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Softball’s 21-Run Inning Highlights Two-Win Day
February 28, 2026 | Softball
Box Score 1Box Score 2Box Score (PDF - Sam Houston)Box Score (PDF - Alabama State)Video Highlights (SH)Video Highlights (Alabama State)
OU Defeats Sam Houston, 10-2, Alabama State, 29-6
NORMAN — Kendall Wells hit three of OU's nine home runs as Oklahoma tallied a 1.054 slugging percentage for the day en route to run-rule wins against Sam Houston and Alabama State Saturday, Feb. 28.
Oklahoma (18-2) won 10-2 against Sam Houston (13-8) before scoring 21 runs in the third inning of a 29-6 win against Alabama State (6-16).
The Sooners made program history with the 21-run frame, which was good for second all-time in NCAA history for runs in an inning. Oklahoma sent 24 batters to the plate in that session, while Lexi McDaniel and Abby Dayton both hit grand slams.
OU 10, SAM HOUSTON 2 (5 INN.)
The Sooners scored at least one run in all but one inning to complete the run-rule win.
It was the freshmen that got the scoring starter as Allyssa Parker homered to just left of dead center and Kai Minor used her speed to score on a wild throw during her steal attempt of third base. Another first-year Sooner came through in the third when Wells dropped in an RBI single to right center, scoring Kasidi Pickering.
Oklahoma generated four two-out RBIs on the day, with four of them coming in the fourth. Abby Dayton sprayed a two-RBI double to the left center gap and Pickering golfed a two-run shot to the garden in center field.
Sam Houston pushed across two runs, but Gabbie Garcia's shovel toss flip to Ailana Agbayani keyed a spectacular inning-ending double play to close the threat in the fifth.
Wells carried that momentum into the fifth with a 279-foot monster bomb to right center. OU strung together two singles and four walks to walk-off in five frames.
Pitchers of Record
Win: Sydney Berzon (2-1)
Loss: Tiffany Sanchez (4-3)
Statistical Snapshot
Kendall Wells | 2-for-3, HR
Allyssa Parker | 2-for-2, 2R, HR
Abby Dayton | 2-for-2, R, 3RBI
Sydney Berzon | W, 4.1 IP, 2ER, 2BB, 2K
OU 29, Alabama State 6 (5 inn.)
Alabama State took its first lead of the weekend with a grand slam in the first inning. That lead was short lived as OU scored five runs in the first inning on a Wells two-run homer, Minor RBI groundout and Tia Milloy two-RBI base hit. Wells hit her third homer of the game to extend the lead to 6-4 in the second.
The Hornets hit their second homer of the game to get within one, but the Sooners unraveled the next 23 runs, 21 of which came in a third inning that featured 24 batters, two grand slams and a program-record run total. Outside of McDaniel and Dayton's grand slams, Isabela Emerling and Chaney Helton went yard.
Milloy and Helton padded their monster RBI totals for the weekend in the fourth and Alabama State scored one more in the fifth before OU won in five.
Pitchers of Record
Win: Kierston Deal (1-0)
Loss: Tiffany Sanchez (4-3)
Statistical Snapshot
Kendall Wells | 3-for-3, 4R, 4RBI, 2BB, 2HRs
Lexi McDaniel | 2-for-4, 4R, 5RBI, grand slam
Chaney Helton | 3-for-4, 3R, 7RBI, HR
Notes
Up Next
Oklahoma finishes the weekend against (RV) Southeastern Louisiana tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. from Love's Field. The game will be streamed on SEC Network+.
Oklahoma (18-2) won 10-2 against Sam Houston (13-8) before scoring 21 runs in the third inning of a 29-6 win against Alabama State (6-16).
The Sooners made program history with the 21-run frame, which was good for second all-time in NCAA history for runs in an inning. Oklahoma sent 24 batters to the plate in that session, while Lexi McDaniel and Abby Dayton both hit grand slams.
OU 10, SAM HOUSTON 2 (5 INN.)
The Sooners scored at least one run in all but one inning to complete the run-rule win.
It was the freshmen that got the scoring starter as Allyssa Parker homered to just left of dead center and Kai Minor used her speed to score on a wild throw during her steal attempt of third base. Another first-year Sooner came through in the third when Wells dropped in an RBI single to right center, scoring Kasidi Pickering.
Oklahoma generated four two-out RBIs on the day, with four of them coming in the fourth. Abby Dayton sprayed a two-RBI double to the left center gap and Pickering golfed a two-run shot to the garden in center field.
Sam Houston pushed across two runs, but Gabbie Garcia's shovel toss flip to Ailana Agbayani keyed a spectacular inning-ending double play to close the threat in the fifth.
Wells carried that momentum into the fifth with a 279-foot monster bomb to right center. OU strung together two singles and four walks to walk-off in five frames.
Pitchers of Record
Win: Sydney Berzon (2-1)
Loss: Tiffany Sanchez (4-3)
Statistical Snapshot
Kendall Wells | 2-for-3, HR
Allyssa Parker | 2-for-2, 2R, HR
Abby Dayton | 2-for-2, R, 3RBI
Sydney Berzon | W, 4.1 IP, 2ER, 2BB, 2K
OU 29, Alabama State 6 (5 inn.)
Alabama State took its first lead of the weekend with a grand slam in the first inning. That lead was short lived as OU scored five runs in the first inning on a Wells two-run homer, Minor RBI groundout and Tia Milloy two-RBI base hit. Wells hit her third homer of the game to extend the lead to 6-4 in the second.
The Hornets hit their second homer of the game to get within one, but the Sooners unraveled the next 23 runs, 21 of which came in a third inning that featured 24 batters, two grand slams and a program-record run total. Outside of McDaniel and Dayton's grand slams, Isabela Emerling and Chaney Helton went yard.
Milloy and Helton padded their monster RBI totals for the weekend in the fourth and Alabama State scored one more in the fifth before OU won in five.
Pitchers of Record
Win: Kierston Deal (1-0)
Loss: Tiffany Sanchez (4-3)
Statistical Snapshot
Kendall Wells | 3-for-3, 4R, 4RBI, 2BB, 2HRs
Lexi McDaniel | 2-for-4, 4R, 5RBI, grand slam
Chaney Helton | 3-for-4, 3R, 7RBI, HR
Notes
- Every position player that has seen an at-bat has at least three home runs
- 13 different players are hitting over .400
- The Sooners have scored 107 runs on the weekend
- 29.7 percent of OU's hits are home runs
- The Sooners have the mark for the second, third and fourth-most runs in an inning in NCAA Division I history.
- OU's previous program record for runs in an inning was 18 against Texas Tech April 25, 2021.
- The Sooners also tied the NCAA record for grand slams in an inning. McDaniel and Dayton had one each in OU's record-setting frame
- Deal earned her first win of 2026 while Berzon tallied her first victory at Love's
- Minor extended her hitting streak to 15 games
- Wells played third base for the first time in an OU uniform
- The Sooners' freshman class has combined for 31 of OU's 81 home runs. OU underclassmen account for 54 of the 81 homers
- Oklahoma has 31 more home runs than the next closest team in the SEC
- OU has hit two grand slams in the same game twice this season
Up Next
Oklahoma finishes the weekend against (RV) Southeastern Louisiana tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. from Love's Field. The game will be streamed on SEC Network+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Deal, Kierston (1-0)
L: Mason Quinnie (1-4)
Batting:
2B: Jaibriel Terrell 1
HR: Arianna Cox-Cole 1 ; Braylin Cook 1
RBI: Arianna Cox-Cole 1 ; Talee Sims 1 ; Braylin Cook 4
SF: Talee Sims 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jaibriel Terrell 2 ; Arianna Cox-Cole 1 ; Ayana Frank 1 ; Talee Sims 1 ; Braylin Cook 1
HBP: Talee Sims 1 ; Jayla Stewart 1
Batting:
2B: Garcia, Gabbie 1 ; Emerling, Isabela 1
HR: Wells, Kendall 2 ; McDaniel, Lexi 1 ; Emerling, Isabela 1 ; Helton, Chaney 1 ; Dayton, Abby 1
RBI: Wells, Kendall 4 ; McDaniel, Lexi 5 ; Emerling, Isabela 3 ; Minor, Kai 3 ; Milloy, Tia 3 ; Helton, Chaney 7 ; Dayton, Abby 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Parker, Allyssa 2 ; Wells, Kendall 4 ; McEnroe-Marinas, Nelly 1 ; McDaniel, Lexi 4 ; Garcia, Gabbie 2 ; Barker, Sydney 1 ; Emerling, Isabela 3 ; Minor, Kai 4 ; Milloy, Tia 2 ; Helton, Chaney 3 ; Dayton, Abby 3
SB: Minor, Kai 2 ; Milloy, Tia 2
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/ SoftballSB Highlights: OU 29, Alabama State 6
Saturday, February 28
SB Highlights: OU 10, Sam Houston State 2
Saturday, February 28
SB Highlights: OU 23, Alabama State 3
Friday, February 27
SB Highlights: OU 13, Sam Houston State 3
Friday, February 27
