NORMAN, Okla. – The Wichita State softball team outhit and led the No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners through five innings before the reigning College World Series Champions rallied for a 7-6 victory.

Three run home runs for both Laurie Derrico and Caitlin Bingham were the offensive highlights for WSU.

Mackenzie Wright led off the game by drawing a full count walk before stealing second base for the 50th time in her Wichita State career. The Shockers left her stranded with Bailey Lange and the Shocker defense getting out of the first inning leaving two runners on base.

Bingham got the Shockers' first hit of the day in the second with a shot into left-center with another double play by Huecker and Buck keeping the Sooners at bay in the bottom half.

Wright got her first hit of the evening in the third with an infield single. Asea Webber doubled into center field to get runners to third and second before Derrico crushed a three-run home run to put the Shockers on top 3-0. Buck then reached first on a wild pitch with Paige Luellen singling into center field to get two runners on base again. Caitlin Bingham then crushed the second home run of the inning over the center field fence to push the lead to 6-0.

Lange led off the fourth being hit by a pitch, Wright bunted to get two on base with Derrico reaching on a fielder's choice but the bats couldn't get them around.

In the fifth, the Shockers turned their third double play of the game on a lineout to Derrico and a throw to Buck at first. 

Bingham, who replaced Lange in the circle in the fifth, walked two straight to open the sixth with a wild pitch moving the runners around a base. Lange re-entered to try get out of the jam but two straight walks got a Sooner home. A fielder's choice added a second with a three-run home run cutting the lead to 6-5. Another walk saw Bailey Klitzke replace Lange with the sixth walk of the inning followed by two straight singles getting two home to give Oklahoma a 7-6 lead.

The Shocker bats went down in order in the seventh to give OU the win with Wichita State moving to 22-15 on the season and Klitzke getting the loss (6-2).

Wichita State now looks to the fourth round of American Athletic Conference play with three games against Houston, Friday through Sunday in Texas.