Game Notes: No. 12/10 Oklahoma vs. Bryant
Result: W, 14-4 (5)
Date: May 16, 2014
- Oklahoma is 53-17 all-time in Regional play. OU has won eight straight Regional contests and 12 of its last 13 dating back to 2010. During its eight-game Regional win streak, Oklahoma has outscored opponents 121-19.
- OU improved to 2-0 all-time against Bryant. The Sooners last faced the Bulldogs in a 4-1 win on March 8, 1992.
- Oklahoma has won 13 in a row and 11 straight at home.
- The run-rule win was the 23rd of the year for Oklahoma.
- Oklahoma has scored 407 runs this year, tying the 2012 Oklahoma squad for fifth in Big 12 single-season history.
- The Sooners continue to be one of the hottest teams in the nation. OU is 28-2 since March 15, tied for best record in the NCAA with Louisiana-Lafayette.
- The Sooners have driven in 376 runs this season, moving them past the 2011 Texas Tech Red Raiders for fourth place in Big 12 single-season history.
- Oklahoma has 73 home runs this year, moving them past the 2007 and 2011 Oklahoma squads for ninth place in Big12 single-season history.
- Junior Shelby Pendley went 4-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored. Her four hits tied the school-record for most hits in a Regional game. Three other Sooners had accomplished the feat, most recently Brianna Turang against Iona (5/20/11).
- Pendley's four hits also tied her career high for hits in a game. She previously had four hits against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2/28/14).
- Senior Destinee Martinez went 3-for-3 with an RBI and three runs scored. Martinez's three runs scored matched her career high, a mark she has reached six times, most recently against UAB (4/26/14).
- Martinez's three hits also moved her past Kim Ogee of Nebraska for eighth place in career hits in Big 12 history.
- OU got a pair of three-run blasts from Shelby Pendley and Whitney Ellis. It was the 13th home run of the year for Pendley and the 10th for Ellis.
- Jessica Vest notched her first career start in rightfield. Vest went 1-for-3 and picked up her first hit since April 2, busting an 0-for-9 slump.
- With the win, sophomore Kelsey Stevens improved to 34-7 on the season. She's tied with Florida State's Lacey Waldrop for the most wins in the country.