No. 1 seed Oklahoma took a stunning defeat Thursday in its first matchup of the Women’s College World Series, falling 4-3 to James Madison and moving to the loser’s bracket and on the brink of elimination. The Sooners’ loss puts off — perhaps temporarily — a much-anticipated Bedlam rubber match that would have been played Friday night in Oklahoma City.
OU will now play Saturday against Georgia, whom the Cowgirls defeated 3-2 on Thursday. OSU faces James Madison on Friday night at 5 p.m. OU would need to defeat Georgia and the loser of Thursday’s game between Arizona and Alabama before facing OSU in the quarterfinals.