Shutout Victory Starts off Norman Regional

Friday, May 15

Norman, Okla.

2:30 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

49-8

(4) Binghamton

20-26

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Binghamton	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Oklahoma Sooners	4	3	2	2	X	11	12	0

Kasidi Pickering rounds the bases after hitting a home run against Binghamton

Pickering launched the 18th home run of her season, tying her career high.

Shutout Victory Starts off Norman Regional

May 15, 2026 | Softball

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Sooners Homer Four Times in 11-0 Win Against Binghamton

NORMAN — No. 3 Oklahoma Softball (49-8) scored in every trip to the plate, homering four times while the pitchers turned in a two-hit shutout in an 11-0 five-inning win against Binghamton (20-26) in the opening game of the Norman Regional Friday, May 15.

Oklahoma 11, Binghamton 0
Audrey Lowry fanned the side and OU scored four times in the first inning. Kai Minor opened with a double, Ella Parker walked and Gabbie Garcia scored Minor with a single up the middle. Isabela Emerling lined a sac fly to left and Kasidi Pickering capped the first frame with a 252-foot homer to left center.

Minor and Parker homered in back-to-back at-bats in the second and Ailana Agbayani plated two with a single up the middle to make it 9-0 Sooners through three frames.

Kendall Wells capped off OU's scoring with a monstrous 289-foot home run to the base of the scoreboard in center.

Lowry, Berkeley Zache and Allyssa Parker combined for the two-hit shutout.

Pitchers of Record
Win: Berkley Zache (1-0)
Loss: Olivia Kennedy (8-9)

Statistical Snapshot

Kai Minor 2-for-3, 2R, 2RBIs, HR, 2B
Ella Parker | 1-for-2, 2R, HR, BB
Kasidi Pickering | 2-for-3, 2R, 2RBIs, HR
Abby Dayton | 2-for-3, R
Ailana Agbayani | 2-for-2, 2RBI

Notes

All four OU freshmen position players now have double-digit home runs after Minor hit her 10th of the season
OU won its 90th game in regional play.
The Sooners have won eight consecutive regional openers
OU has won by run-rule in eight consecutive regional openers
Minor posted her 26th multi-hit game of the season, a team high
Minor has at least one extra-base hit in six consecutive games
Four of Minor's 10 home runs have come in the last six games
It was the first-ever meeting between Oklahoma and Binghamton
OU won by run-rule for the 33rd time this season
Five Sooners tallied a multi-hit game
Zache hasn't allowed an earned run in 12 consecutive appearances