Completed Event: Softball at #4/4 Texas on April 11, 2026 , Win , 4, to, 3
Final
Softball
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at #4/4 Texas
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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Saturday, April 18
7 p.m.
University of Oklahoma
41-6, 14-3
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Arkansas
36-7, 11-6
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
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| Arkansas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Oklahoma Sooners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Photo by: Peyton Martin/University of Oklahoma
Home Winning Streak Comes to a Close Saturday
April 18, 2026 | Softball
No. 1 Softball Drops 3-2 Decision to No. 6 Arkansas
NORMAN — For the first time this season OU dropped a one-run ball game as No. 6 Arkansas (36-7, 11-6 SEC) outdueled the No. 1 Sooners (42-5, 14-3 SEC), 3-2, Saturday, April 18 at Love's Field.
Arkansas 3, Oklahoma 2
Arkansas scored first for the second game in a row, generating a 1-0 lead in the second after an infield hit from Kailey Wyckoff and an RBI double inside the first base bag by Kennedy Miller. The Razorbacks loaded the bases for Karlie Davison, but Ella Parker robbed her of extra bases and potentially a home run with a catch at the top of the wall in right.
The pitchers and defenses for both sides took over in the middle innings. OU left fielder Abby Dayton saved potential runs and extra bases in the top of the third, making a diving catch on an Ella McDowell flare down the left field line.
Sydney Berzon entered in the third inning and retired eight of the first nine batters she faced, holding Arkansas' lead to 1-0 until Isabela Emerling tied the game with a 262-foot solo bomb to left center in the fifth. Kasidi Pickering nearly followed with extra bases, but Arkansas' Reagan Johnson made a spectacular diving catch in right center to rob a hit.
Arkansas regained the lead on Tianna Bell's two-run homer in the sixth inning, her second roundtripper of the weekend series.
After fouling a few pitches away, freshman Kendall Wells hooked a towering solo home run inside the left field foul pole, chasing starting pitcher Peyton Burnham. Friday night's starter, Robyn Herron, entered and set down every batter she faced to earn her fourth save of the year.
Pitchers of Record
Win: Peyton Burnham (10-3)
Loss: Sydney Berzon (5-2)
Save: Robyn Herron (4)
Statistical Snapshot
Notes
Up Next
The rubber game gets underway at 1 p.m. Sunday, Apr. 19 at Love's Field. The game will be streamed on SEC Network+.
Arkansas 3, Oklahoma 2
Arkansas scored first for the second game in a row, generating a 1-0 lead in the second after an infield hit from Kailey Wyckoff and an RBI double inside the first base bag by Kennedy Miller. The Razorbacks loaded the bases for Karlie Davison, but Ella Parker robbed her of extra bases and potentially a home run with a catch at the top of the wall in right.
The pitchers and defenses for both sides took over in the middle innings. OU left fielder Abby Dayton saved potential runs and extra bases in the top of the third, making a diving catch on an Ella McDowell flare down the left field line.
Sydney Berzon entered in the third inning and retired eight of the first nine batters she faced, holding Arkansas' lead to 1-0 until Isabela Emerling tied the game with a 262-foot solo bomb to left center in the fifth. Kasidi Pickering nearly followed with extra bases, but Arkansas' Reagan Johnson made a spectacular diving catch in right center to rob a hit.
Arkansas regained the lead on Tianna Bell's two-run homer in the sixth inning, her second roundtripper of the weekend series.
After fouling a few pitches away, freshman Kendall Wells hooked a towering solo home run inside the left field foul pole, chasing starting pitcher Peyton Burnham. Friday night's starter, Robyn Herron, entered and set down every batter she faced to earn her fourth save of the year.
Pitchers of Record
Win: Peyton Burnham (10-3)
Loss: Sydney Berzon (5-2)
Save: Robyn Herron (4)
Statistical Snapshot
- Isabela Emerling | 1-for-3, HR
- Kendall Wells | 1-for-3, HR
- Sydney Berzon | 4.2 IP, 2H, 2ER, K, 0BB, HBP
Notes
- The Sooners are 7-1 in one-run games this season
- The loss snapped OU's 31-game home winning streak, the longest in the nation prior to tonight
- Wells upped her home run total to 33 on the season, one shy of Jocelyn Alo's program record (34)
- Neither team had a player with a multi-hit game
- 4,526 fans took in Saturday's game, a season high
- Four hits allowed was the fewest in a loss this season
- Berzon set a season high with 59 pitches
- OU's four hits is tied for its second-fewest this season
- OU was previously 23-0 in games in which Emerling hit at least one home run
Up Next
The rubber game gets underway at 1 p.m. Sunday, Apr. 19 at Love's Field. The game will be streamed on SEC Network+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Payton Burnham (10-3)
L: Berzon, Sydney (5-2)
S: Robyn Herron (4)
Batting:
2B: Kennedy Miller 1
HR: Tianna Bell 1
RBI: Tianna Bell 2 ; Kennedy Miller 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ella McDowell 1 ; Tianna Bell 1 ; Kailey Wyckoff 1
HBP: Ella McDowell 1
Batting:
HR: Wells, Kendall 1 ; Emerling, Isabela 1
RBI: Wells, Kendall 1 ; Emerling, Isabela 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wells, Kendall 1 ; Emerling, Isabela 1
SB: Agbayani, Ailana 1
Game Leaders
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H
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RBI
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R
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H
1
RBI
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AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
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AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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