2026 Softball Schedule

Oklahoma adds National Coaching Staff of Year to record-setting 2024 softball accolades

(by Chip Rouse) Capping off another national championship season, the dynasty that is Oklahoma softball can also claim the best coaching staff in NCAA Division I softball. You don't win four consecutive national championships without outstanding coaching. And one week after defeating No. 1 seed Texas in the Women's College World Series...read more from Stormin' in Norman

OU softball lands impact bat in UNC transfer Isabela Emerling

(by Bryan Clinton) Patty Gasso and the Oklahoma softball program have quite a tall task ahead of them as the Sooners must replace the most decorated senior class the sport has ever seen. In all, 10 seniors graduated after winning four consecutive national championships, and their departure leaves quite a void to be filled, and with just five transfer spots...read more from the OUInsider

LA28 seeks to relocate Olympic canoeing, softball to Oklahoma City for 2028 games

(by Steve Lackmeyer) Oklahoma City is on track to become an Olympic host with plans to host both canoeing and softball competitions in 2028. The announcement Friday comes with a caveat that the relocation of the canoe slalom must first be approved by the Los Angeles City Council. In a statement released Friday morning, LA28 announced it is asking...read more from The Oklahoman

Why NiJaree Canady has become an even bigger OU softball priority

(by Bob Przybylo) The fireworks occurred in the softball transfer portal Monday afternoon, felt by OU and everybody else across the country. NiJaree Canady, arguably the sport’s biggest star, hit the portal after two brilliant seasons at Stanford. Two incredibly impressive, statement-making seasons. Now that statement? Let the games begin...read more from the SoonerScoop

OU Softball: What are the persuasive hooks that could land transferee NiJaree Canady at Oklahoma?

(by Chip Rouse) The transfer portal window in college softball is open and buzzing with head coaches ready to pounce, and the biggest fish in that pond of talent is unquestionably Stanford First-Team All-American pitcher NiJaree Canady? What a compelling coincidence, four-time defending national champion Oklahoma needs pitching help going forward...read more from Stormin' in Norman

OU Softball: Oklahoma OF Hannah Coor Having Another Back Surgery

(by John E. Hoover) Oklahoma outfielder Hannah Coor announced Monday that she is having a second back surgery. Coor made the announcement on her Instagram. “This season was one of the most fun and exciting ones yet, but also extremely tough,” she said. “The fight and strength that were displayed this season will always be the biggest win for me...read more from AllSooners

OU Softball: Stanford's NiJaree Canady intends to enter the transfer portal per reports

(by John Williams) One of the biggest names in the sport of softball is on the move. According to multiple reports, Stanford’s NiJaree Canady is expected to be in the transfer portal. According to Landon Reinhardt of NBC News outlet KSNT in Topeka, Kan., Canady will enter the transfer portal. WIBW’s Vince Lovergine is also reporting that Canady is in...read more from the Sooners Wire

Gasso's Core 5: Jayda Coleman's Impact Will Resonate for the Next Generation of Oklahoma Softball

(by Ryan Chapman) OKLAHOMA CITY — A leadoff walk energizes any lineup. But Jayda Coleman’s leadoff exploits hit a little different for Oklahoma. OU’s star outfielder was must-see for all four of her years in Norman, as she was always a threat to rob a home run in the field or hit one at the plate. Her walks, however, would ring out over any game...read more from AllSooners

What does OU softball need to do in transfer portal? Here are Sooners' top areas of need

(by Ryan Aber, Colton Sulley) With 10 departing seniors off this season’s Women’s College World Series championship squad, there are plenty of holes to fill for OU softball. The Sooners are bringing in a large group of signees, headlined by middle infielders Tia Milloy of Redmond, Washington, and Caddo’s Kadey McKay. The Sooners figure to be...read more from The Oklahoman

Why OU softball's Ella Parker, Kasidi Pickering give plenty of hope for Sooners' future

(by Ryan Aber) NORMAN — It wasn’t long after OU softball won its fourth consecutive Women’s College World Series title that Sooners coach Patty Gasso turned her attention toward the future. “I love what has happened with our freshmen,” Gasso said. “Oh, my goodness. I did not anticipate that. So the future is very, very bright.” It was hard not to...read more from The Oklahoman

Why this OU softball senior class will 'never, ever be forgotten' by Patty Gasso, Sooners

(by Ryan Aber) Patty Gasso found the video of Jayda Coleman recently. Coleman, then 13 but already committed to the OU softball program, is talking in an interview how she expects to continue her winning ways through high school and beyond. “Now that I’m going to OU, we’re going to win it all there,” Coleman said. “I’m going to win it every year.”...read more from The Oklahoman

OU softball celebrates the historic four-peat, brings out real goats

(by Bob Przybylo) When you talk OU softball, you hear a lot of goat talk. GOAT, of course, meaning the Greatest Of All Time. That could be head coach Patty Gasso, who just earned national championship No. 8. Or it could be the senior class, that just finished going back-to-back-to-back-to-back. Four seasons, four national championships...read more from the SoonerScoop

Sooners to celebrate national title at Love's Field

(by Tarik Masri) Oklahoma will celebrate the program’s eighth national championship on Saturday at Love’s Field. The event will be free to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. The gates will open at 5 p.m. and fans will have an opportunity to take photos with the national championship trophy from 5-6 p.m. when the program officially starts...read more from The Norman Transcript

WCWS championship games average 2 million viewers for most-watched finals

(by Jenna West, Richard Deitsch and Jayna Bardahl) This year’s Women’s College World Series championship finals between Oklahoma and Texas set a new record for the most-watched title series, averaging two million viewers. Viewership for Game 2 of the WCWS finals rose 24 percent from 2023 and three percent from the previous all-time high...read more from The Athletic

Mussatto: OU softball four-peats as national champions. 'We just did the impossible.'

(by Joe Mussatto) Not one, not two, not three … Four. And for the Sooners, the fourth was the hardest. Division-I college softball had never seen a four-peat national champion. Not until Thursday night in Oklahoma City, when OU beat Texas 8-4 to sweep the championship series. “People say, ‘Let’s go win one,’” OU coach Patty Gasso said...read more from The Oklahoman

OU Softball: Oklahoma's 'Invincible' Core 5 Close Their Careers as Softball Icons

(by Ryan Chapman) OKLAHOMA CITY — Tiare Jennings, Jayda Coleman, Rylie Boone, Kinzie Hansen and Nicole May arrived in Norman as bright-eyed freshmen with a dream. They’ll depart Norman as living softball legends. Thursday night they accomplished the unthinkable. Patty Gasso’s Core 5, along with their 16 other teammates, closed out the most...read more from AllSooners

NCAA Softball: 2024 WCWS - OU-Texas postgame


Oklahoma softball coach Patty Gasso and Sooners Kelly Maxwell, Tiare Jennings, Jayda Coleman, Kinzie Hansen and Rylie Boone meet the press after OU's 8-4 win over Texas in the Women’s College World Series championship series on Thursday, June 6, 2024...from John Hoover Media

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From a polarizing decision to transfer to the WCWS Most Outstanding Player, a Kelly Maxwell story

(by James D. Jackson) Maxwell threw just 14 pitches on Thursday. But it was what she had accomplished throughout the season and the WCWS that made her final performance seem all the more dominant. After her remarkable run through the WCWS, Maxwell was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament...read more from Sooners Illustrated

2024 WCWS: Oklahoma Wins 8th National Championship! | Defeats Texas 8-4


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Sooners beat Texas, claim program's fourth straight national championship

(by Jesse Crittenden) OKLAHOMA CITY — It's over. Patty Gasso and the Sooners are back on the mountain top. The Sooners secured the program's fourth consecutive national championship on Thursday, defeating arch-rival Texas 8-4 to secure a sweep in the Women's College World Series Championship Series. The Sooners become the first...read more from the OUInsider

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