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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Friday, May 15
Norman
3:00 PM
University of Oklahoma
8
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Central Arkansas
Sooners No-Hit Bears to Open Regional
May 15, 2015 | Softball
Central Arkansas
Oklahoma
0
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OklahomaBox Score | Quotes | Highlights | Press Conference | Photos
| Inning-by-Inning | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
| UCA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | x | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| OU | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | x | x | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| Pitching | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
| W - P. Parker (25-5) | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| L - Studioso (26-13) | 0.2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| S - N/A | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Individual Leaders | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB | R | H | RBI | BB | HR | |
| OU - Wodach | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| UCA - Parker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Player of the Game |
|---|
 Lea Wodach // Fr. // C/OFWodach set the tone for the Sooners early, providing the exclamation mark in a six-run first. She belted the first grand slam of her career to stake the Sooners to a 5-0 lead in the game's opening frame. It was her third home run of the season against Central Arkansas, and it was No. 100 on the year for the team. She finished 2-3 with four RBI. |
| Game Notes |
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| Oklahoma now leads the all-time series against Central Arkansas, 9-0 ... Oklahoma has won 11 straight Regional games and 16 of its past 17 ... the Sooners are 56-17 all-time in Regional play and 86-41 in postseason play in program history ... Paige Parker and Kelsey Stevens threw the second combined no-hitter in program history, joining the efforts of Jennifer Stewart and Adrianne Ratliff in a 4-0 win against Creighton on Feb. 17, 2001 ... it was the second no-hitter in OU postseason history as Keilani Ricketts no-hit Michigan in a 7-1 win on May 30, 2013, at the Women's College World Series ... Oklahoma became the 24th team in NCAA history to record 100 home runs in one season ... OU has recorded 446 runs batted in this year, breaking the single-season school record of 444 set in 2013 ... Oklahoma's 470 runs scored this year are 17th most in NCAA Division I single-season history ... it was OU's 24th run-rule win of the seaosn and 19th shutout ... Lea Wodach hit her first career grand slam in the first inning ... in two games this year against Central Arkansas, Wodach is 5-7 with three home runs and nine RBI |
NORMAN -- Freshman Paige Parker and junior Kelsey Stevens combined to throw a no-hitter as the 11th-seeded Oklahoma softball team (46-7) defeated Central Arkansas (35-20) on Friday afternoon, 8-0, in five innings in its opening game of the NCAA Regional.
Parker struck out two and walked one in 4.0 innings to improve her record to 25-5 on the season. Stevens came on in relief in the fifth inning, striking out two and walking one. It was the second combined no-hitter in OU history, joining the no-hitter thrown by Jennifer Stewart and Adrianne Ratliff in a 4-0 win against Creighton on Feb. 17, 2001.
“It's a big game and it's postseason, but I just tried to treat it like another game and come in and settle in and attack hitters,” Parker said. “The defense did a great job today. I just tried to use them as best as I could because I know that they have a lot of experience around me, and I know that they are going to be behind me no matter what.”
It was also the second no-hitter thrown by Oklahoma in postseason play in school history. Keilani Ricketts no-hit Michigan in a 7-1 victory on May 30, 2013 in the Women's College World Series.
The win was the 11th in a row for Oklahoma in the NCAA Regionals, outscoring opponents 149-33 in that span.
OU will now meet Texas A&M for the third straight postseason after ending the Aggies' season in the 2013 Super Regional and 2014 Norman Regional. First pitch is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. with the winner advancing to Sunday's championship game and the loser having to play an elimination game Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. against the winner of Lehigh-Central Arkansas, which will be played at 4 p.m.
The Sooners, who are a perfect 9-0 all-time against Central Arkansas, took advantage of an error and hit for the cycle as a team in a six-run first inning.
With one out, senior Shelby Pendley hit a wind-aided double to shallow left field. Freshman Paige Parker reached on an error, and one out later, junior Erin Miller walked to fill the bases. OU then scored its first run of the game as senior Georgia Casey drew a five-pitch walk.
That brought freshman Lea Wodach to the plate. When Oklahoma and Central Arkansas met earlier this year, the freshman from Coto de Caza, Calif., recorded the first multi-homer game of her career. She picked up right where she left off by drilling her first career grand slam to center field.
“I got myself in a two-strike count and I was just trying to pass the torch and move the bat to the next player and not try to do too much,” Wodach said. “I've had a lot of success against that pitcher, and I was just trying to do what I can do and the bat found the ball in the right spot and went over.”
In two games this season against the Bears, Wodach is 5-7 with three home runs and nine runs batted in.
Leading 5-0, junior Whitney Ellis followed Wodach's at-bat with a triple off the wall in left center. That was proceeded by an RBI single by freshman Nicole Pendley, plating OU's sixth unearned run of the opening frame.
“It's always nice to get the first game under your belt but what we really love is how we scored early in the first inning to get things settled in,” Oklahoma head coach Patty Gasso said.
“I like the way we came out attacking,” she added. “I felt like we left a few too many runners in scoring position but that is not uncommon when you start this tournament just because of a little bit of nerves and just getting back on the field in competition but I thought he handled things very well.”
Oklahoma picked up another run in the second.
Shelby Pendley picked up her second double in as many at-bats as she laced one to the gap in right-center. Parker then helped her own cause by singling to left center and driving in Pendley.
After two scoreless innings, OU picked up its 24th run-rule win of the year with a run in the fifth.
Facing the second relief pitcher of the game from Central Arkansas in Shivaun Landeros, senior Lauren Chamberlain got the inning started with a one-out double to center field. Two batters later, junior Tori Nirschl pinch-hit for Parker. With a 1-1 count, Nirschl pulled a single through the right side to drive in Chamberlain from third and give the Sooners the victory.
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