OU Takes Two on First Day of Mark Campbell Invite

Friday, February 11

Irvine, Calif.

5:45 PM CT

University of Oklahoma

2-0

Loyola Marymount

0-2

Loyola Marymount

Oklahoma

OU Takes Two on First Day of Mark Campbell Invite

February 11, 2022 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 Box Score: OU 5, LMU 0 Box Score: OU 9, MSU 0 (5)Highlights vs. LMU Highlights vs. MSU

IRVINE, Calif. — No. 1 Oklahoma took a pair of games on the first day of the Mark Campbell Invitational on Friday. The Sooners shut out both opponents, topping Loyola Marymount 5-0 before run-ruling Mississippi State 9-0 in five innings.

The Sooners have not allowed a run through three games of 2022 and run-ruled two of the team's three opponents.

Sophomore Tiare Jennings continued her blazing start to 2022 in game one versus LMU, blasting a pair of home runs in her three at-bats. Jennings finished with four RBIs to tie her career best, while senior Taylon Snow brought in the Sooners' fifth run on an RBI single to left field. In three games, Jennings has hit four home runs.

In the circle, redshirt senior Hope Trautwein collected her first win as a Sooner, striking out five in 4.0 innings while allowing four hits and one walk. Freshman Jordy Bahl finished the job, striking out six in the final three innings with just one hit allowed.

Sophomore pitcher Nicole May struck out a career-high 10 batters in the nightcap against Mississippi State, going the distance in a 5.0 IP, 2 H, 2 BB effort. It marked the first complete game by a Sooner pitcher of the season.

The offense came out swinging, putting at least two runs on the board in each of the four innings they went to the plate. In the first, redshirt senior Jocelyn Alo crushed her 90th career home run well behind the left field fence.

Junior Mackenzie Donihoo and senior Grace Green added one-run shots in back-to-back at bats in the third inning. It was Green's first at-bat of the season, coming in as a pinch hitter.

Six Sooners registered a hit in the contest with five bringing in at least one run. Alo led the team with two RBIs on her first-inning home run.

The top-ranked Sooners meet No. 3/3 UCLA in a highly-anticipated early season matchup on Saturday at 6 p.m. CT. The contest can be seen via subscription on FloSoftball and heard on the air on The Franchise 2 (1560 AM/103.3 FM).

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