up her third RBI of the game in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly to make it a 5-0 game in the late innings.

The Cowgirls avoided a shutout with Micaela Wark’s RBI double in the bottom of the sixth.

The biggest story of the game for Oklahoma was pitcher Alex Storako who finished with a 16-0 record this season and recorded strikeout number 1,000. It was a dominant performance for the WPF’s first overall pick, throwing a complete game, allowing six hits one run while striking out four Cowgirls.

Oklahoma State’s pitching was more of a mixed bag, with Lexi Kilfoyl getting the start and throwing six innings. She allowed seven hits, five runs, but also had five strikeouts. Kyra Aycock came in for the seventh and picked up where she left off on Saturday night, holding the Sooners scoreless in the seventh inning.

The win for the Sooners cements them as the top overall seed in the Big 12 championships. As the one-seed, Oklahoma gets a bye into the semifinals and will face the winner of Baylor vs. Iowa State in the opening round on Thursday.

Iowa State finished the season strong, going 10-4 in their last 14 games, including a series win over Baylor in Ames last weekend. The Bears rebounded to the upset in Ames with an upset of their own, sweeping the Texas Longhorns in Waco and outscoring the Big 12’s No. 2 seed 16-4.

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Oklahoma Sooners beat Oklahoma State Cowgirls 4-2 in comeback fashion

Oklahoma Sooners picked up their 40th consecutive win with four runs in the top of the seventh for a 4-2 win over Oklahoma State.

Oklahoma won game two of their three-game series against No.7/6 Oklahoma State 4-2 with three with four runs in the top of the seventh to improve to 48-1 on the season and 17-0 against the Big 12.

Oklahoma struggled most of the day on offense, with only three hits through the first six innings against Oklahoma State freshman pitcher Kyra Aycock. The Sooners then went to work in their final at-bat.

Oklahoma State lead 2-0 heading into the seventh after picking up an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth off of starter [autotag]Nicole May[/autotag].

[autotag]Jocelyn Erickson[/autotag] doubled to lead off the inning, and [autotag]Alynah Torres[/autotag] followed that with a single to drive in pinch runner [autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] from second.

Oklahoma State brought in the ace of their staff [autotag]Kelly Maxwell[/autotag], but it didn’t seem to make a difference. Rylie Boone drew a hit by pitch to put runners on first and second with nobody out. Maxwell was able to strikeout [autotag]Jayda Coleman[/autotag] to put pressure back on the Sooners, but after a wild pitch moved Torres on third and Boone on second, [autotag]Tiare Jennings[/autotag] stepped up and blasted a two-run double to left center to put Oklahoma up 3-2.

“You can never count the Sooners out,” said Jennings after the game. “So much joy, so much fun playing. You can see that. We knew we were never out of this game, no matter what the score was, no matter what the inning was. We just knew in the dugout that we were gonna keep smiling, keep cheering and keep having fun.”

Cydney Sanders put the final dent in the score with an RBI single to make it 4-2. Maxwell walked [autotag]Alyssa Brito[/autotag], and Aycock came back in for Oklahoma State. She gave up a single to [autotag]Grace Lyons[/autotag] but then forced Haley Lee to pop out to end the threat.

Then it was time for freshman [autotag]Kierston Deal[/autotag] to shine.

After coming in to record the final out of the sixth inning in relief of Nicole May, Deal retired the Cowgirls in order in the bottom of the seventh to seal the come-from-behind win for the Oklahoma Sooners. She retired all four batters she faced, striking out two Oklahoma State batters in the process to move to 2-0 on the season. With the effort, Deal’s ERA is now 0.95 on the season.

“This team knows as long as they have one out left in a game, they’re never out of it,” Gasso said after the win. “You could feel that momentum come. They will not be denied. They believe in each other. They are unafraid of losing, and that’s a big deal.”

Nicole May battled for 5.2 innings, allowing eight hits, two runs, a walk, and striking out four. May didn’t factor into the decision but kept the Cowgirls from creating big innings with some clutch pitching.

The Oklahoma Sooners moved to 48-1 and 17-0 in Big 12 play on the season and have now won 40 games in a row, surpassing their 39-game winning streak from a year ago. The Sooners and Cowgirls will play the final game of the series and the regular season on Sunday afternoon at 2 pm CT in Stillwater. The game can be viewed on ESPN+.

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Oklahoma Sooners run-rule Texas Longhorns 10-2 for three-game sweep

The Oklahoma Sooners completed the three-game sweep with a 10-2 run-rule win over the Texas Longhorns powered by home runs from Tiare Jennings and Haley Lee.

For the third straight game, the Oklahoma Sooners allowed the Texas Longhorns to score first. As was the case in the first two games of the series, it didn’t matter.

The Oklahoma Sooners used a three-run second and a five-run fifth to beat the Longhorns 10-2 to sweep the series against their Red River Rivals.

After falling behind 1-0 in the first inning on a [autotag]Mia Scott[/autotag] home run, the Oklahoma Sooners came right back in the bottom of the first to tie it up on a [autotag]Kinzie Hansen[/autotag] RBI.

[autotag]Nicole May[/autotag] settled in after the first to retire nine of the next 11 hitters, and the Sooners erupted offensively.

In the bottom of the second, Arizona State transfer [autotag]Cydney Sanders[/autotag] drove a two-strike pitch for her first hit of the day. Rylie Boone followed that with a walk, and after [autotag]Jayda Coleman[/autotag] flied out, [autotag]Tiare Jennings[/autotag] launched a two-out home run for her ninth of the season to give Oklahoma a 4-1 lead.

In the bottom of the third, the Longhorns suffered back-to-back errors to allow Alyssa Brito to score and [autotag]Alynah Torres[/autotag] to advance to second. Sanders moved Torres over to third base. [autotag]Rylie Boone[/autotag] was hit by a pitch and Jayda Coleman followed that up with a bunt single to score Torres and make it 6-1 Sooners.

Jennings then singled to drive in Coleman for her fourth RBI of the day, and Haley then blasted her eighth home run of the season to give the Sooners a 9-1 lead.

A brief lightning delay put a hold on Oklahoma’s efforts, but the Sooners pulled out the run-rule win on a Cydney Sanders RBI double to score [autotag]Avery Hodge[/autotag] from first. The walk-off double gave Sanders her second hit of the day, and it was her first multi-hit game since February 18, when she went 2-for-2 against Stephen F. Austin.

Tiare Jennings’ four-RBI day was her third in the last five games. She has hit five home runs in her last eight games and has totaled 17 runs batted in that same time frame. She now has nine home runs and 39 RBIs on the season and is hitting .457.

[autotag]Nicole May[/autotag] was solid for 5.1 innings, battling around six hits and two walks. She struck out eight to move to 10-0 on the season.

Oklahoma is now 33-1 on the season and 12-0 against top-25 opponents. The sweep of Texas gives them five wins against opponents ranked in the top 10 in the nation. It was also their 30th win in the last 31 games against the Longhorns.

The Sooners will next host the Texas Tech Lady Raiders at Marita Hynes Field in Norman for a three-game series starting on Thursday. Each of those contests can be seen on ESPN+. After Texas Tech, the Sooners will face the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge before a road trip to Miami, Ohio to face Oakland, Louisville, and Miami (OH).

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Oklahoma Sooners hit three home runs, beat Texas 8-1 in series opener

After allowing a lead-off home run, Jordy Bahl responded with six scoreless innings, and the Sooners hit three home runs in their 8-1 win over the Texas Longhorns.

[autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] gave up a home run to Texas leadoff hitter [autotag]Leighanne Goode[/autotag] and while Texas would threaten in later innings, Bahl took control of the game. Bahl settled in to throw six scoreless innings after the first to shut down the high-powered Longhorns offense to help Oklahoma win game one of the series 8-1.

It didn’t take long for the Sooners to respond to Texas’ opening frame. [autotag]Jayda Coleman[/autotag] hit a pop fly to left-center field, but it was misplayed, and she advanced to second on the error and then to third as the Longhorns outfielder threw behind her to second.

[autotag]Tiare Jennings[/autotag] drove her in with a single, and though Oklahoma wouldn’t score with the bases loaded and just one out, it set the stage for what would be a dominating Sooners win.

After getting one run off of starter [autotag]Estelle Czech[/autotag] in the first, the Sooners broke the game open in the second. A pair of singles by [autotag]Alynah Torres[/autotag] and [autotag]Rylie Boone[/autotag], followed by a wild pitch, put runners on second and third with nobody out. After a Jayda Coleman flyout, Tiare Jennings reminded everyone why she’s one of the best in the country with a bomb to left center for the three-run home run and put Oklahoma up 4-1.

It was Jennings’ eighth home run of the season, which ties her with [autotag]Alyssa Brito[/autotag] and Jayda Coleman for the team lead.

[autotag]Haley Lee[/autotag] followed Jennings with a home run to go back-to-back, put Oklahoma up 5-1, and chase Czech from the game. It was Lee’s seventh homer of the season.

[autotag]Sophia Simpson[/autotag] settled things down for Texas. She but with some strong defense, a timely overturned call on the field, and the way Jordy Bahl was throwing, the Longhorns couldn’t get anything going. Simpson kept the Sooners from building up on their lead with four scoreless innings until the sixth.

In the sixth, the Sooners went back to work.

With two outs in the sixth, Tiare Jennings doubled, and Haley Lee brought her around for Lee’s second RBI of the day. Now leading 6-1, [autotag]Kinzie Hanse[/autotag]n blasted a 2-1 pitch to left center for her seventh home run of the season. She now has seven home runs and 31 RBIs in just 22 games in 2023.

Tiare Jennings led the way at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, three runs scored, and four RBIs. Her double was nearly her second home run of the game, hitting just off the top of the wall in left field.

Haley Lee, [autotag]Grace Lyons[/autotag], Kinzie Hansen, and Rylie Boone each had multi-hit performances for the Sooners who put up 12 hits and took advantage of a pair of Longhorns errors.

On a night that set an NCAA attendance record, the Sooners put on a show. In front of 8,930 fans, Oklahoma took care of business against Texas.

Jordy Bahl picked up her ninth win of the season in the complete game, two-hit performance. Though she allowed four walks, Bahl struck out six in the win. She was superhuman tonight, throwing 108 pitches in the win. Bahl’s performance allowed Patty Gasso to keep [autotag]Nicole May[/autotag], [autotag]Alex Storako[/autotag], and [autotag]Kierston Deal[/autotag] fresh for the remainder of the three-game series.

The Sooners improved to 31-1 on the season while the Longhorns fell to 30-6-1.

Game two will be on Saturday at 11 am on ESPN2 at Marita Hynes Field in Norman, followed by the Sunday finale at the same time Sunday, also on ESPN2.

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Alex Storako, Kierston Deal combine for one-hitter, Sooners defeat Weber State 16-0

Alex Storako and Kierston Deal combine for a one-hitter as Oklahoma’s offense explodes in 16-0 win over Weber State.

After a low-scoring Friday on the first day of the Hall of Fame Classic, the Oklahoma Sooners erupted for 30 runs in wins over Weber State and Auburn on Saturday.

In the first game, the Sooners beat the Wildcats 16-0. It was another strong pitching performance from [autotag]Alex Storako[/autotag], who moved to 9-0 with three shutout innings. Storako was perfect and threw struck out six in the abbreviated outing. [autotag]Kierston Deal[/autotag] pitched two innings of one-hit ball for the combined shutout.

At the plate, [autotag]Haley Lee[/autotag], [autotag]Kinzie Hansen[/autotag], and [autotag]Alynah Torres[/autotag] led the way for the Sooners’ offense.

[autotag]Jayda Coleman[/autotag] walked and stole second to lead off the game. [autotag]Tiare Jennings[/autotag] followed that up with a walk of her own, and the two advanced on a passed ball. Having a fantastic season for the Sooners, Haley Lee came to the plate and doubled to put Oklahoma up 2-0 early in the first. Lee advanced to third and then scored on a wild pitch and a passed ball to put the Sooners up 3-0.

But Oklahoma wasn’t done in the first. [autotag]Jocelyn Erickson[/autotag] singled, and [autotag]Alyssa Brito[/autotag] doubled to put runners on second and third for [autotag]Kinzie Hansen[/autotag]. Hansen drove both in with a single to make it 5-0.

By the end of the first, the Sooners were up 9-0 and scored without hitting a home run in the inning.

Oklahoma added four more in the second inning, including a two-run home run for Sophia Nugent. Well within run-rule territory and with Alex Storako cruising, Oklahoma added another run in the third and two more in the fourth to come away with the big win.

In the win, Haley Lee was 3-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBIs. Kinzie Hansen was 3-for-4 with one run scored and a pair of runs batted in. Alynah Torres was 2-for-3 with three RBIs.

Nicole May shines, Alynah Torres hits grand slam in Sooners 8-0 win over SDSU

Alynah Torres hit her first home run of the season and Nicole May extended her scoreless innings streak in the Sooners 8-0 win over SDSU.

[autotag]Nicole May[/autotag] kept her incredible start to the season going, throwing four innings of scoreless ball to lead the Oklahoma Sooners to an 8-0 run-rule win over South Dakota State on Monday night.

The impromptu matchup came as the Sooners’ finale with Omaha in the Bulldog Invitational was canceled due to the potential for inclement weather. Oklahoma didn’t miss a beat, jumping on the Jackrabbits early and maintaining control throughout the game.

May, who ran her scoreless inning streak to start the season to 43 innings, picked up her seventh win of the season. She allowed just three hits and one walk while striking out seven in the shutout effort. [autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] pitched the fifth for the combined shutout, but May was phenomenal in the circle.

At the plate, Oklahoma took advantage of the control issues from South Dakota State’s Tori Kniesche. After [autotag]Jayda Coleman[/autotag] flied out to centerfield, [autotag]Tiare Jennings[/autotag] and [autotag]Haley Lee[/autotag] drew walks before [autotag]Jocelyn Erickson[/autotag] was hit by a pitch to load the bases. That brought [autotag]Alynah Torres[/autotag] to the plate with two outs and an opportunity to put Oklahoma ahead early in the game.

She made Kniesche work to a full count before launching her first home run of the season, a grand slam, to give the Sooners a 4-0 lead after one. It was Torres’ first home run of the season after hitting 16 for Arizona State a year ago.

Oklahoma loaded the bases again in the second, this time on a pair of singles by Jayda Coleman and [autotag]Tiare Jennings[/autotag]. A two-out walk earned by Lee brought [autotag]Kinzie Hansen[/autotag] to the plate with an opportunity to add to the Sooners’ lead with two outs in the inning. As she’s done regularly this season, Hansen came through with a two-RBI single to make it 6-0.

The Sooners went down in order in the third but picked up the offensive barrage in the fourth inning. [autotag]Quincee Lilio[/autotag] reached on an error and advanced to second. With Coleman at the plate, Lilio advanced to third on a wild pitch. Jennings brought drove Lilio in with a sacrificed fly, but Coleman was doubled-up at first. However, Oklahoma was able to add to their lead, making it 7-0 through four.

Oklahoma took advantage of South Dakota State’s control struggles and put the first two batters on base via walk in the bottom of the fifth. After Sophia Nugent and Jocelyn Erickson walked, [autotag]Alynnah Torres[/autotag] reached on an error to load the bases. With one out, and the bases loaded, [autotag]Alyssa Britto[/autotag] picked up Oklahoma’s second hit by pitch and sixth walk of the evening to drive in the winning run.

The top of the order was strong once again for the Oklahoma Sooners. Jayda Coleman, Tiare Jennings, and [autotag]Haley Lee[/autotag] were a combined 2 for 4, but reached base six times, scored four runs, and had an RBI. No other Sooner reached base multiple times in the game.

The win moves Oklahoma to 21-1 on the season and sets them up for a top-five showdown with the Florida State Seminoles on Tuesday night in Norman.

First pitch is scheduled for 6 pm CT and can be seen on ESPN+.

Jordy Bahl perfect in Oklahoma Sooners 13-0 win over Southeastern Louisiana

The Oklahoma Sooners got a perfect performance in the circle from Jordy Bahl, and OU’s offense responded with 13 runs on 17 hits in their win over Southeastern Louisiana.

For the second time in her career, [autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] threw a perfect game, and the Oklahoma Sooners blasted Southeastern Louisiana in a 13-0 run-rule win to open the Bulldog Invitational in Starkville, Miss.

Bahl threw five innings of perfect ball and struck out eight to lead the Sooners. She only had seven balls put into play and the defense was up to the task to assist the sophomore pitcher in perfection.

Oklahoma got off to a great start in this game. Jayda Coleman led off with a double and [autotag]Haley Lee[/autotag] hit her fourth home run of the season to put Oklahoma up 2-0 in the first. A SE Louisiana error allowed [autotag]Alyssa Brito[/autotag] to score to make it 3-0, and [autotag]Kinzie Hansen[/autotag] scored on [autotag]Jocelyn Erickson[/autotag]’s double.

Up 4-0 in the second, [autotag]Jayda Coleman[/autotag] reached base with a walk and Haley Lee singled to put runners on first and second with two outs for [autotag]Sophia Nugent[/autotag]. Facing an 0-2 count, Nugent hit a three-run home run to put the Sooners up 7-0. It was Nugent’s fourth home run of the season.

Still in the second, Brito reached on another single and scored on an RBI double from Kinzie Hansen to make it 8-0 after two.

In the third, the Sooners tacked five more runs on the board with doubles from [autotag]Alynah Torres[/autotag], [autotag]Tiare Jennings[/autotag], [autotag]Haley Lee[/autotag], and [autotag]Alyssa Brito[/autotag].

Lee went 3 for 3 with a home run and four RBIs to raise her batting average on the season to .490. Brito also went 3 for 3 with two runs scored and an RBI. She’s now hitting .460 on the season.

As for Bahl, she had a strikeout in each of the first two innings and then a pair in the final three innings of the game. She averaged 3.53 pitches per at bat. It was an efficient performance from the circle on a day when the Sooners’ offense dominated.

With Bahl’s performance, she lowered her ERA to 1.83. Here’s a look at some of the social reactions to Jordy Bahl and the Oklahoma Sooners’ performance in the win over Southeastern Louisiana. Oklahoma goes back to work at 6 p.m. CT against Mississippi State.

Oklahoma Sooners extend streak to three with 10-3 win over Utah Utes

Tiare Jennings and Jocelyn Erickson each had two hits and two RBIs as the Oklahoma Sooners defeated Utah to improve to 11-1 in 2023.

The Utah Utes opened the scoring on an inside-the-park home run from Aliya Belarde in the top of the first. Bahl settled back in and retired seven straight to take control of the game.

Oklahoma responded in a big way in the bottom of the first. [autotag]Jayda Coleman[/autotag] drew another walk to lead off the game and [autotag]Grace Lyons[/autotag] drove her in with an RBI double. With the game tied at one, Tiare Jennings launched her second home run of the season to put Oklahoma ahead 3-1.

After [autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] retired the Utes in order in the top of the second, the Oklahoma offense added six more to their lead in the bottom half of the inning.

[autotag]Sophia Nugent[/autotag] was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and [autotag]Alynah Torres[/autotag]’ double brought her in to make it 4-1 Oklahoma. Coleman got on base again, this time with a one-out single. After Grace Lyons’ fly out, Tiare Jennings drew a two-out walk.

With the bases loaded, [autotag]Haley Lee[/autotag] drove in Torres on an error to make it 5-1. True freshman phenom [autotag]Jocelyn Erickson[/autotag] came to the plate with the bases loaded and drove a 1-2 pitch to left for a double, scoring Coleman and Jennings to make it 7-1. [autotag]Alyssa Brito[/autotag] followed that up with a single on a full count to push Lee and Erickson across the plate to make it 9-1 Sooners.

Bahl allowed runs to score in the third and fourth before settling back in to retire the Utes in order in the top of the fifth. [autotag]Nicole May[/autotag] took over in the sixth and retired five straight Utes to close the game out for the Sooners.

May has now pitched 21 scoreless innings to start the 2023 season.

Oklahoma is now 11-1 on the season. They’ll face Loyola Marymount in the second game on Saturday before taking on the UCLA Bruins on Sunday.

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