No. 1 Softball Sweeps Saturday Doubleheader at No. 15 Arkansas

Saturday, March 15

Fayetteville, Ark.

1 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

24-0, 4-0

Arkansas

20-4, 1-3

Oklahoma

Arkansas

McEnroe-Marinas drove in the day's first run and final run in the twin bill sweep.

Photo by: Brock Borgeson/University of Oklahoma

No. 1 Softball Sweeps Saturday Doubleheader at No. 15 Arkansas

March 15, 2025 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

Landry Tallies a Win and a Save

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Sam Landry pitched nine scoreless innings, earning a win and a save while the Sooner bats scored 11 of their 13 runs in the fifth inning or later in No. 1/1 Oklahoma Softball's (25-0, 5-0 SEC) doubleheader sweep at No. 15/12 Arkansas (20-5, 1-4 SEC) Saturday, March 15.

The Sooners won game one, 7-0, scoring six runs in the seventh inning to support Landry's complete game shutout. Game two saw OU get behind, 2-0, but the Sooners responded by scoring in each of the last four innings to earn a 6-4 victory.

G1 | OU 7, Arkansas 0
Nelly McEnroe-Marinas set the tone with a solo home run to the berm in left field, taking a 1-0 pitch out of the park.

Arkansas' first two batters of the bottom half of the inning reached, but Landry worked out of it with the help of a double play.

Both sides battled in a pitcher's duel that sat at 1-0 through six innings until Oklahoma blew things open with six runs in the seventh.

The Sooners batted around in the final inning, making it 7-0. McEnroe-Marinas drove in one on a slow roller down the first base line with the bases loaded. Cydney Sanders followed with a two-RBI double down the left field line and Gabbie Garcia made it 6-0 with a two-RBI single up the middle. Ailana Agabayani completed the scoring with an RBI single through the right side.

Landry worked a scoreless seventh, finishing off her third complete game of the season. She struck out four and pitched to contact as the OU defense impressed by converting on all 17 opportunities in the field.

Pitchers of Record
Win: Sam Landry (7-0)
Loss: Robyn Herron (7-2)

Statistical Snapshot

Sam Landry | W, CG, 7.0 IP, 4Ks, 3H, 0ER, 5 assists in the field
Nelly McEnroe-Marinas | HR, 2-for-4, R, 2RBIs
Cydney Sanders | 1-for-2, 2RBIs, 2B, BB
Gabbie Garcia | 1-for-3, 2RBIs, BB

Notes

Landry spun her third complete game and improved to 7-0
OU turned in its eighth shutout of the season
Barker made her second start in right field

G2 | OU 6, Arkansas 4
Kierston Deal fanned the side in the first and picked up another punchout to strand two runners in the second, but Arkansas pushed across two runs on three hits in the third.

Garcia continued her hitting streak with a two-out RBI double in the top of the fourth inning, cutting the deficit in half. That run kickstarted a stretch in which OU scored in four consecutive frames. Deal worked a scoreless fourth, fanning her fifth, keeping things at 2-1 Arkansas.

Isabela Emerling launched her team-leading eighth homer in the top of the fifth, scoring Dayton for the 4-3 lead. Arkansas regained the lead for the last time in the bottom of the fifth, highlighted by an Ella McDowell RBI double and Atalya Rijo RBI groundout.

Kasidi Pickering tied Emerling for the team lead in homers with a solo shot to deep right with one out in the sixth. McEnroe-Marinas restarted the rally, doubling down the left field line. After Dayton was hit by a pitch and Emerling walked, Sydney Barker worked a bases loaded walk to plate McEnroe-Marinas for the lead.

McEnroe-Marinas added more insurance in the seventh, singling home Maya Bland to make it 6-4. After entering in the bottom of the sixth, Landry worked around a two-out double to secure the save.

Pitchers of Record
Win: Isabella Smith (7-0)
Loss: Robyn Herron (7-3)
Save: Sam Landry (2)

Statistical Snapshot