College softball: OU run-rules Iowa State in doubleheader; OSU shuts out Baylor
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OU softball sweeps doubleheader at Iowa State
In their final tuneup before the Red River softball showdown, the Oklahoma Sooners were firing on all cylinders Saturday in Ames, Iowa.
The top-ranked Sooners swept a doubleheader at Iowa State with a pair of run-rule victories, 13-3 (5 innings) in the opener and 10-0 (5) in the second game.
In the opener Saturday, Nicole May improved to 9-0 on the season, allowing two earned runs on two hits and four walks in four innings. Alex Storako pitched a clean inning to end it.
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The Sooners hit six home runs in the opener, including a fourth-inning grand slam from Tiare Jennings. Haley Lee, Grace Lyons, Alyssa Brito, Jocelyn Erickson and Sophia Nugent also homered.
In the second game, Jordy Bahl got the call in the circle and delivered five shutout innings for the Sooners (30-1, 3-0 Big 12). The sophomore ace allowed just one hit and had five strikeouts to improve to 8-1 on the season.
Lyons and Jayda Coleman homered for OU.
Iowa State fell to 11-17 (0-3 Big 12) on the season.
The Sooners open a three-game series against Texas at 6 p.m. Friday at Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City before heading back to Norman for the final two games Saturday and Sunday (both at 11 a.m.).
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OSU softball shuts out No. 20 Baylor
Lexi Kilfoyl’s impressive one-hit pitching performance propelled the second-ranked OSU softball team to a 5-0 win against No. 20 Baylor on Saturday at Cowgirl Stadium in Stillwater.
OSU improved to 28-2 with the win and 2-0 in conference play, while BU fell to 23-7 and 0-2 against Big 12 opposition.
Today’s shutout win was Oklahoma State’s first over a top-20 team since defeating then-No. 12/14 Florida on June 4; it was also the first conference shutout at home since April 24 over then-No. 16/16 Texas.
The Cowgirls (28-2, 2-0 Big 12) set the tone with a two-run first inning. Rachel Becker’s leadoff single opened the game and extended her on-base streak to 30 games. A double from freshman Tallen Edwards moved Becker to third, then Kiley Naomi brought home both runners with a two-RBI fielder’s choice. On the same play, a fielding error from the Bears advanced Naomi.
Kilfoyl improved to 8-1 as the senior righty pitched seven scoreless innings, with only only one hit and six strikeouts.
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UConn's Final Four streak ends with loss to Ohio State
UConn's record streak of reaching 14 straight Final Fours ended when third-seeded Ohio State beat the No. 2 seed Huskies 73-61 on Saturday in the Sweet 16 of the women's NCAA Tournament in Seattle.
Cotie McMahon scored 23 points and the Buckeyes (28-7) forced UConn (31-6) into 25 turnovers, ending the Huskies' season before the national semifinals for the first time since 2008. UConn hadn't been eliminated this early since 2006.
The Buckeyes stopped their own Elite Eight drought. Ohio State hadn't made a regional final since 1993. The Buckeyes went on to lose in the title game that year.
SOUTH CAROLINA 59, UCLA 43: Kamilla Cardoso had 10 points while reigning national champion South Carolina turned in its latest overwhelming defense-and-rebounding-first performance to beat UCLA on Saturday in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament in Greenville, S.C. Aaliyah Boston had eight points, 14 rebounds and two blocks for the Gamecocks, the top overall tournament seed.
MARYLAND 76, NOTRE DAME 59: Diamond Miller scored 14 of her 18 points in the final two quarters as second-seeded Maryland beat depleted Notre Dame and reached the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA Tournament for the first time in eight years. The Terps will face defending NCAA champion South Carolina on Monday night for the Greenville 1 Regional title and trip to the Final Four in Dallas.
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The Oklahoma men's tennis team swept 24th-ranked Middle Tennessee for its first top-25 victory of the season and head coach Nick Crowell's 100th win at Oklahoma on Friday night in Norman.
The Sooners picked up singles wins from Alex Martinez, Jordan Hasson and Justin Schlageter. Siphos Montsi and Hasson teamed up for a doubles win for OU. Martinez and Schlageter picked up OU's other doubles victory.
The Sooners will host Tulsa at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Headington Family Tennis Center.
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Extra points
COLLEGE BASEBALL: OU rallied to tie the middle contest of its three-game series at Kansas State but fell to the Wildcats 7-6 on Saturday in Manhattan, Kan. Easton Carmichael had two runs batted in for the Sooners (13-10, 2-3 Big 12). Rocco Garza-Gongora and John Spikerman each finished 2 for 4 at the plate with a walk.
GOLF: Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy had to play some of their best golf just to reach the semifinals of the Dell Match Play on Saturday in Austin, Texas. Scheffler was 2 down in the morning match and 3 down to Jason Day in the afternoon. He rallied to win both as he tries to join Tiger Woods as the only back-to-back winners of Match Play. McIlroy made nine birdies in the morning and eight in the afternoon. He needed them all. His 12-footer on the 18th beat Xander Schauffele. Also advancing to Sunday were Sam Burns and Cameron Young.
—Staff and wire reports
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