For the sixth straight season, the Oklahoma Sooners are moving on to the Women’s College World Series semifinals after a 7-2 win over the Texas Longhorns.
Hope Trautwein pitched a complete game and the Sooners used a fifth-inning explosion to distance themselves from their Red River rivals.
Oklahoma didn’t waste any time getting out in front of Texas on Saturday. Jayda Coleman jumped all over Hailey Dolcini for a lead off double and Jocelyn Alo brought her in with her 30th home run of the season to make it a 2-0 game. Alo is the only player in NCAA history with three seasons of 30 home runs.
Trautwein would allow a run in the bottom of the first to make it 2-1 and then both Trautwein and Dolcini would settle in for a pitcher’s duel for the next several innings.
And then the inevitable Oklahoma offensive onslaught came.
With the Sooners ahead 2-1 heading into the top of the fifth, Rylie Boone got things started for Oklahoma as she did on Thursday against Northwestern. Boone’s bunt single got the Sooners going and then Jana Johns joined in on the small ball fun with a sacrifice bunt of her own to put Boone in scoring position.
Jayda Coleman came through with a one-out double to continue her incredible NCAA tournament showing to make it 3-1. Jocelyn Alo drove in Coleman with a hit up the middle to make it 4-1.
After a pitching change, Tiare Jennings welcomed Sophia Simpson to the circle by blasting the first pitch into the stands for her second home run in the Women’s College World Series. That made it a 6-1 game and with the way Trautwein’s pitched this year, it was all but academic.
Alyssa Brito finished off the scoring with an RBI to make it 7-1 before Texas added a final run in the seventh off of Janae Jefferson’s solo shot for the final score of 7-2.
Though she allowed two runs in the game, Trautwein was much more in control in this game. She only allowed two walks on Saturday after giving Northwestern five free passes on Thursday.
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