OKLAHOMA CITY — No. 6-seed BYU softball dropped its Big 12 Championship semifinal to No. 2-seed Oklahoma, 13-2 in five innings at OGE Field at Devon Park on Friday evening.
The Cougars (31-23, 11-16 Big 12) received a two-out home run by Hailey Morrow in the fifth inning to break up a shoutout. BYU had just three baserunners in the first four innings on a pair of Aleia Agbayani walks and Morrow hit by pitch.
All-Tournament Team
Following the conclusion of Saturday night's Big 12 Championship title game, senior left-handed pitcher Chloe Temples was named to the conference's 11-member All-Tournament Team. Temples tossed a complete game in the Cougars' quarterfinal upset of No. 3-seed Oklahoma State, striking out six Cowgirls while giving up just two runs and issuing no walks. BYU was one of five teams represented of the 10 teams to participate in the league tournament.
Player Highlights
- Hailey Morrow: 1-2, HR, 2 RBI
Oklahoma jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first after a solo home run, walk and two singles.
BYU had an opportunity in the second, with Agbayani and Lily Owens both reaching base but the Sooners snagged a liner to double off the Cougars at first.
A trio of OU singles in the bottom of the third inning extended the Sooner advantage to 5-0. Oklahoma had two runners on and looked poised to plate more, but catcher Macy Simmons threw out a Sooner attempting to steal third, with a leaping Morrow coming over from short to apply the tag.
Oklahoma sent 13 batters to the plate in the bottom of the fourth inning, putting up eight runs to go in front, 13-0.
The Cougars finally broke through in the top of the fifth as Simmons dropped a two-out single into shallow right to break up a no hitter before Morrow homered to dead center, making it 13-2, OU, but a ground out the next batter would close out the game.
On Deck
Eliminated from the Big 12 Championship, BYU will now await its postseason fate with the NCAA Selection Show set for Sunday, May 12 at 5 p.m. MDT.