There’s no other way to describe what the Oklahoma Sooners did to the No. 1 UCLA Bruins on Sunday but utter annihilation. The Sooners blasted six home runs, and Alex Storako was dominant in the circle on their way to a 14-0 run-rule win over UCLA.
After coming away empty with a bases loaded opportunity in the first inning, the Sooners got the party started in the second with four home runs, including back-to-back home runs from Alyssa Brito and Jayda Coleman. Haley Lee and Tiare Jennings bombed a pair of two-run home runs to leave the second frame up 6-0.
They kept the scoring going in the third inning with a pair of runs on a Tiare Jennings RBI double. They plated two more runs in the fourth on Kinzie Hansen’s first home run of the season, a two-run blast. Hansen hit a three-run home run in the fifth to continue her incredible run since making her debut on Friday.
As dominant as the Sooners were from the plate, Alex Storako was equally so from the circle, holding the UCLA Bruins to just three hits over five innings. She also had five strikeouts and didn’t allow a walk in her best performance since joining Oklahoma.
After losing to Baylor 4-3 in Waco a week ago, the Sooners dropped to No. 2 in the nation, and questions about their status as the team to beat in 2023 began to swirl.
Well, those questions can be put to bed after the Sooners dominated a UCLA team who entered the game undefeated with wins over the likes of Florida and Florida State.
It was an incredible performance that reestablished the Sooners as the No. 1 team in the country, and social media was buzzing throughout the dominant 14-0 performance.
BOMBS AWAY🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣
— Jocelyn Alo (@78jocelyn_alo) February 26, 2023
Can anybody beat the Sooners in a best-of-three series? I’m seriously asking.
— Seth Oliveras (@SethOliveras) February 26, 2023
UCLA beat OU to force an elimination game in the semifinals of last year’s WCWS.
Two combined games since then, OU up 29-0 on the Bruins (Game 2 last year finished 15-0 after five innings)
— Ryan Chapman (@_RyanChapman) February 26, 2023
To Jackie’s point, Cydney Sanders who hit .425 with 21 HRs and 63 RBIs and was a national freshman of the year finalist a year ago hasn’t even gotten going yet. https://t.co/CX5gp8gDMC
— Locked on Sooners (@LockedOnSooners) February 26,…
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