2022 Oklahoma Sooners softball team

The 2022 Oklahoma Sooners softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Oklahoma during the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The Sooners were led by Patty Gasso in her twenty-eighth season, and played their home games at OU Softball Complex. They competed in the Big 12 Conference, where they finished the season with a 59–3 record, including 17–1 in conference play.

2022 Oklahoma Sooners softball
National Champion NCAA Norman Super Regional champion NCAA Norman Regional champion Big 12 regular season champion
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	59–3 (17–1 Big 12)
Head coach	Patty Gasso (28th season)
Home stadium	OU Softball Complex
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Big 12 Conference softball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 1 Oklahoma  ‍†‍‍y	17	–	1	–	0		.944			59	–	3	–	0		.952
No. 7 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‡‍y	14	–	4	–	0		.778			48	–	14	–	0		.774
No. 17 Texas  ‍‍‍y	12	–	6	–	0		.667			47	–	22	–	1		.679
Iowa State  ‍‍‍	6	–	12	–	0		.333			28	–	27	–	0		.509
Baylor  ‍‍‍	6	–	12	–	0		.333			32	–	24	–	0		.571
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍	5	–	13	–	0		.278			22	–	27	–	0		.449
Kansas  ‍‍‍	3	–	15	–	0		.167			20	–	36	–	0		.357
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 9, 2022[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

Previous season

The Sooners finished the 2021 season 56–4 overall, and 16–1 in the Big 12, finishing in first place in their conference. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Sooners received an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament after winning the Big 12 Tournament. During the NCAA tournament they defeated Morgan State in the regional finals and Washington in the super regionals. They won the 2021 Women's College World Series over Florida State.^[2]

Preseason

Oklahoma was ranked No. 1 in the nation in the preseason polls by NFCA/USA Today, ESPN.com/USA Softball, D1Softball and Softball America.^[3][4][5][6]

Award watch lists

Award	Player	Position	Year	Ref.
USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year	Jocelyn Alo	Utility	Senior	[7]
	Jayda Coleman	Outfielder	Sophomore
	Kinzie Hansen	Catcher	Junior
	Tiare Jennings	Infielder	Sophomore

Roster

2022 Oklahoma Sooners roster
	Pitchers 7 – Hope Trautwein – Redshirt Senior 13 – Macy McAdoo – Junior 19 – Nicole May – Sophomore 88 – Emmy Guthrie – Freshman 98 – Jordy Bahl – Freshman Catchers 9 – Kinzie Hansen – Junior 22 – Lynnsie Elam – Redshirt Senior Outfielders 0 – Rylie Boone – Junior 27 – Hannah Coor – Freshman		Infielders 3 – Grace Lyons – Senior 5 – Taylon Snow – Redshirt Senior 11 – Alexx Waitman – Freshman 20 – Jana Johns – Redshirt Senior 23 – Tiare Jennings – Sophomore 33 – Zaida Puni – Freshman Utility 12 – Mackenzie Donihoo – Junior 17 – Sophia Nugent – Freshman 21 – Grace Green – Senior 24 – Jayda Coleman – Sophomore 33 – Alyssa Brito – Sophomore 42 – Turiya Coleman – Freshman 43 – Quincee Lilio – Freshman 78 – Jocelyn Alo – Redshirt Senior
Reference:[8]

Schedule

2022 Oklahoma Sooners softball game log
Regular season (48–1)
February (15–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record February 10 at UC Santa Barbara No. 1 Santa Barbara Diamond Santa Barbara, CA 14–0 (5) Bahl (1–0) Mills (0–1) — 256 1–0 – February 11 vs Loyola Marymount No. 1 Bill Barber Park Irvine, CA 5–0 Trautwein (1–0) Johnson (0–1) Bahl (1) 300 2–0 – February 11 vs Mississippi State No. 1 Bill Barber Park 9–0 (5) May (1–0) Bower (0–1) — 300 3–0 – February 12 vs No. 3 UCLA No. 1 Bill Barker Park 4–1 Bahl (2–0) Shaw (1–1) — 1,000 4–0 – February 13 vs UC San Diego No. 1 Bill Barker Park 8–0 (5) Trautwein (2–0) Williams (0–3) — 350 5–0 – February 18 vs McNeese State No. 1 Cougar Softball Stadium Houston, TX 15–1 (5) Bahl (3–0) Tate (1–1) — — 6–0 – February 18 at Houston No. 1 Cougar Softball Stadium 8–0 (5) May (2–0) Flores (0–2) — — 7–0 – February 19 vs McNeese State No. 1 Cougar Softball Stadium 11–0 (5) Trautwein (3–0) Vallejo (3–2) — — 8–0 – February 19 at Houston No. 1 Cougar Softball Stadium 13–0 (5) Bahl (4–0) Wilkey (2–2) — — 9–0 – February 20 vs Texas State No. 1 Cougar Softball Stadium 8–0 (5) May (3–0) Mullins (1–2) — — 10–0 – February 25 vs Cal State Fullerton No. 1 Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, CA 10–0 (6) Bahl (5–0) Chambers (3–1) — 800 11–0 – February 25 vs Long Beach State No. 1 Big League Dreams Complex 11–3 (5) May (4–0) Frutoz (0–2) — 850 12–0 – February 26 vs No. 8 Arizona No. 1 Big League Dreams Complex 10–2 (5) May (5–0) Netz (4–1) — 850 13–0 – February 26 vs No. 17 Tennessee No. 1 Big League Dreams Complex 9–8 (10) Bahl (6–0) Rogers (3–2) — 2,000 14–0 – February 27 vs Utah No. 1 Big League Dreams Complex 3–2 Trautwein (4–0) Sandez (5–1) — 800 15–0 –
March (15–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record March 7 Minnesota No. 1 OU Softball Complex Norman, OK 9–1 (5) Bahl (7–0) Pease (5–4) — 1,531 16–0 – March 10 vs Baylor No. 1 Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium Honolulu, HI 12–3 (5) May (6–0) Orme (3–5) — — 17–0 – March 11 vs California No. 1 Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium 8–0 (5) Bahl (8–0) Archer (6–4) — — 18–0 – March 11 at Hawaii No. 1 Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium 11–0 (6) Trautwein (5–0) Murphy (0–2) — 1,200 19–0 – March 12 at Hawaii No. 1 Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium 9–0 (5) May (7–0) Borges (3–3) — — 20–0 – March 18 vs Sam Houston No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK 10–1 (5) Trautwein (6–0) Dunn (2–4) — 4,718 21–0 – March 18 vs Indiana No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 15–1 (5) Bahl (9–0) Copeland (4–3) — 4,718 22–0 – March 19 vs San Diego No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 11–0 (5) May (8–0) Daugherty (1–7) — 4,936 23–0 – March 19 vs Houston No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 8–0 (5) Trautwein (7–0) Todd (3–4) — 4,936 24–0 – March 20 vs Iowa No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 20–0 (5) Bahl (10–0) Vasquez (5–5) — 3,246 25–0 – March 22 vs Kentucky No. 1 John Cropp Stadium 9–1 (6) Bahl (11–0) Stoddard (5–3) — 2,117 26–0 – March 25 Baylor No. 1 OU Softball Complex 9–1 (5) Bahl (12–0) Orme (6–7) — 1,782 27–0 1–0 March 26 Baylor No. 1 OU Softball Complex 8–0 (5) May (9–0) Binford (5–3) — 1,717 28–0 2–0 March 27 Baylor No. 1 OU Softball Complex 3–1 Trautwein (8–0) Orme (6–8) — 1,689 29–0 3–0 March 29 Wichita State No. 1 OU Softball Complex 10–1 (5) Bahl (13–0) Bingham (7–2) — 1,589 30–0 –
April (14–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record April 1 UAB No. 1 OU Softball Complex 11–1 (5) Bahl (14–0) Valbak (3–5) — 1,653 31–0 – April 2 UAB No. 1 OU Softball Complex 2–0 Trautwein (9–0) Cespedes (8–3) — 1,708 32–0 – April 6 Tulsa No. 1 OU Softball Complex 9–0 (5) May (10–0) Pochop (7–11) — 1,700 33–0 – April 8 at Texas Tech No. 1 Rocky Johnson Field Lubbock, TX 11–0 (5) Bahl (15–0) Carlin (6–3) — 1,100 34–0 4–0 April 9 at Texas Tech No. 1 Rocky Johnson Field 11–0 (5) Trautwein (10–0) Rains (0–5) — 1,209 35–0 5–0 April 10 at Texas Tech No. 1 Rocky Johnson Field 21–0 (5) May (11–0) Carlin (6–4) — 1,260 36–0 6–0 April 14 at No. 18 Texas No. 1 Red and Charline McCombs Field Austin, TX 3–0 Bahl (16–0) Dolcini (13–5) — 1,498 37–0 7–0 April 15 at No. 18 Texas No. 1 Red and Charline McCombs Field 9–1 (5) Trautwein (11–0) Simpson (6–3) — 1,687 38–0 8–0 April 16 at No. 18 Texas No. 1 Red and Charline McCombs Field 2–4 Dolcini (14–5) Bahl (16–1) — 1,698 38–1 8–1 April 20 at North Texas No. 1 Lovelace Stadium Denton, TX 10–0 (6) Bahl (17–1) Savage (10–5) — 476 39–1 — April 22 Iowa State No. 1 OU Softball Complex 6–4 Bahl (18–1) Spelhaug (7–14) Trautwein (1) 1,650 40–1 9–1 April 22 Iowa State No. 1 OU Softball Complex 9–0 (5) Trautwein (12–0) Spelhaug (7–15) — 1,650 41–1 10–1 April 23 Iowa State No. 1 OU Softball Complex 9–0 (5) Bahl (19–1) Swain (6–4) — 1,695 42–1 11–1 April 28 at Kansas City No. 1 Urban Youth Academy Softball Complex Kansas City, MO Canceled[9] April 29 at Kansas No. 1 Arrocha Ballpark at Rock Chalk Park Lawrence, KS 7–0 Bahl (20–1) Hamilton (6–15) — 1,084 43–1 12–1 April 30 at Kansas No. 1 Arrocha Ballpark at Rock Chalk Park 19–0 (5) Trautwein (13–0) Brooks (5–7) — 1,204 44–1 13–1
May (4–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record May 1 at Kansas No. 1 Arrocha Ballpark at Rock Chalk Park 9–1 May (12–0) Hamilton (7–16) — 1,224 45–1 14–1 May 5 No. 7 Oklahoma State No. 1 OU Softball Complex 7–1 Bahl (21–1) Maxwell (15–3) — 1,759 46–1 15–1 May 6 No. 7 Oklahoma State No. 1 OU Softball Complex 6–0 Trautwein (14–0) Day (9–4) — 1,805 47–1 16–1 May 7 No. 7 Oklahoma State No. 1 OU Softball Complex 5–3 Trautwein (15–0) Maxwell (15–4) May (1) 1,170 48–1 17–1
Post-season (11–2)
Big 12 Tournament (1–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B12T Record May 13 vs. Iowa State No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 5–0 Trautwein (16–0) Spelhaug (11–18) — — 49–1 1–0 May 14 vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 3–4 (8) Day (11–4) Trautwein (16–1) — 5,410 49–2 1–1
Norman Regional (3–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Regional Record May 20 vs. Prairie View A&M No. 1 OU Softball Complex 14–0 (5) May (13–0) Massey (12–12) — 1,677 50–2 1–0 May 21 vs. Texas A&M No. 1 OU Softball Complex 3–2 Trautwein (17–1) Uribe (5–5) — — 51–2 2–0 May 22 vs. Texas A&M No. 1 OU Softball Complex 20–0 (5) May (14–0) Herzog (9–8) — 1,640 52–2 3–0
Norman Super Regional (2–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Super Reg. Record May 27 vs. UCF No. 1 OU Softball Complex 8–0 (5) Trautwein (18–1) Mancha (23–4) — 1,659 53–2 1–0 May 28 vs. UCF No. 1 OU Softball Complex 7–1 May (15–0) Woodall (18–5) — 1,704 54–2 2–0
Women's College World Series (5–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record WCWS Record June 2 vs. No. 10 Northwestern No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 13–2 (5) Trautwein (19–1) Williams (31–5) — 12,282 55–2 1–0 June 4 vs. No. 16 Texas No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 7–2 Trautwein (20–1) Dolcini (23–11) — — 56–2 2–0 June 6 vs. No. 5 UCLA No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 3–7 Faraimo (24–5) May (15–1) Azevedo (2) 11,836 56–3 2–1 June 6 vs. No. 5 UCLA No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 15–0 (5) Trautwein (21–1) Azevedo (21–3) — 11,836 57–3 3–1 June 8 vs. No. 16 Texas No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 16–1 Trautwein (22–1) Dolcini (24–12) — 12,234 58–3 4–1 June 9 vs. No. 16 Texas No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 10–5 Bahl (22–1) Czech (13–2) — 12,257 59–3 5–1
Win   Loss   Postponement Bold: Sooners team member Reference:[10] Rankings from NFCA: (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I softball rankings

Ranking movements

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
NFCA / USA Today	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Softball America	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
ESPN.com/USA Softball	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
D1Softball	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1