Oklahoma's Patty Gasso offers advice as Kendall Wells chases softball HR record
Oklahoma's Kendall Wells is one home run shy of the college softball single-season record, with postseason play ahead.
Kendall Wells is giving a new meaning to Boomer Sooner. Oklahoma's 19-year-old freshman catcher is closing in on college softball history as she chases down a 31-year-old single-season home run record set in 1995 by Arizona's Laura Espinoza (37) in 72 games. Wells has 36 home runs in 54 games, with 32 of those matchups ending early in run-rule victories.
There's still lots of softball to be played and opportunities to break the record. Oklahoma kicks off the SEC Tournament on Thursday with a quarterfinal matchup against either No. 8 LSU or No.
9 Georgia after the Sooners earned the No. 1 seed by claiming the 2026 SEC regular-season championship. The NCAA Tournament comes after and the Sooners could play their way into the Women's College World Series.
But as the nation eagerly watches the home run record chase that's emerged between Wells and UCLA sluggers Megan Grant and Jordan Woolery, Oklahoma head coach Patty Gasso offered Wells a simple word of advice. "Kendall (Wells) obviously is in this big race that I am not even considering a race," Gasso said ahead of the SEC Tournament. "I just keep telling her...
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