The No. 1-seeded Oklahoma softball team faced one of the best pitchers in the nation against Stanford and prevailed. Can they do it again against an elite Tennessee pitching staff that features a good-hitting lineup to match?
That’s the challenge facing the Sooners (57-1) as they go up against the No. 4-seeded Volunteers (50-8) on Saturday afternoon in a winners’ bracket contest on Day 3 of the Women’s College World Series.
Tennessee poses a different type of challenge to the top-seeded Sooners, who for three seasons now are used to having a giant target on their back and used to getting every opponent’s best shot.