Arkansas, Tulsa and Oregon will join OU in the four-team field in Norman.
NORMAN, Okla. - The Oklahoma softball team (43-12) will be making its 15th straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament this Friday as the Sooners were chosen as a No. 10 overall seed and will host a regional in Norman. Arkansas, Tulsa and Oregon will join Oklahoma in the four-team field at the OU Softball Complex this weekend.
The regional (May 16-18) is double-elimination and runs through Sunday at the OU Softball Complex. The winner of the Norman Regional will match up with the winner of the Hempstead Regional between No. 7 Arizona, Hofstra, Long Island and Canisius in the Super Regionals (May 23-25).
“We are so excited for our team and for our fans that we have the opportunity to play in front of our home fans,” head coach Patty Gasso said. “Our team worked hard all year to earn and I’m so proud of them for that. Also, we played every team in our four-team regional earlier this season so we are familiar with them.”
For the second straight year Oklahoma was selected as one of the top 16 seeds in the country. The NCAA began the new format of seeding 16 different teams and placing them at a different regional three years ago.
The Sooners are one of two Big 12 teams that were seeded nationally as Texas A&M was selected as a No. 5 national seed. Within the Norman Regional, Oklahoma is the top seed followed by Arkansas, Tulsa and Oregon rounding out the field as the fourth overall seed.
Oklahoma is slated to play Oregon in opening round action on at 7:30 p.m. (CST) on Friday, May 16. Arkansas will take on Tulsa in its opening game of the tournament at 5 p.m. (CST) on Friday.

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