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Twitter reacts as Iowa rolls Southeastern Louisiana Lions to open 2023 NCAA Tournament

Twitter rejoiced as Iowa rolled away from Southeastern Louisiana, winning 95-43 in the NCAA Tournament’s first round. Here’s the best.

I think I can speak for all of Hawkeye Nation when I say this, BOY, we needed this one!

Just a day after the Iowa men’s basketball team bowed out of the first round in a pseudo-away game against ninth-seeded Auburn, the women’s team was right there to pick us all right back up!

While the upper seeds in the men’s side of the world seemingly cannot figure out what they are doing, the women aren’t having any problems at all. South Carolina, Maryland and Notre Dame blew out their opponents in spectacular fashion. The Hawkeyes went ahead and joined that party with a 95-43 victory over Southeastern Louisiana.

Despite the Lady Lions entering this contest with all the confidence in the world, Iowa made sure to make a statement with this victory. Everything that you wanted to see from the Hawkeyes was there.

Caitlin Clark and Monika Czinano were their usual dynamic duo. Iowa shot the ball well from deep, hitting 40% from 3, and had some beautiful ball movement.

The Lady Lions, meanwhile, were unable to get anything going against a stellar, motivated Iowa defense. They shot 25.4% from the field and 18.2% from deep. They scored less as a team than Clark and Czinano combined. Not ideal for winning indeed.

After the crummy feeling after the disappointing end to the men’s season, this was a fantastic way to get Hawkeye Nation back into the swing of things. Here are the best reactions from a rejoicing Iowa fan base.

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.