DURHAM, NC - FEBRUARY 29: An NCAA softball amid a collection of softball bats during a game between Notre Dame and Duke at Duke Softball Stadium on February 29, 2020 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by Andy Mead/ISI Photos/Getty Images)
The Oklahoma softball team made up for lost time in its season opener on Thursday and set an NCAA single game home run record in the procress.
Seven different Sooners accounted for a combined 16 home runs as Oklahoma posted 29-0 and 9-0 shutout victories over the University of Texas-El Paso and Abilene Christian in the 2021 season opener
Oklahoma exploded for 13 runs in the first inning of the opening game against UTEP and put the game away for good with nine more tallies in the fourth, while OU starter Giselle Juarez and Olivia Rains allowed just two hits and faced just two batters over 15-hitter limit in a five-inning-shortened game by run rule.