Flash Points:

• SFU Softball fell 8-0 at defending national champion Oklahoma on Wednesday.
• The Sooners are ranked 5th in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll.
• SFU freshman Jordy Frank hit a double off the top of the wall in the fourth inning,
• The Red Flash (11-10) is set to compete in the USA Softball Hall of Fame Classic this weekend.

NORMAN, Okla. – The Saint Francis Softball team fell 8-0 against defending national champion Oklahoma on Wednesday at Marita Hynes Field.  The No. 5 Sooners scored three runs in the fifth inning to end the game.  The Red Flash is now 11-10 this season, while Oklahoma improved to 14-2 this year.
 
Sophomore Abby Trahan (Kaplan, La./Kaplan) got the start in the circle for Saint Francis.  Trahan threw four innings, facing one batter in the fifth, allowing six runs on seven hits and three walks.  Trahan struck out one batter.  Sophomore Adrian Smith (Clairsville, Ohio/St. Clairsville) relieved Trahan in the fifth and gave up two runs on two hits with a walk.
 
Senior Paige Parker started in the circle for the Sooners.  She went all five innings, allowing just one hit and striking out 12.
 
Freshman Jordan Frank (DuBois, Pa./DuBois Central Catholic) hit a double for the Red Flash in the fourth inning.  Frank nearly had a homer, with the fly ball hitting off the top of the wall in center, her third extra base hit in the last four games.
 
Oklahoma tallied eight runs on nine hits.  Junior Caleigh Clifton led the Sooners with two runs, including a three-run homer.  Junior Sydney Romero had two hits, including a homer, two runs and two RBI, while freshman Kylie Lundberg drove in two runs.
 
The Sooners got on the board in the bottom of the third.  With two outs and runners on the corners, a grounder by Romero trickled through the infield to left field to score Nicole Mendes from third.  Caleigh Clifton followed with a fly ball that snuck inside the left foul pole for a three-run homer.  Oklahoma led 4-0 after three innings.
 
The Red Flash threatened to score in the top of the fourth.  Frank hit an 0-2 pitch off the top of the wall in center, barely missing a homer but settling for a leadoff double.  However, SFU was retired in order after the double.
 
Oklahoma added a run in the bottom of the fourth.  With runners on the corners and two outs, Alo reached on an infield single to short to allow Raegan Rogers to score from third.  OU held a 5-0 advantage after four innings.
 
The Sooners ended the game with three runs in the bottom of the fifth.  Romero led off the inning with a homer to left.  Later in the inning, with the bases loaded, Lundberg, a pinch-hitter, lined a ball into the gap in left center for a double, which plated Clifton and Nicole Pendley.
 
The Red Flash is set to compete at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Classic this weekend in Oklahoma City.  Saint Francis begins the invitational on Friday with matchups against Pacific (12 p.m. ET) and Purdue (2:30 p.m. ET).