The old will pass and the new will come on Friday as Oklahoma Softball plays its first ever set of games at Love’s Field. It will mark the beginning of a new era for the program and then ending of a tradition rich old one as they say goodbye to the famed Marita Hynes Field. The Sooners (14-0) open the new stadium against Miami (OH) at 2 p.m. CT and will follow with a contest against Liberty at 5 p.m. the same day. All tickets, including standing-room only areas, are sold out for opening day at Love’s Field. Friday will bring the first two of five games OU is slated to play at home over the weekend.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Time | TV |
| March 1 | Miami, Ohio (9-2) | 2:00 PM | ESPN+ |
| March 1 | Liberty (7-7) | 5:00 PM | ESPN+ |
Tuning In
Both Friday games of the OU Tournament featuring the Sooners will be streamed on ESPN+. All five OU games will be broadcast on 1560 AM/103.3 FM The Franchise 2.
Notes & Storylines
- OU went 5-0 at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic last weekend, extending its NCAA-record winning streak to 67 games.
- The Sooners outscored their five opponents 43-5 with three run-rule wins and closed the tournament with three straight shutouts.
- Oklahoma’s lineup batted .378 over the weekend, belting eight home runs and nine doubles on its way to producing a 1.095 OPS.
- Oklahoma’s historic winning streak has featured 46 wins over Power Five opponents, 38 shutouts, 28 wins over ranked teams, 30 run-rule wins and just three extra-innings victories.
- OU has defeated 40 different programs over the course of the win streak, the most wins coming against Texas and Iowa State with four each.
- The Sooners have scored 538 runs while allowing just 62 during their winning streak, generating an insane +476 run differential.
- From 1998 to 2023 Oklahoma’s success at Marita Hynes included winning nine Super Regionals and 17 Regionals at the complex.
- The Sooners enter March ranked top-three nationally in multiple categories. OU is second in shutouts (9) and fielding percentage (.989) and owns the third-best ERA in the country at 0.73.
- Oklahoma’s 22 home runs tie the team for 10th across the NCAA.
- Graduate right-hander Karlie Keeney is the only pitcher in the nation to have not allowed a run in at least 15.0 innings pitched, leading the country with a 0.00 ERA.
- Four Sooners rank among the top eight in the Big 12 in ERA while Alyssa Brito and Tiare Jennings are top-five in the conference in OPS, slugging percentage and RBIs.
Heavy Hitters
- Oklahoma enters the weekend with a team batting average of .357. The Sooners have scored 110 runs in 2024.
- Miami has a team batting average of .334, with 104 runs scored this season.
- Liberty has scored 46 runs on the season and is batting .255 as a team.
From The Circle
- The Sooners have a team ERA of 0.73 and have only allowed opponents to score a total of 12 runs this season.
- The Redhawks have given up 49 runs this season and have a team ERA of 4.10.
- The Flames’ pitching staff has a combined ERA of 3.21 with 49 runs allowed on the season.
Chasing Milestones
- Cydney Sanders is one RBI shy of 100 for her collegiate career.
- Kinzie Hansen needs two more home runs to tie Sydney Romero (54) for eighth on OU’s all-time list.
- Hansen needs five more RBIs to tie Ashli Barrett (190) for 10th on OU’s all-time list.
- Nicole May needs three more wins to tie Kelsey Stevens (56) for 10th on OU’s all-time list.
- Tiare Jennings needs 11 more total bases to tie tie Sydney Romero (558) for third on OU’s all-time list.
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