With the loss, OU (31-3, 9-3 SEC) dropped its first series of the season. OU and Tennessee both finished with four hits apiece. Pickens tossed a complete game and following Sooners right fielder Kasidi Pickering’s three-run double retired six consecutive OU batters.

Coach Patty Gasso and the second-ranked OU softball team will look to bounce back against No. 11 Tennessee Saturday at Love's Field. OU fell 5-2 to the Volunteers on Friday night.

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NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma softball knew it had a challenge ahead when reigning SEC Pitcher of the Year Karlyn Pickens rolled into town.

OU dropped its series finale against No. 10 Tennessee on Sunday, 5-3, and dropped a Southeastern Conference series for the first time in school history. The Sooners had beaten South Carolina, Arkansas and Missouri in its first three SEC sets.

But Oklahoma is not most college softball programs. And coach Patty Gasso certainly isn't most college softball coaches. She was blunt following her Sooners' loss to Tennessee on Sunday, a loss that provided Oklahoma its first-ever Southeastern Conference series defeat.

Left-hander Kierston Deal starred in the circle for the Sooners, containing the Volunteer offense to bounce-back from Friday's defeat in extra innings.

The second-ranked OU softball team survived against Wichita State 19-16 in a midweek battle on Wednesday. Here's a recap of the Sooners-Shockers game:

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