OU Softball: Oklahoma Sooners Finish Fall With a Weather Delay Flourish

Oklahoma completed fall ball with a brief, moist flourish.

The two-time defending nationwide champion Sooners wrapped up their fall exhibition schedule Thursday with a weather-shortened however environment friendly 7-1 victory over North Central Texas College at Marita Hynes Field.

The sport began simply after 2 p.m. after which, with OU up 7-1, entered a climate delay at 3:37 p.m. It was known as simply earlier than 4:30 — simply sufficient time for OU to unwind a couple of pitchers and unleash some massive hits.

Jordy Bahl gave up a run within the high of the primary inning off a single, a double and a groundout, but it surely took virtually no time for the Sooners to get it proper again.

In the underside of the primary, Tiare Jennings and Kinzie Hansen drew back-to-back walks with one out, and Haley Lee smacked a two-run double to the wall in left middle subject for a 2-0 lead. Alyssa Brito then smashed a two-run dwelling run to place the Sooners up 4-0.

After a NCTC pitching change, OU added extra offense within the second inning when Sophia Nugent led off with a single and Rylie Boone reached on a bunt single that was misplayed at first base. Quincee Lilio then drove a single that slid beneath the suitable fielder’s glove to attain two runs and put the Sooners up 6-1. Lilio then got here dwelling from third on an RBI squeeze bunt by Jayda Coleman.

Bahl’s day was carried out with one out within the third inning, as she turned the ball over to switch Alex Storako. Storako obtained two strikeouts earlier than the climate delay hit.

Afterward, coach Patty Gasso mentioned the Sooners’ fall was a smash hit for followers, gamers and coaches, particularly the three intrasquad scrimmages.

“I was very pleased. Very pleased,” Gasso said. “With especially the Battle Series and everything that happened with that, just the growth that we had. I would think everyone would want to come watch that because you’re watching All-Americans against All-Americans. And I thought we just got so much better. 

“They were competing. They never got bored. Fans coming out helped them want to play harder. That to me was really the highlight of our fall, just going after each other that way, sellout crowds, television involved — which really helped catapult softball into the fall.”