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OSU Softball: Oklahoma State Takes Down Oklahoma
NORMAN – Oklahoma State took care of Oklahoma on Friday.
Karli Godwin went 3 for 4 with four RBIs in the contest as the Cowgirls took the 6-3 victory in game one of the series at Loves Field in Norman.
With the win, OSU improves to 43-8, 20-5 in the conference, while OU falls to 45-5, 21-4 in the conference.
Godwin is playing in her first Bedlam series this weekend, and she is off to a good start. She had two doubles and one home run in the contest, helping OSU secure its first win in Norman since 1997.
She wasn’t the only one that hit bombs against the Sooners on Friday. Micaela Wark and Jilyen Poullard hit home runs as well, including Wark’s long ball giving the Cowgirls the lead.
While the offense was clicking, OSU’s pitching remained dominant. Kyra Aycock got the start, and she held Oklahoma at bay, giving up two runs on one hit, six walks in three innings of work.
Lexi Kilfoyl came on in the fourth inning, and the senior tamed the Sooners. She gave up one run on two hits, two walks and two strikeouts in four innings pitched.
Kelly Maxwell, who transferred from Oklahoma State after last season, got the start for the Sooners, and OSU made quick work. She gave up three runs on four hits, two walks and three strikeouts in four innings of work.
OU got on the board first as Kinzie Hansen drew the bases-loaded walk, making it 1-0 in the first inning.
Kasidi Pickering added to the lead in the second inning, hitting an RBI-single and scoring Rylie Boone to increase the lead to 2-0.
OSU would make something happen in the third inning as Poullard drew a walk and a pitch hit Tallen Edwards. Both would advance after Maxwell threw a wild pitch, setting up runners on second and third with two outs for Godwin.
The freshman delivered, hitting a two-out double down the left field line, scoring Edwards and Poullard and tying the game at 2-2.
Kilfoyl would silence OU in the top of the fourth, and Wark would break the tie in the bottom half of the inning. She launched a ball over the wall in center field, giving the Cowgirls the 3-2 lead.
OSU would go on to collect three runs in the fifth, including Poullard’s solo shot and Godwin’s two-run home run, increasing the lead to 6-2.
Oklahoma would score one run in the sixth, but Kilfoyl shut down the Sooners in the seventh, securing game one of the series for the Cowgirls.
Oklahoma State will look to take the series on Saturday at 12 p.m. at Loves Field in Norman. The game can be seen on ESPN.
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NORMAN — Oklahoma softball’s transfer portal activity may have been fairly slow developing.
But now, as the portal window nears its end, the Sooners have started having success.
Oklahoma added outfielder Adi Hansen, a standout at the College of Southern Idaho for the last two seasons on Thursday.
Hansen’s announcement, made on Instagram, followed shortly after Middle Tennessee outfielder Macie Harter announced her commitment to the Sooners.
Hansen led the Golden Eagles with a .457 batting average in 186 at bats in 2026, with an eye-popping 82 runs scored and a school-record 62 stolen bases on 67 attempts.
Hansen had 17 games with two or more stolen bases this season and twice had four stolen bases in a game.
Hansen had four triples and 21 RBIs, drawing 23 walks.
She earned NJCAA first-team All-America honors, helping her team finish 43-13 with a NJCAA Division I Juco World Series appearance.
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In 2025, as a freshman, Hansen hit .401 with 36 stolen bases and 62 ruyns scored.
Hansen is a Logan, Utah, product.
Hansen and Harter join a group of outfielders that includes Kai Minor in centerfield and Ella Parker in right field.
The Sooners lost Abby Dayton to graduation and Kasidi Pickering to transfer after the season. Pickering will reportedly transfer to Texas Tech.
Oklahoma finished 52-10 last season, missing the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2015 after falling to Mississippi State in three games in the Norman Super Regional.
The Sooners have a strong incoming recruiting class and return a trio of pitchers — Audrey Lowry, Miali Guachino and Allyssa Parker — as well as experienced hitters Kendall Wells, Gabbie Garcia, Nelly McEnroe-Marinas plus Minor and Ella Parker.
In addition to the departures of Dayton and Pickering, the Sooners also lost pitchers Sydney Berzon and Kierston Deal, first baseman Isabela Emerling, and second baseman Ailana Agbayani to graduation. Outfielder Tia Milloy, pitcher Berkley Zache and utility player Riley Zache also entered the transfer portal.
Oklahoma’s incoming class includes Edmond Santa Fe pitcher Keegan Baker, Lakewood, Calif., infielder Ki’ele Ho-Ching, Mililani, Hawaii, infielder Ori Mailo, Fullerton, Calif., pitcher Malaya Majam-Finch, Katy, Texas, pitcher EK Smith, and Mesa, Ariz., outfilder Payton Westra.
Mailo was with the Sooners this season, redshirting after joining the program a year early.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Oklahoma City police are investigating an early morning shooting that left one man injured in northeast Oklahoma City.
Around 3 a.m. on Thursday, emergency crews were called to a reported shooting near Kelley and Wilshire Blvd.
Investigators say the shooting occurred between a couple inside the home, adding that the woman shot the man.
However, police say they are trying to determine if the shooting was accidental.
The victim was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
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The woman has been taken into custody for questioning, but it is unknown if she will face charges just yet.
Oklahoma is just three outs away from steamrolling through the right side of the bracket and knocking out Georgia to reach the championship finals.
To prepare, let’s take a look at what arms we should expect for the Sooners just like we did for the North Carolina earlier.
The Sooners have leaned heavily on their freshmen pitching trio in Cord Rager, Xander Mercurius and Nick Wesloski throughout Omaha. The first two went at least seven innings, while Wesloski tossed 5.2 innings on Wednesday. Even though they used relievers LJ Mercurius and Jackson Cleveland in the first two games, neither pitched more than two innings nor allowed a run.
If LJ, who entered for Wesloski on Wednesday, finishes the game, he will have gone 3.1 innings.
That sets up Oklahoma very well to matchup with UNC, which went 3-0 and also hasn’t used many arms up to this point.
If OU does win, expect Rager, Xander Mercurius and Cleveland to be ready to go. Rager, who hasn’t pitched since their first round game against Alabama on Saturday, June 13, would have a full week of rest.
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