Midweek Doubleheader at UGA on Deck

¹ Oklahoma

²⁰Georgia

April 20 / 4 p.m./6 p.m. CT / Athens, Ga.

MIDWEEK STORYLINES

• No. 1 Oklahoma makes a quick turnaround following their series sweep over No. 7/8 Texas to head to Athens, Ga., for a midweek doubleheader at No. 20 Georgia.

• The Sooners and Bulldogs face off Tuesday for game one at 4 p.m. CT prior to a 6 p.m. start for game two.

• The first game will be available to watch on SEC Network while game two can be seen via SEC Network+. ESPN's Beth Mowins and Michele Smith will be on the call for both contests, their third and fourth consecutive games calling the Sooners.

• Both contests can be heard on The Franchise 2 (103.3 FM, 1560 AM) in Oklahoma and nationwide on the TuneIn app with OU play-by-play announcer Chris Plank calling the action.

• Georgia is allowing limited capacity at Turner Stadium this weekend, along with OU and UGA pass-list access.

• OU is the only unbeaten team in the country. With a 33-0 mark in 2021 and wins in their final seven games of 2020, the Sooners hold a NCAA-best win streak of 40 games. The streak is second in program history to the 41 straight the 2019 team accomplished and third in DI history. Arizona's 1996-97 teams hold the all-time record at 47 straight.

• Oklahoma's 33-0 start is the best unbeaten streak to start a season in program history.

LAST TIME OUT

• Oklahoma swept No. 7/8 Texas April 16-18 in Norman with all three victories coming by way of five-inning run-rules. OU outscored the Longhorns 30-3 in the three contests.

• The Sooners won game one 11-1 (5), before a 10-2 (5) game two win and 9-0 (5) victory in the series finale.

• With Sunday's win, OU has defeated Texas 21 consecutive times and swept the Longhorns in six straight Big 12 conference series. Texas has not beat OU since 2014.

• Freshman Tiare Jennings had an exceptional series, going 4-for-7 at the plate (.571 BA) with three home runs and five RBIs in her first OU vs. Texas series.

• Jennings homered in every game of the three-game set. The frosh also registered five runs scored and 13 total bases. She finished the weekend slugging 1.857 to go with a OB percentage of .545 and did not record a strikeout in the box.

• Senior captain Lynnsie Elam did her part in the box as well, going 5-for-8 (.625) with a double and a pair of home runs on the weekend. Elam slugged 1.500 in the series and finished with a .625 OB%.

• OU's trio of Giselle Juarez, Shannon Saile and Nicole May each collected wins in the circle in the series. Juarez K'ed four Friday night and allowed just one run and three hits and zero walks. Saile went the distance Saturday, striking out seven with two earned runs, three hits and six walks. The freshman May went 4.1 innings of the Sunday's five-inning shutout, allowing no runs on six hits along with four strikeouts and one walk.

A LOOK AT THE BULLDOGS

• Georgia holds a 27-11 overall record and 6-9 mark in SEC play. The Bulldogs are coming off a three-game set vs. No. 10 Arkansas that saw the Dawgs get swept (3-10, 2-5, 2-5).

• UGA has a pair of top-25 series wins on the year, taking two games over both No. 10/11 Kentucky and No. 16/18 Missouri.

• The team is paced in the box by junior Lacey Fincher (.378 BA) and sophomore Sydney Kuma (.306). Both have hit 11 home runs on the season with Fincher batting in 28 runs to Kuma's 26.

• Georgia is led in the circle by senior Mary Wilson Avant. The fifth year senior holds a 2.17 ERA in 129.0 innings pitched to go with 155 strikeouts, 46 walks and a 14-5 W-L record.

LAST TIME THEY MET

• Georgia holds the narrow 3-2 advantage in the two programs series history.

• All five of the matchups have come at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Palm Springs, Calif., with the most recent meeting on Feb. 20, 2015, a 6-5 UGA win.

• The Sooners last win over Georgia was Feb. 21, 2013 at the MNCC, beating UGA 5-0.

ALL THE NUMBERS

• Oklahoma's offense leads the country in every major offensive category:
    • Home runs: 102
    • Home runs per game: 3.09 avg.
    • Batting average: .452
    • On base percentage: .527
    • Slugging percentage: .879
    • Runs: 387 (11.7 per game avg.)

• OU is outscoring opponents 387-42 on the season, scoring an average of 11.7 runs per game to opponents 1.3 clip.

• Oklahoma has won by run rule in 25 of its 33 games.

• OU has scored 10-plus runs in one inning five times in 2021.

• 13 Sooners have hit a home run this season, with 10 players blasting at least two.

• The Sooners hold the top three batting averages in the country among players who have played at least 20 games

    • 1st - Alo - .522
    • 2nd - Coleman - .516
    • 3rd - Jennings - .514

• Three of the top 10 home run hitters in the country reside in Norman.

    • 1st - Alo: 23
    • T3rd - Jennings: 20
    • T7th - Hansen: 15

• As a team, OU has hit at least one home run in 32 of its 33 games this season and has hit at least two in 28 of the 33 contests.

• The Sooners 102 HR mark in 2021 is already good for third in program history for a single season (Record is 115: 2019)

• The Sooners top three HR hitters (Alo, Jennings, Hansen) have combined for more HRs (58) than all but four teams in the country.

• Oklahoma has hit two-plus home runs in one inning 23 times this season, including three or more seven times and four-plus in one inning four times.

• The Sooners have hit back-to-back home runs 11 times in 2021 and back-to-back-to-back blasts three times.

• The Oklahoma defense holds second in the country with a .987 fielding percentage and has committed just nine errors on the season. The Sooners last error came nearly a month ago vs. Iowa State on March 26.
• OU's pitching staff leads the country with 17 shutouts. The staff ranks sixth with a 1.37 ERA.

• Oklahoma holds the top two run single-game run totals of 2021 with 33 in its victory over New Mexico Feb. 27 and 29 in its season opener over UTEP.

• Oklahoma set an NCAA single-game home run record with 13 in the season opener versus UTEP, a 29-0 (5 inn.) run-rule victory. The team tied the NCAA record for homers in an inning with five in the first and fifth innings of the game.

• Freshman Tiare Jennings and junior Grace Lyons tied the school record for home runs in a game with three a piece against the Miners in the season opener.

• Oklahoma registered a program-best 28 hits in its 33-4 victory over New Mexico on Feb. 27 in Phoenix.

AMAZING ALO

• Senior utility player Jocelyn Alo leads the country with 23 home runs in OU's 33 games. The Hawaii native has hit a homer in 21 of OU's 33 games, including two grand slams and two multi-HR games.

• Alo has moved up the OU record book for career home runs to second in program history with 77. The NCAA HR record holder Lauren Chamberlain ranks first in program and NCAA history with 95.

• The slugger tied the NCAA record for consecutive games with a home run at seven from March 7 vs. Sam Houston through OU's first matchup with Iowa State on March 26.

• Alo and Chamberlain share the OU single-season HR record at 30 home runs, Chamberlain doing so twice ('12, '13) and Alo hitting the 30 mark her freshman season in 2018.

• More of Alo's eye-popping numbers:

    • First in the country with 23 home runs.
    • Averaging 0.69 home runs per game and a home run ever 4.00 at-bats
    • Has homered in nine of OU's last 17 games and 21 of OU's 33.
    • Ranks first out of players that have played at least 20 games with a .522 batting average.
    • NCAA-leading 1.337 slugging percentage, over .200 better than second place.
    • Program record 40-game hit streak dating back to Feb. 21, 2020 vs. Texas A&M came to a close April 3 vs. Kansas. The streak goes down as the third best consecutive game hitting streak in NCAA history, falling just three games shy of the record.

• Alo recently announced she will be returning for her extra year of eligibility in 2022 as a redshirt senior.

JUAREZ, SAILE LEAD SEVEN-DEEP CIRCLE

• The seven-deep Oklahoma pitching staff has put together a solid season, pitching shutouts in 17 of OU's 33 games.

• The staff has put together two combined perfect games this season plus a no-hitter. Redshirt senior Giselle Juarez, redshirt sophomore Brooke Vestal and freshman Nicole May pitched a perfect game vs. Portland State (2/28). Three OU pitchers, Vestal, freshman Alanna Thiede and sophomore Olivia Rains, combined for OU's second perfect game of the season vs. Sam Houston, March 7. Juarez, Rains and Shannon Saile combined to throw a no-hitter versus New Mexico Feb. 26, an 8-0 run-rule OU victory.

• Along with two perfect games and one no-hitter, the staff has allowed one hit in nine games this season and has not allowed more than seven hits in a single game.

• The staff holds a 1.37 ERA and has allowed 42 runs in 33 games to go with 241 strikeouts and 91 hits allowed to 56 walks.

• Redshirt senior Shannon Saile boasts 70 strikeouts in 41.0 innings of work to go with nine wins and two saves. Opponents are batting just .093 against the Land O'Lakes, Fla., native.

• Redshirt senior LHP Giselle Juarez paces OU with 79 strikeouts on the year in 63.0 IP to go with a team-best 12 wins.

• Freshman Nicole May has impressed in her first season of collegiate competition, striking out 60 in 43.0 innings pitched and collecting 11 wins. May holds a 1.30 ERA.

• Sophomores Olivia Rains (14.2), Macy McAdoo (7.2), Alanna Thiede (9.1) and Brooke Vestal (5.1) have all seen action for the Sooners.

MORE NOTES & NUMBERS

• Oklahoma has beat teams by run rule in 25 of its 33 games.

• The OU pitching staff has tossed 17 shutouts on the season and has not allowed more than seven hits to an opponent in a single game this season.

• Freshman Tiare Jennings homered in every game of her first OU-Texas series while senior captain Lynnsie Elam hit a long ball in two of the three contests.

• Jennings has hit 20 home runs on the season and homered in four of OU's last five games.

• The Sooners eclipsed the century mark for home runs on the season with four blasts Sunday, bringing their NCAA-leading season total to 102.

• Six different Sooners combined to hit nine home runs in the series (Jennings [3], Elam [2], Alo, Coleman, Donihoo, Johns). 13 Sooners have hit a home run this season, with 10 players blasting at least two.

• Oklahoma has hit back-to-back home runs 10 times in 2021 and two-plus home runs in one inning 22 times on the year.

• Freshman Jayda Coleman extended her team-best consecutive game hit streak to 19 games with her perfect performance at the plate Sunday.

• Senior Jocelyn Alo has successfully reached base in 45 of OU's last 46 games dating back to 2020.

• OU is outscoring opponents 387-42 on the season and outhitting teams 403-91.

• Oklahoma improves its NCAA-best win streak to 40 games dating back to 2020 and is just one game shy of tying the program record (41, 2019) and seven games short of the NCAA Division I record (47, Arizona 1996-97).

• With Sunday's win, OU has defeated Texas 21 consecutive times and swept the Longhorns in six straight Big 12 conference series. Texas has not beat OU since 2014.

• Oklahoma has won 52 consecutive Big 12 regular season games and 57 straight Big 12 conference series (53-0-4 in the span). OU has not lost a conference series since 2011.

UNANIMOUS NO. 1

• Last week (4/13) marked the fifth consecutive week that Oklahoma has been the unanimous choice for No. 1 in the country in the the USA Today/NFCA Division I Coaches Poll and the seventh straight week the Sooners have been on top of both polls. Week Ten rankings come out tomorrow, April 20.

• The team received 19 of the 20 possible first place votes in the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 for the third straight week after being unanimous in the poll for two straight weeks.

• OU overtook the top spot in the country in both polls after their Week Three performance in Tempe and Phoenix, Ariz., and have held the No. 1 ranking for seven consecutive weeks since.

• The Sooners' No. 1 ranking in each poll on March 2 marked the first time since the final week of the 2019 regular season that OU has sat atop both polls.

#LAUNCHPAD

• The Sooner Club recently launched a fun, new and creative way to support OU student-athletes and the OU Softball and Baseball stadium projects by offering fans the opportunity to join the #LaunchPad. The #LaunchPad is all about #homers. Pledge to donate your own customized dollar amount for every #homer that OU Softball and/or OU Baseball hit in 2021!

• All donations are 100% tax deductible and will be directed to help fund the facility project of your choice - the new OU Softball Stadium Project and/or the OU Baseball Stadium Renovation Project.

• How It Works: Donate an amount to be charged per home run for softball and/or baseball for the 2021 season.

• Include if you'd like to make a gift for every home run hit in the 2021 season or start your pledge as of today.

• Watch the Sooners and cheer us on to victory while supporting future OU facility projects for baseball and softball.

• #Homers hit prior to your gift date will be included in your pledge. Monthly updates on the Pledge Per Home Run Campaign and other important Sooner Club information will be shared throughout the season.

• All donations from the Pledge Per Home Run Campaign will be treated as charitable donations supporting either the OU Softball Stadium Project or the OU Baseball Stadium Renovation Project and are tax-deductible.

• Payment Dates: Each month, we will charge your card on the first business day of the proceeding month for the amount you have elected to pledge per home run multiplied by the number of home runs in that month. (Monthly Payment Dates: Thursday, April 1, 2021; Monday, May 3, 2021; Tuesday, June 1, 2021; Thursday, July 1, 2021)

For updates and more information on Oklahoma softball, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Softball) and like Oklahoma Softball on Facebook.

MIDWEEK STORYLINES

LAST TIME OUT

A LOOK AT THE BULLDOGS

LAST TIME THEY MET

ALL THE NUMBERS

AMAZING ALO

JUAREZ, SAILE LEAD SEVEN-DEEP CIRCLE

MORE NOTES & NUMBERS

UNANIMOUS NO. 1

#LAUNCHPAD

Players Mentioned

Jocelyn Alo

Jayda Coleman

Lynnsie Elam

Tiare Jennings

Giselle Juarez

Grace Lyons

Nicole May

Macy McAdoo

Olivia Rains

Shannon Saile

Alanna Thiede

Brooke Vestal

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