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