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Softball
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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Thursday, May 8
Athens, Ga. (Jack Turner Field)
10 a.m. (CT)
University of Oklahoma
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(9) LSU
No. 2 Sooners Open SEC Softball Tournament Against No. 9 LSU
May 07, 2025 | Softball
First Pitch Set for 10 a.m. CT on SEC Network
NORMAN — No. 2/2 Oklahoma (43-7) opens up its first appearance in the SEC Tournament with a quarterfinals matchup against No. 9/10 LSU (41-13) Thursday, May 8 at 10 a.m. CT from Jack Turner Field in Athens, Ga.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Tomorrow's game will be broadcast on SEC Network and a radio broadcast will be available on The Franchise 2 (1560 AM and 103. FM), with statbroadcast.com providing live stats.
INFO ON LSU
The Sooners are 11-8 all-time against LSU and 5-2 in neutral site settings ... the last meeting between the two teams was April 11, 2023 in Baton Rouge, La ... the last neutral site meeting was at the 2016 Women's College World Series when the Sooners won 7-3 ... LSU is ranked in the top ten in the final ranking of the regular season ... LSU has scored 346 runs and has allowed 157.
MAY I?
The Sooners are 241-70 in May in head coach Patty Gasso's 31 seasons with the Sooners, while turning in an 87-8 record in the program's eight championship seasons.
MILEAGE
After the series in Gainesville, Oklahoma will have traveled 2,594 miles in SEC play, the greatest number of miles traveled in league play since at least 2017. The Sooners are 16-5 in road games this year, having won two of three road SEC series this year.
PFP QUEEN
Sam Landry gets to just about everything in the circle. The right-handed pitcher leads the SEC among hurlers with 47 assists.
SEC CHAMPS
Oklahoma took home the 2025 SEC Regular Season Championship with a 17-7 conference record in OU's first ever season in the league. The title is OU's 16th regular season crown in Coach Gasso's tenure with the Sooners. Oklahoma turned in two seven game winning streaks during the regular season, while sweeping four series.
KEEP IT A HUNDRED
Oklahoma has 95 home runs this season, tied for the SEC lead. The Sooners are on track to become the first ever program to hit at least 100 home runs in six consecutive seasons. Six different Sooners have double digit home runs, paced by freshman Gabbie Garcia with 15.
MAGIC NUMBER
Oklahoma is 37-0 when scoring at least six runs. The latest edition of that streak came Thursday at UF in a 6-5 win.
RANKED GAMES
The Sooners have played 24 games against ranked teams this season, going 18-6 in such contests and 15-6 in games against ranked SEC foes. The Sooners' 18 games against ranked teams by April 24 is the most for Oklahoma up to that point since the 2011 season.
The Sooners swept No. 3/2 Texas last weekend, giving OU its first-ever three-game sweep of a Top 5 team in program history. Oklahoma leads the conference in wins against ranked teams, while also touting a league-best .666 winning percentage against top-10 programs.
ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS
The Sooners have a number of players in the top ten among active leaders in a variety of statistical categories, particularly between the arms of Isabella Smith and Sam Landry.
-Wins: Sam Landry (first in DI - 81), Isabella Smith (second in DI - 79)
-Innings pitched: Isabella Smith (sixth in DI - 647.7)
-Appearances: Sam Landry (sixth in DI and NCAA - 145), Isabella Smith (seventh in DI and NCAA - 139)
-Strikeouts: Isabella Smith (fifth in DI and 15th in NCAA - 682)
-Home runs: Cydney Sanders (7th in DI - 55)
-Walks: Cydney Sanders (4th in DI - 152)
THE GIFT OF GAB
Freshman infielder Gabbie Garcia is tied for 7th among all freshmen in Division with 15 home runs. She was named D1Softball Freshman of the Week March 11 and April 8 as well SEC Player of the Week March 18. Earlier this season she became the first OU freshman since Jocelyn Alo to homer in five consecutive games. April 30 she was named to the top spot of the Softball America Shortstops rankings.
AND IT'S OUT OF THE PARK(ER)!
Sophomore Ella Parker is heating up over the past three weekends, having hit safely in nine of the last ten games. She clubbed home runs in consecutive games against Texas and surpassed 100 career RBIs, runs and games started during the sweep of the Longhorns. She has a multi-hit game in five straight games and tallied a home run in four straight games spanning the Texas to Florida series.
BALANCE IS KEY
One of the greatest assets of the OU offense this year has been its balance. Nelly McEnroe-Marinas, Gabbie Garcia and Kasidi Pickering have almost identical power numbers. Garcia leads the team with 15 home runs, while Kasidi Pickering and Nelly McEnroe-Marinas have 14 apiece. Ella Parker, Isabela Emerling and Cydney Sanders all have ten home runs each.
PERFORMING UNDER THE BRIGHT LIGHTS
Nelly McEnroe-Marinas has hit 11 of her 14 home runs in SEC play, good for tied for the conference lead. Additionally, she is second in SEC play in RBIs (26).She's had a multi-home run series against South Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri and Mississippi State, and also homered against Alabama and Texas. In total she's homered against every SEC team OU has faced this season outside of Tennessee and Florida. She hit a pair of three-run homers against South Carolina in a 10-9 win, becoming the first Sooner to hit a pair of three-run homers in the same game since Lynnsie Elam did so against Iowa March 20, 2022. Nelly was also named to the NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 25 Watch List last month.
BIG BATS
Oklahoma is tied with Florida for the most home runs in the league with 95, despite having played six less games than the Gators. OU has homered in 46 of 50 games this season. Twice the Sooners have hit five home runs in a game this season. Two different players have had streaks of four games in a row with a home run or better.
FRESHIES
Oklahoma freshman have combined to hit 42 of Oklahoma's 95 home runs, paced by 15 from Gabbie Garcia and 14 from Nelly McEnroe-Marinas. Five different OU freshmen have hit at least two home runs.
COMEBACK KIDS
Oklahoma rebounded from consecutive 4-0 first inning deficits during the April 18 doubleheader against Mississippi State, turning around to win both. It's the only time OU has completed such a comeback in consecutive games since at least the 1997 season. The Sooners have tallied 16 comeback wins this season.
NATIONAL NODS
Senior pitcher Sam Landry and sophomore outfielder Kasidi Pickering were both named to the USA Collegiate Softball Player of the Year Top 25 list Wednesday, April 30. Landry is 18-4 with a 2.10 ERA and a career high 14 complete games in 28 appearances. Three times she has been named SEC Pitcher of the Week. Pickering is leading the team with a .418 batting average as well as a staggering .843 slugging percentage. Pickering has drawn 46 walks this season and went on a 16-game hitting streak that included a stretch in which she reached safely in 15 consecutive plate appearances.
USA TEAM
Associate head coaches Jennifer Rocha and JT Gasso were both tabbed to the U.S. Softball Women's National Team Coaching Pool as announced Monday, May 5. Also on the national scale, OU head coach Patty Gasso was named United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee College Coach of the Year April 29.
SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM
Junior lefty Kiertson Deal was named to the SEC Softball Community Service Team Tuesday, May 6, becoming the first-ever Sooner Softball player to take home the award in the program's first year in the league. The honor is given to student-athletes that have given back to their community with efforts off the field. In the circle Deal has spun two complete games against top-10 teams this year, doing so in the Saturday game against No. 10/9 Tennessee (7-1 win) and No. 3/2 Texas (7-2).
21 IS NO. 1
Sooner righty Sam Landry was picked first overall in the first-ever Athletes Unlimited Softball League Draft Saturday, May 3. Landry is set to play for the AUSL Volts, joining OU alumnae Tiare Jennings on the team.
BOUNCE BACK
The Sooners have only lost two games in a row twice this season and have not lost three consecutive games all year. Prior to dropping the final two games of the series at UF, OU's only other instance with two straight losses came at No. 22/23 Alabama April 13-14. After that the Sooners rattled off seven consecutive wins, sweeping No. 15/16 Mississippi State and No. 3/2 Texas before taking the series opener at No. 7/9 Florida.
HAWAII FIVE-0
Junior second baseman Ailana Agbayani is coming off her first SEC Player of the Week honor April 29 after hitting .750 (6-for-8) with a grand slam, three runs five RBIs and two walks. Agbayani tied a career high with five RBIs in OU's 7-6 win against No. 3/2 Texas Friday, April 25. She was also named Softball America Star of the Week that same week.
IT'S PERFECT!
The Sooners have spun two perfect games this year between the arms of Isabella Smith and Sam Landry. Smith posted a five-inning perfect game in an 8-0 win against Cal Baptist in her first-ever start with OU. She became the only pitcher in program history to post a perfect game in a debut. Landry followed that up with a five-inning perfect game at No. 23/24 Baylor later in February.
ROLL CALL!
Oklahoma Softball set program records for series attendance and single game attendance for a regular season series at Love's Field during the sweep of Texas April 25-27. A total of 13,734 fans saw the series, while game three's attendance reached a record, 4,609 at Love's.
RECORD SWEEP
OU has swept four SEC series this year (South Carolina, Arkansas, Mississippi State and Texas), with the latest being a record-setting sweep against No. 3/2 Texas April 25-27. OU's series sweep against the Longhorns marked the program's first-ever three-game sweep against a top-five team.
JERSEY COMBOS
OU has worn five different jersey combinations this season and the records in each are in (note credit to Sooner Tracker).
-White jersey/crimson pants: 8-2
-White jersey/white pants: 6-2
-Crimson jersey/crimson pants: 12-2
-Crimson jersey/white pants: 4-0
-Anthracite: 13-1
CYDNEY SLAMDERS
Cydney Sanders has played in the most games among active Sooners, logging 223 for her career and 163 for her time at Oklahoma. Sanders' 55 career homers features 32 during her time in Norman, two of which came in the same inning against St. Thomas April 3. She was the first Sooner to do so since Alynah Torres homered twice in the same frame against UT Arlington March 20, 2024. Sanders also reached 101 career walks at OU last weekend against Texas
KEEPIN' IT 100
Oklahoma has seen a number of players surpass the "100 milestone" in a variety of statistical categories this year, including:
-Sam Landry reached 100 strikeouts this season (April 9 vs. OSU)
-Kasidi Pickering reached 100 career hits (April 9 vs. OSU)
-Ella Parker surpassed 100 career hits (February 28 vs. Marshall), 100 starts and 100 runs (April 26), as well as 100 RBIs (April 27)
-Isabela Emerling reached 100 career RBIs (March 26 at Wichita State)
-Cydney Sanders eclipsed 100 RBIs at OU (April 3 vs. St. Thomas)
-Cydney Sanders surpassed 100 walks at OU (April 26 vs. Texas)
For updates and more information on Oklahoma softball, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Softball) and like Oklahoma Softball on Facebook.
HOW TO FOLLOW
Tomorrow's game will be broadcast on SEC Network and a radio broadcast will be available on The Franchise 2 (1560 AM and 103. FM), with statbroadcast.com providing live stats.
INFO ON LSU
The Sooners are 11-8 all-time against LSU and 5-2 in neutral site settings ... the last meeting between the two teams was April 11, 2023 in Baton Rouge, La ... the last neutral site meeting was at the 2016 Women's College World Series when the Sooners won 7-3 ... LSU is ranked in the top ten in the final ranking of the regular season ... LSU has scored 346 runs and has allowed 157.
MAY I?
The Sooners are 241-70 in May in head coach Patty Gasso's 31 seasons with the Sooners, while turning in an 87-8 record in the program's eight championship seasons.
MILEAGE
After the series in Gainesville, Oklahoma will have traveled 2,594 miles in SEC play, the greatest number of miles traveled in league play since at least 2017. The Sooners are 16-5 in road games this year, having won two of three road SEC series this year.
PFP QUEEN
Sam Landry gets to just about everything in the circle. The right-handed pitcher leads the SEC among hurlers with 47 assists.
SEC CHAMPS
Oklahoma took home the 2025 SEC Regular Season Championship with a 17-7 conference record in OU's first ever season in the league. The title is OU's 16th regular season crown in Coach Gasso's tenure with the Sooners. Oklahoma turned in two seven game winning streaks during the regular season, while sweeping four series.
KEEP IT A HUNDRED
Oklahoma has 95 home runs this season, tied for the SEC lead. The Sooners are on track to become the first ever program to hit at least 100 home runs in six consecutive seasons. Six different Sooners have double digit home runs, paced by freshman Gabbie Garcia with 15.
MAGIC NUMBER
Oklahoma is 37-0 when scoring at least six runs. The latest edition of that streak came Thursday at UF in a 6-5 win.
RANKED GAMES
The Sooners have played 24 games against ranked teams this season, going 18-6 in such contests and 15-6 in games against ranked SEC foes. The Sooners' 18 games against ranked teams by April 24 is the most for Oklahoma up to that point since the 2011 season.
The Sooners swept No. 3/2 Texas last weekend, giving OU its first-ever three-game sweep of a Top 5 team in program history. Oklahoma leads the conference in wins against ranked teams, while also touting a league-best .666 winning percentage against top-10 programs.
ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS
The Sooners have a number of players in the top ten among active leaders in a variety of statistical categories, particularly between the arms of Isabella Smith and Sam Landry.
-Wins: Sam Landry (first in DI - 81), Isabella Smith (second in DI - 79)
-Innings pitched: Isabella Smith (sixth in DI - 647.7)
-Appearances: Sam Landry (sixth in DI and NCAA - 145), Isabella Smith (seventh in DI and NCAA - 139)
-Strikeouts: Isabella Smith (fifth in DI and 15th in NCAA - 682)
-Home runs: Cydney Sanders (7th in DI - 55)
-Walks: Cydney Sanders (4th in DI - 152)
THE GIFT OF GAB
Freshman infielder Gabbie Garcia is tied for 7th among all freshmen in Division with 15 home runs. She was named D1Softball Freshman of the Week March 11 and April 8 as well SEC Player of the Week March 18. Earlier this season she became the first OU freshman since Jocelyn Alo to homer in five consecutive games. April 30 she was named to the top spot of the Softball America Shortstops rankings.
AND IT'S OUT OF THE PARK(ER)!
Sophomore Ella Parker is heating up over the past three weekends, having hit safely in nine of the last ten games. She clubbed home runs in consecutive games against Texas and surpassed 100 career RBIs, runs and games started during the sweep of the Longhorns. She has a multi-hit game in five straight games and tallied a home run in four straight games spanning the Texas to Florida series.
BALANCE IS KEY
One of the greatest assets of the OU offense this year has been its balance. Nelly McEnroe-Marinas, Gabbie Garcia and Kasidi Pickering have almost identical power numbers. Garcia leads the team with 15 home runs, while Kasidi Pickering and Nelly McEnroe-Marinas have 14 apiece. Ella Parker, Isabela Emerling and Cydney Sanders all have ten home runs each.
PERFORMING UNDER THE BRIGHT LIGHTS
Nelly McEnroe-Marinas has hit 11 of her 14 home runs in SEC play, good for tied for the conference lead. Additionally, she is second in SEC play in RBIs (26).She's had a multi-home run series against South Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri and Mississippi State, and also homered against Alabama and Texas. In total she's homered against every SEC team OU has faced this season outside of Tennessee and Florida. She hit a pair of three-run homers against South Carolina in a 10-9 win, becoming the first Sooner to hit a pair of three-run homers in the same game since Lynnsie Elam did so against Iowa March 20, 2022. Nelly was also named to the NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 25 Watch List last month.
BIG BATS
Oklahoma is tied with Florida for the most home runs in the league with 95, despite having played six less games than the Gators. OU has homered in 46 of 50 games this season. Twice the Sooners have hit five home runs in a game this season. Two different players have had streaks of four games in a row with a home run or better.
FRESHIES
Oklahoma freshman have combined to hit 42 of Oklahoma's 95 home runs, paced by 15 from Gabbie Garcia and 14 from Nelly McEnroe-Marinas. Five different OU freshmen have hit at least two home runs.
COMEBACK KIDS
Oklahoma rebounded from consecutive 4-0 first inning deficits during the April 18 doubleheader against Mississippi State, turning around to win both. It's the only time OU has completed such a comeback in consecutive games since at least the 1997 season. The Sooners have tallied 16 comeback wins this season.
NATIONAL NODS
Senior pitcher Sam Landry and sophomore outfielder Kasidi Pickering were both named to the USA Collegiate Softball Player of the Year Top 25 list Wednesday, April 30. Landry is 18-4 with a 2.10 ERA and a career high 14 complete games in 28 appearances. Three times she has been named SEC Pitcher of the Week. Pickering is leading the team with a .418 batting average as well as a staggering .843 slugging percentage. Pickering has drawn 46 walks this season and went on a 16-game hitting streak that included a stretch in which she reached safely in 15 consecutive plate appearances.
USA TEAM
Associate head coaches Jennifer Rocha and JT Gasso were both tabbed to the U.S. Softball Women's National Team Coaching Pool as announced Monday, May 5. Also on the national scale, OU head coach Patty Gasso was named United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee College Coach of the Year April 29.
SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM
Junior lefty Kiertson Deal was named to the SEC Softball Community Service Team Tuesday, May 6, becoming the first-ever Sooner Softball player to take home the award in the program's first year in the league. The honor is given to student-athletes that have given back to their community with efforts off the field. In the circle Deal has spun two complete games against top-10 teams this year, doing so in the Saturday game against No. 10/9 Tennessee (7-1 win) and No. 3/2 Texas (7-2).
21 IS NO. 1
Sooner righty Sam Landry was picked first overall in the first-ever Athletes Unlimited Softball League Draft Saturday, May 3. Landry is set to play for the AUSL Volts, joining OU alumnae Tiare Jennings on the team.
BOUNCE BACK
The Sooners have only lost two games in a row twice this season and have not lost three consecutive games all year. Prior to dropping the final two games of the series at UF, OU's only other instance with two straight losses came at No. 22/23 Alabama April 13-14. After that the Sooners rattled off seven consecutive wins, sweeping No. 15/16 Mississippi State and No. 3/2 Texas before taking the series opener at No. 7/9 Florida.
HAWAII FIVE-0
Junior second baseman Ailana Agbayani is coming off her first SEC Player of the Week honor April 29 after hitting .750 (6-for-8) with a grand slam, three runs five RBIs and two walks. Agbayani tied a career high with five RBIs in OU's 7-6 win against No. 3/2 Texas Friday, April 25. She was also named Softball America Star of the Week that same week.
IT'S PERFECT!
The Sooners have spun two perfect games this year between the arms of Isabella Smith and Sam Landry. Smith posted a five-inning perfect game in an 8-0 win against Cal Baptist in her first-ever start with OU. She became the only pitcher in program history to post a perfect game in a debut. Landry followed that up with a five-inning perfect game at No. 23/24 Baylor later in February.
ROLL CALL!
Oklahoma Softball set program records for series attendance and single game attendance for a regular season series at Love's Field during the sweep of Texas April 25-27. A total of 13,734 fans saw the series, while game three's attendance reached a record, 4,609 at Love's.
RECORD SWEEP
OU has swept four SEC series this year (South Carolina, Arkansas, Mississippi State and Texas), with the latest being a record-setting sweep against No. 3/2 Texas April 25-27. OU's series sweep against the Longhorns marked the program's first-ever three-game sweep against a top-five team.
JERSEY COMBOS
OU has worn five different jersey combinations this season and the records in each are in (note credit to Sooner Tracker).
-White jersey/crimson pants: 8-2
-White jersey/white pants: 6-2
-Crimson jersey/crimson pants: 12-2
-Crimson jersey/white pants: 4-0
-Anthracite: 13-1
CYDNEY SLAMDERS
Cydney Sanders has played in the most games among active Sooners, logging 223 for her career and 163 for her time at Oklahoma. Sanders' 55 career homers features 32 during her time in Norman, two of which came in the same inning against St. Thomas April 3. She was the first Sooner to do so since Alynah Torres homered twice in the same frame against UT Arlington March 20, 2024. Sanders also reached 101 career walks at OU last weekend against Texas
KEEPIN' IT 100
Oklahoma has seen a number of players surpass the "100 milestone" in a variety of statistical categories this year, including:
-Sam Landry reached 100 strikeouts this season (April 9 vs. OSU)
-Kasidi Pickering reached 100 career hits (April 9 vs. OSU)
-Ella Parker surpassed 100 career hits (February 28 vs. Marshall), 100 starts and 100 runs (April 26), as well as 100 RBIs (April 27)
-Isabela Emerling reached 100 career RBIs (March 26 at Wichita State)
-Cydney Sanders eclipsed 100 RBIs at OU (April 3 vs. St. Thomas)
-Cydney Sanders surpassed 100 walks at OU (April 26 vs. Texas)
For updates and more information on Oklahoma softball, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Softball) and like Oklahoma Softball on Facebook.
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