2024 Oklahoma Sooners softball team

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2024 Oklahoma Sooners softball
Oklahoma Sooners logo.svg
Conference Big 12 Conference
Record57–7 (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. 1 Texas  y2340 .8525580 .873
No. 4 Oklahoma  y2250 .8155770 .891
No. 3 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 4, 2024 [1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2024 Oklahoma Sooners softball team will be an American college softball team that represents the University of Oklahoma during the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. The Sooners will be led by Patty Gasso in her thirtieth season, and play their home games at Love's Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. This will be the Sooners' first season at Love's Field. [2]

Contents

The season will be the team's last as members of the Big 12 Conference before joining the SEC on July 1, 2024. [3]

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. [4] [5]

Preseason

On July 5, 2023, Oklahoma announced the return of former Oklahoma player Falepolima Aviu to the staff as an assistant coach. [6]

Offseason

Departures

Oklahoma outgoing transfers
PlayerPositionYearNew teamRef
Jordy Bahl PitcherJunior Nebraska [7]
Jocelyn EricksonCatcherSophomore Florida [8]
Sophia NugentUtilityJunior Tennessee [9]

Additions

Oklahoma incoming transfers
PlayerPositionYearPrevious teamRef
Karlie KeeneyPitcher Redshirt.svg Redshirt senior Liberty [10]
Riley LudlamUtility Redshirt.svg Redshirt senior Furman
Kelly MaxwellPitcher 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 (11–1)
Women's College World Series (3–1)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall
Record
WCWS
Record
May 30vs. No. 4 Duke No. 2 Devon Park 9–1 (6)Deal (13–1)Wright (19–3)12,44555–61–0
June 1vs. No. 6 UCLA No. 2Devon Park1–0Maxwell (21–2)Terry (21–2)56–62–0
June 3vs. No. 7 Florida No. 2Devon Park3–9Rothrock (33–8)May (14–3)56–72–1
June 4vs. No. 7 FloridaNo. 2Devon Park6–5 (8)Maxwell (22–2)Rothrock (33–9)11,16657–73–1
June 5vs. No. 1 TexasNo. 2Devon Park
June 6vs. No. 1 TexasNo. 2Devon Park
  •   Win
  •   Loss
  •   Postponement
  • Bold: Sooners team member
  • Reference: [13] [14] [15]
  • Rankings from NFCA:
  • (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Ranking movements
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