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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Wednesday, April 9
Devon Park (Oklahoma City)
7 p.m.
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No. 2 Softball Prepares for No. 18 Oklahoma State in Oklahoma City
April 08, 2025 | Softball
Game Will Be Broadcast on ESPN2 at 7 p.m. from Devon Park
NORMAN — No. 2 Oklahoma Softball (34-3) plays its final midweek game of the regular season against No. 18 Oklahoma State (23-11) at Devon Park in Oklahoma City Wednesday, April 9 at 7 p.m.
It's the 179th all-time meeting between the former Big 12 rivals and the 29th in Oklahoma City. OU will be the designated home team for the game.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Tomorrow night's game will be broadcast on ESPN2 with a radio broadcast on The Franchise 2 (1560 AM and 103.3 FM). Live stats will be available on statbroadcast.com.
AGAINST OKLAHOMA STATE
OU and Oklahoma State are meeting for the 179th time. The Sooners hold the head-to-head advantage, 104-74, and are 20-18 in neutral site contests. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State have met in Oklahoma City 28 times with the Sooners leading in those games, 17-11. The last contest between OU and OSU in Oklahoma City May 14, 2022.
LAST TIME VS. OKLAHOMA STATE
Ella Parker and Kasidi Pickering both homered and Hannah Coor provided an RBI single as the Sooners defeated Oklahoma State, 8-2, in the series finale May 5, 2024 at Love's Field. Current student assistant coach, Karlie Keeney, went 6.2 innings to earn the win. Lefty Kierston Deal finished the game, recording the final out.
ABOUT OKLAHOMA STATE
Oklahoma State is 23-11 and 5-5 in league play, entering Wednesday's game ranked No. 18 in the ESPN/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll. This will be OSU's 16th neutral site game this season, with Oklahoma State entering at 11-4 in such contests. Oklahoma State's Ruby Meylan enters 15th in the nation with 143 strikeouts and is 10th in earned run average at 1.32.
LAST TIME OUT
Sam Landry and Audrey Lowry would combine for seven shutout innings and Ella Parker hit a grand slam as the Sooners shut out UCF, 6-0. Landry and Lowry didn't permit an extra-base hit all night.
KP COVERING THE BASES
Kasidi Pickering went 15 straight at-bats without being retired between March 23 at Missouri and the series finale against No. 10 Tennessee Sunday, March 30. She is currently riding a 13-game hitting streak and is third in the nation in walks per game with 39 in 37 games played.
FRESHIES
Freshman Gabbie Garcia doubled in all three of her at-bats last Tuesday at UT Arlington, tying an OU single game record. It was just the ninth time in program history that a player recorded that feat. Additionally, OU freshmen combined for nine of the team's RBIs during the 13-2 win. Corri Hicks had four, Milloy tallied three and Nelly McEnroe-Marinas and Sydney Barker added one apiece.
THE GIFT OF GAB
Freshman infielder Gabbie Garcia is tied for the OU lead with 11 home runs, tied for eighth among all freshman in Division I in that category. She was named D1Softball Freshman of the Week March 11 and April 8 as well SEC Player of the Week March 18. Earlier this month she became the first OU freshman since Jocelyn Alo to homer in five consecutive games.
3X SEC PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Pitcher Sam Landry has been named SEC Pitcher of the Week three times this season, including in back-to-back weeks March 18 and March 25.
ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS
The Sooners have a number of players in the top ten among active leaders in a variety of statistical categories, particularly between the arms of Isabella Smith and Sam Landry.
-Wins leaders: Isabella Smith (first in DI and third in the NCAA - .729), Sam Landry (second in DI and eighth in the NCAA - .779)
-Innings pitched: Isabella Smith (fourth in DI and eighth in the NCAA - 636.7 IP)
Appearances: Sam Landry and Isabella Smith (5th in DI and NCAA - 135)
-Strikeouts: Isabella Smith (third in DI and 12th in NCAA - 679)
-Complete games: Isabella Smith (8th in DI - 54)
-Home runs: Cydney Sanders (5th in DI and 9th in the NCAA - 54) -Walks: Cydney Sanders (4th in DI and 5th in the NCAA - 143)
SEC STANDOUTS
Nelly McEnroe-Marinas and Gabbie Garcia have really performed in SEC play, holding down the left side of the infield as well as the middle of the order. McEnroe-Marinas has homered seven times in league play, while scoring 16 runs, seven more than the next most on the OU squad. Garcia's defense isn't to be overlooked as she's made all 36 plays in the field during conference competition, while homering five times. Kasidi Pickering is pacing the team with a .469 batting average in 12 SEC games.
PATIENT AT THE PLATE
Of the Sooners' 309 runs, Oklahoma has scored 90 runs via a walk or hit-by-pitch. Oklahoma has scored at least one run per game via a walk or hit by pitch in 34 of 37 games. The Sooners are second in the nation in walks with 198.
NEW BATS, SAME RESULTS
Of Oklahoma's 72 home runs, 40 have been hit by an OU newcomer or a Sooner in their first season. Additionally, six different Sooners have had a two-homer performance this year (Gabbie Garcia, Kasidi Pickering, Nelly McEnroe-Marinas, Sydney Barker and Isabela Emerling and Ella Parker). A total of 11 different players have homered at least once.
HOME DAYTA
Abby Dayton hit a game-tying home run in the fifth inning of the series opener against Tennessee Friday, March 28. It was just Dayton's second home run of the season and first since her first at-bat as a Sooner Feb. 6. She also homered twice across her two seasons at Utah.
DEAL DEALT
Lefty Kierston Deal has been in some big moments and on the biggest stage during her career at OU. Saturday, March 29 she stepped up in another big game, turning in a complete game in OU's 4-1 win against No. 10 Tennessee. She retired 12 of the final 13 batters she faced in that game.
WOAH NELLY
Nelly McEnroe-Marinas has started off SEC play on fire, hitting seven home runs through the first 12 games. She hit one in each game at Missouri and launched two more at Arkansas, including a go-ahead three-run homer in Sunday's finale. In SEC-opening weekend she hit two three-run home runs in the same game to help defeat South Carolina, 10-9, March 9. She is the first Sooner to hit a pair of three-run homers in the same game since Lynnsie Elam did so against Iowa March 20, 2022.
CYDNEY SLAMDERS
Isabela Emerling hit her ninth home run of the season and also reached 100 career RBIs last March 26 at Wichita State. Ella Parker also crossed her own milestone this season, surpassing 100 career hits in just 82 games. Cydney Sanders surpassed 100 career RBIs last weekend during the game against St. Thomas.
KEEPIN' IT 100
Cydney Sanders reached 200 games played this season, with over 150 coming at Oklahoma. Her 52 career home runs also ranks seventh among all active DI softball players and her 142 walks are fourth-most among active DI players. She homered twice in the same inning against St. Thomas, becoming the first Sooner to do so since March 20, 2024 when Alynah Torres did so against UT Arlington.
For updates and more information on Oklahoma softball, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Softball) and like Oklahoma Softball on Facebook.
It's the 179th all-time meeting between the former Big 12 rivals and the 29th in Oklahoma City. OU will be the designated home team for the game.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Tomorrow night's game will be broadcast on ESPN2 with a radio broadcast on The Franchise 2 (1560 AM and 103.3 FM). Live stats will be available on statbroadcast.com.
AGAINST OKLAHOMA STATE
OU and Oklahoma State are meeting for the 179th time. The Sooners hold the head-to-head advantage, 104-74, and are 20-18 in neutral site contests. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State have met in Oklahoma City 28 times with the Sooners leading in those games, 17-11. The last contest between OU and OSU in Oklahoma City May 14, 2022.
LAST TIME VS. OKLAHOMA STATE
Ella Parker and Kasidi Pickering both homered and Hannah Coor provided an RBI single as the Sooners defeated Oklahoma State, 8-2, in the series finale May 5, 2024 at Love's Field. Current student assistant coach, Karlie Keeney, went 6.2 innings to earn the win. Lefty Kierston Deal finished the game, recording the final out.
ABOUT OKLAHOMA STATE
Oklahoma State is 23-11 and 5-5 in league play, entering Wednesday's game ranked No. 18 in the ESPN/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 poll. This will be OSU's 16th neutral site game this season, with Oklahoma State entering at 11-4 in such contests. Oklahoma State's Ruby Meylan enters 15th in the nation with 143 strikeouts and is 10th in earned run average at 1.32.
LAST TIME OUT
Sam Landry and Audrey Lowry would combine for seven shutout innings and Ella Parker hit a grand slam as the Sooners shut out UCF, 6-0. Landry and Lowry didn't permit an extra-base hit all night.
KP COVERING THE BASES
Kasidi Pickering went 15 straight at-bats without being retired between March 23 at Missouri and the series finale against No. 10 Tennessee Sunday, March 30. She is currently riding a 13-game hitting streak and is third in the nation in walks per game with 39 in 37 games played.
FRESHIES
Freshman Gabbie Garcia doubled in all three of her at-bats last Tuesday at UT Arlington, tying an OU single game record. It was just the ninth time in program history that a player recorded that feat. Additionally, OU freshmen combined for nine of the team's RBIs during the 13-2 win. Corri Hicks had four, Milloy tallied three and Nelly McEnroe-Marinas and Sydney Barker added one apiece.
THE GIFT OF GAB
Freshman infielder Gabbie Garcia is tied for the OU lead with 11 home runs, tied for eighth among all freshman in Division I in that category. She was named D1Softball Freshman of the Week March 11 and April 8 as well SEC Player of the Week March 18. Earlier this month she became the first OU freshman since Jocelyn Alo to homer in five consecutive games.
3X SEC PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Pitcher Sam Landry has been named SEC Pitcher of the Week three times this season, including in back-to-back weeks March 18 and March 25.
ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS
The Sooners have a number of players in the top ten among active leaders in a variety of statistical categories, particularly between the arms of Isabella Smith and Sam Landry.
-Wins leaders: Isabella Smith (first in DI and third in the NCAA - .729), Sam Landry (second in DI and eighth in the NCAA - .779)
-Innings pitched: Isabella Smith (fourth in DI and eighth in the NCAA - 636.7 IP)
Appearances: Sam Landry and Isabella Smith (5th in DI and NCAA - 135)
-Strikeouts: Isabella Smith (third in DI and 12th in NCAA - 679)
-Complete games: Isabella Smith (8th in DI - 54)
-Home runs: Cydney Sanders (5th in DI and 9th in the NCAA - 54) -Walks: Cydney Sanders (4th in DI and 5th in the NCAA - 143)
SEC STANDOUTS
Nelly McEnroe-Marinas and Gabbie Garcia have really performed in SEC play, holding down the left side of the infield as well as the middle of the order. McEnroe-Marinas has homered seven times in league play, while scoring 16 runs, seven more than the next most on the OU squad. Garcia's defense isn't to be overlooked as she's made all 36 plays in the field during conference competition, while homering five times. Kasidi Pickering is pacing the team with a .469 batting average in 12 SEC games.
PATIENT AT THE PLATE
Of the Sooners' 309 runs, Oklahoma has scored 90 runs via a walk or hit-by-pitch. Oklahoma has scored at least one run per game via a walk or hit by pitch in 34 of 37 games. The Sooners are second in the nation in walks with 198.
NEW BATS, SAME RESULTS
Of Oklahoma's 72 home runs, 40 have been hit by an OU newcomer or a Sooner in their first season. Additionally, six different Sooners have had a two-homer performance this year (Gabbie Garcia, Kasidi Pickering, Nelly McEnroe-Marinas, Sydney Barker and Isabela Emerling and Ella Parker). A total of 11 different players have homered at least once.
HOME DAYTA
Abby Dayton hit a game-tying home run in the fifth inning of the series opener against Tennessee Friday, March 28. It was just Dayton's second home run of the season and first since her first at-bat as a Sooner Feb. 6. She also homered twice across her two seasons at Utah.
DEAL DEALT
Lefty Kierston Deal has been in some big moments and on the biggest stage during her career at OU. Saturday, March 29 she stepped up in another big game, turning in a complete game in OU's 4-1 win against No. 10 Tennessee. She retired 12 of the final 13 batters she faced in that game.
WOAH NELLY
Nelly McEnroe-Marinas has started off SEC play on fire, hitting seven home runs through the first 12 games. She hit one in each game at Missouri and launched two more at Arkansas, including a go-ahead three-run homer in Sunday's finale. In SEC-opening weekend she hit two three-run home runs in the same game to help defeat South Carolina, 10-9, March 9. She is the first Sooner to hit a pair of three-run homers in the same game since Lynnsie Elam did so against Iowa March 20, 2022.
CYDNEY SLAMDERS
Isabela Emerling hit her ninth home run of the season and also reached 100 career RBIs last March 26 at Wichita State. Ella Parker also crossed her own milestone this season, surpassing 100 career hits in just 82 games. Cydney Sanders surpassed 100 career RBIs last weekend during the game against St. Thomas.
KEEPIN' IT 100
Cydney Sanders reached 200 games played this season, with over 150 coming at Oklahoma. Her 52 career home runs also ranks seventh among all active DI softball players and her 142 walks are fourth-most among active DI players. She homered twice in the same inning against St. Thomas, becoming the first Sooner to do so since March 20, 2024 when Alynah Torres did so against UT Arlington.
For updates and more information on Oklahoma softball, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Softball) and like Oklahoma Softball on Facebook.
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