The Oklahoma Sooners placed on a present and tore up the report books within the course of, in final night time’s 16-1 win over the Texas Longhorns.
Led by Jocelyn Alo and Tiare Jennings’ two dwelling runs apiece, the Sooners placed on an unmatched offensive show. That’s the way in which it’s been all season lengthy as Oklahoma got here into 2022 on a mission to win consecutive nationwide titles.
The offense wasted little time on Wednesday night time, pushing 5 runs throughout within the backside of the primary inning on Alo’s two-run dwelling run and Taylon Snow’s three-run homer. From then on, the sport was all however over as Hope Trautwein battled to maintain Texas from scoring.
Oklahoma didn’t settle with their four-run lead, they continued to push the Longhorns and scored a run in each inning and at the least two runs in each inning however the second.
The offensive output was one for the ages and set a number of new information based on SoonerSports.com. From particular person to recreation numbers, the Oklahoma Sooners battered the Longhorns on their method to a historic night time in Oklahoma Metropolis.
With at the least one recreation left within the championship of the Girls’s Faculty World Collection, the Sooners will possible prolong a few of these information, however right here’s what information they broke final night time of their 16-1 win over the Texas Longhorns.
Jocelyn Alo continues to set a brand new customary for dwelling runs with every recreation. She’s now 27 dwelling runs forward of second-place Lauren Chamberlain with at the least another recreation to go.
Alo additionally holds the report for profession WCWS dwelling runs with 12 and may proceed to pad that lead in recreation two of the championship collection.
Tiare Jennings 11 complete bases set a brand new report for many in a single recreation. She went 4-for-5 with two dwelling runs, 5 RBIs, and three runs scored.
Not solely have been the massive bats going sturdy for the Oklahoma Sooners on Wednesday night time, however everybody else received in on the motion as nicely. Each Sooners starter reached base at the least as soon as on the night.
Alo and Jennings every homered twice and Taylon Snow and Jana Johns had dingers of their very own to set a brand new report for dwelling runs in a WCWS championship recreation.
Jocelyn Alo and Tiare Jennings tied 12 others for dwelling runs in a single recreation with two.
Due to her capability to hit dwelling runs and get on base forward of Tiare Jennings, Jocelyn Alo has made the journey across the base path extra instances than anybody within the historical past of the Girls’s Faculty World Collection. Her 11 runs scored in a WCWS set a brand new report.
Alo’s 5 runs scored set a brand new WCWS single-game report as nicely.
Oklahoma tied three others for essentially the most runs scored in a single WCWS recreation with 16. The Sooners have been on the shedding finish of this sort of offensive output only a few years in the past once they dropped a recreation 16-3 to UCLA.
Whereas the run complete tied a report, the win by 15 set a brand new report for margin of victory in Oklahoma’s 16-1 win over the Longhorns.
Tiare Jennings has been an RBI machine since arriving in Norman in 2021. With 14 runs batted on this 12 months, she set a brand new report for the WCWS. With Jocelyn Alo proper behind her at 13, there’s an opportunity this report might change fingers a number of instances in recreation two and an if mandatory recreation three.
Oklahoma’s offensive manufacturing within the 2022 Girls’s Faculty World Collection has been completely unimaginable. They’re averaging 10.8 runs per recreation together with two run-rule victories. Their 54 runs within the WCWS breaks the report they set only a 12 months in the past once they gained the nationwide championship.
With their six dwelling runs final night time, the Oklahoma Sooners tied the WCWS report for dwelling runs that they set final season once they hit 15. What’s unimaginable is that the Sooners have performed solely 5 video games. Final 12 months, when Oklahoma hit 15 dwelling runs, they performed in eight video games.
In Jocelyn Alo’s record-breaking season, she turned the primary participant to steer the NCAA in dwelling runs in three completely different seasons. She’s additionally the one participant to hit at the least 30 dwelling runs in three completely different seasons.