No. 1/1 Sooners Plate 23 in Saturday Sweep

Saturday, March 2

Norman

11:00 AM

University of Oklahoma

17-0

Louisiana

8-11

Louisiana

Oklahoma

No. 1/1 Sooners Plate 23 in Saturday Sweep

March 02, 2024 | Softball

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NORMAN – The No. 1/1 Oklahoma Softball team saw its lineup produce a combined 23 runs on 27 hits in a doubleheader sweep of RV/RV Louisiana and Liberty on Saturday at Love's Field, extending its NCAA-record winning streak to 71 games in front of a home crowd of 4,450.

OU (18-0, 0-0 Big 12) blanked the Ragin' Cajuns (8-11, 0-0 Sun Belt) 8-0 in Saturday's first game as senior third baseman Alyssa Brito went 3-for-3 with three doubles to support a strong start from Kierston Deal. Six different Sooners recorded multi-hit games against Liberty (8-9, 0-0 CUSA) as Oklahoma piled up a season-high 15 runs and 17 hits in a 15-3 win.

No. 1/1 Oklahoma 8, Louisiana 0 (5)

Strong starting pitching led OU to its 11^th shutout of 2024 in Saturday's first game as sophomore left-hander Kierston Deal spun 4.0 scoreless innings to improve to 3-0. The southpaw scattered three hits and a pair of walks, striking out a pair.

The Sooners opened the scoring with a three-spot in the first on a trio of RBI doubles from Alyssa Brito, Ella Parker and Tiare Jennings. OU tacked on four runs an inning later, sparked by a Riley Ludlam solo shot to right. Brito added an RBI double before a bases-loaded walk drawn by Avery Hodge and a Jenning sacrifice fly pushed the lead to 7-0.

Already 2-for-2 on the day, Brito doubled for the third time in the fourth and later scored on a Maya Bland groundout to give OU the eight-run advantage. Paytn Monticelli finished off Louisiana with a scoreless fifth.

Brito's monster 3-for-3, three-double day anchored the Oklahoma lineup as Rylie Boone added a 2-for-3 afternoon.

No. 1/1 Oklahoma 15, Liberty 3 (F/5)

The Sooners produced a season-high 15 runs on a season-best 17 hits in game two against the Flame, piling on the runs with crooked numbers in the second, third and fourth. Jayda Coleman went 3-for-3 with a pair of RBIs, Cydney Sanders homered and drove in four while Tiare Jennings, Kinzie Hansen, Kasidi Pickering and Alynah Torres added two-hit efforts as part of the phenomenal performance from the lineup.

Nicole May earned the win to improve to 6-0, retiring nine of the 10 batters she faced with a pair of strikeouts. Karlie Keeney added a scoreless frame in the fourth.

Sanders started the scoring with a solo shot in the second to begin a five-run frame that included a two-run blast from Jennings. The Sooners added seven runs in a third inning that featured RBI knocks from Rylie Boone, Kinzie Hansen and Kasidi Pickering before Sanders capped the stanza with a bases-clearing double lofted into shallow left.

Coleman singled in a run for her third hit of the day in the fourth, then Brito hammered a two-run home run to right to make it 15-0 Oklahoma. Liberty scratched across three runs in the fifth before Kelly Maxwell finished things off.

Up Next

OU returns to action at Love's Field on Sunday, March 3, with a 12:30 p.m. CT start against RV/RV Louisiana. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+,107.7 FM The Franchise and 1560AM/103.3 FM The Franchise 2.

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