Home Slate Continues This Weekend

Friday, March 6

Norman

2:30 PM

University of Oklahoma

Mercer

March 05, 2020 | Softball

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OU HOME TOURNAMENT
Day	Opponent	Time (CT)
Friday	Mercer	2:30 p.m.
Friday	RV/#25 Utah	5 p.m.
Saturday	Murray State	2:30 p.m.
Saturday	Missouri State	5 p.m.

NORMAN — The No. 6/6 Oklahoma softball team continues its home stretch Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7 with a set of four games at Marita Hynes Field in Norman.

The Sooners will face off against Mercer (2:30 p.m. CT) and RV/#25 Utah (5 p.m.) on Friday before playing Murray State (2:30 p.m.) and Missouri State (5 p.m.) on Saturday. Action can be seen via SoonerSports.tv and heard via the Franchise 2 in Oklahoma on 1560 AM and 103.3 FM.

LAST TIME OUT

• The Sooners posted a comeback victory over Wichita State in their first midweek matchup of the season on Wed., March 4, by a score of 8-5.

• After going down 4-0 after the first inning, the Sooners responded with six unanswered runs in the second and third innings before tacking on two more in the sixth. Three home runs helped propel OU to the victory over the Shockers.

• OU's bats came alive after the first inning, with homers from sophomore Grace Lyons and juniors Lynnsie Elam and Jocelyn Alo. Lyons notched her fifth home run of the season in the third inning to plate three, while Elam launched her team-leading eighth blast of the year in the third on a solo shot to LF. Alo demolished a ball in the sixth to RF for her seventh HR of the season, plating the final two runs of the game.

LAST TIME THEY MET

• Mercer: The Sooners and Bears meet for the first time in program history on Friday.

• Utah: OU holds an 18-5 advantage over the Utes, including a 4-1 record in Norman. The teams last met in Salt Lake City last year for a two-game series. OU topped the Utes 11-2 (6) and 13-3 (5) on Sunday, March 31.

• Murray State: The Sooners and Racers face off for the first time in program history Saturday.

• Missouri State: Oklahoma holds an all-time record of 20-12 against the Bears and a 16-3 mark in Norman. The programs last met in March 2018, where OU posted two wins by score of 6-0 and 9-0 (5).

CAPTAINS' ORDERS

• After hitting her first five career home runs as a sophomore in 2019, OU junior co-captain Lynnsie Elam has launched eight roundtrippers as a junior in 2020. The Chickasha, Okla., native matched her sophomore total just nine games into the season this year and leads OU in HRs (8) and is third in RBIs with 17.

• OU's other captain, senior utility player Nicole Mendes, made her first appearance of 2020 following knee surgery in the fall at last weekend's Courtyard Marriott Tournament. The two-time Women's College World Series All-Tournament honoree and only national champion on the OU roster (2017) pinch hit three times, registering one hit on an RBI single to plate the go-ahead run in OU's 15-8 victory over North Texas on Saturday, Feb. 29.

NEWCOMERS STEPPING UP

• Oklahoma's newcomers have quickly become one of the top storylines for the 2020 Sooners. OU has started eight fresh faces across the lineup in the early part of the season.

• Freshman Kinzie Hansen out of Norco, Calif., has shown power at the plate for OU. Out of Sooners that have played at least five games, Hansen ranks second on the team in batting average (.448), first in hits (30) and RBIs (23) and boasts a .672 slugging percentage and .493 on-base clip.

• In the circle, three freshmen have started games for the Sooners: redshirt frosh Brooke Vestal and true freshmen Macy McAdoo and Olivia Rains. McAdoo is second among OU pitchers with five wins, while Rains is second in strikeouts (20) and opponent batting average (.222) among those with five or more appearances. Another true freshman, Allana Thiede, out of Carlsbad, Calif., has made three appearances, striking out two in 3.0 innings pitched.

• Junior transfer Taylon Snow has made an impact at second base in her first season at OU. Snow is batting .351 on the year in the leadoff spot (11 starts) with one home run and has contributed in the field with 13 putouts and 16 assists.

Tickets are still available and can be ordered online or by calling (405) 325-2424 or toll-free at (800) 456-GoOU.

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