University of Oklahoma Athletics

Broken Records

Record Breakers

June 29, 2021 | Softball

Oklahoma capped a record-breaking run with the program's fifth national championship earlier this month. The Sooners opened the season with an NCAA record 13 home runs and continued to shatter program, conference and NCAA marks en route to the Women's College World Series crown.

2021 National ChampionsWhen the dust settled in Oklahoma City, the Sooners run to title No. 5 resulted in nearly 50 brokenĀ records. The numbers speak for themselves.

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NCAA Single-Season Team Records


• Team Batting Average — .405 (Broke 1998 Arizona's .385)
• Team Slugging Percentage — .778 (Broke 2015 Oklahoma's .657)
• On-base Percentage — .490
• Home Runs — 161 (Broke 2010 Hawaii's 158 in 6 less games)
• Runs Scored — 638 (Broke 1995 Arizona's 629 in 12 less games)
• Runs Per Game — 10.63 (Broke 1995 Arizona's 8.74)
• Home Runs Per Game - 2.68 (Broke 2010 Hawaii's 2.39)
• Total Bases - 1,279 (Broke 1995 Arizona's 1,216)


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WCWS Records


• Home Runs — 15
• Runs Scored — 49Ā 
• Hits — 67
• T-Most Most Outstanding Players of all-time — 5Ā 
• T-Most HRs in a WCWS game — Mackenzie Donihoo — 2 HRs (done 14 times)
• T-Most HRs in a WCWS — Jocelyn Alo — 4 HRs (done 5 times)


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NCAA Single-Game Team Records


• Home Runs — NCAA Record 13 vs. UTEP (Broke 2008 BYU's 10 vs. Utah Valley)
• Home Runs in an Inning — T1st all-time — 5 in the 1st and 5th inning vs. UTEP (2/11)
• Runs in an Inning — T2nd all-time — 18 in 4th inning vs. Texas Tech (4/25)


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NCAA Superlatives


• 3rd best winning streak in NCAA history — 40 games (Feb. 29, 2020-April 20, 2021)
• Hits - 8th all time NCAA — 666
• Fielding Percentage — T12th all time NCAA — .982
• Winning Percentage — T6th all time NCAA — .933


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Team Program Records


• Single Game — Most hits - 28 (twice; at UTEPĀ [2/11], vs. New Mexico [Feb. 27])Ā 
• Single Game — Most home runs - 13 at UTEP
• Single Game — Most doubles, team - 8 vs. Morgan State
• Single Game — T-Most hits - Hansen - 5 H at UTEP (done 5 times)
• Single Game — Most doubles, individual - Tiare Jennings, 3 vs. Morgan State
• Single Game — T-Most home runs - 3, Grace Lyons & Tiare Jennings at UTEP
• Season — Team Batting Average - .405 (broke 2015's .361)
• Season — Team On-Base % - .490 (broke 2015's .473)
• Season — Team Slugging % — .778 (broke 2015's .657)
• Season — Team Hits - 666 (broke 2000's 648)
• Season — Team Home Runs - 161 (broke 2019's 115)
• Season — Sacrifice Flies - 29 (broke 2019's 26)
• Season — Fielding % - 4th all-time - .982
• Season — Most weeks spent ranked No. 1 - 13Ā (broke 2013's 11-week run)


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NCAA Postseason Records


• NCAA Regional Total runs scored - 50
• NCAA Regional Single-game runs - 24
• NCAA postseason record for single-game home runs - T1st - 6 vs. WSU in Regional Final
• NCAA DI Postseason Record - 8 doubles vs. Morgan State
• Postseason single-game program record for RBIsĀ - 7, Nicole Mendes vs. Morgan State.
• NCAA Regional program record - 3 doubles, Tiare Jennings vs. Morgan State


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Individual Season Program Records


• Batting Average — Jocelyn Alo - .475 (broke 2013 Lauren Chamberlain's .458)
• Doubles — Tiare Jennings - 25 (broke 1994 Becky Burrough's 24)
• Home Runs — Jocelyn AloĀ - 34 (broke Alo (2018) and Chamberlain's (2012 & '13) 30)
• RBIs — Tiare Jennings - 92 (broke 2013 Chamberlain's 84)
• Extra-Base Hits — Tiare Jennings - 52 (broke 2013 Chamberlain's 48)
• Total Bases — 203 - Jocelyn Alo (broke 2013 Chamberlain's 187)


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Big 12 Conference Team Records


• Batting Average - .405
• Hits - 666
• Runs - 638
• Home Runs - 161
• RBIs - 606
• Slugging Percentage - .778
• On-base Percentage - .490


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NCAA Individual Superlatives


Jocelyn Alo:
• HR Per Game - 3rd all-time — 0.56
• Single-season HRs - 2nd all-time - 34Ā 
• Total bases - 2nd all-time — 203
• SLG% - 6th all-time - 1.109

Tiare Jennings:
• NCAA Single-Season Freshman RBI Record - 92 RBIs
• Single-Season RBIs - 10th all-time - 92 RBIs


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