Savannah Long Picks Up Big 12 POW

NORMAN, Okla. Oklahoma shortstop Savannah Long was named the Big 12 Player of the Week Tuesday after leading the No. 3 Sooners to four straight Big 12 wins this past week while also hitting a two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh to beat Nebraska, 10-9.

It marks the first Big 12 Player of the Week honor in Long's career while she becomes the seventh Sooner to earn a weekly conference accolade this season.

The Midwest City, Okla. native led the Sooners to sweeps of No. 7 Baylor and Nebraska. Long tallied three home runs, including a walk-off, two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh with two outs that gave OU the 10-9 victory over the Huskers. She also compiled a .385 batting average with five RBI on 14 total bases. Entering the week, Long had three home runs but hit three this week alone, including two in one game against NU to finish the week with a 1.077 slugging percentage.

To start the week, Long sparked the OU offense in a 7-4 win in the series finale against Baylor with a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game at 3-3. The junior shortstop paced the Sooners with a 2-for-3 outing with two RBI to end her five-game hitting drought.

Long and the third-ranked Sooners return to action this Wednesday for part two of Bedlam in Stillwater, Okla. First pitch between the Sooners and Cowgirls is set for 7 p.m. Oklahoma won the first game of the series in Norman, 8-0.

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