Meet Oklahoma's Opponents at the 2025 Women's College World Series
(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
Sooners to face Tennessee in WCWS opener
(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
OU softball's 2025 journey will indeed culminate back at the Women's College World Series
(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
WCWS bound: Sooners overwhelm Alabama, punch ticket back to OKC
(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
2025 Women's College World Series full schedule
(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
What Alabama coach Patrick Murphy said about OU softball after dropping Game 1
(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
OU Softball: Oklahoma Planning to 'Attack' Alabama to Seal Spot in WCWS
(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
Sooners beat Alabama in Super Regional opener behind Pickering's home run
(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
OU Softball: Why Oklahoma is a 'Different Team' Since Regular Season Loss to Alabama
(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
No. 2 Sooners Host No. 15 Crimson Tide in Super Regionals
(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
OU Softball: How Oklahoma's Youth has Become Its Strength
(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
OU Softball: Looking Back on Oklahoma's Series Defeat to Alabama
(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
Weekend Wrap-Up: Sooners' offense is firing on all cylinders
(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
When does OU softball play Alabama in NCAA super regionals? Time, TV schedule
(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
Ella Parker had 'genuine feeling of shock' after huge swing vs. Cal
(by Jesse Crittenden) NORMAN — Ella Parker even shocked herself on Sunday. The true freshman had just rounded the bases after a huge home run in the fourth inning. The ball completely cleared the right field stands at Love's Field, as Parker's solo shot sent the ball 285 feet with an exit velocity of 81 miles per hour. Most importantly...read more from the OUInsider
OU Softball: California Postgame Press Conference (Regional Final)
Softball: Sooners overwhelm California, advance to super regionals
(by Jesse Crittenden) NORMAN — All weekend, Oklahoma continued to find ways to put runners on base. And all weekend long, the Sooners figured out ways to bring them home. In Sunday's regional final against California, the Sooners did it with power hitting. It started with a solo home run from Gabbie Garcia. After both teams went...read more from the OUInsider
No. 2 Oklahoma Advances to Regional Final With 11-2 Win Against Cal
(by John Rhode) NORMAN — Oklahoma Softball's home run leaders took center stage as the No. 2 Sooners (47-7) advanced to the NCAA Norman Regional final with an 11-2, five-inning triumph over California (36-20) on Saturday at Love's Field. (Today's game is scheduled for 1:00 PM CT and can be seen on ESPN+.)...read more from SoonerSports.com
Big swings propel Sooners past California, into regional finals
(by Jesse Crittenden) NORMAN — California gave Oklahoma an opening. The Sooners turned that into multiple runs. That proved to be the difference in the second inning. Both teams went into the bottom of the frame tied at one run apiece. The Sooners' run started slowly, as two walks and a hit by pitch allowed them to load the bases with...read more from the OUInsider
OU Softball: Oklahoma Wary of 'Fearless' California Golden Bears
(by Ryan Chapman) NORMAN — Oklahoma strolled past the Boston University Terriers on Friday to set up a date with the Cal Golden Bears on Saturday. Corri Hicks’ fifth inning home sealed OU’s 8-0 run-rule win over the Terriers, while Cal outlasted Omaha in a 1-0 victory to open the Norman Regional. California pitcher Annabel Teperson threw...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI
