Sooners Dominate in Home Opener

Oklahoma had no trouble with St. Gregory's Wednesday in a run rule-shortened matchup.

Thursday, May 26th 2011, 12:12 pm

By: News On 6

Originally Published: Feb 16, 2011 7:29 PM CDT

Oklahoma Sports Staff

NORMAN, Oklahoma -- The Oklahoma Sooners softball team dominated St. Gregory’s 9-0 in five innings Wednesday in their home opener thanks to a strong outing from pitcher Allee Allen.

Allen (1-0), in her first start of the season, pitched a complete-game shutout, allowing just two hits in the run rule-shortened game. St. Gregory’s starter Kailee Neil comes away with a loss for the outing, after allowing two hits and three earned runs in two-thirds of an inning.

The Sooners moved to break the game open early.

In the bottom of the first with two on, Brittany Williams sent a ball over the center field wall to take a 3-0 lead and end Neil’s outing early.

After adding three in the second and third innings, Oklahoma’s big bats rang out yet again. Haley Nix singled in the first at-bat of the inning and Jessica Shults followed with a home run to right field. In the next at-bat, Williams went yard for the second time and gave Oklahoma a 9-0 advantage.

Oklahoma will be back on the road again for a three-day tournament Friday in Las Cruces, New Mexico in the Troy Cox Classic.