Contact/Follow us@SoonersWireon Twitter, and like our page onFacebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oklahoma news, notes, and opinions. One or two of these games might be close, but expect Oklahoma to be locked in from the word go and pick up the three-game sweep in Oklahoma City. In their six top-10 wins, the Sooners have outscored opponents 41-8. Sign up for the Sooners Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. You can also follow John on Twitter @john9williams. Given the success OU has had over Texas, theres no reason to go against the grain here. Can the Sooners quickly put FSU to bed? Her earned run average ranks fifth in the country. Nike 2023 NCAA Softball Women's College World Series Champions T-Shirt. Rylie Wests RBI single made it 2-0, and Maxwell was replaced. Your Price: $89.99. The teams met in the abbreviated 2020 season in Norman, with OU taking two games by scores of 8-3 and 5-1. Overall, the Sooners rank third with 22 top-10 appearances in the NFCA preseason poll, trailing only Arizona (24) and UCLA (23). At shortstop, the Tustin, Calif., product registered 59 putouts, 73 assists and committed just four errors. 96 to break the tie with OU alum Lauren Chamberlain to be the NCAA career home run leader. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. They could become the second Division I softball team to win three championships in a row. OU has been ranked in the top five nine of the past 10 years, the most over that stretch. 7/22 9:00 AM. By browsing this site, we may share your information with our social media partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Copyright 2023 University of Oklahoma Athletics. Oklahoma State threatened in the fourth but failed to score. : OU is 3-1 over their Bedlam rivals in 2022 and 100-72 all-time against . Play-by-play voice Beth Mowins is flanked by Michele Smith and Jessica Mendoza, with Holly Rowe providing reporting from the sidelines. ET, with Thursdays game 2 starting at 7:30. Copyright 2023 University of Oklahoma Athletics. Stanford's Ellee Eck (9) and Emily Schultz celebrate after Schultz scored against Alabama during the second inning of an NCAA softball Women's College World Series game Friday, June 2, 2023, in Oklahoma City. Prior to that loss, OU had won 22 of . Join the conversation today. What time is FSU softball game on today? Game 3, if necessary, will be Friday at 8. In NCAA postseason play, Alo is batting .643 with four home runs and 10 RBIs, slugging 1.500 with a .750 on-base percentage. OU's league-best six selections tie a program-best and outpaces the next-highest school by three. Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman, Oklahomas Hope Trautwein (7) and Taylon Snow (5) celebrates the last out in front of Texas Alyssa Washington (11) during the second game of the championship series in the Womens College World Series between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Texas Longhorns at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Just knowing who we are as a team and just playing Tennessee softball and just flushing it, turning the page its a new day, its a new game., I feel like Im pretty conditioned to throw that, she said. The Sooners are on the precipice of their third consecutive national championship, and they made a statement in their first game of the rematch of the 2021 finals vs. FSU. Overall, this season marks Oklahoma's 28th consecutive appearance in the NCAA postseason, including every year under head coachPatty Gasso. Alo, Elam and Lyons each have one game of three homers a piece. Additionally, a Sooner has won the award four times in its eight-year history (Paige Parker, 2015; Jocelyn Alo, 2018; Tiare Jennings, 2021; Bahl, 2022). Here's how the Sooners have fared over the years against the 15 other . Game 1 Wednesday will be at 8 p.m. All donations are 100% tax deductible and will be directed to help fund the facility project of your choice - the new Love's Field - OU Softball Stadium Project and/or the OU Baseball Stadium Renovation Project. 1-rankedOU softball team will face Bedlam foeOklahoma StateThursday through Saturday, May 5through 7at Marita Hynes Field in Norman. Fans can watch every game of the tournament via a free trial to fuboTV. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. 1 Oklahoma 2, No. Garnering Freshman of the Year honors was pitcher Jordy Bahl. The Hauula, Hawaii, product now has 117 career home runs and 29 on the season to go with 72 RBIs and 11 doubles. 10 Northwestern (the No. Win No. 1 team in the country, the Oklahoma Sooners wont get the opportunity to ease into the Womens College World Series as they get set to take on No. The #LaunchPad is back in 2022! The 2023 NCAA Womens College World Series continues on Monday, June 5, 2023 (6/5/23) when the Oklahoma Sooners play the Stanford Cardinal at 12 p.m. By browsing this site, we may share your information with our social media partners in accordance with our, News never stops. Donatean amount to be charged per home run for softball for the 2022 season. Another NFCA All-American, Hansen, ranked fifth in the country a season ago with 24 home runs as she batted .438 with 66 RBIs. In the fifth, Puni got on with an error, then scored on a throwing error to make it 3-0. Volleyball Schedule Roster News Facebook Twitter Instagram Tickets. 9 Stanford, 12 p.m., ESPN, (stream FREE on fuboTV here), Game 12 (if necessary): 2:30 p.m., ESPN (stream FREE on fuboTV here), Game 13: No. Gone are stars Jocelyn Alo and Janae Jefferson, but the series still has a ton of star power on both sides. 14 Sooners have went yard already in 2022 with 11 hitting multiple blasts and eight hitting four-plus. Game 1: No. OU leads the series 50-25 and the teams have met in the World Series once in 2013, a 10-2 OU run-rule win in five innings. Your Price: $34.99. Buy Tickets at AllVols.com. Junior infielder Tiare Jennings during the WCWS against Stanford on June 1. Gameday Information. Of their six top-10 wins, two have been by run-rule. The staff have a combined 435 strikeouts in 323.0 innings pitched, a product of OU's 38 run-rules. In 132.1 innings pitched, Bahl holds a 0.95 ERA with 199 strikeouts to 29 walks. Four members of the Oklahoma softball team were named to USA Softball rosters for international competition this summer, the organization announced therostersin early February. Little League Softball Regionals. It is the Lady Vols best World Series showing since finishing as runner-up to Oklahoma in 2013. All Games . Oklahoma leads the all-time series over Tulsa 45-10 including a 26-4 mark in Norman. She surrendered nine extra-base hits in Big 12 play, and no homers for a .157 opponent BA. Bahl, May and Trautwein combined on a perfect game in the season opener, Trautwein threw a no-no vs. McNeese on Feb. 19 and Bahl tossed her first career perfect game Feb. 25 vs. CSU-Fullerton. The Sooners pushed a run across in the ninth and held on for an 8-7 win to extend the streak and avoid a third and decisive game with the Tigers. Overall, the Sooners rank third with 22 top-10 appearances in the NFCA preseason poll, trailing only Arizona (24) and UCLA (23). As the Spark prepares to play in its permanent home for the first time Saturday USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium needed a little downtime after the Women's College World Series the new franchise is already making a mark. Oklahoma is batting .391 this season and allowing opponents to hit .149. OU (59-1) will meet Florida State (58-9) in the best-of-three series starting Wednesday night at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. Hope Trautwein: 18-1 with a 0.40 ERA, 141 strikeouts in 104.1 innings pitched. Super senior Giselle Juarez claimed Most Outstanding Player of the WCWS while Jocelyn Alo launched four homers throughout the tourney. May 12, 2023 8:00 AM EDT OKLAHOMA CITY Finally, the postseason is here. In 2019, the teams met in the NCAA Norman Super Regional, with the Sooners sweeping the Wildcats by scores of 3-0 and 8-0. They are outscoring opponents 302-27 with only 17 runs given up being earned. Oklahoma has its next opponent: The Clemson Tigers visit the Sooners in the super regionals of the NCAA Softball Tournament. Oklahoma opens WCWS play versus Northwestern on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. CT. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Sunday, May 7: No. Live Stream: fuboTV ( watch for free) Radio Broadcast: The game can be heard on 107.7 The. 8:32. Oklahoma (51-1, 18-0 Big 12) begins its trek to the Women's College World Series against Hofstra (29-25, 16-7 CAA) in the first round of the Norman Regional on Friday. The last time the two sides met, Oklahoma outscored the Longhorns 26-5 in a two-game sweep in the Womens College World Series championship. The rising sophomore will have three years of eligibility with the Sooners. First pitch for Oklahoma vs. FSU Game 2 is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. No. Here are the details for the tournament. 9 Stanford 0 Game 3: No. The historic homer came in the top of the sixth inning versus Hawaii, a two-run blast to right center on a 2-1 count. She has allowed just 18 earned runs on the season (23 runs total) and is allowing opponents to bat just .137. Elam and Grace Lyons each have one game of three homers. OU has been ranked in the top five nine of the past 10 years, the most over that stretch. Both teams went 3-0 in the double-elimination portion of the WCWS. Selected by the Women's National Team Selection Committee (WNTSC) following the selection trials held in January, Alo, Coleman and Jennings make their first appearances on a Women's Senior National Team roster. Six freshmen will lace 'em up for OU in 2022: Bahl, Turiya Coleman, Hannah Coor, Emmy Guthrie, Quincee Lilio and Sophia Nugent. Bahl was also named the league's Co-Pitcher of the Year, sharing the honor with OSU's Kelly Maxwell. Jordyn Rudd:.375 batting average with 8 home runs, 52 RBIs, 18 walks, and 13 stolen bases. The 2021 Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player allowed just three runners to steal on her, finishing the season with a .990 fielding clip. Oklahoma softball's winning streak stretched to 52 games with a win over FSU in Game 1 of the Women's College World Series final. 5 UCLA. On Feb. 19, the Sooners lost 4-3 to Baylor in a game outside the official Big 12 schedule. Ive probably thrown over 100 pitches most of my games. 13 times this season a Sooner has hit two or more homers in one game. OU broke records for runs scored (49) and home runs (15). Wednesday's meeting will be the first since a 10-1 (5 innings) OU win in Norman over the Golden Hurricane in 2019. The Japan All-Star Series is scheduled for August 1-9 in Fukushima, Japan. They have a way to go to match the 111-game mark established by Connecticut in womens basketball, the longest winning streak in Division I team sports, but theyve surpassed the football record of 47 set at their own school. 95 in her last career at-bat. The freshman phenom has taken college softball by storm in her first-year campaign with the Sooners. The #LaunchPad is all about #homers. The No. There was an error processing your request. Sophomore Tiare Jennings nearly matched Alo and Chamberlain's record (30) for freshman homers a season ago, hitting 27 to come within three of the NCAA frosh record. Jordy Bahl: 21-1 with a 0.95 ERA, 199 strikeouts in 132.1 innings pitched. Oklahomas hit 57 home runs to Texas 35 this season and the Sooners have 10 more doubles than their Red River counterparts. Every game will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN 2 or ABC. The Red River Showdown resumes this weekend at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City and then heads to Marita Hynes Field in Norman for a renewal of one of the great rivalries in college softball. Nikki Cuchran: .341 batting average with 8 home runs, 50 RBIs, and 13 walks. She ranks second in the country with her .497 batting average, first in the NCAA with a 1.163 slugging percentage and .634 on-base clip, drawing 49 walks on the year. The winner will advance to the Womens College World Series. The team has hit two-plus home runs in one inning 24 times, three in one inning four times and four in one inning once. The Big 12 softball tournament begins Thursday, May 12. Jocelyn Alo: .497 batting average with 29 home runs, 72 RBIs, 49 walks, Reigning National Player of the Year, 2022 Big 12 Player of the year. The Oklahoma Sooners waltzed through the regular season, posting a 49-1 record, which included an 18-0 run in Big 12. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. The Tigers boast the No. The four will compete in one tournament as a group at the 2022 Japan All-Star Series. Alex Storako rounds out a talented rotation that leads the nation with a 0.98 ERA. Oklahoma, Michigan, UCLA and Washington are the only programs to be ranked in every NFCA preseason poll, which dates back to 1995. Mondays win against Stanford was also a close call that required extras, but OU dug out of an early 2-0 deficit and again prevailed in the ninth. Neither do we. Oklahoma's offense was firing on all cylinders in game two of the Supers, blasting four home runs, highlighted by a two-homer game from shortstop Grace Lyons. The staff has thrown two perfect games and six no-hitters. Miranda Elish's status unclear as Cowgirls head into Bedlam showdown, two consecutive losses to ACC team Florida State, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. The team has hit two-plus home runs in one inning 18 times, including four in one inning once, and back-to-back blasts six times on the year. The San Pedro, Calif., native set the NCAA single-season freshman RBI record with 92 and finished with 27 home runs on the season, just three away from the NCAA freshman HR record. Clemson has had a great year and has been very good in the tournament. Oklahoma is making its 15th overall appearance at the WCWS, the third-most showings all-time. Alo leads the Sooners and is fourth in the country with 16 blasts while Jennings and Lyons sits close behind in a tie for 10th with 13 a piece. We needed to look at the past and see what weve done and kind of take that and look at all the good stuff and use that to our advantage.. 9 Stanford (47-14) in the other semifinal. Not every game in Oklahomas streak was a cakewalk, of course. How has abundance of run-rule victories affected the Sooners' pitching staff? Texas has played some good softball this season, but the Sooners are still the Oklahoma Sooners. She joins fellow transfer Monticelli and former Sooner softball star Falepolima Aviu, who has been added to the coaching . Division I Softball Championship June 1-9, 2023 USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium | Oklahoma City, OK Tickets Women's College World Series Info & tickets In 2022, the Sooners pace the NCAA with 83 home runs and a 2.6 HR/game average. An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. Of the 12 student-athletes that made up the All-Big 12 First Team, six of the selections are Sooners: Jocelyn Alo, Jordy Bahl, Jayda Coleman, Tiare Jennings, Grace Lyons and Hope Trautwein. She joins Flores and Shelby Pendley (2013, '15) as the only Sooners to claim two Big 12 Player of the Year awards. Game 1 Date: Friday, May 24 Time: 1 p.m. CT TV channel: ESPNU Game 2 Date: Saturday, May 25 Time: 2 p.m. CT TV channel: ESPN Game 3 (if necessary). Date: Thursday, June 2, 2022 Time: 1:30 p.m. CDT TV Channel: ESPN following Texas vs. No. OU head coach Patty Gasso was the unanimous choice for Coach of the Year, her 10th straight Big 12 Coach of the Year honor. The Sooners begin play in the best-of-three. 1 Oklahoma (57-1) will face No. The streak is nice . It's just the second time that FSU has been shut out in 2023, with the last effort coming in their regional round loss to South Carolina. The Oklahoma softball program has announced the launch of its restructured booster club under a new name,The Trophy Club. Oklahoma State lost 11 of 13 before the NCAA Tournament but went undefeated through regionals and super regionals, allowing just three runs in five games to qualify for the World Series. Ticket Office. Ryan Novozinsky may be reached at rnovozinsky@njadvancemedia.com. The Sooners responded with victories of 6-2 and 5-1 to capture their first title since 2017 and fifth overall. FSU isnt nearly as prolific as the Sooners with the long ball but hits a respectable .308 as a team. The Sooners topped Florida State in the championship. The Sooners seek their third consecutive title and their sixth championship since 2013 and seventh overall. The Sooners play the Tigers on Friday, May 26 at 1 p.m. CT and Saturday May 27 at noon CT. The pitching staff has sacrificed just 48 runs (37 ER) on the season to opponents. In conference play, Bahl held a 1.30 ERA in 53.2 IP to go with 71 strikeouts to 13 walks. OU Tournament. Trautwein holds three double-digit K games while May has two. Rachel Lewis: .356 batting average with 22 home runs, 61 RBIs, 43 walks, and 26 stolen bases. OKLAHOMA CITY - No. Gates will open one hour prior to first pitch. Ticket Help | Live Chat. vs. UIC. Game 2: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 8 Game 3 (if necessary): 8 p.m. Friday, June 9 WCWS predictions: Can FSU softball win the Women's College. 1:28 The road to the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City has been mapped out. 4 Tennessee (50-8) in the winners' bracket of the Women's College World Series on Saturday. All-time, the program is 125-49 under head coachPatty Gassoin Oklahoma City, including regular season and postseason games. The Sooners Bahl-ed out on Wednesday night. The top-ranked Sooners have six top-10 and 11 top-25 wins on the season and rank first in the NCAA DI RPI. Pledge to donate your own customized dollar amount for every #homer that OU Softball hits in 2022! The championship series can be seen in its entirety in prime time on ESPN. For those looking to live stream the Women's College World Series, there are two options. 1 spot in the NFCApreseason poll marked the third time the Sooners enter a season in the top spot (2017, '18) and just the second time OU has been the unanimous choice in the coaches poll, joining the 2017 squad. Oklahoma has already played seven games at HOF Stadium this season, going 6-1 in March at the Hall of Fame Classic and at the Big 12 Tournament in May. There were . Fubo carries ESPN, as well as the ESPN family of networks, so you can catch the WCWS finals along with the NCAA baseball tournament through the last out of the tournaments. Have fun along the way by interacting with @OU_Baseball & @OU_Softball on social media with your favorite term to use for #homers! 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. Redshirt senior Jocelyn Alo was named Big 12 Player of the Year for the second straight season in unanimous fashion, while senior Grace Lyons earned Defensive Player of the Year accolades for the second consecutive year. Oklahoma Sooners picked as a top 10 most improved team in 2023 by 247Sports, Oklahoma offers four-star forward John Clark, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. The NFCA Hall of Fame head coach, Gasso, wins an unprecedented 10th consecutive Big 12 Coach of the Year award and 14th overall in her 28 seasons at the helm in Norman. On the rare occasions when one of the hurlers is struggling in the circle, the Sooners are more than capable of mashing their way back into games. Her pitcher of the year honor is OU's eighth in school annals, while her unanimous freshman of the year accolade is OU's seventh consecutive. The Sooners defeated No. Cheer on your Sooners and support our student-athletes in a fun, new and creative way by joining the #LaunchPad. 1st month of Sooners Illustrated for ONLY $1. Reese Atwood, C/1B: .315 batting average with 7 home runs, 23 RBIs, and a .576 slugging percentage. The historic homer came in the top of the sixth inning versus Hawaii, a two-run blast to right center on a 2-1 count. Recently collecting her second straight Big 12 Player of the Year honor, Alo also claimed All-Big 12 First Team accolades for the fourth time of her career and NFCA All-Region accolades for a fourth season. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 7/1/2023). 13-14. Also the 2021 Big 12 Player of the Year, Alo recorded program records for home runs (34), batting average (.475) and total bases (203) in 2021, including an NCAA-best 1.109 slugging percentage in 2021. Trautwein tossed her second no-no of the season vs. UCF in game one of Super Regionals. The championship series can be seen in its entirety in prime time on ESPN. Oklahoma won 10-5 to win the National Championship. Softball August 22, 2022. Each month, we will charge your card on the first business day of the proceeding month for the amount you have elected to pledge per home run multiplied by the number of home runs in that month. Please check your email for a confirmation. In 2022, the Sooners pace the NCAA with 138 home runs and a 2.5 HR/game average. 1 - 111Becky Mantel, Radford, 2013-16). Named back-to-back Conference USA Pitcher of the Year and to the first team NFCA All-South Region team in 2021, the Pflugerville, Texas, product made national news in April when she tossed a perfect game, striking out all 21 batters faced in UNT's game versus Arkansas Pine-Bluff, becoming the first pitcher in Division I history to tally 21 strikeouts in a perfect game. The conference announced the honors Wednesday. No. Bahl, the 2020-21 Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year, posted a 27-0 record with a 0.10 ERA her senior season, surrendering just 27 hits and 15 walks in 137 innings pitched and striking out 316 batters. The Big 12 softball tournament begins Thursday, May 12. Around the world, communities are grappling with what quality local journalism is worth and how to perpetuate the civic good that robust news organizations can generate. The team is slugging .731, holds a .476 on-base clip and has swiped 59 bases on 76 attempts. Looking to repeat as national champions, the Oklahoma Sooners boast an incredible lineup of their own with nine players hitting better than .300 and three players hitting better than .400 on the season. The tournament concludes on June 7-9, 2023. Games 54 . Oklahoma won the game 3-1 and the national championship. 8 Arizona, 10-2 at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic earlier this season. Were just going to keep kicking the shins of our opponents, and well eventually break this door down, and well look back to teams like this, Oklahoma State coach Kenny Gajewski said. Skyler Shellmyer: .354 batting average with 1 home run, 8 RBIs, 22 walks, and 22 stolen bases. They're just absolutely loaded. It was mainly people on the outside who doubted us, and I think we stayed calm and the coaches helped us stay calm within each other, Kilfoyl said. OU has been the top-ranked squad since March 2, 2021, or 57weeks, or 399days. 9 Stanford 2-0 in their opening matchup, while the Volunteers topped No. Oklahoma was chosen as the unanimous No. OU leads the series 50-25 and the teams have met in the World Series once in 2013, a 10-2 OU run-rule win in five innings. 95 in her last career at-bat. The third-seeded Seminoles (58-9) are not without star power themselves. Includeif you'd like to make a gift for every home run hit in the 2022 season or start your pledge as of today. Copyright 2023 University of Oklahoma Athletics. Oklahoma is officially Home Run University. The games can be heard on 107.7 The Franchise in Oklahoma and nationwide on The Varsity app with OU play-by-play announcer Chris Plank and alum DJ Sanchez on the call. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. OU softball rewind: How has abundance of run-rule victories affected the Sooners' pitching staff?