Southeastern Louisiana upsets No. 7 Oklahoma
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This time last year, the kind of loss the Oklahoma baseball team suffered Tuesday would have been a reason for a small panic. In 2026, it's a hiccup.
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The Sooners, one day after checking in at No. 8 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, lost to Southeastern Louisiana, 3-0, on the road. The game was OU's first true road game of the season, though coach Skip Johnson's team still carries a 17-4 record.
Oklahoma's bats simply never got going against the Lions, picking up just four hits against SELA's five pitchers. The Sooners' best chance came in the fourth inning, when the game was still scoreless, when Jaxon Willits and Deiten LaChance both singled to start the frame. Things stalled, though, and Peyton Woods hit a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the inning to give Southeastern Louisiana the only run it would ultimately need.
Blaise Priester hit a solo home run in the fifth and Brody Capps scored on a Willits error in the eighth to cap the scoring. Oklahoma had its next best chance in the seventh with back-to-back one-out singles, but stranded runners again leading to the shutout.
Lachance was the only OU player to reach more than once as he added a walk to his single. Michael Catalano took the loss having given up the first run of the game, though he pitched 3 2/3 innings with three strikeouts.
The loss is hardly a ripple in the grand scheme. OU took two of three from Texas A&M over the weekend to open Southeastern Conference play. Now they'll stick around the bayou for a three-game set with LSU starting Thursday. The Tigers began the season ranked inside the top 10 but fell out of the poll on Monday.
This article originally appeared on Sooners Wire: No. 7 Oklahoma falls to Southeastern Louisiana in midweek tilt