Full 2021 NCAA Softball Championship Bracket Revealed
Check out who Alabama will be facing in the 64-team field of the tournament
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May 16, 2021
On Sunday evening, the NCAA revealed the full 64-team field for the 2021 NCAA Softball Championship.
Among the 64 teams were the top 16 seeds, with No. 1 Oklahoma taking the top overall seed. No. 2 UCLA is set to host its own regional as well.
Seven of the 16 top seeds hailed from the Southeastern Conference. The highest of the SEC teams was No. 3 Alabama, with Florida hosting as a No. 4 seed and Arkansas, LSU, Missouri and Kentucky taking the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth seeds, respectively.
Already 37-1, Oklahoma softball can still find another gear
Heading to Baylor for another mid-week double header, Patty Gasso and Jocelyn Alo believe there is still more to see out of an already record-setting OU softball team
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Apr 27, 2021
Just six games remain until the Oklahoma Sooners head to Oklahoma City for the Big 12 Tournament.
To date, OU is a dominant 37-1, only stubbing their toe in the front end of a double-header in Georgia just two days after capping off an emotional sweep of Texas.
Patty Gasso’s No. 1-ranked Sooners on are pace to rewrite almost every offensive record to date by the time a champion is crowned this June in OKC, but somehow they still may have another level they’ve yet to achieve.
Oklahoma duo in player of the year Top 25
Senior Jocelyn Alo and freshman Tiare Jennings are among the initial finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award
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Jocelyn Alo and Tiare Jennings have been named two of the 25 finalists for the 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, USA Softball announced Friday.
No. 1-ranked Oklahoma is one of just five programs in the country to have multiple finalists for the award, considered the most prestigious honor in NCAA Division I softball.
Alo, a senior utility player, has paced the potent Sooner offense in 2021, sharing the nation s lead with 23 home runs to go with an exceptional slash line of .500/.591/1.250. Her 1.250 slugging percentage leads the country and she shares the lead in runs batted in with Jennings at 60.
NORMAN Oklahoma was back doing Oklahoma things on Saturday.
In the first game of a doubleheader, the No. 1-ranked Sooners run-ruled Texas Tech 15-0 in their Big 12 series opener at Marita Hynes Field.
OU improved to 35-1 overall and 10-0 in Big 12 play, while Texas Tech fell to 18-21 and 2-11.
Mackenzie Donihoo had two hits and three RBIs,
Lynnsie Elam drove in three runs and
Jana Johns and
Giselle Juarez (13-0) pitched three scoreless innings for the win, while
Brooke Vestal and Olivia Rains each got in a single scoreless inning in relief.
OU came into the weekend coming off a doubleheader split at No. 20 Georgia the Sooners’ first loss of the season.
Run-rule redux: Oklahoma smashes Georgia
Sooners bounce back from first loss of the season by run-ruling the Bulldogs in Game Two
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Either way, it was another run-rule.
No. 1-ranked Oklahoma saw its 40-game winning streak and perfect 33-0 start come crashing down on Tuesday in an extra-inning loss to Georgia and then promptly smashed the Bulldogs 12-3 in the nightcap at Jack Turner Softball Stadium in Athens.
OU (34-1) took a midweek trip deep into SEC territory to boost its RPI against the 20th-ranked Bulldogs (28-12). The winning streak is over, but the trip ultimately will elevate the Sooners’ status both in the NCAA’s eyes, and probably in their own.