Sooner Softball Blanks Bulldogs To Complete Fall Schedule

Oct. 22, 2002

NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma softball wrapped up its fall schedule by blanking Southwestern State, 9-0 and 3-0, in a doubleheader at Reaves Park in Norman on Tuesday evening.

The Sooners got off to a booming start when leadoff hitter Kelli Braitsch (Broken Arrow, Okla.) blasted a home run in the bottom of the first inning to put Oklahoma up, 1-0.

Southwestern State walked Kristen Vesely (Phoenix, Ariz.) and the freshman stole second and third before being brought in on a home run by senior Leah Gulla (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

OU would hold the 3-0 lead through the third inning until a double by Christina Enea (Woodland Hills, Calif.) brought in Vesely for her second run of the night.

Oklahoma added to its lead in the fourth when Vesely got a home run and brought in Braitsch to go up 6-0 on the Bulldogs.

In the bottom of the fifth, a single by Lori Shimasaki (Edmond, Okla.) ran in Leah Gulla and OU won on the run rule, 9-0, when Braitsch doubled to bring in Nikki Holt (Camarillo, Calif.) and Shimasaki.

In the second game, Oklahoma got runs in the first and third innings to outlast Southwestern State, 3-0, and complete its fall schedule with the win.

Kelli Braitsch again got the Sooners on the board in the first inning when she ran in off a triple from Leah Gulla.

In the bottom of the third, Kristen Vesely brought in Lori Shimasaki and Heather Scaglione brought in Christina Enea for the final run of the night.

OU opens its 2003 spring schedule in Gainesville, Fla. at the University of Florida Tournament on Feb. 7-9. The Sooners open at home by hosting the OU/Nike Classic on Feb. 14-16 in Norman.

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Sooner Softball Blanks Bulldogs To Complete Fall Schedule

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