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Oklahoma Responds to Lone Loss, Dominates North Texas

OU was able to get back on track Wednesday night, notching the team's 31st run-rule of the season.
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Oklahoma Responds to Lone Loss, Dominates North Texas
Oklahoma Responds to Lone Loss, Dominates North Texas

No. 1 Oklahoma took a break from conference play Wednesday night and returned to normal with a run-rule victory over North Texas.

Coming off its first loss of the season, OU responded by dominating the Mean Green 10-0 at Lovelace Stadium in Denton for the team’s 39th win of the season.

Tiare Jennings was the star of the night for the Sooners, going 3-for-4 with two home runs and five RBIs.

Along with Jennings, Alyssa Brito and Jana Johns all hit home runs in the Sooners' midweek road victory.

Jordy Bahl got the start for OU (39-1) and pitched five innings. She threw six strikeouts and allowed just one hit.

It looked like the Sooners were off to another slow star after two fly outs until Jennings stepped up to the plate. She drilled a ball to deep right field for a solo shot to get things started.

The Sooners’ bats were hot in the third inning as Jennings and Jocelyn Alo both connected on singles. OU scored twice, extending its lead to 3-0.

Brito’s homer in the fourth inning brought home Rylie Boone and gave the Sooners a 5-0 lead, a sense of familiarity after the rare setback last weekend.

Johns had an impressive stop at third base for the Sooners' second out of the fifth inning, contributing to an all-around defensive clinic by OU.

In the sixth, the Sooners caught fire. After Johns drilled a solo shot to left, Jennings pounded a three-run homer, extending OU’s lead to double digits. After the top of the sixth, Oklahoma led 10-0.

Hope Trautwein took over the mound in the bottom of the sixth, as she got a chance to close the game out against her former team. She finished with two strikeouts, allowing no hits as OU cruised to its 31st run-rule victory.

Next up for the Sooners is a home conference series against Iowa State. This will be the first matchup of the season between the two teams, and one of Oklahoma’s last three series before the Big 12 Tournament.

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ROSS LOVELACE

Ross has covered the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Oklahoma Sooners since 2018. He's made guest appearances on various radio stations and the Sooners On SI podcast. Ross enjoys public speaking and has done so at multiple churches and high schools across the OKC metro area. In addition to writing, Ross has been the Play-by-Play announcer for Crossings’ basketball and football programs since 2020. In high school, Ross started with Thunder Digest, where he discovered his passion for writing. From there, he worked for the OU Daily as a women's basketball reporter and worked for Sooners On SI and Thunder On SI. Ross holds a bachelor's degree in Public Relations and a minor in Communication from the University of Oklahoma. Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Ross played basketball and wrote for his own Thunder blog at Crossings High School in OKC. He enjoys reading, New York Jets football and a week at the beach. Ross and his wife live in New Orleans, where he is a Marketing and Volunteer Coordinator at the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation and the New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee. His Twitter handle is @Rosslovelace.

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