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Softball
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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Saturday, February 22
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Garcia went 2-for-2 with two runs Saturday.
Photo by: Morgan Givens/University of Oklahoma
No. 2 Softball Tops Tulsa in Home Opener, 8-0
February 22, 2025 | Softball
Sooners Win Fifth Consecutive Game Via Run-Rule
NORMAN — Kierston Deal spun 4.0 scoreless innings and Kasidi Pickering clubbed her third three-run home run of the season as No. 2 Oklahoma Softball (11-0) defeated Tulsa (5-6), 8-0, in five innings in front of 4,261 at Love's Field Saturday, Feb. 22.
OU has won five straight games in run-rule fashion, while earning its 30th straight win in home openers.
Oklahoma clawed away in the second inning, pushing across three two-out runs to take a 3-0 advantage. Isabela Emerling walked, Gabbie Garcia singled up the middle on an eight-pitch at-bat and Abigale Dayton walked on five pitches. After getting down 1-2, Ella Parker rolled a grounder over the first base bag that went by Tulsa's Paige Knight, scoring three.
OU added one more in the third. Pickering one-hopped the wall with a double and Ailana Agbayani scored her with a nice piece of hitting, roping an RBI single through the left side.
The Sooners got to eight in the fourth, starting with a Garcia double, who scored after a groundout and wild pitch. Parker started the rally again, finding space in left field for a double before Cydney Sanders walked. Pickering hit a three-run home run to dead center to make it 8-0.
Isabella Smith spun a scoreless fifth to continue her scoreless inning streak to 16.2 innings.
OU 8, Tulsa 0 (5 inn.)
Pitchers of Record
Win: Kierston Deal (2-0)
Loss: Maura Moore (4-3)
Statistical Snapshot
Up Next
No. 2 Oklahoma continues its home-opening tournament tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. against Wichita State.
OU has won five straight games in run-rule fashion, while earning its 30th straight win in home openers.
Oklahoma clawed away in the second inning, pushing across three two-out runs to take a 3-0 advantage. Isabela Emerling walked, Gabbie Garcia singled up the middle on an eight-pitch at-bat and Abigale Dayton walked on five pitches. After getting down 1-2, Ella Parker rolled a grounder over the first base bag that went by Tulsa's Paige Knight, scoring three.
OU added one more in the third. Pickering one-hopped the wall with a double and Ailana Agbayani scored her with a nice piece of hitting, roping an RBI single through the left side.
The Sooners got to eight in the fourth, starting with a Garcia double, who scored after a groundout and wild pitch. Parker started the rally again, finding space in left field for a double before Cydney Sanders walked. Pickering hit a three-run home run to dead center to make it 8-0.
Isabella Smith spun a scoreless fifth to continue her scoreless inning streak to 16.2 innings.
OU 8, Tulsa 0 (5 inn.)
Pitchers of Record
Win: Kierston Deal (2-0)
Loss: Maura Moore (4-3)
Statistical Snapshot
- The official attendance was 4,261, good for a program record for attendance in home games in February
- OU has won five-straight games via run-rule
- The Sooners picked up their 25th win at Love's Field
- The last time OU won by five consecutive run rules was in March of 2022
- OU is 49-10 against Tulsa
- Parker is on an 11-game hitting streak this season and a 15-game hitting streak dating back to June of last season
- OU has won 30 consecutive home openers
- OU has won via run rule in two of the last four home openers
Up Next
No. 2 Oklahoma continues its home-opening tournament tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. against Wichita State.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Deal, Kierston (2-0)
L: MOORE, Maura (4-3)
Batting:
2B: Parker, Ella 1 ; Pickering, Kasidi 1 ; Garcia, Gabbie 1
HR: Pickering, Kasidi 1
RBI: Pickering, Kasidi 3 ; Agbayani, Ailana 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dayton, Abby 1 ; Parker, Ella 1 ; Helton, Chaney 1 ; Pickering, Kasidi 2 ; Emerling, Isabela 1 ; Garcia, Gabbie 2
Game Leaders
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/ SoftballSB Highlights: OU 22, East Texas A&M 0
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Gasso, Landry, Parker, Barker, Dayton, Sanders Postgame vs Texas Tech
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Gasso, Sanders, Emerling, Landry Postgame vs Oregon
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