John Rohde

3 weeks ago | citynewsokc.com | John Rohde

Oklahoma City — No. 2 Oklahoma Softball (52-9) nearly pulled off another Sooner Magic trick in the seventh inning at the Women's College World Series before coming up just short in a 3-2 loss to No. 12 Texas Tech (53-12) in the semifinals of the Women's College World Series Monday, June 2. Down 2-0 in the game and with Abigale Dayton down 0-2 in the count with two away in the seventh, the junior outfielder hit a 245-foot two run home run to right center to tie the game up.

3 weeks ago | citynewsokc.com | John Rohde

By John Rohde, SoonerSports.comOklahoma City — No. 2 Oklahoma Softball (52-8) used three home runs to advance to the semifinal round of the Women's College World Series (WCWS) with a 4-1 victory over No. 16 Oregon (54-10) on Sunday night, June 1. Before a crowd of 12,458 at Devon Park, senior first baseman Cydney Sanders homered twice and redshirt junior catcher Isabela Emerling added a solo shot to help the Sooners to their fifty-second victory on the year.

3 weeks ago | citynewsokc.com | John Rohde

Oklahoma City – No. 2 Oklahoma (51-8) responded with two runs in the second inning to erase an early deficit, but No. 6 Texas (53-11) scored one in the fifth and another in the sixth as the Sooners came up short, 4-2, in a winners bracket meeting Saturday, May 31. The Sooners now face No. 16 Oregon (54-9) in an elimination game at Devon Park tonight (Sunday, June 1) at 6 p.m. on ESPN2. The winner of that game will face Texas Tech at 6 p.m. Monday, June 2.

3 weeks ago | soonersports.com | John Rohde

OKLAHOMA CITY — No. 2 Oklahoma Softball (52-8) used three home runs to advance to the semifinal round of the Women's College World Series (WCWS) with a 4-1 victory over No. 16 Oregon (54-10) on Sunday night, June 1. Before a crowd of 12,458 at Devon Park, senior first baseman Cydney Sanders homered twice and redshirt junior catcher Isabela Emerling added a solo shot to help the Sooners to their 52nd victory on the year. OU now faces No. 12 Texas Tech (52-12) at 6 p.m. Monday on ESPN.

4 weeks ago | citynewsokc.com | John Rohde

Ella Parker hit two home runs, capped with a dramatic, three-run, walk-off shot to center field with two outs, to lift No. 2 Oklahoma Softball (51-7) to a heart-thumping 4-3 victory over No. 7 Tennessee (45-16) on Thursday afternoon in the opening round of the Women's College World Series. A crowd of 11,805 at Devon Park in Oklahoma City witnessed a showdown between two of the nation's elite pitchers in All-Americans Karlyn Pickens (24-10) of Tennessee and Sam Landry (24-4) of OU.