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Maxwell struck out seven while limiting Texas to a lone run across 5.1 innings in front of 4,003 fans at Devon Park. The southpaw scattered three walks and a pair of hits while throwing 47 of her 80 pitches for strikes (58.8%). She induced 12 swinging strikes, working at a 15% whiff rate, showcasing her electric stuff against the nation’s top lineup by batting average.
Oklahoma saw each of its first three batters reach base to open the first inning, plating two runs in the frame. Jayda Coleman led off the game by reaching on an error, advanced to second on an Ella Parker single then scored on Tiare Jennings’ 300th collegiate hit, a ringing double off the wall in right-center. Two batters later, Kinzie Hansen brought home Parker with a fielder’s choice to make it 2-0 Sooners.
Jennings became the fourth Sooner in program history to reach 300 career hits with her double in the first, joining Jocelyn Alo (343), Norrelle Dickson (328) and Sydney Romero (320).
Texas struck for its first run of the night on a two-out RBI triple in the second. Maxwell settled into a rhythm after the lone blemish on her night, earning her 18th win of the season and second of the Championship.
The Sooners responded with some two-out hitting of their own in the top of the third, plating a pair on an Alyssa Brito single and Hansen’s eighth double of the season. OU took advantage of a Texas miscue that allowed Alynah Torres to reach an inning later in the fourth, advancing her to third before Rylie Boone scored her with a single back up the middle.
