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. NORMAN Oklahoma redshirt senior pitcher Alex Storako has been named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week for her performance last weekend at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, the conference announced . I know it would get me if I was going against her," former Tri-West catcher McKenna Hagemier said. She figures to get more of a chance at the plate this season after going just 1 of 8 at the plate last season. Jordyn Bahl (born July 24, 2002) is an American college softball pitcher for the Oklahoma Sooners. On a day when the Oklahoma bats erupted for 14 runs, Storako gave the UCLA batting order little room to breathe. Though Torres was primarily a shortstop at Arizona State, its hard to see her grabbing much playing time from Grace Lyons there for the Sooners. Fill out this form to submit your transfer updates. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. If i knew that last time I got to throw a pitch was the last time I would of cherished it more. Nugents big swing was the seventh pitch of her at-bat, including a pair of two-strike foul balls. They compete in the Big 12 Conference . 1 recruit in the Class of 2021 by Softball America and Extra Inning Softball. There will be plenty of things to watch for the Sooners. 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. She played in 22 games off the bench as a freshman, hitting .231 with a home run. 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. One of the biggest bright spots this . Announcing the Extra Inning Softball Newsletter! 2023 www.oklahoman.com. Storako helped OU to a dominant weekend at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, where the Sooners went 5-0 and outscored their opponents 50-4, including a 14-0 victory against then-No. The award comes after Storako played a huge role in the Sooners' 14-0 shutout over then-No. 1 for the last two years 29 consecutive polls on the way to back-to-back national championships but dropped to No. Looking to add to their defensive backfield, the Oklahoma Sooners target Zadian Gentry out of McKinney, Texas. 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. To all college athletes take care of your self and let God lead the way in everything you do. Oklahoma moved to 12-1 on the season with their 10-1 win over Loyola Marymount in the Mary Nutter Classic. OU Softball: Oklahoma Rebounds With Easy Victory over Cal State Fullerton The Sooners opened the Mary Nutter Classic with an emphatic victory over the Titans that featured big hits from the. Oklahoma got another emotional lift from the return of catcher Kinzie Hansen. Tri-West pitcher Audrey Lowry has committed to six-time national champion Oklahoma, the nationally ranked southpaw announced Monday afternoon. True senior Macy McAdoo and sophomore Emmy Guthrie both announced their medical retirements from the sport, in separate social media posts. Pitcher Nicole May is 15-2. 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. . 1 UCLA, Oklahoma Sooners No. In 1992, Fernandez was 29-0 with a 0.14 ERA, and she batted .401 and scored 47 runs. Coleman was the No. [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. 10 player and No. Buoyed by the defensive momentum, the Sooners extended their lead with more fireworks in the bottom of the third. 2-ranked Oklahoma improved to 9-1 this season. Oklahoma Sooners softball players have been putting up absurd numbers. She also scored the game-winning run in the Sooners 1-0, eight-inning win over Liberty on Thursday. 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. Softball-playing girls from Oklahoma knew all about Fernandez's feats. Lowry is capable of dialing up the velocity when necessary, and can also throw an assortment of breaking balls, an arsenal which includes a drop ball, change-up, curveball and a "chise," a change-rise combo she came up with herself. 1 UCLA. 2 Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday on the second day of the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, which is being held at the Big League Dreams Sports Park. Only OUs Jocelyn Alo and Tiare Jennings hit more home runs than Lee that season. 1 UCLA. Freshman Jocelyn Erickson hit her first career home run in that win as well. Mel Kiper has Oklahoma Sooners offensive tackle Anton Harrison going in the top 15 in his latest mock draft for ESPN. With the national title now . Oklahomas newest pitcher got a nice welcome to the Big 12 Conference. The conference announced Storako won Big 12 Pitcher of the Week onTuesday. The former No. With Kinzie Hansen not available to start the season, after surgery on her appendix, Sophia Nugent and Haley Lee split time behind the plate over OU softballs opening weekend. She led Texas A&M in batting average (.405), home runs (15), and RBIs (45) in 2022. 1 UCLA Sunday at Mary Nutter, twirling a complete-game shutout of the Bruins and helpingOU to a 14-0 run-rule win. [8][9], Bahl made her collegiate debut for Oklahoma on February 10, 2022, in a game against UC Santa Barbara. All five of her wins came during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. Lopez won 19 games and lost only once in 2019 as OU's No. But Donihoos playing time dwindled early in the 2022 season, and she left the team in mid-April after the Texas Tech series. Here's three that stand out: 1. She also batted .581 with 59 RBI, tying the Class A single-season record with 22 home runs. 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. She led the Monarchs to three consecutive Class A state titles and was awarded All-State honors all four years. Jordy Bahl closed by pitching the fifth inning. 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. FanNation flipped this story into All Sooners . Sooners softball figures to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the switch, which will take place in the fall of 2024. . 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. 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. 5 min read. Sign up for the Sooners Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. 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Coach Patty Gasso said on Wednesday that Bahl will pitch at some point this week, but didnt give up much more than that. Copyright 2023 University of Oklahoma Athletics. Things got interesting in the second, as Storako allowed two baserunners in scoring position with no outs, but got out of her own trouble. 2 starting pitcher. Sophomore Nicole May and graduate transfer Hope Trautwein combined to finish the perfect game for the Sooners. 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. 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. With a subtle shrug, Kelly . 1 UCLA Bruins. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 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. Oklahoma Sooners baseball is the NCAA Division I collegiate baseball team of the University of Oklahoma (OU) based in Norman, Oklahoma.. The winning pitcher for the Sooners, Hope Trautwein, moved to 19-1 on the year with the victory. 9 Northwestern and a familiar foe in Texas. The 2021 national champion banner is unveiled during the 2021 OU softball national championship celebration at Marita Hynes Field on June 12. 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. 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. But OU . 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. The Michigan transfer allowed just seven base runners and didnt allow a run across 10 innings of work and went 2-0 in the Mary Nutter Classic. Following an outstanding season, she was named the Nebraska Softball Player of the Year. In the past 494 days I have experienced so much pain and suffering due to my hips. 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. https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/2022/06/01/oklahoma-sooners-softball-pitcher-jordy-bahl-wcws-patty-gasso-northwestern/, 'Bombs Away': Social Media Reacts to Sooners dominant win over No. 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. Oklahoma is in a place it hasn't been . This is a developing story. "But shortstops are really the captain . That put Oklahoma in the lead, 5-2, and the Sooners never. That group includes 12 returners, 4 transfers, and 4 incoming freshmen. On Thursday, the No. OU 10, Loyola Marymount 1 (5) "Audrey is just calm and relaxed out there," Tri-West coach Mike Miller said of Lowry. 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. Fill out the form below to verify that youre part of the Extra Elite! To my family, friends and [OU] fans. 1 in USA TODAY NFCA Coaches Poll, but UCLA still garners a first place vote, 2024 Linebacker Brian Huff earns an offer from Oklahoma, Sooners pick up another prediction to land 2024 4-Star RB Caden Durham, Oklahoma offers four-star interior defensive lineman D'Antre Robinson out of Florida, Oklahoma Sooners send a message to the rest of the softball world with 14-0 win over UCLA, Top 20 Oklahoma Sooners of all-time in receiving yards, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 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. 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. 1 UCLA Bruins in every facet of their 14-0 win Sunday, and social media loved every bit of it. 17/16Kentucky and UIC this weekend, March 3-4, for the home-opening OU Tournament in Norman. With Oklahoma softball going back-to-back, Jordan Shusterman looks at how the Sooners built a dynasty and whether it can continue. "Her rise ball is amazing and her changeup gets batters almost every time. After a 14-0 (5 inn.) 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.,. But God has my back and is steering me through this time in my life. 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. During his Michigan career, the Frankfort, Illinois, product had a 1.71 ERA with 69 wins and 901 strikeouts in 563 innings. Heres a look at the Sooners roster movement in the offseason, with a look at home the new transfers might fit into the lineup: Carlson:National titles are nice, but these off-field wins mean as much to OU's Grace Lyons. 1 UCLA, last weekend. 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. Dale Mitchell, Bobby Jack, Jackson Todd, Glen Castle, and Keith Drumright are two-time All-Americans to have played for . Coach Patty Gasso and the OU softball program brings back much of the team that helped the Sooners win their second consecutive national championship in 2022, with just five players exhausting their eligibility. Heres a look at the Sooners weekend overall. More:Get to know the 2023 Oklahoma Sooners softball team and schedule. The Oklahoma Baseball tradition is long and storied, with two national championships in 1951 and 1994, along with numerous All-Americans. She also recorded 63 complete games and one perfect game. 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. More:'It's a game of inches': How Jayda Coleman's epic catches paved way for OU softball title. Hansen came through in the moment with an opposite field RBI double that made it 8-0. Her career record pitching was 93-7, with a 0.22 earned run average. 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. Including one individual shutout, she also combined to blank Fullerton with sophomore Jordy Bahl. Finish the perfect game for the home-opening OU Tournament in Norman recruit in the past 494 days I have so! 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