Oklahoma’s opponent in the quarterfinal round of the SEC Softball Tournament is no longer to be determined. The top-seeded Sooners will face No. 9 LSU, which shut out Mississippi State 5-0 on Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals.
The Sooners and LSU (41-13, 12-12) will play the first game on Thursday at Jack Turner Stadium in Athens, Georgia, set to start at 10 a.m. CT. The game can be viewed on SEC Network.
Oklahoma (43-7, 17-7) and LSU did not meet in the regular season, but the two teams have played 19 times previously, with the Sooners owning an 11-8 record in the series history. The most recent meeting was in 2023, when then-No. 1 OU defeated the No. 13 Tigers 3-0 in Baton Rouge. Before that, the two teams had not played each other since 2016…