2024_Oklahoma_Sooners_softball_team

2024 Oklahoma Sooners softball
2024 Oklahoma Sooners softball
NCAA Norman Super Regional champion; NCAA Norman Regional champion; Big 12 tournament champion
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	57–7 (22–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Patty Gasso (30th season);
Assistant coaches	Jennifer Rocha; JT Gasso; Falepolima Steele;
Home stadium	Love's Field
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

2024 Oklahoma Sooners softball team

College softball season

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]

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

Schedule

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2024 Oklahoma Sooners softball game log

Regular season (46–6)

February (14–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
February 8	vs. Utah Valley Puerto Vallarta College Challenge	No. 1	Nancy Almaraz Stadium Puerto Vallarta, Jal.	13–0 ⁽⁵⁾	May (1–0)	Morris (0–1)	—	700	1–0	–
February 8	vs. No. 11 Duke Puerto Vallarta College Challenge	No. 1	Nancy Almaraz Stadium	3–0	Maxwell (1–0)	Curd (0–1)	Keeney (1)	800	2–0	–
February 9	vs. No. 7 Washington Puerto Vallarta College Challenge	No. 1	Nancy Almaraz Stadium	4–3 ⁽⁸⁾	Maxwell (2–0)	Meylan (1–1)	—	700	3–0	–
February 10	vs. Long Beach State Puerto Vallarta College Challenge	No. 1	Nancy Almaraz Stadium	11–3	Keeney (1–0)	Fernandez (0–1)	—	550	4–0	–
February 16	vs. Central Arkansas Cowgirl Challenge	No. 1	Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond Lake Charles, LA	9–0 ⁽⁵⁾	May (2–0)	Petty (0–2)	—	1,542	5–0	–
February 16	at McNeese Cowgirl Challenge	No. 1	Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond	8–1	Maxwell (3–0)	Davis (1–1)	—	1,542	6–0	–
February 17	vs. Lamar Cowgirl Challenge	No. 1	Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Deal (1–0)	Guidry (0–1)	—	1,559	7–0	–
February 17	at McNeese Cowgirl Challenge	No. 1	Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond	3–0	May (3–0)	Davis (1–2)	Maxwell (1)	1,559	8–0	–
February 18	vs. Central Arkansas Cowgirl Challenge	No. 1	Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Geurin (1–0)	Runner (2–3)	—	—	9–0	–
February 23	vs. No. 25 Mississippi State Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic	No. 1	Big League Dreams Complex Cathedral City, CA	9–3	May (4–0)	Wesley (4–1)	—	2,097	10–0	–
February 23	vs. Wisconsin Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic	No. 1	Big League Dreams Complex	10–2 ⁽⁵⁾	Maxwell (4–0)	Jacobson (0–5)	—	1,656	11–0	–
February 24	vs. San Diego State Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic	No. 1	Big League Dreams Complex	7–0	Deal (2–0)	Light (4–2)	—	1,923	12–0	–
February 25	vs. Notre Dame Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic	No. 1	Big League Dreams Complex	8–0 ⁽⁶⁾	Keeney (2–0)	Madrigal (2–4)	—	1,672	13–0	–
February 25	vs. Loyola Marymount Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic	No. 1	Big League Dreams Complex	9–0 ⁽⁵⁾	May (5–0)	Hubbard (1–2)	—	1,876	14–0	–

March (20–1)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
March 1	vs. Miami Oklahoma Tournament	No. 1	Love's Field Norman, OK	9–7	Geurin (2–0)	Jarvis (4–1)	—	4,450	15–0	–
March 1	vs. Liberty Oklahoma Tournament	No. 1	Love's Field	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Maxwell (5–0)	Yoder (2–3)	—	4,450	16–0	–
March 2	vs. Louisiana Oklahoma Tournament	No. 1	Love's Field	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Deal (3–0)	Loecker (0–2)	—	4,450	17–0	–
March 2	vs. Liberty Oklahoma Tournament	No. 1	Love's Field	15–3 ⁽⁵⁾	May (6–0)	Love (0–3)	—	4,450	18–0	–
March 3	vs. Louisiana Oklahoma Tournament	No. 1	Love's Field	5–7 ⁽⁸⁾	Riassetto (4–2)	Keeney (2–1)	—	4,450	18–1	–
March 6	Texas A&M–Commerce	No. 1	Love's Field	9–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Deal (4–0)	Muller (2–8)	—	3,945	19–1	–
March 9	Iowa State	No. 1	Love's Field	4–0	Maxwell (6–0)	Schurman (1–2)	—	4,386	20–1	1–0
March 9	Iowa State	No. 1	Love's Field	11–2 ⁽⁵⁾	May (7–0)	Charles (1–4)	—	4,192	21–1	2–0
March 10	Iowa State	No. 1	Love's Field	14–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Deal (5–0)	Rodriguez (2–3)	—	4,284	22–1	3–0
March 12	Tarleton State	No. 1	Love's Field	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Maxwell (7–0)	Rehmeier (3–3)	—	4,226	23–1	–
March 12	Tarleton State	No. 1	Love's Field	12–1 ⁽⁵⁾	May (8–0)	Blincoe (4–3)	—	4,226	24–1	–
March 15	at Texas Tech	No. 1	Rocky Johnson Field Lubbock, TX	14–0	Maxell (8–0)	Wright (6–3)	—	1,056	25–1	4–0
March 16	at Texas Tech	No. 1	Rocky Johnson Field	15–2 ⁽⁵⁾	Deal (6–0)	Kuehl (7–4)	—	1,093	26–1	5–0
March 17	at Texas Tech	No. 1	Rocky Johnson Field	11–1	May (9–0)	Wright (6–4)	—	954	27–1	6–0
March 20	UT Arlington	No. 1	Love's Field	12–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Keeney (3–1)	Moreno (3–4)	—	4,357	28–1	–
March 22	vs. No. 22 Baylor	No. 1	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK	8–1	Maxwell (9–0)	Crandall (7–3)	—	8,798	29–1	7–0
March 23	No. 22 Baylor	No. 1	Love's Field	12–3 ⁽⁵⁾	May (10–0)	Binford (5–6)	—	4,520	30–1	8–0
March 23	No. 22 Baylor	No. 1	Love's Field	7–4	Deal (7–0)	Crandall (7–4)	—	4,151	31–1	9–0
March 28	at Kansas	No. 1	Arrocha Ballpark Lawrence, KS	6–1	Maxwell (10–0)	Hamilton (9–6)	—	1,152	32–1	10–0
March 29	at Kansas	No. 1	Arrocha Ballpark	17–0 ⁽⁵⁾	May (11–0)	Brooks (10–3)	—	1,145	33–1	11–0
March 30	at Kansas	No. 1	Arrocha Ballpark	7–3	Kenney (4–1)	Hamilton (9–7)	—	1,152	34–1	12–0

April (11–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
April 5	at No. 4 Texas	No. 1	Red and Charline McCombs Field Austin, TX	5–2	Maxwell (11–0)	Morgan (8–1)	—	1,812	35–1	13–0
April 6	at No. 4 Texas	No. 1	Red and Charline McCombs Field	1–2	Gutierrez (7–0)	May (11–1)	—	2,084	35–2	13–1
April 7	at No. 4 Texas	No. 1	Red and Charline McCombs Field	1–2	Czech (5–3)	Maxwell (11–1)	—	1,922	35–3	13–2
April 9	at Wichita State	No. 1	Wilkins Stadium Wichita, KS	7–0	Deal (8–0)	Howell (3–3)	—	934	36–3	–
April 11	BYU	No. 1	Love's Field	8–0 ⁽⁵⁾	Maxwell (12–1)	Temples (6–6)	—	4,003	37–3	14–2
April 12	BYU	No. 1	Love's Field	4–9	Agbayani (3–0)	Deal (8–1)	Dahle (3)	4,385	37–4	14–3
April 13	BYU	No. 1	Love's Field	7–3	Maxwell (13–1)	Agbayani (3–1)	—	4,509	38–4	15–3
April 16	vs. Tulsa	No. 2	USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium	8–0 ⁽⁶⁾	Deal (9–1)	Nash (9–3)	—	4,908	39–4	–
April 19	Houston	No. 2	Love's Field	8–0 ⁽⁶⁾	Maxwell (14–1)	Edwards (3–2)	—	4,292	40–4	16–3
April 20	Houston	No. 2	Love's Field	10–2 ⁽⁵⁾	May (12–1)	Smith (10–10)	—	4,506	41–4	17–3
April 21	Houston	No. 2	Love's Field	5–0	Deal (10–1)	Waiters (4–4)	—	4,177	42–4	18–3
April 26	at UCF	No. 2	UCF Softball Complex Orlando, FL	10–2	Maxwell (15–1)	Felton (10–5)	—	842	43–4	19–3
April 27	at UCF	No. 2	UCF Softball Complex	2–1	Deal (11–1)	Willis (8–8)	—	833	44–4	20–3
April 28	at UCF	No. 2	UCF Softball Complex	11–7	Maxwell (16–1)	DeVoe (2–2)	—	834	45–4	21–3

May (1–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Big 12 Record
May 3	No. 4 Oklahoma State	No. 2	Love's Field	3–6	Kilfoyl (20–3)	Maxwell (16–2)	—	4,538	45–5	21–4
May 4	No. 4 Oklahoma State	No. 2	Love's Field	2–6	Kilfoyl (21–3)	May (12–2)	—	4,534	45–6	21–5
May 5	No. 4 Oklahoma State	No. 2	Love's Field	8–2	Keeney (5–1)	Aycock (7–3)	—	4,528	46–6	22–5

Post-season (11–1)

Big 12 tournament (3–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	B12T Record
May 9	Kansas	No. 4	Devon Park	10–1 ⁽⁵⁾	Maxwell (17–2)	Ludwig (0–3)	—	3,191	47–6	1–0
May 10	BYU	No. 4	Devon Park	13–2 ⁽⁵⁾	Deal (12–1)	Mares (7–9)	—	—	48–6	2–0
May 11	No. 1 Texas	No. 4	Devon Park	5–1	Maxwell (18–2)	Gutierrez (10–1)	May (1)	4,003	49–6	3–0

Norman Regional (3–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Regional Record
May 17	vs. Cleveland State	No. 2	Love's Field	9–0 ⁽⁶⁾	May (13–2)	Holzopfel (19–10)	—	4,153	50–6	1–0
May 18	vs. Oregon	No. 2	Love's Field	6–3	Maxwell (19–2)	Scott (9–9)	—	—	51–6	2–0
May 19	vs. Oregon	No. 2	Love's Field	3–2	May (14–2)	Spencer (7–4)	Maxwell (2)	4,277	52–6	3–0

Norman Super Regional (2–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	Super Reg. Record
May 23	vs. No. 12 Florida State	No. 2	Love's Field	11–3 ⁽⁵⁾	Maxwell (20–2)	Danley (18–6)	—	4,189	53–6	1–0
May 24	vs. No. 12 Florida State	No. 2	Love's Field	4–2	Keeney (6–1)	Gooden (5–2)	May (2)	4,510	54–6	2–0

Women's College World Series (3–1)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	WCWS Record
May 30	vs. No. 4 Duke	No. 2	Devon Park	9–1 ⁽⁶⁾	Deal (13–1)	Wright (19–3)	—	12,445	55–6	1–0
June 1	vs. No. 6 UCLA	No. 2	Devon Park	1–0	Maxwell (21–2)	Terry (21–2)	—	—	56–6	2–0
June 3	vs. No. 7 Florida	No. 2	Devon Park	3–9	Rothrock (33–8)	May (14–3)	—	—	56–7	2–1
June 4	vs. No. 7 Florida	No. 2	Devon Park	6–5 ⁽⁸⁾	Maxwell (22–2)	Rothrock (33–9)	—	11,166	57–7	3–1
June 5	vs. No. 1 Texas	No. 2	Devon Park
June 6	vs. No. 1 Texas	No. 2	Devon Park

Win
Loss
Postponement
Bold: Sooners team member
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Rankings from NFCA:
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Player	Position	Year	New team	Ref
Jordy Bahl	Pitcher	Junior	Nebraska	^[7]
Jocelyn Erickson	Catcher	Sophomore	Florida	^[8]
Sophia Nugent	Utility	Junior	Tennessee	^[9]

Player	Position	Year	Previous team	Ref
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

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
NFCA / USA Today	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	2
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

2024_Oklahoma_Sooners_softball_team

2024 Oklahoma Sooners softball team

Previous season

Preseason

Offseason

Departures

Additions

Roster and personnel

Schedule

Rankings

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2024 Oklahoma Sooners softball

NCAA Norman Super Regional champion NCAA Norman Regional champion Big 12 tournament champion
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	57–7 (22–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Patty Gasso (30th season)
Assistant coaches	Jennifer Rocha JT Gasso Falepolima Steele
Home stadium	Love's Field
Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
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