The Oklahoma women’s softball team never had to worry much about an always unlikely upset Friday. The Sooners dispatched Binghamton with ease in the first game of the Norman Regional in the NCAA Tournament.
OU, the top-seed in its quarter of the bracket, handled the Bearcats, 11-0, in five innings, scoring in all four frames in which it came to bat.
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Kasidi Pickering hit a two-run home run in the first, highlighting a four-run opening inning. Kai Minor and Ella Parker each went yard in the second, giving the Sooners three more runs. Ailana Agbayani hit a two-run single in the third. And Kendall Wells clubbed a two-run homer in the fourth to provide OU with its last batch of necessary runs to enact the run-rule.
Coach Patty Gasso used three pitchers in order save arms for the rest of the weekend, no matter how long it may run. Audrey Lowry pitched two innings before Berkley Zache picked up the win by working the next two. The pair of Sooners pitchers and Allyssa Parker gave up just two hits over their five innings.
Oklahoma will play the winner of Kansas and Michigan in the next round while Binghamton gets the loser. Whichever teams comes out of the winner’s bracket game would need just one more win to qualify for Super Regionals. Oklahoma, which is playing this Regional in Norman, lost just one game at home during the regular season.
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Photos of Kendal Daniels with the Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma’s Kendal Daniels (5) hits Michigan’s Justice Haynes (22) in the first half of the college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooner and the University of Michigan Wolverines at the Gaylord Family à Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025.
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Photos of Kendal Daniels with the Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma’s Kendal Daniels (5) hits Michigan’s Justice Haynes (22) in the first half of the college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooner and the University of Michigan Wolverines at the Gaylord Family à Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025.
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Photos of Kendal Daniels with the Oklahoma Sooners
Aug 30, 2025; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma Sooners linebacker Kendal Daniels (5) during the game against the Illinois State Redbirds at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
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Photos of Kendal Daniels with the Oklahoma Sooners
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Oklahoma Sooners linebacker Kendal Daniels (5) celebrates after a play during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Missouri Tigers at Gaylord Family à Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. Oklahoma won 17-6.
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Photos of Kendal Daniels with the Oklahoma Sooners
Nov 22, 2025; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma Sooners linebacker Kendal Daniels (5) tackles Missouri Tigers quarterback Beau Pribula (9) during the second half at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
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Nov 22, 2025; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma Sooners linebacker Kendal Daniels (5) reacts during the game against the Missouri Tigers at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
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Oct 25, 2025; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma Sooners linebacker Kendal Daniels (5) reacts during the second half against the Ole Miss Rebels at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
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Oct 18, 2025; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; Oklahoma Sooners linebacker Kendal Daniels (5) celebrates a safety against the South Carolina Gamecocks in the second half at Williams-Brice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-Imagn Images
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Oct 18, 2025; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; Oklahoma Sooners linebacker Kendal Daniels (5) celebrates a sack of South Carolina Gamecocks quarterback Lanorris Sellers (16) in the second half at Williams-Brice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-Imagn Images
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Photos of Kendal Daniels with the Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma Sooners linebacker Kendal Daniels (5) pressures Texas Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning (16) in the first half of the Red River Rivalry college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorn at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025.
This article originally appeared on Sooners Wire: Oklahoma handles Binghamton in NCAA Softball Tournament