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Conference | Big 12 Conference |
Record | 57–7 (22–5 Big 12) |
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Home stadium | Love's Field |
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No. 1 Texas †y | 23 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .852 | 55 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .873 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Oklahoma ‡y | 22 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .815 | 57 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Oklahoma State y | 21 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .778 | 49 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .803 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor y | 14 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .519 | 36 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF y | 12 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .444 | 31 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .554 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 11 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .407 | 31 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .574 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 11 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .407 | 28 | – | 25 | – | 1 | .528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 8 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .333 | 29 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .580 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 6 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .250 | 20 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .392 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 4 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .148 | 25 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .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]
The season will be the team's last as members of the Big 12 Conference before joining the SEC on July 1, 2024. [3]
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]
On July 5, 2023, Oklahoma announced the return of former Oklahoma player Falepolima Aviu to the staff as an assistant coach. [6]
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Jordy Bahl | Pitcher | Junior | Nebraska | [7] |
Jocelyn Erickson | Catcher | Sophomore | Florida | [8] |
Sophia Nugent | Utility | Junior | Tennessee | [9] |
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Karlie Keeney | Pitcher | Redshirt senior | Liberty | [10] |
Riley Ludlam | Utility | Redshirt senior | Furman | |
Kelly Maxwell | Pitcher | Redshirt senior | Oklahoma State | |
Paytn Monticelli | Pitcher | Sophomore | Wisconsin |
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Softball America | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
ESPN.com/USA Softball | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
D1Softball | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
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