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Oklahoma softball lands at No. 1 in recent USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

The Oklahoma Sooners are now the No. 1 team in the country according to the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. They are currently 12-0.

There isn’t a hotter team in collegiate softball than the Oklahoma Sooners at this point in the season. They have climbed to the top spot in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches poll. They are one of four teams in the top 25 that come from the Big 12 Conference.

The Sooners have won 12-straight games to begin the 2021 campaign. In the Miner Invitational in El Paso, Texas, OU allowed just two runs in four games while scoring 70 runs. They have allowed just 14 runs in the eight games that have followed that appearance in the season-opening tournament. In that same stretch, they scored 98 total, including a 33 run outburst against New Mexico. Their second game of the year with at least 29 runs in a game.

On Friday the Sooners will participate in the Courtyard Marriott Tournament in Norman when they face off against Missouri and Sam Houston State in a double-header. There is a lot of excitement about the top softball program in the country.

The Full NFCA-USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll:

  1. Oklahoma
  2. Arizona
  3. Alabama
  4. UCLA
  5. Florida
  6. Oregon
  7. Texas
  8. Washington
  9. Oklahoma State
  10. Kentucky
  11. Arizona State
  12. Louisiana
  13. Louisiana State
  14. Duke
  15. Virginia Tech
  16. Florida State
  17. South Carolina
  18. Missouri
  19. Georgia
  20. Arkansas
  21. Michigan
  22. Central Florida
  23. Iowa State
  24. Auburn
  25. Tennessee

Sooners News: Oklahoma Softball off to hot start in El Paso

The Oklahoma Sooners softball team ran up the score over the weekend. They outscored the opposition 70-2 overall.

The Oklahoma Sooners softball season got into full swing at a fast and furious pace. On Thursday, the team set an NCAA record by driving 13 balls out of the yard. Yes, you read that correctly. The Sooners hit 13 home runs on opening day as they blasted UTEP 29-0. They weren’t done by any stretch of the imagination.

In the second game on the first day of the season, OU would take on Abilene Christian. In this game, they would defeat ACU 9-0 to increase their run differential to 38 runs. These ladies were coming to send a message that they were hungry.

On Friday, they were back on the field to play ACU once again with Giselle Juarez in the circle for the Sooners. She pitched three innings, striking out five and allowing only one baserunner on a walk. Oklahoma allowed just one hit as they cruised to an 11-0 victory, outscoring ACU on the weekend 20-0.

In the final game of the Miner Invitational in El Paso, Oklahoma would take on UTEP once again. Freshman Nicole May would be in the circle looking for her first win on the season. The Sooners once again put 20+ runs on the board as they defeated the Miners 21-2, giving up their first runs on the season.

Senior Jocelyn Alo is moving up the ranks in Oklahoma history. She launched her 57th career home run to move her into fourth in OU history. She finished with one home run and four RBIs in two at bats.

Oklahoma scored 70 runs on the weekend and blasted a total of 24 home runs during the two-day stretch. Freshman Tiare Jennings and junior Grace Lyons were the story of the weekend. Jennings is batting .923 through four games with five home runs and 12 RBIs. Lyons drove six balls out of the ballpark with an identical 12 RBIs in the early going.

Three Oklahoma softball players added to Player of the Year watchlist

Three Oklahoma Sooners softball players were named to the 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List.

The Oklahoma Sooners softball team is gearing up for another season. They have won a total of 12 Big 12 Championships, including eight in a row. Their streak is technically still intact given that the season was cancelled due to COVID-19 in 2020. Prior to the cancellation, the Sooners were 20-4 and winners of seven-straight games.

The Sooners softball team is ready to make another run at their fifth National Championship. They finished as runner ups in 2019. The expectations are right where they should be with the championship culture around campus. The USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll has been released for the preseason rankings. Oklahoma is the highest-ranked of any of the Big 12 schools.

Oklahoma is also well represented in theย 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List.

Giselle Juarez, Jocelyn Alo, and Nicole Mendes were all named to the watch list that is comprised of 50 softball players around the country. Juarez holds a career ERA of 1.45 and she is looking to climb even further in the Sooners’ history books.

Last year Alo hit eight home runs with 21 RBI’s while batting .427 for the Sooners. She returns for another year of eligibility due to the NCAA’s ruling to allow the extra year due to the season that was lost with the cancellation.

Mendes also returns for a fifth year at Oklahoma. She appeared in just six games and hit two home runs with four RBI’s in six plate appearances. The Sooners will begin their season soon, as we await the official schedule to be released for the 2021 campaign.