Flash Points:

• SFU Softball is set for a matchup on Wednesday vs. No. 5 Oklahoma.
• The Sooners are the two-time defending national champions.
• The Red Flash and the Sooners are set for a 7 p.m. ET matchup on Fox Sports Oklahoma.
• With nine homers this past weekend, SFU ranks 15th in the nation in homers per game, with Madison Cabell (Ivor, Va./Southampton)'s seven dingers ranking 11th in the nation.
• SFU is 11-9 this year after going 2-3 at the Mizuno Classic this past weekend.

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NORMAN, Okla. – The Saint Francis Softball team is set for a matchup on Wednesday with two-time defending national champion Oklahoma at Marita Hynes Field.  The Sooners are currently ranked No. 5 in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll.  First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET with a broadcast on Fox Sports Oklahoma.
 
The Red Flash, led by Head Coach Jennifer Patrick-Swift, is 11-9 this season after going 2-3 at the Mizuno Classic, hosted by No. 23 Oklahoma State, this past weekend.  SFU began the tournament with a tough 7-6, 11-inning loss vs. Omaha, but bounced back for a 4-1 win over Maine. On Saturday, SFU fell 8-3 against Maine but responded with a 5-2 victory over Omaha.  The classic concluded on Sunday with the Red Flash dropping a 9-3 decision against the Cowgirls.
 
Oklahoma, coached by NFCA Hall of Famer Patty Gasso, is 13-2 this season and went 4-0 this past weekend as it hosted the Courtyard Marriott Tournament.  OU earned wins over Missouri State (6-0, 9-0) and Abilene Christian (8-0, 8-1).
 
SERIES HISTORY
Saint Francis meets Oklahoma for the first time in program history.  The Red Flash is 2-4 against current Big 12 teams, with both wins coming in 2017 at Texas Tech, 12-10 in eight innings and 3-1.
 
This is SFU's fourth game against a Top 10 team since 2014.  This marks Saint Francis' first ever matchup with a defending national champion.
 
APPROACHING 200 WINS
With 198 wins, Head Coach Jennifer Patrick-Swift is approaching her 200th win at Saint Francis.  Since taking over the program in 2012, Patrick-Swift is 198-142, winning nearly 60 percent of the games she has coached at SFU.  Patrick-Swift has already more than doubled the previous wins record at SFU, set by Rudy "Skip" Galayda, who had 93 wins from 1994-98. 

In Patrick-Swift's tenure, Saint Francis has increased its wins total each of the last six seasons, including last year's program and NEC-record 49 wins.  Last year, Patrick-Swift led the Red Flash to its first ever NEC Title, first ever NCAA Tournament appearance and first NCAA Tournament win.
 
STRONG IN THE CIRCLE
The Red Flash is off to a solid start in the circle this year, with a 2.50 team ERA and a .213 batting average against.  Adrian Smith (Clairsville, Ohio/St. Clairsville) owns a team-best 2.45 ERA and a 3-3 record, including four complete games and two shutouts.  She has four outings in which she has gone at least five innings and allowed one or less run.

Trahan is 8-6 with a 2.52 ERA in 16 appearances, with 10 complete games and two shutouts.  She ranks 12th in the nation, and first in the NEC, with 88 strikeouts, and 20th in the nation with eight wins.  Trahan has five outings in which she has gone at least seven innings and allowed one or less run.  Trahan recorded a career-high 14 strikeouts in game one against Omaha and took a No-Hitter into the seventh in the second game against the Mavericks.
 
COLLECTING DINGERS
After hitting 146 homers in the last two seasons, Saint Francis is once again on track to be among the top power teams in the nation.  With nine homers this past weekend, SFU is up to 23 on the season.  Saint Francis ranks 15th in the nation in home runs per game, with 1.15, and 20th in total homers. 

Senior Madison Cabell (Ivor, Va./Southampton) ranks 11th in the nation with seven homers, which is more than 122 DI teams, including eight NEC teams.  Mikayla Bower (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport) and Kassidy Troxell (Navarre, Ohio/Perry) have four each and Hayley Norton (Spring Grove, Pa./Spring Grove) has three homers.  Jordy Frank homered twice this past weekend as one of eight SFU players with at least one homer this season.
 
CHALLENGING NON-CON SLATE
SFU continues a challenging non-conference schedule this week.  The slate features games against No. 5 Oklahoma, No. 13 Auburn and No. 23 Oklahoma State. SFU will also play Arkansas, who is receiving votes in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll.  As part of its non-conference schedule, SFU will play 16 games against Power 5 programs and 12 against teams who played in the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
 
SCOUTING THE SOONERS
Oklahoma has won four National Championships under Patty Gasso, including national titles in 2016 and 2017.  The Sooners are 13-2 this season, with four wins coming in run-rule victories.
 
The Sooners rank eighth in the nation with a team batting average of .314 and 25th in scoring, averaging just over six runs per game.  Junior Sydney Romero, USA Softball Player of the Year watchlist member, leads the Sooners with a .500 average, with two homers, 14 RBI and 11 runs.  Junior Shay Knighten is batting .417 with a homer and five RBI to go with 11 runs.  Freshman Jocelyn Alo ranks sixth in the nation with eight homers and leads the team with 16 RBI to go with a .409 average and three stolen bases. 
 
Oklahoma has a team ERA of 0.64, good for second in the nation, and allows an opposing average of just .167.  Seniors Paige Lowary and Paige Parker are tied for seventh in the country with 0.34 ERAs.  Parker is 7-1 in nine appearances, seven starts, with 46 strikeouts in 41.1 innings.  Lowary is 2-1 in a team-high 11 appearances, with 16 strikeouts in 20.2 innings.  Sophomore Mariah Lopez is 3-0 with a 1.67 ERA in five starts.  She has 30 strikeouts in 21 innings.