2024 Oklahoma Sooners softball team

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2024 Oklahoma Sooners softball
Oklahoma Sooners logo.svg
Conference Big 12 Conference
Record59–7 (22–5 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadium Love's Field
Seasons
  2023
2025  
2024 Big 12 Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 Texas  y2340 .85255100 .846
No. 1 Oklahoma  y2250 .8155970 .894
No. 6 Oklahoma State  y2160 .77849120 .803
Baylor  y14130 .51936230 .610
UCF  y12150 .44431250 .554
BYU  11160 .40731230 .574
Kansas  11160 .40728251 .528
Texas Tech  8160 .33329210 .580
Iowa State  6180 .25020310 .392
Houston  4230 .14825300 .455
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 11, 2024 [1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2024 Oklahoma Sooners softball team was an American college softball team that represents the University of Oklahoma during the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. The Sooners were led by Patty Gasso in her thirtieth season, and played their home games at Love's Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. This was the Sooners' first season at Love's Field. [2] The Sooners won the 2024 Women's College World Series, becoming the first team in college softball history to four-peat. [3] [4]

Contents

This season was the team's last as members of the Big 12 Conference before joining the SEC on July 1, 2024. [5]

Previous season

The Sooners finished the 2023 season 61–1 overall, and 18–0 in the Big 12, finishing in first place in their conference. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Sooners won the 2023 Big 12 Conference softball tournament and received an automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament, where they were the No. 1 overall seed. They won the 2023 Women's College World Series over Florida State. [6] [7]

Preseason

On July 5, 2023, Oklahoma announced the return of former Oklahoma player Falepolima Aviu to the staff as an assistant coach. [8]

Offseason

Departures

Oklahoma outgoing transfers
PlayerPositionYearNew teamRef
Jordy Bahl PitcherJunior Nebraska [9]
Jocelyn EricksonCatcherSophomore Florida [10]
Sophia NugentUtilityJunior Tennessee [11]

Additions

Oklahoma incoming transfers
PlayerPositionYearPrevious teamRef
Karlie KeeneyPitcher Redshirt.svg Redshirt senior Liberty [12]
Riley LudlamUtility Redshirt.svg Redshirt senior Furman
Kelly Maxwell Pitcher Redshirt.svg Redshirt senior Oklahoma State
Paytn MonticelliPitcherSophomore Wisconsin

Roster and personnel

Schedule

2024 Oklahoma Sooners softball game log
Regular season (46–6)
Post-season (13–1)
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Sooners team member
  • Reference: [15] [16] [17]
  • Rankings from NFCA:
  • (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Ranking movements
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ESPN.com/USA Softball1111211112222421
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