{"id":36967,"date":"2022-06-04T23:15:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T23:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ou-sooners-beat-texas-longhorns-reach-wcws-ncaa-softball-semifinals\/"},"modified":"2022-06-04T23:15:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T23:15:12","slug":"ou-sooners-beat-texas-longhorns-reach-wcws-ncaa-softball-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ou-sooners-beat-texas-longhorns-reach-wcws-ncaa-softball-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"OU Sooners beat Texas Longhorns, reach WCWS NCAA softball semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Oklahoma Sooners prepare for WCWS after winning 2021 title\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This time took a little bit longer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The result, however, was similar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">OU&#8217;s offense adjusted to the pitcher it was facing in a clear way, got rolling and once again, the Sooners rolled to a win at the Women&#8217;s College World Series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Saturday, it was Texas&#8217; Hailey Dolcini the Sooners adjusted to and the result wasn&#8217;t quite as dramatic but still powerful, as OU moved within one win of the championship series with a 7-2 victory over the Longhorns in the winner&#8217;s bracket Saturday at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">OU (56-2) advances to Monday&#8217;s 11 am semifinal where they&#8217;ll take on the winner of Sunday&#8217;s matchup between UCLA and the loser of Saturday&#8217;s late game between Oklahoma State and Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Texas (44-20-1) will face Arizona in an elimination game at 6 pm Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Sooners got to Dolcini quickly, as a Jayda Coleman double and Jocelyn Alo&#8217;s 118th career home run put OU ahead 2-0 just two batters into the contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Blackberries:<\/strong>How OU softball&#8217;s Rylie Boone had her breakout game of a breakout season in the WCWS<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Then Dolcini settled in, working efficiently against the Sooners&#8217; hitters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Dolcini peppered the strike zone, OU took first pitches regularly and often found themselves quickly behind in the count.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Once again, Rylie Boone was the first indicator of a different approach at the plate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In Thursday&#8217;s 13-2 win over Northwestern to open the WCWS, it was Boone&#8217;s third-inning double that showed how the Sooners had adjusted to Wildcats &#8216;pitcher Danielle Williams&#8217; changeup.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This time, it took until the fifth inning before Boone showed the change in approach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The junior from Owasso laid down a bunt single on the first pitch of the inning, leaping in excitement as she crossed the base safely just ahead of the throw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Jana Johns followed by laying down a sacrifice bunt on the first pitch herself before Coleman &#8211; again on the first pitch &#8211; drove a double into the right-center field gap to score Boone and put the Sooners up 3-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Alo also was aggressive in attacking Dolcini, fouling off three consecutive pitches before driving in another run with a single up the middle and driving Dolcini from the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Tramel&#8217;s ScissorTales:<\/strong>Big 12 softball must crack the RPI code for the NCAA Tournament<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/04\/NOKL\/218a3ade-c4d7-4a16-9527-287536d10a4b-_MGL8132.jpg?resize=660%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/04\/NOKL\/218a3ade-c4d7-4a16-9527-287536d10a4b-_MGL8132.jpg?crop=4020,2262,x0,y209&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tiare Jennings then greeted Sophia Simpson with a two-run homer deep into the left-field bleachers to extend OU&#8217;s lead to 6-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">For the second consecutive game, Patty Gasso started Hope Trautwein in the circle, and once again Trautwein came up big.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Longhorns got on the board in the first when Alyssa Washington drove in Mia Scott with a double down the left-field line after Scott singled and stole second.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Texas had plenty of chances to add to the score, with base runners in every inning, but Trautwein (20-1) continually found ways to escape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Texas&#8217; Janae Jefferson hit a solo homer with one out in the seventh before Trautwein retired the final two to secure the victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Blackberries:<\/strong>How does OU softball&#8217;s first loss to Texas affect the WCWS rematch?  Sooners learned plenty<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">WCWS scoreboard<\/h2>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_hf\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-type=\"method\" data-gl-method=\"loadHb64\" aria-label=\"wcws\" data-t-cel=\"hb64\" data-gl-hb64=\"PGRpdiBjbGFzcz0ic2NvcmVzdHJlYW0td2lkZ2V0LWNvbnRhaW5lciIgZGF0YS1zc193aWRnZXRfdHlwZT0idmVydFNjb3JlYm9hcmQiIHN0eWxlPSJoZWlnaHQ6NjAwcHg7IiBkYXRhLXVzZXItd2lkZ2V0LWlkPSI0OTQ3OCI+PC9kaXY+PHNjcmlwdCBhc3luYz0iYXN5bmMiIHR5cGU9InRleHQvamF2YXNjcmlwdCIgc3JjPSJodHRwczovL3Njb3Jlc3RyZWFtLmNvbS9hcGlKc0Nkbi93aWRnZXRzL2VtYmVkLmpzIj48L3NjcmlwdD48L2Rpdj4=\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">WCWS 2022:<\/strong>Game times, scores &#038; TV schedule for NCAA softball Women&#8217;s College World Series<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">OU vs.  Texas live updates<\/h2>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_hf gnt_em__lp\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-type=\"method\" data-gl-method=\"loadHb64\" aria-label=\"ou soft\" data-t-cel=\"hb64\" data-gl-hb64=\"PGEgY2xhc3M9InR3aXR0ZXItdGltZWxpbmUiIGhyZWY9Imh0dHBzOi8vdHdpdHRlci5jb20vamVmZnBhdHRPS0MvbGlzdHMvMTUyODIzNDY3NjcyMDIxNDAxNj9yZWZfc3JjPXR3c3JjJTVFdGZ3Ij5BIFR3aXR0ZXIgTGlzdCBieSBqZWZmcGF0dE9LQzwvYT4gPHNjcmlwdCBhc3luYyBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vcGxhdGZvcm0udHdpdHRlci5jb20vd2lkZ2V0cy5qcyIgY2hhcnNldD0idXRmLTgiPjwvc2NyaXB0PjwvZGl2Pg==\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This time took a little bit longer. The result, however, was similar. OU&#8217;s offense adjusted to the pitcher it was facing in a clear way, got rolling and once again, the Sooners rolled to a win at the Women&#8217;s College World Series. Saturday, it was Texas&#8217; Hailey Dolcini the Sooners adjusted to and the result &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ou-sooners-beat-texas-longhorns-reach-wcws-ncaa-softball-semifinals\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">OU Sooners beat Texas Longhorns, reach WCWS NCAA softball semifinals<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/04\/NOKL\/218a3ade-c4d7-4a16-9527-287536d10a4b-_MGL8132.jpg?width=660&height=442&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}