Live Updates: Former Sooners Battle in Team USA Showcase at Devon Park

OKLAHOMA CITY — Follow along as Ryan Chapman is on hand for the USA Softball All-Star Showcase at Devon Park for a double header between Team USA and the USA All-Stars as Team USA prepares for the 2025 World Games from August 13-17 in Chengdu, China. Just keep the browser open and refresh for Chapman’s updates throughout the evening.

9:53 p.m.

Maxwell strikes out Kowalik to win it 10-9 for Team USA.

Here are the stats from the former Sooners for Game 2:

Team USA
Jayda Coleman: 2-2, two singles, RBI
Kinzie Hansen: 2-4, two singles
Tiare Jennings: 0-1, walk
Kelly Maxwell: 2.2 innings, four walks, four strikeouts, three hits, three runs allowed

All-Stars
Jocelyn Alo: 1-3, single
Alyssa Brito: 1-3, double, two strikeouts

9:50 p.m.

Atwood nuke. That thing got out of here in a HURRY. Two-run bomba, the All-Stars trail 10-9 with one out and Brito is up at the plate.

9:41 p.m.

Kavan rallied with a fly out (Coleman), a fielder’s choice (Hansen), then she struck out Wallace to close down shop in the top of the seventh.

The All-Stars chasing a 10-7 deficit with these final three outs. Maxwell starting in the circle here.

9:35 p.m.

Jefferson led the seventh off with a double off the top of the wall, then she was brought home by Lorenz to make it 10-7. Nearly a leadoff bomb for Jefferson.

Coleman time.

9:31 p.m.

Kavan back out to start the seventh. Team USA up 9-7.

9:28 p.m.

Leach’s fantastic night continues. Adds an RBI-single to her grand slam. Two on, one out for Grant facing Maxwell.

9:17 p.m.

Mulipola lines out. Brito vs. Maxwell will start the bottom of the sixth.

9:12 p.m.

Nickels battles Kavan to a full count then goes yard to left. Team USA now up 9-6 in the top of the sixth.

9:09 p.m.

Hansen flew out, but Wallace doubled to the wall to plate two and put Team USA on top 7-6. Team USA really dialing in here on Kavan. Even the outs are loud. Hansen almost went wall in dead center.

9:06 p.m.

Jayda pokes one thorough the left side to pull Team USA within one. Really nice piece of hitting. Not a ton of power needed, just barreled the ball and her hands did the rest.

Runners on first and second with one out for Hansen in the top of the sixth.

8:56 p.m.

Like most of the other pitchers in Game 2, it took Maxwell a few at-bats to settle in. She allowed a pair of walks, but induced a popup from Atwood to close out the fifth without allowing any runs.

Team USA has six outs to erase the two-run deficit.

Tiare Jennings is due up to lead off the sixth, but Dejah Mulipola was on deck last inning in a pinch hit situation. Looks like Mulipola might be the call here for Jennings.

8:46 p.m.

Garcia got Alo to fly out to left for the first out of the inning and that’ll do it for the former UCLA star.

Kelly Maxwell is now entering the circle for Team USA.

8:42 p.m.

Kavan’s turn to settle in. After allowing a pair of singles, she got a fielder’s choice and a pair of popups to short.

All-Stars take a 6-4 lead into the bottom of the fifth. Jocelyn Alo is due up first.

8:36 p.m.

Hansen singled to load the bases, then Wallace drove a pair of runs home with a single ripped back up the middle.

Team USA now trails 6-4 with a pair aboard and no outs. Bubba Nickles up to the plate.

8:32 p.m.

Lorenz and Coleman start the fifth with a pair of hard-hit singles, and Hansen will have to sit through a pitching change before she can try and pull a few runs back.

Texas star Teagan Kavan entering the fray.

8:28 p.m.

Impressive bounce-back from Garcia. She struck out two, and only allowed a two-out walk.

8:18 p.m.

Jaquish reached with a single, but Jennings flew out to center and Warren popped out back to the catcher and the All-Stars will get a chance to build on their 6-2 lead in the bottom of the fourth.

Kaitlyn Terry has been really impressive in the circle. Not a ton of hard contact in the air to threaten her, and she’s worked pretty quick tonight.

8:11 p.m.

The All-Stars batted around in the third. After allowing the grand slam, Garcia gave up back-to-back singles to Alo and Danielle Gibson, but she steamed and got two strikeouts and a ground out to quell the threat. Finished strong by getting Ellis looking.

Back over to Team USA with work to do, Hannah Flippen, Sahvanna Jaquish and Jennings due up.

8:01 p.m.

Garcia issued a walk to load the bases, then Aubrey Leach hammered a no-doubter grand slam.

Garcia seems to have gotten rattled by the tough defense to start this inning, and she’s just nibbling around the zone. Anything she’s tried to throw through the zone has been sent to the outfield.

Alo just continued the party with a single and the All-Stars are in business up 6-2.

7:57 p.m.

Kowalik doubled to left on another ball that I’m not sure Nickels read properly. This one’s just a double, though, and the All-Stars have runners on second and third with no outs for Erin Coffel. Game tied at 2-2.

7:54 p.m.

Trouble here for Garcia.

Nickels dropped what should have been a routine fly out to allow Ellis to get all the way to third on an error.

Garcia then hit Megan Grant in the helmet (Grant looked fine, but Gasso brought Brito in to pinch run anyway), and there are runners on the corners with no outs as the lineup turns over to Kayla Kowalik.

7:47 p.m.

Kaitlyn Terry worked through a quick 1-2-3 inning in the third. A couple of deep fly balls by Hansen and Skylar Wallace, then she fed a Bubba Nickels grounder into the teeth of the infield.

Rachel Garcia is entering the circle for Team USA, and she’ll face Bri Ellis first in the bottom of the third.

7:40 p.m.

Kilfoyl bounces back and got Sierra Sacco looking to end the second. Hansen will leadoff the top of the third.

7:37 p.m.

It’s not a trip to Devon Park without taking in a Jayda Coleman home run robbery.

She camped out in right-center and was there to make sure Danielle Gibson didn’t sneak one barely over the wall.

But Cori McMillan hammered a no-doubter in the ensuing at-bat, so it’s now 2-1.

Alo flew out in the opening at-bat of this frame to get it to two outs after Coleman’s catch.

7:33 p.m.

The USA All-Stars did a nice job of nixing the lead runner in a couple of fielder’s choices, then Coleman popped out into foul territory to end the top of the second.

Alo time.

7:28 p.m.

Jennings drew a walk on four straight pitches, and Team USA has a pair aboard.

7:27 p.m.

Back-to-back doubles, first by Hannah Flippen and then by Sahvanna Jaquish, puts another run aboard with no outs for Team USA.

Tiare Jennings, slotted into the eight-hole as the designated player, steps up with a 2-0 lead and no outs.

7:23 p.m.

Alo stepped up to the plate with a runner on and two outs, but Kayla Kowalik got gunned down trying to steal second, so Alo will lead off the second for the All-Stars.

Team USA carries its 1-0 lead into the second inning.

7:18 p.m.

A single by Bubba Nickles brought Coleman home, but the All-Stars got Hansen at third to end the first.

Team USA up 1-0. Lexy Kilfoyl starting in the circle.

7:15 p.m.

Coleman reached on an error and Kinzie Hansen singled back up the middle to give Team USA runners on first and second with two outs in the top of the first.

7:11 p.m.

Alright, we got underway without a true official starting lineup announcement so I’ll drop those in on the fly.

Team USA is the designated away team for this second contest, and it looks like Jayda Coleman is batting second.

Karlyn Pickens is starting in the circle for the All-Stars in Game 2.

6:53 p.m.

We are now out of a delay with a new start time of 7:10 p.m.

6:40 p.m.

Well, tonight’s second game won’t start on time.

There isn’t and rain currently at Devon Park, but lightning struck close enough to the stadium to put things into a weather delay.

When USA Softball passes along a projected start time, I’ll pop it here.

5:30 p.m.

Game 2 will start at 7 p.m. at Devon Park.

Here’s how the former Sooners fared at the plate:

Team USA
Tiare Jennings: 1-1, single
Kinzie Hansen: 1-3, single, two RBIs
Jayda Coleman: 2-2, single, home run, walk, two RBIs

USA All-Stars
Jocelyn Alo: 1-4, home run, two RBIs
Alyssa Brito: 0-3, two strikeouts

I’ll be back in this exact same live blog for the second game today.

5:28 p.m.

Lexy Kilfoyl entered the circle for Team USA in the seventh and she gave up a two-out, two-run shot to Aubrey Leach.

Alo is stepping back in with the All-Stars down 5-4 and down to their final out.

5:15 p.m.

Clutch Kinzie Hansen at-bats are back on the menu.

With the bases loaded and two outs, the former OU star ripped a two-RBI single down the line into right field to extend Team USA’s lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the sixth. That single came off Tennessee star Karlyn Pickens, who entered in the middle of this frame.

5:03 p.m.

Team USA takes a 3-2 lead over the All-Stars courtesy of a two-run blast to right field by Jayda Coleman. Bubba Nickles singled to start the bottom of the sixth to give Coleman a baserunner and put Team USA on top with no outs.

4:54 p.m.

Herron struck out Wallace on three pitches and the All-Stars take a 2-1 lead over Team USA into the sixth inning.

4:53 p.m.

Hansen got an opportunity with runners on the corners and one out. Gasso called for her to bunt, and Hansen got too far under it and popped out to Bri Ellis who was charging in from first.

Skylar Wallace’s turn to try and knot this thing up with two outs.

4:44 p.m.

Alo had two on and two out in the top of the fifth, but she grounded out to third to end the top half of the inning.

Team USA down 2-1. Janae Jefferson is slated to start things, then the top of the lineup will roll over toe Flippen and Lorenz. Hansen would get the bat if somebody reaches here in the bottom of the fifth.

4:36 p.m.

Alyssa Brito battled through a full count, but she struck out again in her second plate appearance to get the fifth going.

4:31 p.m.

With the bases loaded, Jessi Warren hit into a fielder’s choice. Coleman was the victim at second, but Team USA pushed one across.

Runners on the corners and two outs for Dejah Mulipola with the All-Stars on top 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth.

4:22 p.m.

Check that, Kinzie Hansen pinch hit for Jennings (who started at first) to leadoff the fourth.

Hansen flew out to center against former Arkansas pitcher Robyn Herron.

4:19 p.m.

Atwood popped up to second to end the top of the fourth, so Alyssa Brito is again set to lead things off for the All-Stars in the fifth.

Tiare Jennings will get the first shot at getting things rolling for Team USA in the bottom of the fourth, she’s 1-for-1 with a single so far today.

4:12 p.m.

Well, that looked familiar.

Jocelyn Alo opens today’s scoring with a two-run shot to left field off of pitcher Ally Carda. Unofficially would have been a few rows up on the stands if we had WCWS seating in left field. All-Stars lead Team USA 2-0 in the top of the fourth.

3:56 p.m.

Jayda Coleman rocketed a single that nearly took the umpire’s head off right behind second base, but the inning ends with a double play.

Brito time to start the third, all scoreless at Devon Park.

3:51 p.m.

Faraimo mowed through UCLA star Megan Grant and Bri Ellis. Kayla Kowalik singled to right, but Reese Atwood flew out to left. Alyssa Brito will lead off the third for the All-Stars.

Bubba Nickles, Jayda Coleman and Sahvanna Jaquish are set to start the bottom of the second for Team USA.

3:44 p.m.

Tiare Jennings dropped a one-out single into shallow right field, but Amanda Lorenz was doubled off on Skylar Wallace’s laser to center to end the first inning.

3:37 p.m.

Alo’s first plate appearance of the day came with one on and two outs in the top of the first.

Team USA pitcher Megan Faraimo struck her out with back-to-back pitches on the inside corner, and it was apparent that Alo didn’t like either call.

Team USA will battle Texas A&M pitcher Emiley Kennedy to start.

3:25 p.m.

Jennings starts at first for Team USA, and Coleman is in center. Megan Faraimo starts in the circle, so a little bit of a wait to see Kelly Maxwell.

Brito starts at third for the All-Stars, and Alo will hammer away as the designated player.

Let’s roll.

3:00 p.m.

Alright, let’s try this again.

Here for a pair of games between Team USA and the USA All-Stars that will help prepare Team USA for the 2025 World Games in August.

Let’s try this again!

USA Softball Showcase on deck at Devon Park.

A couple of games coming up (3:30 and 7) as Team USA prepares for the 2025 World Games pic.twitter.com/XgRyuknCCs
— Ryan Chapman (@_RyanChapman) June 27, 2025

Former Sooners Kinzie Hansen, Jayda Coleman, Tiare Jennings and Kelly Maxwell are suiting up today for Team USA.

Riley Ludlam, Alyssa Brito and Jocelyn Alo will be rolling with the All-Stars to help challenge Team USA, as Weill college standouts Karlyn Pickens, Kailyn Terry, Teagan Kvaann, NiJaree Canady, Reese Atwood, Bri Ellis and others.

The first game at Devon Park is slated to get going at 3:30, with Game 2 set to follow at 7 p.m.