Published: 28 May 2025

Oklahoma Sooners softball coach Patty Gasso and players Ella Parker, Gabbie Garcia and Nelly McEnroe-Marinas meet the press after practice on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, ahead of their WCWS game against the Tennessee Volunteers...from John Hoover Media

Published: 28 May 2025

(by Jesse Crittenden) OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma isn't exactly getting a warm-up game to open the Women's College World Series. The Sooners know they'll be tested. The main focus? Tennessee ace pitcher Karlyn Pickens. Pickens has taken the softball world by storm with her incredible speed on the mound. Earlier this season, she set...read more from the OUInsider

Published: 28 May 2025

(by John Williams) The NCAA softball transfer portal schedule is as whacky as it is in football and basketball, where the portal is open and active before the season reaches its conclusion. There are already players entering the portal and finding new homes while the final eight teams prepare for the Women's College World Series...read more from the Sooners Wire

Published: 27 May 2025

(by John Williams) The Women's College World Series gets underway on Thursday with a talented group of players descending upon Oklahoma City. Seventeen members of Softball America's first- and second-team All-Americans will be in town to compete for the national title. They are led by Pitcher of the Year Karlyn Pickens and...read more from the Sooners Wire

Published: 27 May 2025

(by Ryan Chapman) Oklahoma’s first matchup against Tennessee could have turned on a razors’ edge. The Volunteers went into Love’s Field and took the first and third games of the series, handing OU its first losses of the season and the program its first series defeat in SEC play. Patty Gasso’s 2-seeded Sooners will open the Women’s College...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Published: 26 May 2025

(by Justin Martinez) The field is set for the 2025 Women's College World Series. Eight teams will compete in the double-elimination tournament, which begins Thursday, May 29, at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. Among the competitors is the four-time defending champion, No. 2-seeded Oklahoma. Here's how you can get tickets...read more from The Oklahoman

Published: 26 May 2025

(by Ryan Chapman) Oklahoma is headed back to the Women’s College World Series for the ninth-straight time, and a familiar face looms on opening day. The 2-seeded Sooners will take on the 7-seeded Tennessee Volunteers on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at Devon Park. The winner of that contest will face the winner of 3-seeded Florida and...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Published: 25 May 2025

(by Jesse Crittenden) NORMAN — The Sooners now know how their path begins in Oklahoma City. Patty Gasso's squad will matchup with Tennessee when the Women's College World Series opens on Thursday. Tennessee (45-15) advanced to the WCWS after beating Nebraska in Game 3 of Sunday's super regional. The Sooners (50-7)...read more from the OUInsider

Published: 24 May 2025

(by Bob Przybylo) All year, the talk has been about the OU softball team being so young. Or if not young, so fresh and new because of all the transfers. It has rarely mattered. It certainly never ever became an issue during the Norman Regional and Norman Super Regional. OU cruised, winning the regional 31-3. Facing a tradition-rich program...read more from the SoonerScoop

Published: 24 May 2025

(by Jesse Crittenden) NORMAN — Saturday's Super Regional contest started simply for the Sooners. Abby Dayton hit an RBI single in the second inning that gave the Sooners a 1-0 lead over Alabama. And then the Sooners simply blew the game in the third inning. The runs kept coming, and kept coming, and kept coming. By the end of it, the...read more from the OUInsider

Published: 24 May 2025

(by Dekota Gregory) Teams are still battling it out and trying to punch their tickets, but it's never too early to start making plans for the Women's College World Series, especially if you're a fan of the Oklahoma Sooners, the defending four-time national champions. The 2025 WCWS will again be at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, the Softball Capital...read more from Stormin' in Norman

Published: 24 May 2025

(by James D. Jackson) NORMAN — Oklahoma is coming off a Game 1 Super Regional victory over Alabama on Friday evening. The Sooners are looking for their 9th consecutive and 18th overall trip to the Women's College World Series and are now one step closer. The team standing in their way is the Crimson Tide. Alabama's head coach...read more from Sooners Illustrated

Published: 24 May 2025

(by Ryan Chapman) NORMAN — Oklahoma is one win away. Kasidi Pickering’s two-run shot and Sydney Barker’s RBI-single proved to be enough run support for OU ace Sam Landry on Friday, as the 2-seeded Sooners beat 15-seeded Alabama to open the Norman Super Regional at Love’s Field. (ESPN @2:00 PM CT)...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Published: 23 May 2025

(by Jesse Crittenden) NORMAN — It had been a slow start for Oklahoma's offense on Friday. The first two innings saw the Sooners record just one base hit and leave two base runners stranded against Alabama pitcher Jocelyn Briski. But the momentum started in the third inning. Abby Dayton — who continues to be a key offensive player in...read more from the OUInsider

Published: 23 May 2025

(by Ryan Chapman) NORMAN — Oklahoma’s path back to the Women’s College World Series offers a chance at revenge. Last month, OU fell to Alabama in a dramatic regular season series in Tuscaloosa. This weekend, the No. 2-seeded Sooners have a chance to avenge those two losses to the 15-seeded Crimson Tide at Love’s Field in...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Published: 23 May 2025

(by OU Athletics Communications) NORMAN — No. 2 overall seed, Oklahoma Softball (48-7), will host No. 15 overall seed Alabama (40-21) in the 2025 Super Regionals as the teams vie for a spot in the Women's College World Series. Game 1 | Friday, May 23 at 4 p.m. Game one will be broadcast on ESPN2...read more from SoonerSports.com

Published: 21 May 2025

(by Ryan Chapman) NORMAN — Patty Gasso had to be reminded that her team consists of eight true freshman during the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament. After Oklahoma’s win over Boston University last Friday to open the weekend, she asked her team to raise their hands if they’d ever taken the field in a Regional. “How many...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Published: 20 May 2025

(by Ryan Chapman) Oklahoma’s path back to the Women’s College World Series will give the Sooners a chance to exact some revenge. The 15-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide head to Norman this weekend to take on No. 2 OU in a juicy Super Regional between two of the sport’s powers. Patty Gasso’s team dropped the regular season series...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Published: 19 May 2025

(by Jesse Crittenden) NORMAN — Oklahoma's offense had everything going at the Norman Regional over the weekend. Home runs? The Sooners blasted eight of them. Base hits? The Sooners had 28 of them. Walks? The Sooners had 16. It all culminated into one of the best weekend's of the season for OU's offense, and it helped them...read more from the OUInsider

Published: 19 May 2025

(by Jeff Patterson) Coach Patty Gasso and the second-seeded OU softball team will host the 15th-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide this weekend in the NCAA super regionals. The Crimson Tide (40-21) took two of three games against the Sooners (48-7) in Tuscaloosa earlier this season. Here's what you need to know about the super regionals...read more from The Oklahoman