OU Softball: Oklahoma Stays Perfect in 2025 With Win Over Loyola Marymount
(by Ryan Chapman) Kasidi Pickering set the tone for another strong Oklahoma performance on Saturday. The star sophomore uncorked a three-run blast in the first inning, which was the start of a five-run frame, to power the No. 2-ranked Sooners past the Loyola Marymount Lions. OU hit four home runs to roll past LMU 9-0 at Smith Field in...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI
OU Softball: Oklahoma Hammers Cal State Fullerton For Second Win of the Day
(by Ryan Chapman) On the same day Isabella Smith pitched a five inning perfect game, Patty Gasso opted to use virtually her entire pitching staff. Four different Sooners saw action in the circle in OU’s evening contest against Cal State Fullerton, but the result was the same. No. 2 Oklahoma prevailed over the Titans 13-3 at...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI
OU Softball: Oklahoma Rolls Cal Baptist
(by Ryan Chapman) Isabella Smith picked up right where she left off on Thursday night. The Campbell transfer pitcher got the start for Patty Gasso’s No. 2-ranked Oklahoma Sooners, and she dominated Cal Baptist. Smith retired all 10 batters she faced in a relief appearance against Cal State Northridge on Thursday, and carried that...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI
OU Softball: Oklahoma Outlasts San Diego State in Extra Innings
(by Ryan Chapman) Through two games there’s no sign of a sophomore slump in sight for Ella Parker and Kasidi Pickering. The duo dismantled Cal State Northridge in No. 2 Oklahoma’s season debut, then they staged an encore against San Diego State. OU trailed 3-1 heading into the fifth inning, but Patty Gasso’s sophomore duo...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI
OU Softball: Oklahoma Erases Early Deficit to Start 2025 With a Win
(by Ryan Chapman) The 2025 season got off to a rocky start for Patty Gasso’s Oklahoma Sooners. Cal State Northridge pushed No. 2-ranked OU in the season-opener, but the Sooners got a handle on things late. Kasidi Pickering’s one-out triple put Oklahoma up in the bottom of the fifth inning, which was all the Sooners needed to...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI
OU Softball: How to Watch This Week's Games
(by John E. Hoover) Patty Gasso's Oklahoma softball squad opens the season ranked No. 3 in the nation, and No. 3 in the Southeastern Conference. Of course, the Sooners are more focused on No. 5. That is, a fifth consecutive national championship. No team had ever won four in a row until Gasso's magical 2024 senior class pulled...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI
OU Softball: Oklahoma Building on New Identity in Today's Season Debut
(by Ryan Chapman) Finally, the softball season is here. Patty Gasso’s No. 3-ranked Sooners begin the process of officially breaking in a host of new faces in live action on Thursday with a pair of games in California. Up first, Oklahoma takes on Cal State Northridge and San Diego State, which serves as the debut for a team that she has...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI
Softball: Things to watch during opening weekend
(by Jesse Crittenden) Oklahoma is officially on the quest for its ninth championship. The Sooners open their 2025 season on Thursday in California, beginning with a pair of games against Cal State Northridge (5:30 p.m.) and San Diego State (8 p.m.). The Sooners will play a total of six games through Sunday morning, all in California...read more from the OUInsider
OU softball's pre-SEC schedule more pillow fight than gauntlet. Why Patty Gasso chose that
(by Jenni Carlson) NORMAN — A week or two before the season opener each of the past few years, Patty Gasso would have the same feeling. “OK, we’re ready,” she would think. “We can go now.” The OU softball coach knew by then what she had, and it wasn’t just that she knew the teams were good. Check that — they were really...read more from The Oklahoman
OU SOFTBALL IS BACK! Full Season Preview | Oklahoma Drill Podcast
Softball: Sooners to utilize pitchers early and often this season
(by Jesse Crittenden) NORMAN — Oklahoma has often had an abundance of riches on its pitching staff the last two seasons. The Sooners were able to breeze through the regular seasons with a three-headed monster at pitcher. In 2023, the combination of Jordy Bahl, Nicole May and Alex Storako frustrated opponents. In 2024, it was...read more from the OUInsider
Patty Gasso selected as head coach for USA Softball National Team
(by OU Athletics Communications) University of Oklahoma head softball coach Patty Gasso was named USA Softball Women’s National Team (WNT) head coach, USA Softball announced Monday. Gasso was selected by the USA Softball Selection Review panel and will lead the U.S. Olympic Team through the 2025-28 quadrennial...read more from the OUInsider
Oklahoma 2025 Softball Preview: The Outfield
(by Ryan Chapman) NORMAN — Jayda Coleman and Rylie Boone won’t be patrolling the outfield at Love’s Field this spring. That’ll take some getting used to. And while things will look different, Patty Gasso has no shortage of talent to back up her pitching staff in 2025. One of last years’ breakout stars, Kasidi Pickering, is back for her...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI
(by Ryan Chapman) NORMAN — The first position Patty Gasso addressed in the transfer portal last offseason was catcher. The Sooners lost both Kinzie Hansen and Riley Ludlam to graduation, and the emergency third catcher option, Alynah Torres, also departed though OU never had to resort to that a year ago. Gasso had already...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI
Why OU softball pitcher Audrey Lowry has a chance to be Sooners' next ace
(by Colton Sulley) NORMAN — Audrey Lowry and her parents, April and James, talked about everything but softball with OU coach Patty Gasso at breakfast. It was the Sunday morning following Audrey’s official visit and time was ticking for the No. 2 pitcher nationally by Extra Inning Softball to choose a school. The Lowrys had talked...read more from The Oklahoman
OU softball aims to maintain Sophia Bordi's redshirt unless Sooners 'absolutely need her'
(by Colton Sulley) NORMAN — OU softball coach Patty Gasso wasn't necessarily looking to add right-handed pitching prospect Sophia Bordi early. But Bordi surprised Gasso with the news she graduated high school early. The initial plan was for Bordi to train in California with her travel ball team for the year until Gasso spoke with...read more from The Oklahoman
OU Softball: Patty Gasso is 'Excited' and 'Rejuvenated' to Coach Her New-Look Oklahoma Squad
(by Ryan Chapman) NORMAN — Oklahoma softball will look different in 2025. Patty Gasso is embracing that. Graduating out 10 seniors, including a host of multiple-time national champions, is going to change the face of any program. But it will be more than just new faces on the field, Gasso is excited for a group that will play a bit...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI
OU Softball: Oklahoma Trio Earns Recognition on Preseason All-SEC Team
(by Ryan Chapman) Oklahoma was voted third in the SEC Softball Preseason Coaches Poll, the conference announced on Thursday. The Sooners received two first place votes, and Patty Gasso’s team trailed Texas, who was voted first with seven first place votes, and Florida, who was voted second with six first place votes. There was then a...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI
Patty Gasso explains why Oklahoma isn't attending Mary Nutter Classic in 2025
(by John Williams) The Oklahoma Sooners softball season will get underway in just over a week when they travel to southern California to open the season. They'll open the year on February 6 in San Diego, where they'll take on California State-Northridge and San Diego State in a Thursday evening doubleheader. It's a unique trip that head...read more from the Sooners Wire
(Softball) Fresh Faces: A Late Coaching Change Helped Guide P Sam Landry to Oklahoma
(by Ryan Chapman) NORMAN — Sam Landry was a late transfer portal pickup for Oklahoma. The former Louisiana pitcher had every intention of returning to the program for her final season, but then change hit. Ragin’ Cajuns’ head coach Gerry Glasco opted for a change of scenery — he took the opening at Texas Tech — which reopened...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI
