Saturday, February 29
Norman, OK
12:30 PM
University of North Texas
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Softball Knocks off No. 5 Oklahoma in Norman
2/29/2020 7:47:00 PM | Softball
NORMAN, Okla. – The North Texas softball team did a few things on Saturday but the main thing it did was make history. While the Mean Green split the day, they earned the first win in program history over the Oklahoma Sooners.
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The win over Oklahoma became the first win by a North Texas intercollegiate athletics team over a top-5 opponent on the road. North Texas also became the first team to beat Oklahoma in the Courtyard Marriott Tournament since its inception in 2014.
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"I'm really proud of our effort," head coach Rodney DeLong said. "It's really good to see our kids fight all day and really not lay down. That's the whole key for us, if we're locked in and playing hard then we're tough to beat."
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All three of the Mean Green's primary pitchers saw big inning action in the two games against the Sooners, making big pitches the whole day.
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The Mean Green will close out the weekend in Noman with a 9:30 a.m. matchup on Sunday against Abilene Christian, North Texas and Oklahoma will square off again in Denton on March 18th.
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Game 1 – North Texas 4, Oklahoma 3
Game one of the day was huge for the Mean Green, North Texas overcame an early deficit to knock off the No. 5 Sooners 4-3.
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Ariel Thompson earned the start for North Texas and the freshman went 3.0 innings surrendering just two runs on six hits. Bailey Tindell picked up the win, her fifth of the season with 2.0 innings of relief allowing just one run on two hits.
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After back-to-back singles with two outs, the Sooners struck first on a North Texas error before a single to center plated the second run of the game. The Mean Green would cut the lead in half in the second when a Camille Grahmann single to left field plated Kourtney Williams.
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Thompson would keep the lead at one in the bottom half of the inning, stranding three Sooner runners on base and the Mean Green would take the lead in the third on a two-run home run by Hanna Rebar that scored Tayla Evans.
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Thompson would avoid another crisis in the third inning, working out of another bases loaded jam to keep the Mean Green ahead, but Oklahoma would eventually tie the game in the fourth with a single to center off Tindell.
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North Texas would take the lead back for good in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly by Kenzie Young that plated Evans. Hope Trautwein would then come into the circle in the bottom half to close the door on the Sooners and put a bow on the Mean Green marquee victory.
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Game 2 – Oklahoma 15, North Texas 8
Despite a more than ideal start to the game, the Mean Green could not overcome a mid-inning offensive outburst from the Sooners in game two, falling 15-8.
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North Texas jumped out in front in the first inning with a trio of home runs, Saleen Donohoe got it started with a solo opposite field home run, and an Evans single would be followed by an opposite field home run by Rebar to put the Mean Green up 3-0. Kourtney Williams would follow Rebar's home run with a blast of her own to center, forcing the Oklahoma starter from the game.
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All told, the Mean Green blasted a program record six home runs in the contest with two coming off of Rebar's bat.
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The Sooners would cut the Mean Green lead to just one with a pair of home runs in the third before Nicole Ochotnicki's first home run since April of 2018 put the Mean Green back ahead by a pair of runs in the fourth.
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The fourth inning would be all Sooners however, a six-run inning on eight hits put Oklahoma ahead by four runs. Then Rebar's second home run of the game and third of the day cut the deficit to just one before a four-run outburst in the fifth made it a 13-6 game.
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North Texas would not go away quietly, a Katie Clark home run in the sixth made the score 13-8 but two runs in the sixth by the Sooners made the score 15-8 for good.
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The win over Oklahoma became the first win by a North Texas intercollegiate athletics team over a top-5 opponent on the road. North Texas also became the first team to beat Oklahoma in the Courtyard Marriott Tournament since its inception in 2014.
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"I'm really proud of our effort," head coach Rodney DeLong said. "It's really good to see our kids fight all day and really not lay down. That's the whole key for us, if we're locked in and playing hard then we're tough to beat."
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All three of the Mean Green's primary pitchers saw big inning action in the two games against the Sooners, making big pitches the whole day.
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The Mean Green will close out the weekend in Noman with a 9:30 a.m. matchup on Sunday against Abilene Christian, North Texas and Oklahoma will square off again in Denton on March 18th.
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Game 1 – North Texas 4, Oklahoma 3
Game one of the day was huge for the Mean Green, North Texas overcame an early deficit to knock off the No. 5 Sooners 4-3.
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Ariel Thompson earned the start for North Texas and the freshman went 3.0 innings surrendering just two runs on six hits. Bailey Tindell picked up the win, her fifth of the season with 2.0 innings of relief allowing just one run on two hits.
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After back-to-back singles with two outs, the Sooners struck first on a North Texas error before a single to center plated the second run of the game. The Mean Green would cut the lead in half in the second when a Camille Grahmann single to left field plated Kourtney Williams.
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Thompson would keep the lead at one in the bottom half of the inning, stranding three Sooner runners on base and the Mean Green would take the lead in the third on a two-run home run by Hanna Rebar that scored Tayla Evans.
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Thompson would avoid another crisis in the third inning, working out of another bases loaded jam to keep the Mean Green ahead, but Oklahoma would eventually tie the game in the fourth with a single to center off Tindell.
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North Texas would take the lead back for good in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly by Kenzie Young that plated Evans. Hope Trautwein would then come into the circle in the bottom half to close the door on the Sooners and put a bow on the Mean Green marquee victory.
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Game 2 – Oklahoma 15, North Texas 8
Despite a more than ideal start to the game, the Mean Green could not overcome a mid-inning offensive outburst from the Sooners in game two, falling 15-8.
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North Texas jumped out in front in the first inning with a trio of home runs, Saleen Donohoe got it started with a solo opposite field home run, and an Evans single would be followed by an opposite field home run by Rebar to put the Mean Green up 3-0. Kourtney Williams would follow Rebar's home run with a blast of her own to center, forcing the Oklahoma starter from the game.
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All told, the Mean Green blasted a program record six home runs in the contest with two coming off of Rebar's bat.
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The Sooners would cut the Mean Green lead to just one with a pair of home runs in the third before Nicole Ochotnicki's first home run since April of 2018 put the Mean Green back ahead by a pair of runs in the fourth.
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The fourth inning would be all Sooners however, a six-run inning on eight hits put Oklahoma ahead by four runs. Then Rebar's second home run of the game and third of the day cut the deficit to just one before a four-run outburst in the fifth made it a 13-6 game.
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North Texas would not go away quietly, a Katie Clark home run in the sixth made the score 13-8 but two runs in the sixth by the Sooners made the score 15-8 for good.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Tindell, Bailey (5-2)
L: Saile, Shannon (3-3)
S: Trautwein, Hope (2)
Batting:
2B: Evans, Tayla 1
HR: Rebar, Hanna 1
RBI: Rebar, Hanna 2 ; Young, Kenzie 1 ; Grahmann, Camille 1
SF: Young, Kenzie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Evans, Tayla 2 ; Rebar, Hanna 1 ; Williams, Kourtney 1
SB: Clark, Katie 1 ; Rebar, Hanna 1
CS: Young, Kenzie 1
Batting:
RBI: Green, Grace 1 ; Elam, Lynnsie 1
SH: Flores, Eliyah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lyons, Grace 1 ; Alo, Jocelyn 1 ; Hansen, Kinzie 1
SB: Alo, Jocelyn 1 ; Flores, Alycia 1
CS: Green, Grace 1
Game Leaders
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AB
4
R
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H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
2
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
2
R
1
H
1
RBI
2
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