It\u2019s going to get tougher for OU softball, but the Sooners are doing exactly what you\u2019re supposed to do against this type of competition.<\/p>\n
OU found a power surge Saturday on its way to two more victories. The Sooners took care of Kansas 8-0 in five innings in the afternoon. And then came right back with an 11-0 run-rule victory against Marshall.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Kasidi Pickering picked up where she left from the first game. She got things started with a three-run home run in the bottom of the first. The first of three long balls for the now 18-0 Sooners.<\/p>\n
Maya Bland and Gabbie Garcia each hit two-run home runs. OU separated itself with a six-run bottom of the third.<\/p>\n
The offense had done its job, now let the rotation take over.<\/p>\n
It was Kierston Deal<\/a><\/strong> picking up the win in the circle. She threw the initial four innings. Paytn Monticelli threw the final frame.<\/p>\n It will get tougher as next week\u2019s opponent, South Carolina, has already taken the initial two games against No. 8 Duke. But the Sooners keep rolling, finding their groove.<\/p>\n That felt like the OU team of yesteryear. Not about strategy, not about the speed on the bases. Pure blunt force power.<\/p>\n The Sooners hit five home runs and drove in seven of their eight via the long ball.<\/p>\n Sophomore Kasidi Pickering<\/strong> had two on the day to go with Cydney Sanders<\/a><\/strong> and Gabbie Garcia<\/strong> as well. Then it was a two-run shot by Nelly McEnroe-Marinas<\/strong> to close out the show in the fifth.<\/p>\n After some rocky moments last week at Love\u2019s, freshman Audrey Lowry<\/strong> had no such issues. And Patty Gasso<\/a> let Lowry finish it off.<\/p>\n Lowry threw the five scoreless innings, allowing four hits with one walk and four strikeouts.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s close out the Omni Classic. The No. 2-ranked Sooners go for the 5-0 weekend by taking on Kansas City at 1:45 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n The post OU softball powers its way to two more victories<\/a> appeared first on On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s going to get tougher for OU softball, but the Sooners are doing exactly what…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}OU 8, Kansas 0 (5 innings)<\/h2>\n
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