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The Oklahoma Sooners swept through the Norman regional to move on to the Super Regional round of the NCAA tournament for the 16th consecutive season. The 8-1 win over Michigan gave OU its 19th regional win in a row, and they concluded the regional in impressive fashion.
It was an impressive team performance with a number of players contributing to Oklahoma's success this weekend. Here are three takeaways from the Norman regional.
The Oklahoma Sooners showed up to the Norman regional on a mission. They rebounded nicely from their 10-5 loss to Georgia in the SEC tournament, then dominated all three games to advance to the Super Regionals. Oklahoma outscored their opponents 28-1 over the weekend. Six different players contributed to Oklahoma's eight home runs over the weekend, including two each from Kasidi Pickering and Kai Minor.
From the circle, the Sooners allowed just one earned run, a solo home run in the win over Michigan. Oklahoma's pitching staff allowed just five hits in three games, including a one-hit performance from Miali Guachino in the win over Kansas on Saturday.
Audrey Lowry and Miali Guachino combined to throw 12.1 innings over the weekend to lead the way from the circle. The only blemish on the weekend was the solo home run allowed by Lowry in the win over Michigan. Otherwise, Lowry and Guachino were excellent.
The bullpen came up big when called upon as well. Berkley Zache, Allyssa Parker, Kierston Deal, and Sydney Berzon threw a combined 5.1 innings of scoreless relief and allowed just one hit and one walk (both attributed to Zache) over the weekend.
If the Sooners can continue to get that type of performance, they're going to be incredibly difficult to beat in the postseason.
There was a lot of discussion about the play of Kasidi Pickering during SEC play. She wasn't her best then, but she's turned it on in the month of May. In Oklahoma's dominant performance in the Norman regional, Pickering hit two home runs, setting a new career high for homers and RBIs in the process.
In addition to the two home runs, Pickering hit .500 over the weekend with three walks and four RBIs. In 22 NCAA games over the course of her three seasons in Norman, Pickering has 11 home runs and 26 RBIs in her career.
She's turned it back on at the right time.
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It was an impressive team performance with a number of players contributing to Oklahoma's success this weekend. Here are three takeaways from the Norman regional.
Taking care of business
The Oklahoma Sooners showed up to the Norman regional on a mission. They rebounded nicely from their 10-5 loss to Georgia in the SEC tournament, then dominated all three games to advance to the Super Regionals. Oklahoma outscored their opponents 28-1 over the weekend. Six different players contributed to Oklahoma's eight home runs over the weekend, including two each from Kasidi Pickering and Kai Minor.
From the circle, the Sooners allowed just one earned run, a solo home run in the win over Michigan. Oklahoma's pitching staff allowed just five hits in three games, including a one-hit performance from Miali Guachino in the win over Kansas on Saturday.
Pitching Was Excellent
Audrey Lowry and Miali Guachino combined to throw 12.1 innings over the weekend to lead the way from the circle. The only blemish on the weekend was the solo home run allowed by Lowry in the win over Michigan. Otherwise, Lowry and Guachino were excellent.
The bullpen came up big when called upon as well. Berkley Zache, Allyssa Parker, Kierston Deal, and Sydney Berzon threw a combined 5.1 innings of scoreless relief and allowed just one hit and one walk (both attributed to Zache) over the weekend.
If the Sooners can continue to get that type of performance, they're going to be incredibly difficult to beat in the postseason.
Postseason Pickering
There was a lot of discussion about the play of Kasidi Pickering during SEC play. She wasn't her best then, but she's turned it on in the month of May. In Oklahoma's dominant performance in the Norman regional, Pickering hit two home runs, setting a new career high for homers and RBIs in the process.
In addition to the two home runs, Pickering hit .500 over the weekend with three walks and four RBIs. In 22 NCAA games over the course of her three seasons in Norman, Pickering has 11 home runs and 26 RBIs in her career.
She's turned it back on at the right time.
Contact/Follow us @SoonersWire on X (formerly known as Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oklahoma news, notes, and opinions.You can also follow John on X @john9williams.
This article originally appeared on Sooners Wire: 3 takeaways from Oklahoma Sooners dominant regional performance
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