Oklahoma Softball: OU Holds on to Beat Texas A&M and Advance to Sunday’s Regional Final

NORMAN — Oklahoma survived a robust check from the Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday afternoon.

With the Sooners up 3-0 within the sixth inning, Aggie catcher Haley Lee stepped into the batter’s field and delivered for her staff.

Lee launched a two-run bomb to left subject off of OU pitcher Hope Trautwein, which was solely the second dwelling run Trautwein had surrendered all 12 months.

Nonetheless clinging onto a one-run lead, Trautwein returned to the circle within the seventh inning and completed the job for the Sooners, firing Oklahoma into Sunday’s regional closing at Marita Hynes Area with the 3-2 win.

Apart from the house run, Trautwein continued to roll within the circle for the Sooners (51-2). Trautwein solely allowed a pair of hits, placing out two Aggie (30-27) batters en path to the win.

The chilly climate that blew into Norman in a single day appeared to chill off the OU bats, as sophomore Jayda Coleman was the most important offensive spark for the Sooners.

Coleman drove in a pair of runs, together with a leadoff dwelling run within the backside of the primary, to assist carry Oklahoma to the win.

On prime of Coleman’s dwelling run to start out issues off for the OU offense, the Sooners strung collectively a sequence of hits to increase their lead over the Aggies within the first inning.

Jocelyn Alo and Tiare Jennings each recorded singles, setting the desk for shortstop Grace Lyons to drive dwelling Alo with a double off the outfield wall.

However after the two-run first inning, Oklahoma’s offense hit a little bit of a dry spell.

Patty Gasso’s staff stranded base runners in each the second and third innings earlier than Coleman returned to drive in Rylie Boone within the backside of the fourth inning to increase the result in 3-0.

Lee gave the Aggies life within the prime of the sixth inning along with her two-run shot, however the Sooners had been unable to search out a solution within the backside of the inning.

Boone reached base on a catcher’s interference within the backside of the sixth, however the OU offense was once more unable to plate the baserunner.

In whole, the Sooners hit simply 1-for-8 towards the Aggies with runners in scoring place on Saturday.

Oklahoma will now have the remainder of Saturday off whereas the loser’s bracket works itself out at Marita Hynes Area.

Minnesota and Prairie View A&M will face off in an elimination recreation, and the winner should instantly flip round and once more combat for his or her event life towards Texas A&M Saturday night time.

Whoever emerges out of the loser’s bracket should beat the Sooners in two straight contests on Sunday.

The Sooners will return to motion at 1 p.m. on Sunday, and a win will advance Oklahoma into subsequent weekend’s Tremendous Regional in Norman. 

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