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Mississippi State softball vs Oklahoma prediction: Can Bulldogs shock OU?

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Here's our prediction for Mississippi State softball's NCAA super regional against Oklahoma.

Mississippi State softball is one step away from reaching the program's first Women's College World Series . But to get there, the Bulldogs (41-18) will have to get through one of the top programs in the sport. MSU is facing Oklahoma (51-8), the No.

3 national seed, in the NCAA Tournament super regional. The best-of-three series begins May 22 (noon, ESPN2) at Love's Field in Norman, Oklahoma. Here is a scouting report and prediction for the super regional.

Oklahoma easily won its regional The Sooners breezed through the Norman Regional, outscoring Binghamton, Kansas and Michigan 28-1 in three games. That wasn't much of a surprise for a team that's made nine consecutive Women's College World Series and hasn't missed a super regional since 2009. Oklahoma has won eight national championships, seven of them since 2013.

Oklahoma is 27-1 at home this season, with the only loss to Arkansas on April 18. Mississippi State coach Samantha Ricketts played at Oklahoma from 2006-09 and then was a graduate assistant at Oklahoma from 2009-11. MSU is 0-11 all time against Oklahoma.