Sooners, Cowgirls serve as 2 of 8 Best-of-3 series hosts

The Road to the Women’s College World Series will continue this Thursday-Sunday with Super Regional action.

Two of the eight Super Regional Best-of-3 series hosts will be Norman and Stillwater.

The top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners will host 16th seed Clemson in the Norman Super Regional, beginning with Game 1 of the Best-of-3 series Friday at 1 p.m. Game 2 will take place Saturday at 12 p.m., while the ‘if necessary’ game scheduled for Sunday at a time to be determined.

The sixth-seeded Oklahoma State Cowgirls will host Oregon in the Stillwater Super Regional, beginning with Game 1 of the Best-of-3 series Thursday at 8 p.m. Game 2 will take place Friday at 5 p.m., while the ‘if necessary’ game scheduled for Saturday at a time to be determined.

The other six Super Regionals will be held in Tallahassee (Fla.), Durham (N.C.), Tuscaloosa (Ala.), Knoxville (Tenn.), Seattle (Wash.), and Salt Lake City (Utah).

Oklahoma punched its ticket to the Super Regionals with three run-rule wins in their regional tournament this past Friday- Sunday, defeating Hofstra 11-0 in five innings, Missouri 11-0 in six innings, and California 16-3 in five innings, respectively.

Oklahoma State also swept its regional tournament this past weekend, defeating UMBC 9-0 in six innings, Wichita State 6-0, and Nebraska 5-2, respectively. The win over Nebraska saw the Cowgirls rally from a 2-1 deficit with a 4-run top of seventh.

Last weekend’s regional tournament action saw three Top 15 seeds defeated, including second- seeded UCLA, who were defeated by Grand Canyon University (3-2) and Liberty University (2-1) in back-to-back contests at the Los Angeles Regional.

The other two Top 15 seeds to see their season end this past weekend were 10th-seeded LSU, who lost twice on Sunday to Louisiana University in the Baton Rouge Regional, and 11th-seeded Arkansas, who suffered a 14-4 loss to the University of Oregon in the Fayetteville Regional on Sunday.

The biggest comeback during last weekend’s regional tournament action came on Sunday when 7th-seeded Washington rallied from a 6-0 deficit in the top of the 7th to defeat McNeese State by a 7-6 margin in the championship game of the Seattle Regional.

The Women’s College World Series will take place June 1-9 at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

--- 2023 NCAA Softball Super Regionals Schedules and TV Networks (ET) Teams marked with an asterisk* are the hosts. Networks for each Game 2 will be released following Game 1.

Tallahassee Super Regional Tallahassee, Florida

Game 1: Thursday, May 25, 7 p.m. - No. 3 Florida State* vs. No. 14 Georgia - ESPN2 Game 2: Friday, May 26, 8 p.m. - No. 14 Georgia vs. No. 3 Florida State* - TBD Game 3 (if necessary): Saturday, May 27 --- Stillwater Super Regional Stillwater, Oklahoma

Game 1: Thursday, May 25, 9 p.m. - No. 6 Oklahoma State* vs. Oregon - ESPN2 Game 2: Friday, May 26, 6 p.m. - Oregon vs. No. 6 Oklahoma State* - TBD Game 3 (if necessary): Saturday, May 27 --- Norman Super Regional Norman, Oklahoma

Game 1: Friday, May 26, 2 p.m. - No. 1 Oklahoma* vs. No. 16 Clemson - ESPN2 Game 2: Saturday, May 27, 1 p.m. - No. 16 Clemson vs. No. 1 Oklahoma* - TBD Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, May 28 --- Durham Super Regional Durham, North Carolina

Game 1: Friday, May 26, noon - No. 8 Duke* vs. No. 9 Stanford - ESPN2 Game 2: Saturday, May 27, 3 p.m. - No. 9 Stanford vs. No. 8 Duke* - TBD Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, May 28 --- Tuscaloosa Super Regional Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Game 1: Friday, May 26, 8 p.m. - No. 5 Alabama* vs. No. 12 Northwestern - ESPNU Game 2: Saturday, May 27, 9 p.m. - No. 12 Northwestern vs. No. 5 Alabama* - TBD Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, May 28 --- Knoxville Super Regional Knoxville, Tennessee

Game 1: Friday, May 26, 4 p.m. - No. 4 Tennessee* vs. No. 13 Texas - ESPN2 Game 2: Saturday, May 27, 3 p.m. - No. 13 Texas vs. No. 4 Tennessee* - TBD Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, May 28 --- Seattle Super Regional Seattle, Washington

Game 1: Friday, May 26, 10 p.m. - No. 7 Washington* vs. Louisiana - ESPN2 Game 2: Saturday, May 27, 7 p.m. - Louisiana vs. No. 7 Washington* - TBD Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, May 28 --- Salt Lake City Super Regional Salt Lake City, Utah

Game 1: Friday, May 26, 10 p.m. - No. 15 Utah* vs. San Diego State - ESPNU Game 2: Saturday, May 27, 5 p.m. - San Diego State vs. No. 15 Utah* - TBD Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, May 28