Former OU softball player Sophia Nugent hit a two-run home run in the top of the eighth inning to lift Tennessee to a 5-2 win Friday night.

Texas and Oklahoma at the top of the college softball world? If it sounds familiar, it is. The Super 16 rankings might be a sign of things to come.

The madness of March has arrived. And we don’t mean basketball. College softball is knee-deep in conference play, and that means lots of juicy series and consequential results. There have been numerous top-16 matchups and even a few top-10 and top-five ones.

For the third time this year, Sam Landry has earned SEC Pitcher of the Week honors. She was essential in Oklahoma’s series victory over Missouri this past weekend, allowing one earned run across 12 innings in Columbia, MO.

The Oklahoma State softball team finishes off a four-game trip to Georgia with a game against Penn State on Saturday morning.

Lillie Walker came home to pitch, and Oklahoma showed up to watch. With 15 2/3 innings pitched across the weekend against Oklahoma State and a shutout win in Game 1, the Inola native dazzled in her first collegiate homecoming outside of last year’s Women’s College World Series appearance with Duke.