OU baseball: Jake Irvin, Steele Walker to go against familiar face as Sooners draw Mississippi State in regional opener

Oklahoma pitcher Jake Irvin is likely to start the Sooners' regional opener at 11 a.m. Friday against Mississippi State. He figures to go head-to-head with the Bulldogs' Konnor Pilkington. The pair roomed together with Team USA last summer. [PHOTO BY CHRIS LANDSBERGER, THE OKLAHOMAN]

NORMAN — Just a few seconds after Oklahoma's regional destination popped up on the television screens Monday morning inside the clubhouse at L. Dale Mitchell Park, Jake Irvin picked up his phone to fire off a text.

Just as he pressed “send,” a Snapchat notification popped up.

Irvin's text out was to Mississippi State pitcher Konnor Pilkington. The snap in was from Pilkington.

The friends, who roomed with each other for the Team USA Collegiate National Team over the summer, are likely to go head-to-head when their teams meet at 11 a.m. Friday in the regional opener at Florida State's Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium.