2019 Oklahoma Sooners softball team

The 2019 Oklahoma Sooners softball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2019 NCAA Division I softball season. The Sooners were coached by Patty Gasso, who led her eighteenth season. The Sooners finished with a record of 57–6.

2019 Oklahoma Sooners softball
NCAA Norman Regional champion NCAA Norman Super Regional champion Big 12 champion
Women's College World Series, runner-up
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	57–6 (18–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Patty Gasso (25th season)
Home stadium	OU Softball Complex
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Big 12 Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Oklahoma  ‍†‍‡‍y	18	–	0		1.000			57	–	6		.905
No. 6 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y	13	–	5		.722			45	–	17		.726
No. 11 Texas  ‍‍‍y	12	–	6		.667			46	–	17		.730
No. 19 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍y	8	–	10		.444			42	–	16		.724
Iowa State  ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			37	–	25		.597
Kansas  ‍‍‍	3	–	15		.167			15	–	36		.294
Baylor  ‍‍‍	2	–	16		.111			18	–	31		.367
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 13, 2019[1] Rankings from NFCA

The Sooners were invited to the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, where they swept the NCAA Norman Regional and Super Regional and then completed a run to the title game of the Women's College World Series where they fell to champion UCLA.^[2]

Personnel

Roster

2019 Oklahoma Sooners roster[2][3]
	Pitchers 4 - Shannon Saile - Junior 42 - Mariah Lopez - Junior 45 - Giselle Juarez - Junior 63 - Brooke Vestal - Freshman 73 - Parker Conrad - Junior	Catchers 1 - Kinsey Koeltzow - Freshman 22 - Lynnsie Elam - Sophomore Outfielders 7 - Alexa Schultz - Sophomore 24 - Raegan Rogers - Senior 27 - Kylie Lundberg - Senior 34 - Falepolima Aviu - Senior 99 - Audrie LaValley - Freshman		Infielders 2 - Sydney Romero - Senior 3 - Grace Lyons - Freshman 17 - Shay Knighten - Senior 20 - Caleigh Clifton - Senior 33 - Sami Skelly - Freshman Utility 11 - Nicole Mendes - Junior 15 - Eliyah Flores - Sophomore 21 - Grace Green - Freshman 78 - Jocelyn Alo - Sophomore

Coaches

2019 Oklahoma Sooners softball coaching staff[2][3]
- Patty Gasso - Head Coach - 25th Season - Jennifer Rocha - Associate Head Coach - 1st season - JT Gasso - Assistant Coach - 4th season - Keilani Ricketts - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 1st season

Schedule

Legend
	Oklahoma win
	Oklahoma loss
*	Non-Conference game

2019 Oklahoma Sooners Softball Game Log[2][4]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 12 record Feb 8 vs Syracuse* GCU Softball Stadium • Phoenix, AZ (GCU Kickoff Tournament) W 6–0 1–0 Feb 8 at Grand Canyon* GCU Softball Stadium • Phoenix, AZ (GCU Kickoff Tournament) W 7–1 2–0 Feb 9 vs Charlotte* GCU Softball Stadium • Phoenix, AZ (GCU Kickoff Tournament) W 13–05 3–0 Feb 9 vs Syracuse* GCU Softball Stadium • Phoenix, AZ (GCU Kickoff Tournament) W 9–15 4–0 Feb 10 vs San Diego State* GCU Softball Stadium • Phoenix, AZ (GCU Kickoff Tournament) W 9–05 5–0 Feb 14 vs Kentucky* Eddie C. Moore Complex • Clearwater, FL (St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational) W 9–16 6–0 Feb 14 vs Notre Dame* Eddie C. Moore Complex • Clearwater, FL (St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational) W 6–2 7–0 Feb 15 vs Florida Atlantic* Eddie C. Moore Complex • Clearwater, FL (St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational) W 4–0 8–0 Feb 15 vs Florida State* Eddie C. Moore Complex • Clearwater, FL (St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational) L 4–7 8–1 Feb 16 vs Hofstra* Eddie C. Moore Complex • Clearwater, FL (St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational) W 17–35 9–1 Feb 22 vs BYU* Big League Dreams Sports Complex • Cathedral City, CA (Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic) W 5–0 10–1 Feb 22 vs UCLA* Big League Dreams Sports Complex • Cathedral City, CA (Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic) L 1–7 10–2 Feb 23 vs Arizona* Big League Dreams Sports Complex • Cathedral City, CA (Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic) W 2–1 11–2 Feb 24 vs Cal State Fullerton* Big League Dreams Sports Complex • Cathedral City, CA (Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic) W 9–15 12–2 Feb 24 vs UC Santa Barbara* Big League Dreams Sports Complex • Cathedral City, CA (Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic) W 8–06 13–2
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 12 record Mar 1 Oregon State* OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 3–0 14–2 Mar 1 Louisiana* OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 9–15 15–2 Mar 5 McNeese State* OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 6–1 16–2 Mar 8 Northwestern* OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 7–0 17–2 Mar 9 Drake* OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 5–2 18–2 Mar 9 Grand Canyon* OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 1–0 19–2 Mar 10 Northwestern* OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 8–05 20–2 Mar 14 vs UC Santa Barbara* Smith Field • Los Angeles, CA (LMU/CSUN Tournament) W 12–1 21–2 Mar 14 at Loyola Marymount* Smith Field • Los Angeles, CA (LMU/CSUN Tournament) W 14–05 22–2 Mar 15 vs Dartmouth* Matador Diamond • Northridge, CA (LMU/CSUN Tournament) W 10–0 23–2 Mar 15 at Cal State Northridge* Matador Diamond • Northridge, CA (LMU/CSUN Tournament) W 11–05 24–2 Mar 16 vs Illinois* Smith Field • Los Angeles, CA (LMU/CSUN Tournament) W 11–16 25–2 Mar 20 North Texas* OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 8–05 26–2 Mar 22 at Texas Tech Rocky Johnson Field • Lubbock, TX W 5–1 27–2 1–0 Mar 23 at Texas Tech Rocky Johnson Field • Lubbock, TX W 8–3 28–2 2–0 Mar 24 at Texas Tech Rocky Johnson Field • Lubbock, TX W 13–16 29–2 3–0 Mar 27 Tulsa* OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 10–15 30–2 Mar 31 at Utah* Dumke Family Softball Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT W 11–26 31–2 Mar 31 at Utah* Dumke Family Softball Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT W 13–35 32–2
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 12 record Apr 5 Baylor OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 7–5 33–2 4–0 Apr 6 Baylor OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 8–05 34–2 5–0 Apr 7 Baylor OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 16–05 35–2 6–0 Apr 12 at Kansas Arrocha Ballpark at Rock Chalk Park • Lawrence, KS W 10–06 36–2 7–0 Apr 13 at Kansas Arrocha Ballpark at Rock Chalk Park • Lawrence, KS W 5–0 37–2 8–0 Apr 14 at Kansas Arrocha Ballpark at Rock Chalk Park • Lawrence, KS W 8–06 38–2 9–0 Apr 18 at Texas Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX W 3–1 39–2 10–0 Apr 19 at Texas Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX W 4–38 40–2 11–0 Apr 20 at Texas Red and Charline McCombs Field • Austin, TX W 9–2 41–2 12–0 Apr 24 at Wichita State* Wilkins Stadium • Wichita, KS W 8–05 42–2 Apr 26 at Iowa State Cyclone Sports Complex • Ames, IA W 8–3 43–2 13–0 Apr 26 at Iowa State Cyclone Sports Complex • Ames, IA W 9–2 44–2 14–0 Apr 28 at Iowa State Cyclone Sports Complex • Ames, IA W 14–05 45–2 15–0
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 12 record May 4 Oklahoma State OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 3–0 46–2 16–0 May 5 at Oklahoma State Cowgirl Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 7–1 47–2 17–0 May 5 at Oklahoma State Cowgirl Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 6–1 48–2 18–0
Post-season
Big 12 Tournament Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 12T record May 10 (4) Texas Tech (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 8–06 49–2 1–0 Tournament canceled due to weather. Oklahoma earns auto-bid as regular season champion.
NCAA Norman Regional Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Overall record Reg record May 17 UMBC (1) OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 12–05 50–2 1–0 May 18 Wisconsin (1) OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 4–0 51–2 2–0 May 19 Wisconsin (1) OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK L 1–2 51–3 2–1 May 19 Wisconsin (1) OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 2–0 52–3 3–1
NCAA Norman Super Regional Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Overall record SR record May 24 (16) Northwestern (1) OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 3–0 53–3 1–0 May 25 (16) Northwestern (1) OU Softball Complex • Norman, OK W 8–0 54–3 2–0
NCAA Women's College World Series Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Overall record WCWS Record May 30 Alabama (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 3–2 55–3 1–0 May 31 Oklahoma State (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 6–1 56–3 2–0 June 2 Alabama (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK L 0–18 56–4 2–1 June 2 Alabama (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK W 7–3 57–4 3–1 June 3 UCLA (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK L 3–16 57–5 3–2 June 4 UCLA (1) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK L 4–5 57–6 3–3