Sooners Outlast Long Beach State in 11 Innings, 2-0

Sunday, February 9

Long Beach, Calif.

1 p.m. (CST)

University of Oklahoma

6-0

Long Beach State

3-1

Oklahoma

Long Beach State

Ella Parker, Abigale Dayton and Ailana Agbayani excited after a play in the outfield

Dayton (middle) robbed LBSU of a run in the fourth with a diving play, and provided the game-winning RBI in the 11th.

Photo by: Peyton Martin/University of Oklahoma

Sooners Outlast Long Beach State in 11 Innings, 2-0

February 09, 2025 | Softball

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Dayton, Parker Come Up With Game’s Lone RBIs in the 11th

LONG BEACH, Calif. — With two outs in the top of the 11th inning, Abigale Dayton roped the game-winning RBI double to left center, scoring Isabela Emerling as a defensive battle between No. 2 Oklahoma Softball (6-0) and Long Beach State (3-1) finished in a 2-0 win for the Sooners Sunday, Feb. 9.

Dayton took a run away from LBSU earlier in the game, making a diving catch in the fourth inning on a ball headed to the gap with a runner on base. The Sooners turned three double plays in the game and got 11-scoreless frames from the efforts of Kierston Deal, Paytn Monticelli and Isabella Smith. Deal worked a no-hitter into the seventh inning, taking the no-decision, while Smith won her third game. Ella Parker also added a pair of singles and the only other RBI.

OU 2, Long Beach State 0 (11 innings)
Oklahoma loaded the bags in the first and third inning, but LBSU managed to escape as a 0-0 stalemate ensued into the fourth frame.

Deal matched LBSU in the circle, permitting only two walks through the first four innings. The 49ers managed to play small ball and get a runner to third base in the bottom of the fourth, but a looping line drive from Rebekah Durazo was snagged by a diving Dayton in right center.

After walks from Parker and Kasidi Pickering, Cydney Sanders hooked a single through the left side but Long Beach State left fielder Jacquelyn Bickar made a perfect throw to get Parker at the plate.

Nelly McEnroe-Marinas one-hopped the left field wall to leadoff the top of the sixth inning, but LBSU stood tall to retire the next three OU batters. Long Beach State escaped again in the top of the seventh despite a Parker single and Pickering double.

Deal's no-hit bid was finally snapped in the bottom of the seventh after Carly Robbins reached on an infield single dribbled to the first base side. Monticelli took the ball one batter later, getting Makayla Medellin to lineout to Pickering in left before she doubled up the Long Beach State runner at first base. Smith took the ball and hurled 4.1 innings of shutout softball.

OU broke the deadlock with two runs in the 11th. Emerling walked and moved to second base on a Gabbie Garcia groundout. With two outs, Dayton roped an RBI double to left center and Parker followed with an RBI single to right.

Smith worked around a walk and retired the side in the 11th, earning the win.

Pitchers of Record
Win: Isabella Smith (3-0)
Loss: Maddy Martin (0-1)

Notes

Coach Gasso, a Long Beach State alumna, threw out the first pitch prior to the game
It was Deal's third start of the season.
Deal held a no-hit bid until the seventh inning
Parker's hitting streak was extended to six games
It was the second extra-inning win for the Sooners on the California trip
It was OU's first 11-inning game since defeating Cal State Northridge, 2-1, March 19, 2019 in 11
The last time OU spun double-digit scoreless innings in a game was during a 1-0 win against Tulsa March 8, 2017
OU finished its California road trip, 6-0

Up Next
Oklahoma heads to the Getterman Classic hosted by Baylor beginning Saturday, Feb. 15. OU takes on Hofstra at 12 p.m. and Baylor at 2:30 p.m.