The Oklahoman

How does OU’s win streak stack up nationally?

- OU Insider Ryan Aber The Oklahoman USA TODAY NETWORK

NORMAN — For the second consecutiv­e week, top-ranked OU had to scratch and claw to finish up its weekend series with a win.

But the Sooners were able to do it, keeping their winning streak alive with a 2-0 victory on Saturday against UAB.

That followed the 3-1 victory over Baylor the Sunday before to close out that series.

The Sooners went 3-0 last week with a five-inning victory over Wichita State and then a two-game sweep of UAB on Friday and Saturday to improve to 32-0 on the season.

OU is one game away from the best start in school history, behind only last season’s 33-0 start, which ended with a 7-6 midweek loss at Georgia.

The winning streak is the 15th-longest in NCAA history, with Arizona holding the record with 47 consecutiv­e victories from April 5, 1996 to March 23, 1997.

The longest winning streak in program history was 41 from Feb. 24-May 19, 2019.

Here is a quick rundown or last week and the week ahead for the Sooners:

Snow coming through, but banged up

With such a stacked offense — the Sooners are leading the nation in batting average (.383), home runs per game (2.59), on-base percentage (.499), scoring (9.44 runs per game), slugging percentage (.783) — and plenty of stars, senior utility player Taylon Snow sometimes gets overlooked.

But Snow just keeps producing. She went 2 for 2 with two doubles, two runs, a stolen base and two walks last week to raise her batting average to .500. Snow is one of just five players nationally to be hitting at least .500. Teammate Jocelyn Alo is the only other power-conference player to be at or above the mark. Alo is hitting .513.

Snow had to leave Friday’s win over UAB, though, after a collision at first base when an errant throw took her into the path of the Blazers’ runner.

She did not play in Saturday’s series finale.

Fielding a bit of a concern

With a dominant offense and overwhelmi­ng pitching, it’s hard to find warts with the Sooners.

If there is one, though, it might be their ability to field.

The Sooners were one of the top fielding teams in the country a year ago with just 25 errors in 60 games and a 0.982 fielding percentage (sixth-best nationally).

OU had a pair of multi-error games last week, with two in the win over Wichita State and two more in the first game against UAB.

The Sooners are No. 70 nationally with a 0.967 fielding percentage and 23 errors to this point.

OU has six games with multiple errors this season.

 ?? NATHAN J FISH/THE OKLAHOMAN ?? OU outfielder Rylie Boone is hitting .429 this season with 14 runs batted in and 20 runs scored.
NATHAN J FISH/THE OKLAHOMAN OU outfielder Rylie Boone is hitting .429 this season with 14 runs batted in and 20 runs scored.
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