Completed Event: Softball versus Oklahoma Christian on October 15, 2025
Final
Softball
vs Oklahoma Christian
University of Oklahoma Athletics
Thursday, April 3
7 p.m.
University of Oklahoma
33-3
12
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St. Thomas
19-12
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Oklahoma Sooners
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15
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Sanders homered twice in the second inning, driving in four.
Photo by: Morgan Givens/University of Oklahoma
Sanders Homers Twice in Same Inning as No. 3 Softball Run-Rules St. Thomas
April 03, 2025 | Softball
Sooners Plate Eight Runs in the Second, Win in Five Frames
NORMAN — Cydney Sanders homered twice in the same inning and 10 different Sooners tallied at least one hit as No. 3 Oklahoma Softball (33-3) defeated St. Thomas (19-12), 12-4, in five innings Thursday in the Okana Invitational opener.
Sanders is the first Sooner to homer twice in the same inning since Alynah Torres did so March 20, 2024, against UT Arlington.
Freshman Corri Hicks and Sydney Barker added homers in the fourth inning as OU notched its 17th run-rule win of the year.
After a scoreless first and top of the second, eight of OU's 11 batters that went to the plate scored in the second inning. Sanders started the frame with a solo home run to right field.
The baserunners started to pile up for OU from there. Ailana Agbayani walked and Isabela Emerling singled up the middle. Abigale Dayton plated Agbayani with a squeeze bunt and Nelly McEnroe-Marinas scored two with a single through the right side. Kasidi Pickering singled to left center and Gabbie Garcia doubled in McEnroe-Marinas with a liner inside the third-base bag.
Up 5-0, Sanders hit another one out of the park just right of dead center to drive in three and complete the big inning.
St. Thomas' Cassidy Carby doubled in one to get the Tommies on the board in the third. After Isabella Smith spun a scoreless fourth, the Sooners tacked on four runs thanks to a three-run homer from Barker and a solo shot off the bat of Hicks.
The Tommies scratched across three runs in the fifth on a Jenna Kuhn pinch-hit home run and another run-scoring double from Carby. Agbayani made a diving play in the field and pitcher Paytn Monticelli stranded a St. Thomas runner to complete the win.
Pitchers of Record
Win: Kierston Deal (8-0)
Loss: Ella Cook (8-8)
Statistical Snapshot
Cydney Sanders | 2-for-3, 2 HRs, 4 RBIs
Gabbie Garcia | 3-for-3, 2 Rs, RBI
Sydney Barker | 1-for-1, HR, 3 RBIs
Notes
Up Next
Oklahoma continues with the Okana Invitational on Friday at 7 p.m. against UCF.
Sanders is the first Sooner to homer twice in the same inning since Alynah Torres did so March 20, 2024, against UT Arlington.
Freshman Corri Hicks and Sydney Barker added homers in the fourth inning as OU notched its 17th run-rule win of the year.
After a scoreless first and top of the second, eight of OU's 11 batters that went to the plate scored in the second inning. Sanders started the frame with a solo home run to right field.
The baserunners started to pile up for OU from there. Ailana Agbayani walked and Isabela Emerling singled up the middle. Abigale Dayton plated Agbayani with a squeeze bunt and Nelly McEnroe-Marinas scored two with a single through the right side. Kasidi Pickering singled to left center and Gabbie Garcia doubled in McEnroe-Marinas with a liner inside the third-base bag.
Up 5-0, Sanders hit another one out of the park just right of dead center to drive in three and complete the big inning.
St. Thomas' Cassidy Carby doubled in one to get the Tommies on the board in the third. After Isabella Smith spun a scoreless fourth, the Sooners tacked on four runs thanks to a three-run homer from Barker and a solo shot off the bat of Hicks.
The Tommies scratched across three runs in the fifth on a Jenna Kuhn pinch-hit home run and another run-scoring double from Carby. Agbayani made a diving play in the field and pitcher Paytn Monticelli stranded a St. Thomas runner to complete the win.
Pitchers of Record
Win: Kierston Deal (8-0)
Loss: Ella Cook (8-8)
Statistical Snapshot
Cydney Sanders | 2-for-3, 2 HRs, 4 RBIs
Gabbie Garcia | 3-for-3, 2 Rs, RBI
Sydney Barker | 1-for-1, HR, 3 RBIs
Notes
- Hannah Coor recorded her first career multi-hit game
- The game was originally slated to be played Friday at 4 p.m. although expected inclement weather pushed the game to Thursday evening.
- Oklahoma has scored eight runs in an inning three times this season
- Hicks and Barker both hit their first career home run at Love's Field
- Pickering extended her hitting streak to 12 games
- It was the first-ever meeting between the two programs
- Garcia posted her third three-hit game in six contests
- Associate head coach JT Gasso handled third-base coaching duties as head coach Patty Gasso had a previously scheduled engagement as the keynote speaker at the Oklahoma Christian University Associates Gala
Up Next
Oklahoma continues with the Okana Invitational on Friday at 7 p.m. against UCF.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Deal, Kierston (8-0)
L: Ella Cook (8-8)
Batting:
2B: Cassidy Carby 2
HR: Jenna Kuhn 1
RBI: Cassidy Carby 2 ; Jenna Kuhn 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kyllie Weingart 1 ; Avery Wukawitz 1 ; Ruby Moore 1 ; Jenna Kuhn 1
Batting:
2B: Coor, Hannah 1 ; Garcia, Gabbie 1
HR: Barker, Sydney 1 ; Sanders, Cydney 2 ; Hicks, Corri 1
RBI: McEnroe-Marinas, Nelly 2 ; Garcia, Gabbie 1 ; Barker, Sydney 3 ; Sanders, Cydney 4 ; Hicks, Corri 1
SH: Bland, Maya 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dayton, Abby 1 ; McEnroe-Marinas, Nelly 1 ; Pickering, Kasidi 2 ; Garcia, Gabbie 2 ; Barker, Sydney 1 ; Sanders, Cydney 2 ; Agbayani, Ailana 1 ; Emerling, Isabela 1 ; Hicks, Corri 1
Game Leaders
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H
3
RBI
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2
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2
RBI
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2
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2
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1b/dp
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3
R
2
H
2
RBI
4
Players Mentioned
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UTL
/ SoftballSB Highlights: OU 22, East Texas A&M 0
Tuesday, October 07
Gasso, Landry, Parker, Barker, Dayton, Sanders Postgame vs Texas Tech
Monday, June 02
SB WCWS Highlights: OU 4, Oregon 1
Sunday, June 01
Gasso, Sanders, Emerling, Landry Postgame vs Oregon
Sunday, June 01
