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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Wednesday, March 26
Wichita, Kan.
6 p.m.
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Garcia homered for the 11th time Wednesday at Wichita State.
Photo by: Brock Borgeson/University of Oklahoma
No. 2 Softball Slugs Past Wichita State
March 26, 2025 | Softball
Sooners Defeat Shockers, 19-16, Oklahoma Pounds Out 17 Hits
WICHITA, Kan. — No. 2 Oklahoma Softball (30-1) scored eight times in the first inning and six different Sooners tallied multi-run games as OU slugged its way to a 19-16 win at Wichita State (16-16) Wednesday, March 26.
Oklahoma never trailed despite a resilient effort from the Shockers, with Sam Landry improving to 10-0 through a win in relief. Kasidi Pickering drew four walks and crossed home three times, while Gabbie Garcia drove in a team high four runs. Maya Bland got the start in right and set a career high with three hits to go along with two runs and two RBIs.
Garcia, Isabela Emerling and Pickering all homered for an Oklahoma offense that posted a season best 17 hits to go along with the season high 19 runs.
Emerling reached 100 career RBI with a two-RBI effort Wednesday. Abigale Dayton, Nelly McEnroe-Marinas and Garcia all scored a trio of runs.
Oklahoma 19, Wichita State 16
The Sooners batted around in the first inning, scoring eight runs on six hits to set a season high for most runs scored in an inning. Highlighting the offensive outburst was a two-RBI single from Bland and two-run triple off the bat of Dayton.
Wichita State responded with two solo home runs in the first, but the Sooners got both of those runs back with two in the top of the second inning thanks to Garcia's two-run homer to left. The roundtrippers kept coming for Oklahoma in the third as Emerling hit a solo homer to right and Pickering launched a two-run homer to the opposite field. McEnroe-Marinas drove in another with a triple to push OU's lead to 14-3 through two and a half innings.
The Shockers answered with six runs in the bottom of the inning, using a pair of home runs to make it 14-9. One hit, an error and a pair of walks allowed Wichita State to get within two, but Landry held WSU at bay from there as the Sooners scored the rest of their runs with a five-run fifth. The inning got going with a Dayton infield single followed by a McEnroe-Marinas RBI double. Garcia laced a single off Wichita State pitcher Chloe Barber, before she threw it up the first base line to allow two more to score. Ella Parker added an RBI single and another throwing error on a chopper up the middle made it, 19-12, OU.
WSU's Taylor Sedlacek hit a three-run home run to help the Shockers make another push, but a scoreless seventh helped OU secure the win.
Pitchers of Record
Win: Sam Landry (10-0)
Loss: Alex Aguilar (6-4)
Statistical Snapshot
Notes
Up Next
Oklahoma returns home to host No. 10/9 Tennessee for a three game series beginning Friday, March 28.
Oklahoma never trailed despite a resilient effort from the Shockers, with Sam Landry improving to 10-0 through a win in relief. Kasidi Pickering drew four walks and crossed home three times, while Gabbie Garcia drove in a team high four runs. Maya Bland got the start in right and set a career high with three hits to go along with two runs and two RBIs.
Garcia, Isabela Emerling and Pickering all homered for an Oklahoma offense that posted a season best 17 hits to go along with the season high 19 runs.
Emerling reached 100 career RBI with a two-RBI effort Wednesday. Abigale Dayton, Nelly McEnroe-Marinas and Garcia all scored a trio of runs.
Oklahoma 19, Wichita State 16
The Sooners batted around in the first inning, scoring eight runs on six hits to set a season high for most runs scored in an inning. Highlighting the offensive outburst was a two-RBI single from Bland and two-run triple off the bat of Dayton.
Wichita State responded with two solo home runs in the first, but the Sooners got both of those runs back with two in the top of the second inning thanks to Garcia's two-run homer to left. The roundtrippers kept coming for Oklahoma in the third as Emerling hit a solo homer to right and Pickering launched a two-run homer to the opposite field. McEnroe-Marinas drove in another with a triple to push OU's lead to 14-3 through two and a half innings.
The Shockers answered with six runs in the bottom of the inning, using a pair of home runs to make it 14-9. One hit, an error and a pair of walks allowed Wichita State to get within two, but Landry held WSU at bay from there as the Sooners scored the rest of their runs with a five-run fifth. The inning got going with a Dayton infield single followed by a McEnroe-Marinas RBI double. Garcia laced a single off Wichita State pitcher Chloe Barber, before she threw it up the first base line to allow two more to score. Ella Parker added an RBI single and another throwing error on a chopper up the middle made it, 19-12, OU.
WSU's Taylor Sedlacek hit a three-run home run to help the Shockers make another push, but a scoreless seventh helped OU secure the win.
Pitchers of Record
Win: Sam Landry (10-0)
Loss: Alex Aguilar (6-4)
Statistical Snapshot
- Maya Bland | 3-for-5, 2R, 2RBIs
- Abigale Dayton | 2-for-5, 3R, 2RBIs
- Nelly McEnroe-Marinas | 3-for-5, 3R, 2RBIs
- Kasidi Pickering | 1-for-1, 4R, 2RBIs, 4BBs
- Isabela Emerling | 2-for-4, 2R, HR, 2RBIs
- Sam Landry | W, 4.0IP, 5Ks
Notes
- It was the most runs scored by OU since plating 22 against Stephen F. Austin Feb. 18, 2023
- OU batted around in the first and fifth inning
- OU is 42-0 against Wichita State under head coach Patty Gasso
- Six different players had multi-run games, paced by Pickering's career best four runs
- Landry reached double-digit wins for the season
- McEnroe-Marinas finished a triple short of the cycle
- OU's eight runs in the first inning set a season high
- Bland posted her first career multi-hit game, going for three hits
- OU posted 17 hits, its most since March 2 of last season against Liberty
- McEnroe-Marinas tripled for the first time in her career
- Emerling reached 100-career RBI
- Pickering set career highs for walks (4) and runs (3)
Up Next
Oklahoma returns home to host No. 10/9 Tennessee for a three game series beginning Friday, March 28.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Landry, Sam (10-0)
L: Aguilar, Alex (6-4)
Batting:
2B: McEnroe-Marinas, Nelly 1
3B: Dayton, Abigale 1 ; McEnroe-Marinas, Nelly 1
HR: Pickering, Kasidi 1 ; Garcia, Gabbie 1 ; Emerling, Isabela 1
RBI: Dayton, Abigale 2 ; McEnroe-Marinas, Nelly 2 ; Pickering, Kasidi 2 ; Garcia, Gabbie 4 ; Parker, Ella 2 ; Emerling, Isabela 2 ; Bland, Maya 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Dayton, Abigale 3 ; McEnroe-Marinas, Nelly 3 ; Pickering, Kasidi 4 ; Garcia, Gabbie 3 ; Helton, Chaney 1 ; Agbayani, Ailana 1 ; Emerling, Isabela 2 ; Bland, Maya 2
SB: Bland, Maya 1
Batting:
2B: Epperson, Jodie 1
HR: Eck, Ellee 1 ; Sedlacek, Taylor 2 ; Compton, Camryn 1 ; Hood, Sami 1
RBI: Eck, Ellee 1 ; Sedlacek, Taylor 5 ; Compton, Camryn 2 ; Epperson, Jodie 2 ; Scott, Gabby 1 ; Hood, Sami 3 ; Nelson, Krystin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Eck, Ellee 1 ; Lucas, Lauren 3 ; Livanec, Brookelyn 1 ; Sedlacek, Taylor 4 ; Compton, Camryn 1 ; Epperson, Jodie 3 ; Scott, Gabby 1 ; Hood, Sami 1 ; Nelson, Krystin 1
Game Leaders
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