Sooners Open Big 12 Play at Iowa State

No. 22/16 Oklahoma (21-8, 0-0 Big 12) at Iowa State (17-11, 0-0 Big 12)
Date/Time	Friday, 4 p.m. \| Saturday, 12 p.m. \| Sunday, 12 p.m.
Location	Ames, Iowa \| Cyclone Sports Complex
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After 29 non-conference games to start the season, two-time defending conference champion Oklahoma opens Big 12 play with a three-game series at Iowa State.

The Sooners are 13-5 all-time in Big 12 openers, including wins in each of the last two league openers.

SERIES HISTORY
Oklahoma has a 65-28 all-time advantage over Iowa State, including a 28-8 mark in Ames. The Sooners' 65 wins are the second-most against another school in program history.

Opponent	Wins	Losses	Win. Pct.
Oklahoma State	76	70	.521
Iowa State	65	28	.699
Kansas	53	42	.558
Missouri	51	41	.554
Baylor	46	10	.821

In addition, OU is on an 18-game winning streak in the series, which is its third-longest active streak against a D-I opponent:

Opponent	Streak	Series Record	Last Loss
Wichita State	28	41-7	3/21/90
North Texas	24	24-0	N/A
Iowa State	18	65-28	4/22/06
Creighton	15	16-11	3/8/91
Stephen F. Austin	12	12-0	N/A

The Sooners won all three games vs. the Cylcones last year by a combined score of 44-1 and won all three in five innings.

The opener saw OU post a then-school record for runs in a 24-1 win. The Sooners hit three home runs, including a pair of grand slams. Oklahoma scored 11 runs in the first inning and then 12 more in the second inning. In game two, junior Shelby Pendley was 3-4 with a three-run HR, two-run double and an RBI single as OU won 8-0. In the finale, Keilani Ricketts threw a no-hitter and a seven-run first inning carried OU to a 12-0 triumph.

CHAMBERLAIN SIDELINED WITH BACK INJURY
A back injury, which occurred on March 13, has sidelined Lauren Chamberlain. According to the OU medical staff, the injury typically takes six weeks for recovery.

Chamberlain has not played since the Tulsa contest on March 9 (six games) after after she had not missed a start in the first 148 contests of her OU career. Prior to her injury, Chamberlain was on a hot streak after a slow start to the 2014 season.

Stat	First 14 Games	Next 9 Games
AVG/OBP/SLG	.171/.442/.257	.545/.737/1.455
Hits/AB	6/35	12/22
Runs	13	18
2B/3B/HR	0/0/1	3/1/5
RBI	6	10
Total Bases	9	32
Walks/Strikeouts	16/9	16/2

HOT STREAKS
A quick look at which Sooners have been enjoying recent success:

Player	G	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	HR	BB	K	SB	AVG/OBP/SLG
Casey	10	29	10	13	4	3	1	7	5	3	.448/.568/.655
Ellis	10	31	7	12	17	2	4	3	6	2	.387/.457/.839
Pendley	13	40	16	20	18	4	6	12	9	4	.500/.615/1.050
Williams	4	10	3	5	2	1	0	3	1	0	.500/.615/.600

FACING THE CREAM OF THE CROP
Oklahoma has played in 13 games against teams ranked in the top 25 of the initial RPI rankings, tying with Nebraska and LSU for the most in the nation (games through 3/23).

Team	RPI	Games vs. Top-25	Record vs. Top-25	Overall Record
Oklahoma	23	13	6-7	21-8
Nebraska	9	13	5-8	20-10
LSU	24	13	4-9	19-12
South Carolina	41	12	3-9	11-16
Oregon State	56	11	2-9	11-16
Illinois State	54	11	0-11	10-18

RUN-RULE STREAK STANDS AT 79
Oklahoma has not suffered a run-rule loss since losing to Texas 15-6 in five innings on March 28, 2009. In that time span, OU has rattled off 79 consecutive run-rule wins. Most recently, the Sooners defeated Bradley, 8-0, in six innings on Tuesday night.

Category	Stat
Run-Rule Wins	79
5-Inning Wins	59
6-Inning Wins	20
Shutout Wins	40
Postseason Wins	8
Run-Rule Wins vs. Ranked Teams	13
Highest-Ranked Team Run-Ruled	No. 2 Arizona; 11-1, 5 (2/12/11)
Most Run-Rule Wins vs. One Team	Iowa State (5)

AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
Below is a list of all OU's top-20 rankings in the latest NCAA Statistics (Games through 3/23).

Stat	Player/Team	Total	Rank
Runs/Game	Team	7.28	5th
Home Runs/Game	Team	1.31	6th
Fielding Pct.	Team	.979	8th
Double Plays/Game	Team	0.52	11th
Slugging Percentage	Team	.515	13th
Walks/Game	Lauren Chamberlain	1.39	1st
Runs/Game	Lauren Chamberlain	1.35	5th
On-Base Percentage	Lauren Chamberlain	.567	10th
Slugging Percentage	Shelby Pendley	.870	12th
RBI/Game	Shelby Pendley	1.24	14th
Doubles/Game	Shelby Pendley	0.41	15th
Runs/Game	Shelby Pendley	1.10	21st
Wins	Kelsey Stevens	14	14th

PENDLEY'S HIT STREAK AT CAREER-BEST 13 GAMES
Junior Shelby Pendley is the owner of a career-best 13-game hitting streak. The streak dates back to a 4-4 performance in game two of a doubleheader against Arkansas Pine-Bluff on Feb. 28.

During the streak, Pendley has hit .500 with 20 hits in 40 at-bats. In addition she's slugging 1.050 with a .615 on-base percentage. Pendley has six home runs, four doubles, 18 RBI and 16 runs scored during her run, which is the longest by an OU player this season and the longest since Lauren Chamberlain's 17-game hitting streak from April 28, 2013 to Feb. 7, 2014.

PENDLEY JOINS 50-HR CLUB
With a solo home run against LSU on March 22, junior Shelby Pendley became the fourth active player in Division I, and one of two juniors along with teammate Lauren Chamberlain, to hit 50 career home runs (through 3/23).

Player	School	Fr.	So.	Jr.	Sr.	Total
Lauren Chamberlain	Oklahoma	30	30	6	N/A	66
Jennifer Gilbert	Ball State	15	18	23	10	66
Kaila Hunt	Alabama	10	21	15	8	54
Shelby Pendley	Oklahoma	19	22	9	N/A	50

DYANMIC DUO
Juniors Shelby Pendley and Lauren Chamberlain have combined to hit more career HR than any other duo in the nation (through 3/23).

Player (Total)	Player (Total)	Team	Total
Lauren Chamberlain (66)	Shelby Pendley (50)	Oklahoma	116
Jennifer Gilbert (66)	Taylor Rager (32)	Ball State	98
Kaila Hunt (54)	Jackie Traina (36)	Alabama	90
Patrice Jackson (42)	Lorena Bauer (41)	San Diego State	83
Taylor Edwards (45)	Tatum Edwards (35)	Nebraska	80