NCAA WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES May 29-June 4, 2014 ASA Hall of Fame Stadium – OG&E Field Oklahoma City, Okla.

POSTGAME NOTES

Game 8: Oklahoma 3, Louisiana-Lafayette 1

• In the eighth game of the 2014 Women’s College World Series, No. 7 seed Oklahoma defeated No. 6 seed Louisiana-Lafayette by a score of 2-0. Oklahoma improved to 51-12 on the year while ULL finished its season at 49-10-1.

• Oklahoma advanced to face No. 1 seed Oregon in an elimination game tonight at 8:30 CT.

• Making its ninth all-time WCWS appearance (2000, ’01, ’02, ’03, ’04, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14), Oklahoma is now 17-13 overall in the event. Louisiana-Lafayette fell to to 6-12 all-time in its sixth WCWS appearance (1993, ’95, ’96, 2003, ’08, ’14).

• Oklahoma is now 2-6 all-time in WCWS elimination games.

• Oklahoma took a 2-0 first-inning lead on a by senior Brittany Williams that scored junior Shelby Pendley and junior . The double was Williams’ seventh of the year and upped her season RBI total to 55 (second to Pendley’s 75).

• Oklahoma junior Callie Parsons a two-out inside-the-park solo in the bottom of the sixth inning. The homer was the first of her career (193 at bats).

• Parsons’ inside-the-park home run was the second in WCWS history. The other was by UCLA’s Andrea Duran in the third inning of a 2-0 win vs. Texas on June 3, 2006.

• Sophomore pitcher Kelsey Stevens threw a complete game to earn the win for Oklahoma. She surrendered one run on six hits and three walks while striking out seven to improve to 38-9 on the year. ULL stranded 11 runners to OU’s five.

• Stevens now owns the outright OU record for single-season wins. (2012), Lauren Eckermann (2007) and Jennifer Stewart (2001) all held the previous record of 37 victories.

• Louisiana-Lafayette sophomore Lexie Elkins registered her sixth hit and sixth home run of the postseason in the top of the seventh inning with a blast to right field. All six of her postseason homers have been solo shots. Elkins’ 24 home runs this season rank as the second most in school history.

• Chamberlain’s run was the 200th of her career, moving her into fifth place in Big 12 history.

• Oklahoma senior Destinee Martinez moved into third place in Big 12 history with 795 career at bats.