February 8, 2024
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico - Kelly Maxwell and Karlie Keeney combined on a three-hit shutout leading #1 Oklahoma to a 3-0 win over #11 Duke in a battle of ranked teams at the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge.
Duke made things interesting in the seventh loading the bases with one out before Keeney got a strike out and ground out to end the game.
Maxwell allowed just one hit over the first five innings while walking one and striking out two to pick up the win. Keeney allowed two hits over the final two innings to get the save.
The Sooners did all of their damage in the third.
Tiare Jennings’ solo homer to center gave the Sooners a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third, the first Oklahoma hit in the game. Alynah Torres and Kasidi Pickering added RBI singles in the inning for a 3-0 lead.
Jennings was 3 for 4 while Pickering added two hits (2 for 2) in the win for Oklahoma.