No. 4 Oklahoma defeated Texas-El Paso 34–0 in softball, hitting two grand slams in one inning, coming within one run of breaking the Sooners’ record for runs in a game.
The Sooners (8-1), who had 25 hits in the game, wasted no time in the first inning as the first eight batters reached base en route to an 8-0 lead. In the third inning, Tia Milloy and Gabby Garcia hit grand slams as Oklahoma added 12 more runs.
Oklahoma, which has hit 38 home runs in its nine games this season, then scored 14 more runs in its final at-bat as the game was called after five innings.
“It was a very productive trip for us,” Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso told the El Paso Times after the Sooners won five games in three days during tournaments in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and El Paso, Texas. “We had to use a lot of pitchers in the process, get a lot of players in the field. There were a lot of opportunities this weekend and everyone made the most of them.”
For UTEP, which defeated Idaho State earlier Sunday, there were no bad feelings.
“She’s done a lot for the women’s game,” said UTEP outfielder Halle Hogan. “We’ll take what we’ve learned from them and use it to our advantage.”
Alyssa Parker hit two home runs for the Sooners and Cassidy Pickering set a school record with three doubles. Milloy, Garcia and Parker each had six RBI.
Audrey Lowry improved to 6-0, giving up only three hits in three innings. Sidney Berzon and Berkley Zache pitched scoreless innings in relief.
Oklahoma’s school record of 35 was set in 2014 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
