Lauren Chamberlain will continue her assault on the home run record in Lawrence this weekend. All three games will be televised on SoonerVision, which I assume is premium. The games are at:
5:00 Friday
2:00 Saturday
12:00 Sunday.
The current record is 90, held jointly by Lauren and Stacey Nuveman of UCLA who played 1997-2002. It took Stacey about thirty more games to get to 90. Lauren hit 30 as a freshman, and 30 as a sophomore. Injuries limited her playing time as a junior, and she only hit 12 home runs. She has hit 18 this year to tie Nuveman.
In the wings, Shelby Pendley has hit 23 home runs this year to tie Danyele Gomez of Louisiana-Lafayette for sixth on the all-time home run list at 83. If she hits seven more, OU will have the numbers 1 and 2 home run hitters of all time, and they will have played on the same team.
Kansas is #24 on the rpi, not that the rpi makes much sense or means anything in softball. OU is #13, and Texas is #28, despite having swept Kansas in Lawrence. Texas Tech, #88, took two of three from #24 Kansas this past weekend. OU is #5 in the ESPN poll with Baylor (#13) being the only other ranked team in the Big Twelve. Kansas is not a good pitching team. So, OU should have an opportunity to get some hits. In nine conference games, the only time that Kansas has held an opponent to fewer than five runs was when they beat OSU 3-2.
Lauren did almost hit one out against OSU last night. But, it hit about halfway up the right field wall. It was hit so hard that it was a single, bouncing straight back to the right fielder.
5:00 Friday
2:00 Saturday
12:00 Sunday.
The current record is 90, held jointly by Lauren and Stacey Nuveman of UCLA who played 1997-2002. It took Stacey about thirty more games to get to 90. Lauren hit 30 as a freshman, and 30 as a sophomore. Injuries limited her playing time as a junior, and she only hit 12 home runs. She has hit 18 this year to tie Nuveman.
In the wings, Shelby Pendley has hit 23 home runs this year to tie Danyele Gomez of Louisiana-Lafayette for sixth on the all-time home run list at 83. If she hits seven more, OU will have the numbers 1 and 2 home run hitters of all time, and they will have played on the same team.
Kansas is #24 on the rpi, not that the rpi makes much sense or means anything in softball. OU is #13, and Texas is #28, despite having swept Kansas in Lawrence. Texas Tech, #88, took two of three from #24 Kansas this past weekend. OU is #5 in the ESPN poll with Baylor (#13) being the only other ranked team in the Big Twelve. Kansas is not a good pitching team. So, OU should have an opportunity to get some hits. In nine conference games, the only time that Kansas has held an opponent to fewer than five runs was when they beat OSU 3-2.
Lauren did almost hit one out against OSU last night. But, it hit about halfway up the right field wall. It was hit so hard that it was a single, bouncing straight back to the right fielder.
