Pitcher Nicole May is 15-2. The games will be broadcast on ESPN+. The official 2023 Softball Roster for the University of Oklahoma Haley Lee and Alynah Torres began the bottom of the inning with back-to-back walks, setting the table for Rylie Boone, who delivered an opposite-field RBI single to score Lee from second base. Announcing the Extra Inning Softball Newsletter! The Sooners are led by Patty Gasso in her twenty-ninth season, and play their home games at OU Softball Complex. 9 Northwestern and a familiar foe in Texas. Any lingering questions about this Oklahoma Sooners teams should be put to bed after closing out the Mary Nutter Classic with a 14-0 domination over the previously undefeated and No. As well as shave off pieces off my hip bone and repair multiple torn ligaments. Patty Gasso doesnt like to lose. 1 Oklahoma Sooners defeated the Florida State Seminoles (49-13-1) by a score of 5-1 to claim the 2021 Women's College World Series Championship. I am currently sitting here in a recliner, ice on, hip brace and crutches sitting next to me. Jamie Guthrie, Emmys mother who also played college softball at Central Oklahoma, wrote about the true sophomores medical issues in a social media post of her own: For those who have asked, Emmy has made the decision to medically retire from softball. Sanders and Torres combined for 37 home runs and 103 RBIs last season while Storako was a unanimous choice for Big Ten Pitcher of the Year honors. Coach Patty Gasso and the OU softball program, National titles are nice, but these off-field wins mean as much to OU's Grace Lyons, Former OU softball star Jocelyn Alo named 2021-22 Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year, OU baseball looks to build off College World Series run with a new-look roster in 2023, Patty Gasso talking big after OU softball cleans up in the transfer portal, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Please check your email for a confirmation. 1 UCLA, last weekend. Join the conversation today. The already stacked Oklahoma Softball pitching staff will be getting some additional firepower for the Womens College World Series, which begins this week. Video courtesy/Sooner Sports TV. Oklahoma moved to 12-1 on the season with their 10-1 win over Loyola Marymount in the Mary Nutter Classic. She figures to get more of a chance at the plate this season after going just 1 of 8 at the plate last season. OU hit four home runs over the opening weekend, including a grand slam by Grace Green in Sundays 9-0 win over San Jose State. Fill out the form below to verify that youre part of the Extra Elite! [3][4][5], She finished her career at Papillion with a 953 record, 0.63 ERA, and 978 strikeouts, in 523 innings. The Sooners dropped their first contest of the 2023 campaign last Sunday, but head coach Patty Gasso has been pleased with the team's response in practice. Since blowing out UCLA, the Sooners have reclaimed the top spot in the rankings, knocking the Bruins down to No. 1 UCLA. In the past month Ive had to make the hardest decision of my life and I had to make it to better my current and future self. In this week's Big 12 Softball Power Rankings, there will be a shake-up at the top as the Oklahoma Sooners, who fell to Baylor at the Getterman Classic in Week 2, returned to form in a big way this weekend. RankedNo. The Big 12 and Pac-12 both sent three teams to the WCWS with the Big 10 and SEC both sending one. In her career at OU, Lopez had a record of 51 . ", IHSAA softball:Tri-West vs. St. Joseph was arguably greatest pitchers' duel in state finals history. The conference announced Storako won Big 12 Pitcher of the Week onTuesday. 1 in the major softball polls following their five straight wins at the Mary Nutter Classic, will make their home debut on March 3-4 at the OU Tournament against No. The Sooners recorded two runs in the third inning after Jennings hit a double that scored Coleman and Brito, and Kinzie Hansen hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning to give the Sooners a 10 . Sophomore Nicole May and graduate transfer Hope Trautwein combined to finish the perfect game for the Sooners. USA TODAY - Oklahoma's loss to the Baylor Bears sent shockwaves throughout the world of collegiate softball. From the 9-hole, Sophia Nugent then smashed a three-run home run deep over the wall in left field for a 5-0 Sooner lead. Coming off an injury, Hansen got her first action of the season when she stepped in to pinch-hit for Brito in the fourth inning. [10] On February 25, she pitched a perfect game against Cal State Fullerton. The Sooners (13-1), who reclaimed their place at No. Around the first week of May, I was pitching in the bullpen like everyday and I collapsed again I knew that feeling and I knew that I didnt like that feeling. I have devoted everything in my life to him and he is taking care of me like always. Advertisement She combined with Jordy Bahl for the shutout victory over Cal State Fullerton. The early returns on Storako's transfer from the Michigan Wolverines are looking quite good for head coach Patty Gasso and the Oklahoma Defensively, Gasso sees three positions where leadership is critical: catcher, shortstop and center fielder. As a freshman in 2022, she was named NFCA National Freshman of the Year. Maybe someday things will be different for her, but for now we are just trusting Gods plan for her.. May went 1-0 with a save in the opening weekend, throwing 11 shutout innings, allowing five hits with five walks and striking out 18 in wins over Liberty and Washington. [16] During the Women's College World Series championship game on June 9, she allowed four hits, two runs, three walks and two strikeouts in four innings and earned the win in the title clinching game. For the weekend, Storako a two-time All-Big Ten pitcher logged two wins in three appearances while striking out a 11 batters with no runs allowed, one walk and six hits. In the past 494 days I have experienced so much pain and suffering due to my hips. 1 UCLA Bruins in every facet of their 14-0 win Sunday, and social media loved every bit of it. True senior Macy McAdoo and sophomore Emmy Guthrie both announced their medical retirements from the sport, in separate social media posts. In the past month Ive had to make the hardest decision of my life and I had to make it to better my current and future self. Coach Patty Gasso said on Wednesday that Bahl will pitch at some point this week, but didnt give up much more than that. I had all summer to decide what I was going to do with my life and it still was so hard to actually say out loud that I was done. The Sooners outscored their five opponents 50-4 during the three days and let the softball world know, hey, OU isn't going anywhere. I made the decision to Medically Retire from playing softball. "Natural leaders," Gasso said. A month ago, the Sooners' march to the WCWS -- a wire-to-wire run as the No. The site also ranks signee Jocelyn Erickson of Phoenix as the No. But OU . She struck out four of the eight batters she faced in .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}2+23 innings. Oklahoma is in a place it hasn't been . She is third all-time in OU home runs with 65, behind Chamberlain and Jocelyn Alo. If I would have known that the last time I was in the sooner softball uniform was my last then I would of cherished it way more. PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Despite homers from Aliya Belarde and Karlie Davison, the University of Utah softball team suffered a 10-3 defeat at the hands of the No. They responded by rattling off five straight wins, four of them via run-rule. Check back for updates. Her Sooners took multiple steps forward this weekend, rebounding from a 4-3 loss to Baylor last week by dominating all challengers at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Cathedral City, CA. Jordy Bahl closed by pitching the fifth inning. Bahl was recently named the National Freshman of the Year. Posted at 01:41h . Sooners softball figures to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the switch, which will take place in the fall of 2024. . Jordy Bahl was a sensation last season in the circle for OU softball. o my family, friends and [OU] fans. I had to have my labrum in my hip replaced with 3 anchors, they had to extract a piece of my hip bone that broke off during the impact. She's getting there to hit all the spots.". Only OUs Jocelyn Alo and Tiare Jennings hit more home runs than Lee that season. Oklahoma's Jordyn Bahl (98) pitches during a softball game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and and the Wichita State Shockers at Marita Hynes Field in Norman, Okla.,. On Thursday, the No. Looking back: The Sooners whipped through the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic with five wins highlighted by a 14-0 triumph over former No. https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/2023/02/28/oklahoma-sooners-softball-alex-storako-patty-gasso/, Oklahoma Sooners No. Each oversees one area of the defense, catcher handling the battery, shortstop the infield and center the outfield. This is a developing story. Sanders was an NFCA first-team All-American as a freshman for the Sun Devils in 2022, leading the team in home runs (21), RBIs (63), slugging percentage (.952), walks (45) and total bases (139). While she is the sixth player and third former Sooner to ink with the Spark Jocelyn Alo and Lynnsie Elam are already on the roster Ricketts is the franchise's first mom player. Torres was an All-Pac 12 pick as a junior last season when she hit .339 with 16 home runs, 14 doubles and 40 RBIs. It was the sophomores third career home run and second this season, and doubled her RBI total for 2023. Nugents big swing was the seventh pitch of her at-bat, including a pair of two-strike foul balls. Some of you know but most dont so I will tell my story, McAdoo wrote on Instagram on Monday. 2 nationally in her class by Extra Innings Softball, Tri-West vs. St. Joseph was arguably greatest pitchers' duel in state finals history, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Bahl was excellent in the circle to start things off, throwing seven scoreless innings against the Blue Devils but struggled against Washington, allowing four runs and walking six in 3 innings. She allowed 18 earned runs, while holding opponents to a .137 batting average including seven shutouts. Then the Sooners brought in several of the best players available in the transfer portal Texas A&M catcher/infielder Haley Lee, Michigan pitcher Alex Storako, and Arizona State infielders Cydney Sanders and Alynah Torres. Jennings. It was a stunning upset that had some of the Women's College World Series contenders smelling the blood in the water.Well a week later, everyone was reminded why the NCAA national championship runs 4 catcher in the class, Avery Hodge of Richmond, Texas, as the No. Oklahoma is standing at a mind-blowing 52-2 this season. And some of her coaches think her best has yet to come. The past couple of years she has been sick. Sanders was a top-three finalist for NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year honors. 5 min read. Oklahoma finished 59-3 last season, and knocked off Texas to secure its sixth national championship. So expect Torres to mostly play third base for OU next season. Lee figures to split time with Kinzie Hansen behind the plate, and should see action at first base as well. She is 4-0 with a 0.34 ERA in 20 2/3 innings and is coming off her best . She led Texas A&M in batting average (.405), home runs (15), and RBIs (45) in 2022. The two-time All-American made 189 starts for the Aggies over the last four seasons, hitting .365 with 47 home runs, 36 doubles and 130 RBIs. If i knew that last time I got to throw a pitch was the last time I would of cherished it more. Storako responded, striking out Evelyn Sabla and Peyton Toto and inducing a soft groundout back to the circle to end the threat. De Antuanett tried to stretch from second base, but she was gunned down at the plate a big throw home by Boone and an athletic catch-and-swipe tag by Nugent. During her junior year in 2020, she posted a 270 record with a 0.15 ERA, surrendering just 27 hits and 24 walks in 139 innings pitched, while striking out 299 batters. FanNation flipped this story into All Sooners . Oklahoma got another emotional lift from the return of catcher Kinzie Hansen. Washington had the tying run on third and go-ahead run on second with no outs before May struck out back-to-back hitters, then got a groundout to end the game. 2 this week after falling 4-3 Sunday to the Bears in Waco. Jordy Bahl is 15-0 with one save, a 0.73 ERA and 138 strikeouts in 86 1/3 innings so far as a freshman. Jordyn Bahl (born July 24, 2002) is an American college softball pitcher for the Oklahoma Sooners. The 2013 Oklahoma Sooners softball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2013 NCAA Division I softball season.The Sooners were coached by Patty Gasso, who led her nineteenth season.The Sooners finished with a record of 57-4. True freshman pitcher Kierston Deal cruised through four innings in the circle for the Sooners (12-1) while a pair of triples helped OU pile a hefty run total on LMU (5-10). Coleman then scored easily on new 2-hole hitter Grace Lyons RBI double down the left field line to give the Sooners a 1-0 lead. 17 by Softball America. The Sooners had seven hits and six runs in the second inning with two outs on the board. Freshman Jocelyn Erickson emerging as a real offensive weapon. Lowry led the Bruins to the 3A state finals, and struck out a record 22 batters in the title game. For updates and more information on Oklahoma softball, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Softball) and likeOklahoma Softballon Facebook. Lee was one of the top home-run hitters in college softball the last two seasons, combining for 40. Oklahoma pitcher Jordy Bahl expected to play in WCWS Ben Dackiw June 1, 2022 2:09 pm CT The already stacked Oklahoma Softball pitching staff will be getting some additional firepower for. The conference. That group includes 12 returners, 4 transfers, and 4 incoming freshmen. McAdoo was the 31st-ranked player in the class of 2019 and spent three years on the OU roster. This might be a different team with some different players in their roles, but the Sooners aren't slowing down anytime soon. After Storako put on two more baserunners with a walk and a hard-hit grounder that Brito booted at third, Hannah Becer smacked a sharp single to left. Here's three that stand out: 1. Bahl went 2 for 8. [15] She pitched for the first time since returning from injury on June 2, during the first game of the 2022 Women's College World Series against Northwestern. UCLA's Megan Faraimo, shown pitching in the Women's College World Series in June, struggled against Oklahoma in the Bruins' 14-0 loss to the Sooners on Sunday. Storako plunked leadoff hitter Daisy Munoz, then gave up a double to Jessi Alcala down the left field line. With Hope Trautwein having graduated, Storako figures to step in to Trautweins place alongside Jordy Bahl and Nicole May in the Sooners rotation. Former Big Ten Pitcher of Year Alex Storako joins back-to-back NCAA champion Oklahoma Sooners softball program Skip to main content Skip to navigation > ESPN Search College Sports Home. First, the Sooners signed a small but impressive high school class of four that includes left-handed pitcher Kierston Deal, a North Carolina product who is the top overall player in the class according to Extra Inning Softball. The 2000 Oklahoma Sooners softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Oklahoma during the 2000 NCAA Division I softball season.The Sooners were led by Patty Gasso in her sixth season, and played their home games at OU Softball Complex.They competed in the Big 12 Conference, where they finished the season with a 66-8 record, including 17-1 in . Before the days of social media, the internet or much ESPN, Fernandez was a star on the order of Jocelyn Alo. The Sooners fell to No. To all college athletes take care of your self and let God lead the way in everything you do. Kinzie Hansen is batting .438 with 24 home runs. She made 22 appearances in the circle as a Sooner, including taking the circle four times in the 2022 campaign. Oklahoma Pitchers Macy McAdoo, Emmy Guthrie Medically Retiring from Softball By Justin McLeod August 23, 2022 A pair of Oklahoma pitchers announced their departures from the Sooners' softball roster on Monday. More:Get to know the 2023 Oklahoma Sooners softball team and schedule. As well as shave off pieces off my hip bone and repair multiple torn ligaments. Buoyed by the defensive momentum, the Sooners extended their lead with more fireworks in the bottom of the third. The Sooners were leading 5-4 when May entered with two outs and one runner on base in the fourth. The players they lost were big ones NCAA all-time home run queen Jocelyn Alo at the top of the list, plus catcher Lynnsie Elam, infielder Jana Johns, utility player Taylon Snow and pitcher Hope Trautwein, but reloading doesnt figure to be much of an issue. More:OU softball series opener for Red River Rivalry vs. Texas moved to Oklahoma City, Last week: 5-0 (Beat Duke 4-0, beat Liberty 1-0 (8 innings), beat Stanford 10-1 (6), beat Washington 5-4, beat San Jose State 9-0 in five innings), This week: At Getterman Classic in Waco, Texas (vs. Longwood, 12:30 p.m. Friday; vs. Stephen F. Austin, 12:30 p.m. Saturday; vs. Army, 5:30 p.m. Saturday; vs. Baylor, noon Sunday), More:Get to know the 2023 Oklahoma Sooners softball team and schedule. Contact/Follow us@SoonersWireon Twitter, and like our page onFacebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oklahoma news, notes, and opinions.You can also follow Ben on Twitter @bendackiw. Storako is 4-0 in the circle in 2023 with an ERA of 0.34 and 26 strikeouts. Alex Storako, OUs senior transfer from Michigan, is the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week, the league announced Tuesday. Lee was a big reason for the Sooners success, going 6 of 13 with five runs, five RBIs and a home run. The Oklahoma Sooners dominated the No. She posted a team-leading ERA of 1.25 this season with 159 strikeouts. Oklahoma meets both teams twice on weekend and all games can be seen via SoonerVision on ESPN+ and heard via 107.7 The Franchise or nationwide on the TuneIn app. We finally got answers last spring, and we were hopeful that her humira injections would be a miracle drug that would enable her to keep chasing her dream of OU softball( that barely got started). The Oklahoma Sooners' offense has been really good through the first few weeks of the season, but they still have room to improve. Club Coaches: Send Us Your Info to Get On Our Notifications List. USA TODAY - For the first time since trading her maize and blue for crimson and cream, Oklahoma Sooners pitcher Alex Storako was named the Big 12's Pitcher of the Week. 20 player overall). The NCAA softball season is underway and here's a list of players to watch for the 2023 season. Please see Storyline for restrictions and usage terms. I will still be with the team and still be surrounded by the girls but I will never have the privilege of putting on another softball uniform. Oklahoma is in the midst of one of the most dominant runs ever in women's college softball. 2. Oklahoma pitcher Alex Storako had her first standout moment as a Sooner last weekend at the Mary Nutter Classic. The Sooners are back on top of the rankings after OU's domination of UCLA capped off a 5-0 weekend at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. Her career record pitching was 93-7, with a 0.22 earned run average. Jayda Coleman talks about the upcoming OU softball season, See OU softball player Jayda Coleman talk about the upcoming season, OU softball series opener for Red River Rivalry vs. Texas moved to Oklahoma City, Get to know the 2023 Oklahoma Sooners softball team and schedule, 'It's a game of inches': How Jayda Coleman's epic catches paved way for OU softball title, Carlson: OU softball joins the rarified air of sports dynasties with sixth WCWS title, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. To put this into historical perspective, this Sooner team can be compared to three other teams considered to be the best college softball . The right-hander was just as good against Loyola Marymount on Saturday, as she entered a bases-loaded jam and retired the side with a pair of strikeouts. Ranked No. It was Boones first home run of the season and the fourth of her career. But Oklahomas Hall of Fame skipper certainly relishes getting to coach her team in the wake of defeat. 1 Oklahoma Sooners softball vs. Baylor Bears on Sunday, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. As a result, she received her first weekly Big 12 honor. Sanders was primarily a first baseman at Arizona State, posting a .984 fielding percentage, and figures to be OUs primary first baseman in 2023. Mel Kiper has Oklahoma Sooners offensive tackle Anton Harrison going in the top 15 in his latest mock draft for ESPN. The Oklahoma Sooners wasted no time establishing themselves at the plate, loading the bases early against UCLA ace pitcher Megan Fariamo.Though Oklahoma wasn't able to push any runs across . I tried to ignore the feeling and just pretend like it didnt happen. Under coach Patty Gasso, the Sooners have won five of the past nine national championships. The 2021 national champion banner is unveiled during the 2021 OU softball national championship celebration at Marita Hynes Field on June 12. She also scored the game-winning run in the Sooners 1-0, eight-inning win over Liberty on Thursday. The former No. Follow Brian Haenchen on Twitter at@Brian_Haenchen. 1 team in softball, with the top ERA and the top batting average in the game -- was nearly derailed when ace pitcher . She also batted .581 with 59 RBI, tying the Class A single-season record with 22 home runs. Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman Eric Bailey Oklahoma's absence atop the. They include Jordy Bahl of Oklahoma.In her first college season, she went 22-1 with a 1.09 earned . Gasso has had the young flamethrower on ice since early May due to what was called soreness. Bahl has not pitched since May 6 against Oklahoma State. With two out, Torres reached on an error in right field, and Boone, the Sooners 8-hole hitter, smashed a two-run home run to right to put OU up 7-0. [11] She finished the regular season with a 211 record, with a 0.95 ERA, 199 strikeouts and 29 walks in 132+13 innings pitched. Copyright 2023 University of Oklahoma Athletics. That put Oklahoma in the lead, 5-2, and the Sooners never. Things got interesting in the second, as Storako allowed two baserunners in scoring position with no outs, but got out of her own trouble. During his Michigan career, the Frankfort, Illinois, product had a 1.71 ERA with 69 wins and 901 strikeouts in 563 innings. Grace Lyons is batting .392 with 14 home runs. But Donihoos playing time dwindled early in the 2022 season, and she left the team in mid-April after the Texas Tech series. She played in 22 games off the bench as a freshman, hitting .231 with a home run. Even though she has had some improvement, its not enough improvement to be able to keep up with a pretty brutal schedule that is required to play at this level. For starters, shortstops are leaders. As a freshman in 2022, she was named NFCA National Freshman of the Year . Donihoo was one of the key figures in the Sooners 2021 WCWS title run, hitting .476 with a WCWS-best 10 RBIs, hitting three home runs and a double. Lowry was at her best in the 3A state championship game vs. South Bend St. Joseph, striking out an event-record 22 batters and carrying a no-hitter into the bottom of the ninth. After her flawless performance against UCLA, Oklahoma Sooners pitcher Alex Storako was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week. After a 14-0 (5 inn.) 17 Kentucky and UIC. My body has suffered the unimaginable in the past two years and I would never wish what Ive had to go through on anyone else. Coleman was the No. 2 in the country for the first time since 2021 following a 4-3 loss to Baylor one week ago. Heres a look at the Sooners weekend overall. 2022 Sooners' pitching in 62 games: 361.0 innings pitched . 1 UCLA. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Senior Kate Gordon drilled a full-count home run over the left-center-field wall in the top of the eighth inning to power James Madison to a 4-3 win over top-seeded Oklahoma in the opening game of the Women's College World Series on Thursday afternoon at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium. Add languages. 2 starting pitcher. Bahl attended Papillion-La Vista Senior High School in Papillion, Nebraska. On the weekend, Storako collected two wins in three appearances and 10 innings pitched with wins vs. UCLA and CSU-Fullerton, striking out a combined 11 with no runs allowed, one walk and six hits. This week: At Getterman Classic, Waco, Texas (vs. Longwood, 12:30 p.m. Friday; vs. Stephen F. Austin, 12:30 p.m. Saturday; vs. Army, 5:30 p.m. Saturday; vs. Baylor, noon Sunday) More: Get to know the 2023 Oklahoma Sooners softball team and schedule Haley Lee, Sophia Nugent handle plate duties with Kinzie Hansen out Tri-West pitcher Audrey Lowry has committed to six-time national champion Oklahoma, the nationally ranked southpaw announced Monday afternoon. Storako was an NFCA All-American and unanimous Big Ten Pitcher of the Year in 2021, when she was 25-8 with a 1.71 ERA and 300 strikeouts. Camp Preview: New York Lady Nightmares Bring ODM Testing to Long Island on Sat. Storako (3-0) was good over four innings, giving up just two hits and a walk while striking out four of the 16 batters she faced. Storakos performance against UCLA is what earned her this honor. We dont know exactly when Gasso will give Bahl the nod to get back in the circle, but we definitely should see her at somepoint this week. "Audrey is just calm and relaxed out there," Tri-West coach Mike Miller said of Lowry. 5 UCLA, No. "She has the aura around her that she's the one in control and is going to make it happen. With Oklahoma softball going back-to-back, Jordan Shusterman looks at how the Sooners built a dynasty and whether it can continue. She also batted .510 with 20 home runs and 55 RBI. Oklahoma Sooners Pitcher Alex Storako named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week Ben Dackiw February 28, 2023 6:05 pm CT For the first time since trading her maize and blue for crimson and cream,. Storako helped OU to a dominant weekend at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic,. 7 pitcher in the class (No. After losing to Baylor, the Sooners didnt miss a beat. [14] She didn't pitch during the 2022 Big 12 Conference softball tournament due to suffering arm soreness. OU freshman pitcher Jordy Bahl missed the tournament with arm soreness and was unable to play during the Sooners' 4-3 loss to Oklahoma State in the tournament championship. But Fullerton pitcher Raci Miranda got a groundout and two strikeouts to keep Lyons at second base and limit the damage to just one run. In fact, Oklahoma wasted no time whatsoever getting the bats going. Jordyn Bahl (born July 24, 2002) is an American college softball pitcher for the Oklahoma Sooners. Dale Mitchell, Bobby Jack, Jackson Todd, Glen Castle, and Keith Drumright are two-time All-Americans to have played for . [1], During her senior year in 2021, she posted a 270 record with a 0.10 ERA, surrendering just 27 hits and 15 walks in 137 innings pitched, while striking out 316 batters. After throwing eight scoreless innings in the win over Liberty, May came in relief of Jordy Bahl against Washington and delivered. Oklahoma registered four wins shortened by run . Bahl pinch ran to start the eighth, then scored on an error to give OU the victory. OU had been ranked No. 17/16Kentucky and UIC this weekend, March 3-4, for the home-opening OU Tournament in Norman. Alex Storako, who pitched 11 scoreless innings at the Mary Nutter Classic, had plenty of success in the Big Ten, but this was her first accolade from the Big 12. The grad transfer pitched all five innings, recording five strikeouts while surrendering only three hits and zero runs. Oklahoma softball takes down top-ranked UCLA 14-0 with offensive explosion Share 8 preseason picks for the 2023 Women's College World Series 3:00 Sort By: Oldest First Latest 11:35 am, February. All five of her wins came during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. NORMAN OU softball returns the majority of its roster that led the Sooners to the program's fifth national championship last . 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