Jocelyn Alo says pain of April loss fueled Oklahoma in big WCWS win over Texas -- 'Chip on our shoulder'

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — This Oklahoma softball juggernaut is already secure as one of the greatest teams of all time.

But on Saturday, after cruising to a 7-2 win over arch-rival Texas to move to 56-2 on the season, OU star Jocelyn Alo said those two losses worked as motivation as the Sooners advanced to the Women's College World Series Semifinals for the sixth consecutive year.

After beating the Longhorns, Alo pointed back to that April 16 loss, when Texas snapped the Sooners' record 40-game winning streak as Texas pitcher Hailey Delcini gave up just two hits in a 4-2 upset win.

«I think we had the edge this, time little bit of a chip on our shoulder,» Alo said. «Last time we had faced Delcini she shut us out. And no one shuts out the Sooners. We had something to prove for sure.»

To Alo's point, the Sooners have scored 20 runs in their first two games, tied with the 1995 Arizona Wildcats for the second-most in WCWS history. Overall, through the postseason, Oklahoma has opponents 72-7 and has not given up more than two runs in any game.

Hope Trautwein got the win for the Sooners, throwing a complete game while giving up two runs on six hits.

Alo matched those two runs in her first at-bat against Delcini on Saturday, hitting a home run to left field in the first inning to drive in leadoff hitter Jayda Coleman.

Delcini settled in after those first two at-bats, but ended up giving up five runs in six hits on 4.1 innings, including a monster homer to left field by Tiare Jennings that landed in the second-to-last row in the bleachers.

«I've seen a lot of far home runs but that was elevated to allow her to really get underneath it and get her power in it,» coach Patty Gasso said. «It was definitely another momentum builder for