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OU Softball slams Cyclones 5-0, moves on to Big 12 Championship

The Oklahoma Sooners advanced to yet another Big 12 Championship on the back of Lynnsie Elam’s grand slam and Hope Truatwein’s 14 strikeouts.

The Oklahoma Sooners advanced to the Big 12 Championship after a 5-0 win over the Iowa State Cyclones on Friday. Hope Trautwein led the way with 14 strikeouts and a grand slam courtesy of Lynnsie Elam provided all the run support the Sooners needed.

The Sooners are looking for their fifth consecutive Big 12 tournament crown and will play the winner of the Oklahoma State-Texas matchup in tomorrow’s final.

“On fire” doesn’t even come close to the performance Hope Trautwein put on display on Friday afternoon in Oklahoma City. She retired Iowa State in order four times in seven innings. Today’s semi-final was her 16th win of the season.

🪜 𝟏𝟐 𝐊's 🪜@hopetraut is working.

MID 6 | OU 5, ISU 0 | 📺 ESPNU pic.twitter.com/L6AysInPkG

— Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) May 13, 2022

Offensively, OU jumped on ISU early with two singles and a walk to load the bases in the bottom of the first. With two outs, Lynnsie Elam walked to the plate. Elam then provided the fireworks with her first inning grand slam.

💥 Off to a 𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐍' start 💥@lynn_elam22 | B1 | OU 4, ISU 0

📺 ESPNU pic.twitter.com/15XJJlMa3p

— Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) May 13, 2022

After an RBI single from Rylie Boone in the bottom of the second, the Sooners were up 5-0 early in this contest. It would be all they needed to secure yet another birth to the Big 12 Championship.

The Longhorns-Cowgirls game starts at 4 p.m. The Longhorns handed the Sooners their lone loss of the season back in April.

The Big 12 Championship will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. Catch the action on ESPN2.

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OU Softball’s Jordy Bahl named Big 12 Freshman and Co-Pitcher of the Year

Freshman phenom and former No. 1 recruit Jordy Bahl has won the Big 12’s Freshman of the Year and Co-Pitcher of the Year awards for the 2022 season in unanimous selections. It was a busy day for the University of Oklahoma Softball team with many awards being won by other Sooners, including Coach Patty Gasso winning her 10th straight Coach of the Year award.

Bahl has been another star on the country’s best pitching staff with a 0.95 ERA, a 21-1 record and a total of 199 strikeouts in 132.1 innings pitched. She ranked 1st in the conference in wins, complete games and shutouts. She’s been as advertised as the best recruit in the nation sice coming to Norman from Papillion, Nebraska.

Bahl shared the Pitcher of the Year award with Oklahoma State ace Kelly Maxwell.

Brent Venables recently called Bahl the “Conor McGregor of college softball.” Given how downright scary she looks when staring down batters at the plate, it’s easy to see the comparison.

Patty Gasso called Bahl one of the best prospects she’d ever seen, and she’s seen quite a few during her illustrious career.

With so much to go in her collegiate career, fans can only wait to see what else Bahl will accomplish as a Sooner.

OU Softball will play on Friday against the winner of Iowa State and Baylor in the Big 12 tournament at 1 p.m. CST, which can be viewed on ESPNU.

Best photos from Oklahoma Softball’s 6-0 win over Oklahoma State to clinch Big 12 title

The best images from the Oklahoma Sooners 6-0 win over Oklahoma State to clinch the Big 12 regular-season title.

The Oklahoma Sooners softball team clinched the Big 12 regular season title Saturday night with a 6-0 win over Oklahoma State. It was another strong performance by [autotag]Hope Trautwein[/autotag] and [autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] to pick up yet another shutout win for the Sooners.

On scene to throw out the first pitch was Oklahoma Football coach [autotag]Brent Venables[/autotag], who brought the energy in the pre-game to get the crowd and [autotag]Patty Gasso[/autotag]’s squad fired up.

Over the last several years OU Softball has become must-see television and the Sooners have delivered in prime time. Their energy and passion for the game is infectious and have been a big part of the growth of the game over the last decade.

Oklahoma still has one more game in the regular season before they take on the Big 12 for the tournament crown and prepare for the College World Series. But before we move on, let’s relive the magic from Saturday night’s 6-0 win over Oklahoma State.

Oklahoma Sooners beat Oklahoma State 6-0 to clinch 10th consecutive Big 12 regular season title

The Oklahoma Sooners beat Oklahoma State 6-0 to clinch the Big 12 regular season title with another standout performance from Hope Trautwein

The road to the Big 12 Conference trophy will yet again run through Norman as the unanimous No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners clinched the regular-season title with a win over the No. 7 Oklahoma State Cowgirls 6-0.

Since losing to the Texas Longhorns, OU has won nine straight games and allowed only six runs in that same span.

With head football coach Brent Venables in attendance to throw out the first pitch, the best softball team in the world put on an absolute show once again.

[autotag]Hope Trautwein[/autotag] picked up her 14th win of the season in 5.1 shutout innings with four strikeouts. Freshman phenom [autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] came in to finish the job in the sixth.

Bahl struck out two batters in the remaining 1.2 innings of the game. Pitching once again revealed it’s a strength for the Oklahoma Sooners.

Oklahoma State threatened early with two hits in the first inning, but Bahl ended up stranding both baserunners.

The Cowgirls only managed one hit after the early start as Trautwein buckled down and controlled the game.

Since losing to Texas, the Sooners have thrown five shutouts.

The game was tied at zero through the top of the third, then the Sooners’ offense made some noise.

Alyssa Brito singled home a run, Jana Johns walked with the bases loaded and then Kinzie Hansen hit a three run double to clear the bases.

With two wins against the Cowgirls, OU has now won 28 of their last 29 against their Bedlam rivals. Their only loss since 2011 was last year in Stillwater. Oklahoma has won 10 straight Big 12 regular-season titles and this is their 14th overall.

The regular season finale is tomorrow in Norman at 4 p.m. CST.

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Best photos from Oklahoma’s 7-1 Bedlam win over Oklahoma State on Thursday night

Take a look back at the Oklahoma Sooners’ 7-1 win over Oklahoma State in the first game of their Bedlam series from Thursday night.

In a duel between USA Softball National Player of the Year Top 10 finalists, Jordy Bahl and Kelly Maxwell made the two sides in the opener of the work in the opening frames of Bedlam Thursday night. Bahl and Maxwell kept the offenses at bay through the first two innings of the game.

That changed for the Sooners in the bottom of the third as they began to mount pressure against Oklahoma State pitcher Kelly Maxwell leading to four runs in the bottom of the third. Jordy Bahl took advantage of the run support and continued her excellent true freshman campaign.

In her seven innings pitched, Bahl struck out six Cowgirls and didn’t walk a batter. She attacked all evening, getting ahead of hitters and not allowing Oklahoma State to string together much of an offensive attack.

The Sooners’ offense got going in the third thanks to an RBI single from Jocelyn Alo, followed by a three-run home run by Tiare Jennings. They came through in the clutch, scoring all of their runs with two outs in the frame.

No Sooner collected more than two hits in the game, but they were buoyed by six walks from Maxwell. Oklahoma made Maxwell throw 138 pitches on the evening compared to an efficient 87 for Bahl.

Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will go back to the diamond on Friday night for game two of Bedlam. If the Sooners are able to pull out another victory, they’ll clinch the Big 12 regular-season title for the 10 straight season and 14th time in school history.

Let’s take a look back at the big win from Thursday night in stunning still images.

Jordy Bahl goes 7 innings, Tiare Jennings homers in Oklahoma’s 7-1 win over Oklahoma State

Jordy Bahl dazzled for seven strong innings and the Sooners’ offense took off in the fourth to beat Oklahoma State 7-1 on Thursday night.

The Oklahoma Sooners took the first game in their three-game series with rival Oklahoma State 7-1 on Thursday night behind seven strong innings of work from star true freshman pitcher [autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag]. [autotag]Tiare Jennings[/autotag] provided a three-run blast and eight of nine Sooners starters reached base in the impressive win over the Cowgirls.

Bahl, in her first Bedlam matchup, put the Sooners one win away from clinching their 10th consecutive Big 12 regular-season title with a complete-game performance. On the evening, she allowed just four hits and one earned run over seven innings. The run came in the fifth inning after Bahl was staked to a 5-0 lead.

[autotag]Jocelyn Alo[/autotag] got the scoring going with an RBI single in the third inning. Later in the frame, Tiare Jennings put Oklahoma ahead in a big way with her three-run home run to give the Sooners a commanding 4-0 lead.

And while Alo and Jennings plated the Sooners’ first runs of the games with their at-bats, it was [autotag]Jana Johns[/autotag]’ work in a 12-pitch at-bat that turned the tide for the Sooners against Oklahoma State ace and National Player of the Year top 10 finalist [autotag]Kelly Maxwell[/autotag].

Oklahoma now sits one game in front of Oklahoma State for the Big 12 regular-season title. With a win on Friday night in the second leg of the series, the Sooners will clinch the Big 12 regular-season title and take the top seed in the Big 12 tournament.

Trio of Sooners top 10 finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award

Jocelyn Alo, Jordy Bahl, and Grace Lyons were named among the top 10 finalists for the 2022 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award.

Oklahoma Sooners softball has had a tremendous 2022 in search of back-to-back national championships. They’re 45-1, the No. 1 team in the nation, and heading into Bedlam, the favorite to advance to the College World Series and win the whole thing.

Jocelyn Alo has been the headliner in her record-breaking season. She once again leads the Sooners in home runs and batting average. Alo is looking to become the second Sooner since Keilani Ricketts to win the award in back-to-back seasons. Ricketts won the award in 2012 and 2013 and was a member of the 2013 national championship team.

She’s having a tremendous year and is one of three Sooners to be named finalists for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award.

But her season isn’t the only one that’s defined Oklahoma softball in 2022. The breakout year from Grace Lyons has been a key factor in the Sooners’ offense remaining deadly even as Alo gets walked or has an off day at the plate. And Lyons has come up clutch throughout the year as well, with multi-home run games and walk-off hits.

Though the offense carries a lot of the headlines, Jordy Bahl’s arrival to Norman has headlined a pitching staff that has been dominant in 2022. Bahl has become the ace of the staff, appearing in a team-leading 28 games and holds a 20-1 record with 191 strikeouts. The standout freshman has also been nominated for the NFCA National Freshman of the Year award for her performance in 2022.

The award will be narrowed to three finalists on May 18 and announced prior to the start of the College World Series, slated to begin on June 2 at the USA Softball complex in Oklahoma City.

Here’s a look at the 10 finalists.