OKLAHOMA CITY – Second-ranked and second-seeded Oklahoma City hosts a pod of the Sooner Athletic Conference Softball Tournament this week at Ann Lacy Stadium.
 
The Stars open with Langston at 11 a.m. on Thursday, followed by Texas Wesleyan and Wayland Baptist at 1 p.m. An elimination game is set for 3 p.m., followed by a winner's bracket game at 5 p.m.
 
Friday begins with an elimination game at 1 p.m., with the pod championship set for 3 p.m. An 'if necessary' game would be played on Saturday at the championship site.
 
OCU Notebook
Previously: Oklahoma City needed some late-inning magic but completed the sweep of Southwestern Christian with wins of 6-2 and 5-4 on Saturday. Brynlee Alsip went the distance in the opener, striking out three and allowing five hits to move to 25-4. OCU had eight hits, including three by Gabby Moreno. SCU scored in each of the first three innings of the second game to take a 4-0 lead that stood up until OCU plated five runs in the fifth. Hoehner had an RBI double and Rayburn doubled in two runs to trim the lead to 4-3. Peyton Barrow doubled to tie the score. After Moreno singled Barrow to third, she intentionally got herself into a rundown and deftly avoided a tag that gave Barrow time to score the go-ahead run. Moreno and Iliana Ashford had two hits each to spearhead the OCU eight-hit offense. McKenna Snyder tossed 4.2 scoreless innings of relief to get the win.
 
The Other Pod: USAO hosts the other pod in Chickasha. Top-seeded USAO opens at 11 a.m. on Thursday against the eighth seed, Nelson. Fourth-seeded Mid-American Christian takes on fifth-seeded Southwestern Christian at 1 p.m.
 
Honors: Peyton Barrow received Player of the Week honors this week in the Sooner Athletic Conference. Barrow helped the Stars to a 6-0 record last week by going 10-of-20 at the plate for a .500 batting average. Barrow had five doubles and a pair of home runs while driving in 10 runs and scoring six times herself. Barrow had a 1.050 slugging percentage and a .500 on-base percentage for the week and had 10 putouts and an assist on 11 total chances in the field. Four Stars have now won the award seven times this season. Analise Rayburn has won three times, Tara Hoehner twice and Hadley Gibson once, joining this week's win by Barrow.
 
Stars at Home: OCU finished the regular season at 21-1 at home, including 20-0 at home against the SAC. OCU has won its last 20 home games. The Stars are batting .404 with a 1.93 team earned run average. Hadley Gibson is batting .500 at home. Tara Hoehner is hitting .492 with eight home runs and 34 RBIs and Analise Rayburn has a dozen home runs, 37 RBIs and a .431 batting average at home. Brynlee Alsip is 12-0 at home with a 1.51 ERA. McKenna Snyder leads the team with a 1.17 home ERA.
 
OCU vs. Langston: The Stars were 4-0 in the series at Langston with a 1.00 earned run average and a .530 batting average. Hadley Gibson (.667), Peyton Barrow (.600), Gabby Moreno (.600) and Tara Hoehner (.600) all hit .600 or better in the series. Barrow had four home runs and 11 RBIs while Hoehner left the yard three times and had 10 RBIs. Morgandee Sawatzky allowed no earned runs in 10 innings of the series.
 
OCU vs. Texas Wesleyan: The Stars got the home sweep of TWU with a .394 batting average and 2.52 ERA. Analisa Rayburn was five of six (.833) with eight walks, three home runs and nine RBIs in the series. Tara Hoehner batted .778 and Kaden Spidell hit .545 against the Rams. Brynlee Alsip allowed one unearned run in 16 innings for a perfect 3-0 record and 0.00 ERA.
 
OCU vs. Wayland Baptist: The Stars batted .505 with a 1.27 ERA in their four wins against Wayland Baptist. Kaiden Spidell hit .750, followed by Hadley Gibson at .692, Analise Rayburn at .667 and Carlee Mollet at .600. Rayburn had five home runs and 12 RBIs. Brynlee Alsip was 2-0 with a 2.47 ERA in the series.
 
Against the SAC: OCU hit .425 with a 1.95 ERA against the Sooner Athletic Conference this season. Tara Hoehner batted .552 with 12 home runs and 54 RBIs against the league and Hadley Gibson batted .496. Analise Rayburn hit .490 with 16 home runs and 63 RBIs. Brynlee Alsip went 19-2 with a 1.39 ERA against the SAC.
 
Season Hitting: The Stars are hitting .401 this season with 56 home runs and 429 runs (8.5 per game). Hadley Gibson and Tara Hoehner lead the Stars at .481. Analise Rayburn is batting .444 with 22 home runs and 91 RBIs. She also leads the team with a .1039 slugging percentage. Gibson has a team-high .555 on-base percentage.
 
Season Pitching: OCU has a 1.89 team earned run average. Brynlee Alsip leads the team at 25-4 with a 1.28 ERA. McKenna Snyder is 3-1 with a 1.86 ERA.
 
On the Bases: The Stars are 121 of 132 in stolen base attempts this season. Hadley Gibson leads with 26 stolen bases and Gabby Moreno has 21.
 
Run at Your Own Risk: OCU's outfield has been super this season, with Carlee Mollet, Tara Hoehner and Peyton Barrow combining for 13 outfield assists.
 
About Langston: The Lions are 17-25 this season and 12-24 in the SAC. Adlemi Rodriguez batted .393 during the regular season. Tandy Garrett has four home runs and 31 RBIs. The team hits .293. LU has a 7.09 ERA, led by Lilly Ritter at 4.84.
 
About TWU: The Rams come in at 27-22 with a .324 batting average and 4.96 earned run average. Haylie Delarosa is hitting .420 and Kylie Barnes bats .409 with nine home runs and 58 RBIs.
 
About the Pioneers: Wayland Baptist is 27-21 this season with a .333 batting average and a 4.61 earned run average. Mikayla Carillo leads the Pioneers with a .429 batting average and three home runs. Kynleigh Kirby is 10-9 in the circle with a 3.69 ERA.