The Oklahoma State softball team fought off elimination and will play for the regional title Sunday, needing two wins to advance.

Going into the loser’s bracket in a double-elimination tournament is a very difficult position for a team to recover from if puts itself there with an opening loss. That’s what made Indiana’s fall-from-ahead loss to Oklahoma State in its first game of the Fayetteville Regional on Friday so damaging.

Indiana softball’s 2025 season came to a close in the NCAA Tournament at the Fayetteville Regional Saturday with a 16-8 loss against Oklahoma State. Despite holding a 2-1 lead after the first two innings, the Hoosiers’ pitching staff allowed 12 runs in the third frame and couldn’t bounce back at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas.