Completed Event: Softball versus Oklahoma Christian on October 15, 2025
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The Year That Was: Softball
March 23, 2020 | Softball
The new-look Sooners impressed to start the 2020 season. Powered by newcomers and veterans alike, OU blasted 34 home runs in the abbreviated season and looked poised for another Big 12 and postseason run.
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The Oklahoma softball team finished the 2020 season 20-4 and ranked No. 6 in the country in both the NFCA/USA TODAY Coaches Poll and ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25.
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The 2020 Sooners hit 34 home runs in the shortened 2020 season, tied for seventh-most in the nation. OU's 1.42 HRs-per-game average was also good for seventh in the country.
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Sooners junior captain Lynnsie Elam launched nine home runs in 2020. The Chickasha, Okla., product led the team with nine blasts, besting fellow junior slugger Jocelyn Alo's eight homers. Elam matched her previous number of career home runs (5) in just the sixth game of 2020.
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OU junior All-American Jocelyn Alo finished the season on a 14-game hitting streak, dating back to a Feb. 21 3-2 victory over Texas A&M at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. Alo finished her junior campaign batting .427 with eight home runs and 21 RBIs.
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Senior pitcher Shannon Saile registered 89 strikeouts in the abbreviated 2020 season. The right-hander led the way for OU in the circle with 70.0 innings pitched and finished with a 1.80 ERA. Saile was well on her way to besting her 2019 strikeout total of 126.
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OU's newcomers quickly became one of the top storylines of the 2020 season. Ten newcomers started or made an appearance for the Sooners: Rylie Boone, Mackenzie Donihoo, Alycia Flores, Kinzie Hansen, Macy McAdoo, Raylee Pogue, Olivia Rains, Taylon Snow, Alanna Thiede and Brooke Vestal.
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The Sooners registered a big early-season victory in a top-five showdown on Feb. 15 at the Hillenbrand Invitational in Tucson, Ariz. OU came from behind to take down No. 4/4 Arizona in front of a sold-out home crowd of 3,006 at Hillenbrand Stadium by a score of 6-4 in 10 innings.
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Junior captain Nicole Mendes made her return to the diamond Feb. 28 vs. Northwestern for the first time since knee surgery in fall 2019. In just six appearances, including one start as designated player, Mendes batted .500, going 3-for-6. Two of her three hits were home runs. The two-time WCWS All-Tournament Team member drove in five runs, with her first hit of the year being a go-ahead RBI single.
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The Sooners went 9-1 at Marita Hynes Field in 2020, with a total attendance of 12,660 (average of 1,266 fans at each game). The strong fan support helped OU win five home games in comeback fashion and post two run-rule victories.
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