Northwestern struck first with a home run in the top of the third, doing their best Sooners impression. But that might have been the moment that awakened the sleeping dragon that was the Oklahoma lineup, who hadn’t put much together through the first two innings against All-American Danielle Williams.
After Rylie Boone led off with a double and Kinzie Hansen drove her in with an RBI single, OU loaded the bases for Tiare Jennings.
She didn’t wait long to jump on Williams’ change up and blasted the first pitch to deep center field for her third grand slam of the season.
𝐓𝐈𝐀 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐊𝐂 💣 @_tiarejennings
B3 | OU 5, NU 1 | 📺 ESPN pic.twitter.com/d4JhI4MvaU
— Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) June 2, 2022
That gave the Sooners a 5-1 lead and they’d add another to make it 6-1 before the registering their final out.
Jennings now has 25 home runs and 76 RBIs on the season and the Sooners are in control of their opening round WCWS matchup vs. Northwestern.
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