No. 19/13 Oklahoma takes part in its first true road series of the season, visiting No. 23/24 Louisiana-Lafayette. Friday's game can be seen on RaginCajuns.com, while Saturday's doubleheader will be shown on ESPN3.com.

SERIES HISTORY

Oklahoma and Louisiana-Lafayette have met 22 times prior to tihs weekend, with the Ragin' Cajuns owning a 13-9 advantage. However, the Sooners have won four straight and seven of the past eight in the series.

The two teams were supposed to face each other in Norman a year ago, but the series was cancelled due to poor weather. Instead, the last time these two teams met was in Fullerton, Calif., on March 14, 2009 when OU won, 8-5.

CHAMBERLAIN HEATING UP

Several school records were set or tied and the Sooners also etched their names into the NCAA record books after a 35-1, five-inning win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff in game two of a doubleheader on Friday.

Stat First 14 Games Last 9 Games AVG/OBP/SLG .171/.442/.257 .545/.737/1.455 Hits/At-Bats 6/35 12/22 Runs 13 18 2B/3B/HR 0/0/1 3/1/5 RBI 6 10 Total Bases 9 32 Walks/Strikeouts 16/9 16/2 Stolen Bases 3 3

HOT STREAKS

A quick look at which Sooners have been enjoying recent success:

Player G AB R H RBI 2B HR BB K SB AVG/OBP/SLG Casey 13 38 14 15 11 5 1 7 5 2 .395/.511/.737 Chamberlain 9 22 18 12 10 3 5 16 2 3 .545/.737/1.455 Ellis 4 13 5 9 12 1 3 1 1 2 .692/.714/1.462 Martinez 13 38 11 16 13 2 0 3 3 5 .421/.463/.526 E. Miller 7 24 10 9 7 2 1 3 5 1 .375/.500/.583 Pendley 12 40 17 19 20 6 4 9 10 3 .475/.571/.925

AMONG THE NATION'S BEST

Below is a list of all OU's top-20 rankings in the latest NCAA Statistics (Games through 3/9).

ELLIS, STEVENS EARN BIG 12 WEEKLY HONORS

For the first time in their respective careers, sophomores Whitney Ellis and Kelsey Stevens received weekly honors from the Big 12. Ellis was named the co-Big 12 Player of the Week, while Stevens was chosen as the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week after leading the Sooners to a 4-0 mark last week.

Ellis was a team-best 9-13 (.692) with three home runs, 12 RBI, five runs scored and two stolen bases. She got on-base at a .714 clip and slugged 1.462. Ellis led the Sooner in average (.692), hits (9), doubles (1), RBI (12), OBP (.714) and stolen bases (2).

Stevens won all three of her starts for the Sooners in complete-game efforts, striking out 27 batters in 19.0 innings of work.

FACING THE CREAM OF THE CROP

Five of OU's six losses have come to ranked teams this year. In fact, as of 3/11 the average ranking in both polls of those ranked teams at the time of the game was 11.6, which is the sixth-most difficult in the nation (min. seven ranked opponents faced).

Team Avg. Opp. Rank Vs. Top-25 Record Wisconsin 8.6 1-6 10-9 Texas 9.3 3-6 16-13 Michigan 10.2 5-5 16-6 Fresno State 11.1 2-5 12-8 Nebraska 11.4 4-6 15-8 Oklahoma 11.6 2-5 17-6

STEVENS, CHAMBERLAIN GUIDE OU PAST NO. 20 TULSA

Kelsey Stevens established a season high with 11 strikeouts as OU beat No. 20 Tulsa, 1-0, on March 9. She allowed just two walks and gave up two hits in 23 at-bats (.087) to limit a Golden Hurricane squad that came in with a .336 team batting average.

Stevens outdueled two-time All-American Aimee Creger, who had 11 strikeouts, too. Creger made one mistake though, a solo home run hit by Lauren Chamberlain in the sixth.

RUN-RULE WINS AT COURTYARD MARRIOTT TOURNAMENT

In the opening two games of the Courtyard Marriott Tournament in Norman on March 7, OU posted run-rule wins over Liberty and Western Illinois.

Oklahoma tied a school record with six home runs, including two each from Lauren Chamberlain and Shelby Pendley in an 18-3, five-inning win over Liberty. The six homers tied a record set against Pacific on Feb. 22, 2008. OU followed that with a 9-1, six-inning win over Western Illinois.

ELLIS' TWO HOME RUNS GUIDE OU PAST LOUISIANA TECH

A five-run first inning and a pair of home runs by sophomore Whitney Ellis carried No. 19/13 Oklahoma to an 11-3, six-inning victory over Louisiana Tech on March 4. It was the first multi-home run game for Ellis as she hit a three-run homer in the first and a walk-off, two-run shot in the bottom of the sixth. She finished 3-4 at the plate, with three runs scored, five RBI and a stolen base.

CHAMBERLAIN SETS BIG 12, OU CAREER HOME RUN MARK

After homering in the first game of the season to tie the Oklahoma and Big 12 career home run mark, junior Lauren Chamberlain broke the mark in game one of a doubleheader against Arkansas-Pine Bluff Friday.

Chamberlain hit 30 homers as a freshman, 30 as a sophomore and now has two this year for a record-setting mark of 62. It breaks a tie she shared with former Sooner Jessica Shults (61) and has Chamberlain tied with three others for 25th all-time in Division I history. Chamberlain is the active home run leader in Division I softball.

RECORDS FALL IN 35-1 WIN OVER ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF

Several school records were set or tied and the Sooners also etched their names into the NCAA record books after a 35-1, five-inning win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff in game two of a doubleheader on Friday.

Stat Player/Team OU Rank NCAA Rank 17 Runs in an Inning Team 1st T-2nd 31 RBI Team 1st T-3rd 34-Run Margin of Victory Team 1st T-6th 35 Runs Team 1st T-7th 4 Home Runs in an Inning Team T-1st T-7th 44 Total Bases Team 1st T-15th 24 Hits Team T-1st T-28th 6 Doubles Team T-1st N/R 10 RBI Shelby Pendley 1st T-4th 5 Runs Scored Lauren Chamberlain T-1st T-13th 4 Walks Lauren Chamberlain T-1st T-16th

OU SPLITS DOUBLEHEADER WITH NO. 16/15 NEBRASKA

The Sooners split a doubleheader in Norman with No. 16/15 Nebraska, securing its first win over a ranked team in the process.

In game one, Oklahoma found itself down 4-3 to the Huskers going into the bottom of the seventh but Georgia Casey gave OU life with a one-out double. Whitney Ellis knotted the game up 4-4 when she followed with a double and two batters later Callie Parsons hit a walk-off single for the 5-4 win, No. 1500 in program history.

To get the win, OU had to overcome a 3-0 deficit after the first inning and a 4-3 deficit after the top of the seventh.

Game two saw the Huskers snap the Sooners' home winning streak at 16 games dating to last season (chart in right column) with a 7-2 victory.

Oklahoma failed to capitalize on scoring chances in both the first and second innings, combining to leave five runners on base. After Nebraska scored three runs in the third, OU got one back on an RBI single from Destinee Martinez . The Huskers scored again in the fourth, while Casey hit a solo HR in the fifth. NU tacked on three more runs over the sixth and seventh innings to get the game's final margin.

SOONERS SWEEP DOUBLEHEADER FROM UAPB

Oklahoma opened the home portion of its schedule on Feb. 28 when it swept Arkansas-Pine Bluff in a doubleheader.

In game one against the Golden Lions, OU jumped out early and scored six runs in the first inning as Georgia Casey hit an RBI double, an error allowed two runs to score, Whitney Ellis added a two-run double and Jessica Vest hit an run-scoring single.

Chamberlain hit her record-breaking home run in the fourth inning and Javen Henson followed two batters later to make it 8-0. Brittany Williams added a two-run homer in the frame.

Game two saw several records broken or met (see page one) as the Sooners defeated the Golden Lions, 35-1, in five innings. Oklahoma scored nine runs in the first, nine runs in the second and 17 in the fourth inning. The Sooners hit four home runs in the game, all of which came in the fourth.

Of the 18 players on OU's roster, 16 got into the game. Thirteen different Sooners scored a run, including 12 that scored at least two runs. Twelve players collected a hit, including four that got at least three hits. In addition, 11 different Sooners drove in a run and eight drew at least one walk.

The offensive catalyst was junior Shelby Pendley who was a perfect 4-4 at the plate, recording two doubles and two home runs, one of which was a grand slam. She set the OU single-game record with 10 RBI.

Henson also had an impressive day by going 3-4 with three runs scored and a career-high six RBI. Chamberlain matched a school record by scoring five runs in the game, while Tyler Lucas recorded three singles in the fourth inning.

HOME WIN STREAK ENDS AS FIFTH LONGEST

With wins in its first three home games of the year, Oklahoma ran its winning streak at Marita Hynes Field to 16 games. It was ended in game two of a doubleheader against Nebraska, but not before becoming the fifth longest streak in OU history.

MARTINEZ NAMED BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Destinee Martinez has been named the Big 12 Player of the Week. It's the first weekly conference honor for an OU player in 2014 and the first for Martinez her in her career.

Martinez hit .500 for the weekend (8-16) and led the team in runs scored (7), hits (8), RBI (7) on-base percentage (.556) and stolen bases (4). Among her highlights, she was 4-4 against Oregon State and drove in a career high three RBI against both Northwestern and Syracuse.

SOONERS TURN TRIPLE PLAY

The final score of 11-1 in five innings illustrates how strong the OU offense was against LMU (2/8), but it was the defense that came through with the highlight of the day on a triple play.