Sooner Softball: Oklahoma Completes Road Sweep of Kansas

Oklahoma completed a three-game road sweep over Kansas with a 6-2 victory on Saturday, extending the consecutive-win streak to 15 games and 18 of the last 20.

Paige Lowary went the distance in the circle for the Sooners in Saturday’s series finale, posting her 10th win of the season and her fourth complete game. The junior left-hander gave up just three hits and struck out three. After yielding a two-out single in the opening inning, she retired the next 13 hitters she faced over the next four and a third innings.

The victory on Saturday was Oklahoma’s ninth consecutive Big 12 win without a loss. Coupled with Oklahoma State’s loss to Iowa State on Saturday, the Sooners have taken over sole possession of first place in the conference standings.

The three-game sweep of Kansas gives the 8th-ranked Sooners 24 consecutive wins over Big 12 opponents, the longest conference win streak in OU softball history. Their 9-0 start in the conference is the fifth time they have gone through the first nine games in league play without a loss.

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Here are the quick hitters from the Sooner softball weekend:

• Oklahoma is 38-7 on the season and 6-0 in the Big 12 on the road. OU extended its winning streak in true road games to 11 this season and 21 straight overall.
• Sophomore first baseman Shay Knighton drove in one of the Sooner runs on Saturday, extending her streak of runs batted in to 14. She extended her hitting streak to nine consecutive games.
• Knighton and freshman Nicole Mendes have reached base in 16 consecutive games.
• Paige Lowary has gone 36.2 innings (over 11 appearances), including the seven she pitched on Saturday, and has given up just three earned runs. Her earned run average over that span is an impressive 0.57.
• OU’s National Player of the Year finalist, Paige Parker, struck out a career-high 15 Kansas hitters in Oklahoma’s 4-1 win in the series opener on Thursday.
• The Sooners slugged a program-record six home runs in Friday’s middle game of the series, paving the way for a 16-7 five-inning victory decided by run-rule. Alissa Dalton and Kylie Lundberg hit the first home runs of their career in the game. Dalton had a career-high three RBI and Lundberg drove in four, also a career high.
• OU had two stolen bases on Saturday and seven in the three games with Kansas. That gives them 80 for the season, which ties for seventh most in a single season in school history.