The No. 2-ranked OU softball team will host No. 11 Tennessee at 1 p.m. CT Sunday. This is the conclusion of a three-game series between OU (31-2, 9-2 SEC) and Tennessee (28-7, 4-4 SEC). The Sooners suffered a 5-2 loss (eight innings) on Friday but bounced back with a 4-1 win on Saturday.
Former OU softball player Sophia Nugent hit a two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning to lift Tennessee to a 5-2 win Friday night.
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Tennessee softball and record breaking pitcher Karlyn Pickens was invited by the Savannah Bananas to pitch for them. She asked, 'when and where?'
Deal allowed a solo home run off Taylor Pannell in the fourth to give the Volunteers their first run of the game but she wasn't shaken, limiting Tennessee to zero runs for the rest of the game. She struck out Nugent and Laura Mealer and forced Ella Dodge to pop out to end the contest in the seventh.
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Left-hander Kierston Deal starred in the circle for the Sooners, containing the Volunteer offense to bounce-back from Friday's defeat in extra innings.
Karlyn Pickens set a new NCAA softball record with a blazing 78.2 mph pitch. The historic throw has sparked excitement among fans and athletes.
The former OU catcher Sophia Nugent won Friday's series opener for Tennessee with a two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning.