Set for Bedlam in OKC

Wednesday, April 15

Devon Park (Oklahoma City, Okla.)

8 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

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Softball Takes on Oklahoma State Wednesday Night

NORMAN — OU starts a stretch of eight consecutive games in the state of Oklahoma as No. 1 OU takes on No. 21 Oklahoma State at Devon Park in Oklahoma City Wednesday, April 15. First pitch is set for 8 p.m. on ESPN2.

A radio broadcast will be available on The Franchise (107.7 KRXO-FM) and The Franchise 2 (1560 KEBC-AM).

FIRST PITCH

• OU is coming off a series win at No. 4 Texas last weekend. The Sooners handed Texas its first shutout in over two years while Kendall Wells set the NCAA single-season home run record with her 31st in game two.

• The Sooners were named the top team in the latest NFCA and ESPN.com/USA Top 25 Poll, OU's first time holding the top spot this season.

• Oklahoma is 40-4 and 13-2 in Southeastern Conference play, holding a one-game lead over second-place Alabama in the conference standings. The Sooners were tied with Grand Canyon as the first teams to 40 wins this season.

• The Sooners are playing their 12th game against a ranked team this season. Oklahoma is 8-3 in those games and 4-1 in games against ranked teams outside of the SEC.

• Oklahoma has won 29 games by run-rule, including seven in SEC play. OU has posted a double-digit scoring effort 25 times.

• OU has hit at least one homer in 41 of 44 games and had a streak of at least one home run in 20 consecutive contests between Feb. 21 and March 27.

• Wells set the NCAA freshman single-season home run record Saturday at Texas. She broke a three-way tie with former Sooners Jocelyn Alo (2018) and Lauren Chamberlain (2012) and Hawaii's Kelly Majam (2010)

• Oklahoma has scored 506 runs in 44 games. The Sooners tallied 454 runs in 61 contests a year ago.

• OU went on a 22-game winning streak earlier this season, marking the 10th instance in head coach Patty Gasso's career that the Sooners have had a winning streak of 20-plus games.

FLEXIN' FRESHMEN

• The Sooner freshmen Lexi McDaniel, Kai Minor, Allyssa Parker and Kendall Wells have combined for 56 home runs, 153 RBIs, 153 runs and a .422 batting average.

• Freshman centerfielder Kai Minor is not only leading OU with a .484 batting average, but she is leading all Division I freshman in that category - as well as the entire Southeastern Conference. She ranks second in the league in hits (61) and fourth in stolen bases (16).

• Minor leads the team in multi-hit contests with 22 and is the only Sooner with a pair of four-hit games. She also possesses the longest hitting streak of the season (17 games) for a Sooner this year.

• Kendall Wells set the SEC single-season home run record (27) as well as the NCAA single-season freshman home run record after hitting her 31st Saturday at Texas.

• Allyssa Parker is one of six Sooners with double-digit home runs, having hit 10 this season in just 57 at-bats. Her .930 slugging percentage is second in the nation among all freshmen, behind only Wells (1.165). On March 7 she achieved the rare feat of tripling and spinning a complete game in the circle.

• Lexi McDaniel is on pace to become the third OU freshman with double-digit homers, posting nine to go with a .465 batting average in 71 at-bats. She also has three pinch-hit homers. McDaniel was also named SEC Freshman and D1Softball Freshman of the Week.

• In the circle, freshman Berkley Zache has posted a 2.80 ERA across eight appearances. She hasn't allowed an earned run since her collegiate debut at No. 17/18 Arizona Feb. 7.

SCENE SETTERS

• OU is on a historic pace in a number of offensive categories this season. The Sooners are hitting .416 as a team and for context, OU's program record is .405 in the 2021 season. The Sooners slashed their way to program records that season, slugging .778 in 2021 while reaching base at a .490 clip. The Sooners are leading the country with an .853 slugging percentage and tout a .511 on-base percentage.

• OU and Oklahoma State played a non-conference game at Devon Park last season, with OU winning, 11-3 in five innings. OU is 150-74 all-time against Oklahoma State.

• The Sooners have hit more home runs than 74 teams in Division I have for total runs scored. OU set the NCAA single season runs record with 638 in 2021, doing so in 60 games. Oklahoma averaged 10.6 runs per game that season. The Sooners are averaging 11.3 runs per game through 44 contests this season, on pace for 621.5 runs in the regular season alone in 2026.

CIAO BELA

• Redshirt-senior Isabela Emerling has 14 home runs through 38 games played, one more than her total from all of last year. The Sooners are 22-0 in her OU career when she hits at least one home run in a game.

• Emerling hit the game-winning grand slam against Ole Miss Monday, March 23. That grand slam marked the eighth of her career, tying her for fifth all-time in NCAA history in that category. She hit a solo home run to give OU insurance in the 3-0 win against No. 4 Texas.

• March 24 she was named SEC Player of the Week. It's the second late-inning game-winning grand slam of her OU career after doing so in a nine-inning 11-6 win against San Diego State on the first day of the season in 2025. She also added a key game-tying home run in OU's 4-1 win against Oregon in the 2025 WCWS.

GIFT OF GAB

• Sophomore shortstop Gabbie Garcia ranks in the top 20 in the country in home runs (18, T-10th) and RBIs (55, 17th). Garcia hits big and in bunches, pacing the Sooners with four games of 5+ RBIs. She is second on the team in multi-hit games with 17.

• In 101 career games she is hitting .403 with 115 hits, 97 runs, 113 RBIs, 38 home runs. The everyday shortstop helped OU set a single season double plays turned record (31) in 2025. She has made only seven errors in 277 chances, all of which have come at shortstop. She was named to the 2025 SEC All-Defensive Team and helped OU turn four double plays against Abilene Christian March 8, tied for the most by a team in NCAA Division I this season.

SOPHOMORE ARMS

• The Sooner sophomore pitching duo of Audrey Lowry and Miali Guachino both have double-digit wins, combining for a 30-1 record in the circle. Lowry leads the team in innings pitched (90) and ERA (2.10), while Guachino leads OU with a .196 opponents' batting average and 77 strikeouts.