The Texas Longhorns jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning of game one of the [autotag]Women’s College World Series[/autotag] championship. And that was all they could muster. Oklahoma would then go on to score 16 runs to tie a Women’s College World Series Championship record to beat Texas 16-1.
Though the Texas Longhorns would get runners on base against [autotag]Hope Trautwein[/autotag] in the early going, even loading the bases in the first, they couldn’t push runners across.
Trautwein walked four batters, allowed two hits, and hit a batter but was able to work through it all to limit the Longhorns. Texas was 0-for-9 with runners on base and 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
And after that first-inning run that Texas pushed across, it was all Oklahoma Sooners.
In the bottom of the first inning, with the Sooners trailing, [autotag]Jayda Coleman[/autotag] doubled on an 0-2 count. Wasting little time, [autotag]Jocelyn Alo[/autotag] launched the first of her two home runs in the game to give the Oklahoma Sooners a 2-1 lead. After a [autotag]Tiare Jennings[/autotag] single, Texas let the game get away from them a bit with some poor fielding that set up [autotag]Taylon Snow[/autotag]’s three-run home run to give Oklahoma the 5-1 lead after one inning.
Trautwein threw a clean second inning, retiring the Texas side in order. The Sooners rewarded her ability to work around some Texas base runners with a run in every inning. Trautwein earned her sixth win of the NCAA tournament and now is 4-0 in the Women’s College World Series.
Alo and [autotag]Tiare Jennings[/autotag] each hit two home runs and combined to go 7-for-8 with eight runs scored, four home runs, and eight RBIs.
The Longhorns didn’t have an answer for the Sooners’ offensive onslaught that left Oklahoma Football head coach Brent Venables awe-inspired.
Patty Gasso’s crew is now one win away from claiming their sixth national title in program history and second straight. After Trautwein threw 90 pitches and [autotag]Nicole May[/autotag] came in to finish the game, [autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag] may get the ball for game two to try and close out her incredible freshman year on a high note.
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