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Super-Regionals 2026 -- Friday

A full slate of super-regional action today, with the chart below available for seeing where things stand at a glance...

Mississippi State- Oklahoma

No score, but the Bulldogs are threatening T3 with runners on first and second and only one out... Sooner pitcher Miali Guachino gets a strikeout for the second out... HBP (on the hand or lower wrist) to load the bases... Tatum Silva lines one of Guachino's mitt, ball stays in infield but no play at any base, Mississippi State takes 1-0 lead... Ground-out ends the MSU threat... B3, OU's Kendall Wells slugs two-run shot past the bleachers in center (her 38th homer of the season), 2-1 Sooners... Isabela Emerling with another OU two-run blast in same inning, now 4-1... Third homer of the inning -- Kasisi Pickering on this one -- for a 5-1 OU lead... T4, Des Rivera homer cuts MSU deficit to 5-2... Next batter walks... OU pitching change, with Sydney Berzon entering the circle... Force at second for first Bulldog out... Easy fly to CF for second out... Another force at second to end MSU half-inning... Currently 6-2 OU after five... T6, Rivera with leadoff double, scores as part of Bulldog rally, now 6-4 Oklahoma with runners at the corners and two out... Audrey Lowry coming in to pitch for Sooners... Wild-pitch/Passed-ball brings home MSU run to close within 6-5 (and advances runner from first to second)... Morgan Bernardini singles in tying run (and takes second on throw home)... Easy fly to left ends MSU rally, tied 6-6... B6, Sydney Barker, whose error at third prolonged MSU rally in top of inning, leads off with single up the middle... Kai Minor flies out to the wall in center... Ella Parker singles up the middle, OU with runners on first and second... MSU pitching change, Peja Goold in for Leila Ammon... One pitch to Wells and it's a three-run blast to the "batter's eye" greenery behind the CF wall (her 39th homer), now 9-6 OU...

Georgia-Tennessee

Game 2 of this series is underway. Georgia is officially the home team for this game... Vols with bases loaded and one out in T1 for Makenzie Butt... K for second out, bringing up Elsa Morrison... UGA pitcher Randi Roelling gets out of jam with easy fly to right... B1, Erin Nuwer pitching for Tennessee. Has impressive ERA (1.00) and K/BB ratio (88/25)... T2, Vols take 2-0 lead on Sophia Knight two-run homer...

Duke-Arkansas

Duke leading 3-2 in T2 of series opener... This game is now in a delay...

Texas Tech-Florida

Texas Tech has had some wild games lately, huh? This morning it was the Red Raiders squandering a large lead -- 7-1 over Florida -- as the Gators tied things up 8-8 after six. Texas Tech's Mia Williams, a transfer from Florida of all places, then hit a two-run homer in T7 and NiJaree Canady closed out UF in B7 for a 10-8 Tech win and 1-0 series lead... 

I hadn't known what to expect from Florida, as the Gators' regular-season SEC schedule did not include Oklahoma, Texas, or Alabama (each team plays eight three-game series, with the SEC having 15 softball-fielding schools).

Teams Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Alabama (1)-LSU (16) --- --- ---
Texas (2)-Arizona St --- --- ---
Oklahoma (3)-Mississippi St --- --- ---
Nebraska (4)-Oklahoma St (13) --- --- ---
Arkansas (5)-Duke (12) --- --- ---
Florida (6)-Texas Tech (11) Texas Tech --- ---
Tennessee  (7)-Georgia (10) Tennessee --- ---
UCLA (8)-Central Florida  --- --- ---
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