Oklahoma Sooners softball


The Oklahoma Sooners softball team is the softball team that represents University of Oklahoma in the sport of women's softball. The Sooners participate in the Big 12 Conference, and play their home games at OU Softball Complex. Oklahoma has won their conference title 11 times, has been to the NCAA Tournament 25 times, has been to the NCAA Women's College World Series 12 times, and has won the NCAA championship four times. OU also appeared in the AIAW Women's College World Series four times. The team is coached by Patty Gasso.
The Sooners won their first national championship back in 2000. The 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. The 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.

History

Coaching history

Championships

NCAA Women's College World Series National Championships

Conference Championships

Conference Tournament Championships

Records by opponent

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;Big 12 Conference opponents
OpponentGPW-L-TWin %First meetingLast meeting
Baylor7360-130.8220-2 L
September 21, 1979		6-4 W
May 12, 2018
Iowa State10981-280.7431-2 L
April 15, 1978		9-6 W
May 11, 2018
Kansas11066-440.6005-2 W
April 15, 1978		10-1 W
April 15, 2018
Oklahoma State16090-700.56311-1 W
April 9, 1975		7-0 W
May 5, 2018
Texas6642-240.6361-4 L
April 19, 1997		10-1 W
May 11, 2018
Texas Tech6356-70.8897-1 W
April 22, 1977		19-1 W
March 25, 2018

;Former Big 12 Conference opponents
OpponentGPW-L-TWin %First meetingLast meeting
Missouri9352-410.5594-13 L
March 16, 1977		7-0 W
May 20, 2018
Nebraska8844-440.5001-2 L
April 15, 1977		8-0 W
March 17, 2018
Texas A&M7949-300.6200-7 L
April 22, 1977		2-0 W
May 17, 2015

;Major Non-Conference opponents
OpponentGPW-L-TWin %First meetingLast meeting
Alabama156-90.40012-0 W
February 16, 1997		3-0 W
June 3, 2016
Arizona4819-290.3963-4 L
March 14, 1979		0-2 L
February 24, 2018
Arizona State2814-140.5000-3 L
March 15, 1979		2-0 W
June 2, 2018
Florida87-10.8751-0 W
February 28, 1998		2-0 W
June 2, 2018
Florida State126-60.5001-0 W
April 24, 1987		6-0 W
February 23, 2013
Michigan218-130.3811-2 L
March 22, 1986		7-5 W
June 4, 2016
Tulsa5444-100.81511-10 W
February 19, 1994		8-0 W
May 19, 2018
UCLA134-90.3082-3 L
March 9, 1981		10-1 W
February 4, 2017

Coaching staff

Notable players

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Player Awards

;USA Softball National Player of the Year
;NFCA Freshman of the Year
;espnW National Player of the Year
;Honda Sports Award
;Academic All-American of the Year

First Team All-Americans