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Oklahoma Sooners softball
Women's college softball team From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Oklahoma Sooners softball team represents the University of Oklahoma in NCAA Division I college softball. The team competes in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and plays its home games at Love's Field in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners are currently led by head coach Patty Gasso.
Oklahoma has won their conference title 16 times, and their conference tournament ten times, winning the Big 12 Conference tournament nine times and the SEC tournament once. They have been to the NCAA tournament 31 times, advanced to the NCAA Women's College World Series 18 times, and has won the NCAA championship 8 times. Oklahoma also appeared in the AIAW Women's College World Series 4 times.
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The Sooners won their first national championship back in 2000. They swept Harvard, Cal-State Northridge, and Oregon State at their home regionals to advance to their first appearance in the Women's College World Series. They beat California and knocked off Southern Mississippi and Arizona to advance to the championship game against UCLA. They beat UCLA 3-1 to capture their first national title.
They hosted and won their 2013 regional. They beat Marist and Arkansas with a combined score of 41-6. They hosted again their super regionals against Texas A&M where they outscored the Aggies 18-2. In Oklahoma City, they went through 8 seeded Michigan, #10 ranked Texas, and #11 ranked Washington to reach Tennessee in the championship. Game 1 was where Lauren Chamberlain hit her iconic two-run walk-off home run after 12 innings of play. In game 2, Keilani Ricketts drove in all four runs, and Michelle Gascoigne pitched a shut out to obtain their second national title.
Once again, they hosted their regional in 2016 where they beat Wichita State and Ole Miss. They went on to host their super regional against Louisiana-Lafayette where they swept to advance to the Women's College World Series once again. In their first game in the tournament, they beat Alabama in extra innings. They faced #12 Michigan in game 2, and beat LSU in their third to face Auburn in the championship. They won 2-1 in their final game where Paige Parker threw a complete game.
In 2017, Sooners hosted another straight regional and won against North Dakota State, Arkansas, and Tulsa. From there, they went to #7 Auburn for the Super Regionals where they won in two games. They held off Baylor in Oklahoma City, overcame #6 Washington, and beat Oregon to face Florida in the finals. They won game 1 in the longest game ever played in the finals in 17 innings. They finished off the series with a swept to capture their fourth national championship.
In 2021, the Sooners hosted their regional as the No. 1 overall seed and beat Wichita State, Texas A&M, and Morgan State. They advanced to host their super regional against Washington, which they won in two games. At the Women's College World Series, they lost their first round game to James Madison University; subsequently, they won four straight elimination games to advance to the championship series, besting Georgia, UCLA, and James Madison twice. In the championship series, they lost their first game to Florida State, but returned to win games two and three to claim their fifth national championship.
In 2023, the Sooners set an NCAA Division I softball record 53-game winning streak.[2] They finished the season with a 61–1 record and won their seventh national championship, and third consecutive championship. They became the first team to three-peat since UCLA from 1988 to 1990.[3][4]
On June 6, 2024, Gasso's Sooners again defeated Texas in the national championship series, in a rematch from 2022, winning Gasso's and the school's eighth national championship. Gasso's eight national titles tied Arizona's Mike Candrea for the most by any coach in Division I softball history. With the win, Oklahoma became the first team in college softball history to four-peat.[3][4]
Coaching history
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Championships
National championships
Conference championships
Conference tournament championships
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Year-by-year results
Records by opponent
- As of March 22, 2025[5]
NCAA Tournament seeding history
National seeding began in 2005. The Oklahoma Sooners have been a national seed 19 of the 20 tournaments.
College World Series
Oklahoma has advanced to the Women's College World Series 18 times, winning the title in 2000, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 and finished as runner-up in 2012 and 2019.
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2025 coaching staff
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Individual honors and awards
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This is a list of individual honors at the national and conference levels, including All-Americans.[7]
National awards
- Keilani Ricketts (2012, 2013)
- Jocelyn Alo (2021, 2022)
- Jocelyn Alo (2022)
- Jocelyn Alo (2021)
- Giselle Juarez (2019)
- Grace Lyons (2023)
- Paige Parker (2015)
- Jocelyn Alo (2018)
- Tiare Jennings (2021)
- Jordy Bahl (2022)
- Tiare Jennings (2021)
- Jordy Bahl (2022)
- Keilani Ricketts (2013)
- Lana Moran (2000)
Conference awards
- Jill Most (1996)
- Lynette Velazquez (1999)
- Lisa Carey (2000)
- Kelli Braitsch (2001)
- Norelle Dickson (2007)
- Amber Flores (2009, 2010)
- Keilani Ricketts (2012)
- Shelby Pendley (2013, 2015)
- Erin Miller (2016)
- Shay Knighten (2017)
- Sydney Romero (2019)
- Jocelyn Alo (2021, 2022)
- Jayda Coleman (2023)
- Lauren Eckermann (2007)
- Keilani Ricketts (2013)
- Paige Parker (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
- Giselle Juarez (2019)
- Jordy Bahl (2022, 2023)
- Lisa Carey (1998)
- Jennifer Stewart (1999)
- Lauren Chamberlain (2012)
- Paige Parker (2015)
- Shay Knighten (2016)
- Nicole Mendes (2017)
- Jocelyn Alo (2018)
- Grace Green (2019)
- Tiare Jennings (2021)
- Jordy Bahl (2022)
- Heather Scaglione (2004, 2005)
- Savannah Long (2008)
- Lindsey Vandever (2010)
- Kelsey Arnold (2016, 2018)
- Caleigh Clifton (2019)
- Grace Lyons (2021, 2022, 2023)
- Kinzie Hansen (2024)
- Big 12 Newcomer of the Year
- Andrea Davis (2000)
- Patty Gasso (1996, 1999, 2000, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- Patty Gasso (2025)
- SEC Newcomer of the Year
- Sam Landry (2025)
First Team All-American
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