These changes are subject to approval. The Titans fell to 6-6. The Oklahoma Sooners' offense has been really good through the first few weeks of the season, but they still have room to improve. She led the Monarchs to three consecutive Class A state titles and was awarded All-State honors all four years. In the past 494 days I have experienced so much pain and suffering due to my hips. NORMAN Oklahoma enters the week in the rare position of coming off a loss. OU outscored its opponents 29-5 in sweeping through the Mark Campbell Invitational in Irvine, California, over the weekend. True senior Macy McAdoo and sophomore Emmy Guthrie both announced their medical retirements from the sport, in separate social media posts. All rights reserved. In the past month Ive had to make the hardest decision of my life and I had to make it to better my current and future self. 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[16] During the Women's College World Series championship game on June 9, she allowed four hits, two runs, three walks and two strikeouts in four innings and earned the win in the title clinching game. Since blowing out UCLA, the Sooners have reclaimed the top spot in the rankings, knocking the Bruins down to No. I had to have my labrum in my hip replaced with 3 anchors, they had to extract a piece of my hip bone that broke off during the impact. To all college athletes take care of your self and let God lead the way in everything you do. Jamie Guthrie, Emmys mother who also played college softball at Central Oklahoma, wrote about the true sophomores medical issues in a social media post of her own: For those who have asked, Emmy has made the decision to medically retire from softball. Lee was a big reason for the Sooners success, going 6 of 13 with five runs, five RBIs and a home run. Rylie Boone is batting .412 this year. Oklahoma pitcher Alex Storako had her first standout moment as a Sooner last weekend at the Mary Nutter Classic. The Sooners are led by Patty Gasso in her twenty-ninth season, and play their home games at OU Softball Complex. Sign up for the Sooners Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. Her slugging percentage ranked third, on-base percentage fifth and .425 batting average ranked in the top 25 nationally. Sanders and Torres combined for 37 home runs and 103 RBIs last season while Storako was a unanimous choice for Big Ten Pitcher of the Year honors. Lee, the Texas A&M transfer, started all five games either behind the plate or as the designated hitter as the Sooners began the season 5-0. 1 Ranking After Demolition of UCLA. The Oklahoma Baseball tradition is long and storied, with two national championships in 1951 and 1994, along with numerous All-Americans. I had all summer to decide what I was going to do with my life and it still was so hard to actually say out loud that I was done. Sophomore Nicole May and graduate transfer Hope Trautwein combined to finish the perfect game for the Sooners. Oklahoma was able to build off that momentum and run-rule the top-ranked Bruins, 14-0, in the final game of the Mary Nutters Collegiate Classic on Sunday. Bahl pinch ran to start the eighth, then scored on an error to give OU the victory. More:Former OU softball star Jocelyn Alo named 2021-22 Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year. No. For the weekend, Storako a two-time All-Big Ten pitcher logged two wins in three appearances while striking out a 11 batters with no runs allowed, one walk and six hits. After Storako retired the Titans in order in the top of the first inning, Jayda Coleman opened the bottom of the frame with a walk. 2023 www.oklahoman.com. [15] She pitched for the first time since returning from injury on June 2, during the first game of the 2022 Women's College World Series against Northwestern. An early offensive outburst . Please check your email for a confirmation. 1 UCLA Bruins 14-0, Oklahoma Sooners extend streak to three with 10-3 win over Utah Utes, Sooners complete the Friday sweep with 8-0 shutout of Texas A&M, Oklahoma Sooners bounce back with run rule win over Cal State Fullerton, 'I don't want them to feel that kind of pressure': Patty Gasso taking a big picture approach, How to Watch No. The 2023 Oklahoma Sooners softball team is an American college softball team that represents the University of Oklahoma during the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season. She struck out four of the eight batters she faced in .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}2+23 innings. She also scored the game-winning run in the Sooners 1-0, eight-inning win over Liberty on Thursday. Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso led her team to five victories, including a 14-0 triumph over former No. The Huskies didnt put another baserunner on until the seventh, when May got out of another jam. 1 UCLA, Oklahoma Sooners No. Jayda Coleman talks about the upcoming OU softball season, See OU softball player Jayda Coleman talk about the upcoming season, OU softball series opener for Red River Rivalry vs. Texas moved to Oklahoma City, Get to know the 2023 Oklahoma Sooners softball team and schedule, 'It's a game of inches': How Jayda Coleman's epic catches paved way for OU softball title, Carlson: OU softball joins the rarified air of sports dynasties with sixth WCWS title, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Freshman Jocelyn Erickson hit her first career home run in that win as well. That was hip surgery 1, and it was a hard and long process. 1 Oklahoma Sooners defeated the Florida State Seminoles (49-13-1) by a score of 5-1 to claim the 2021 Women's College World Series Championship. Her 21 home runs broke a program single-season record and ranked 12th nationally. Bahl was excellent in the circle to start things off, throwing seven scoreless innings against the Blue Devils but struggled against Washington, allowing four runs and walking six in 3 innings. After walking the bases loaded, May struck out SilentRain Espinoza to get out of the jam. Camp Preview: New York Lady Nightmares Bring ODM Testing to Long Island on Sat. Storako threw a complete-game shutout of the Bruins on Sunday, surrendering no walks and just three hits to go with five strikeouts. As a result, she received her first weekly Big 12 honor. With two out, Torres reached on an error in right field, and Boone, the Sooners 8-hole hitter, smashed a two-run home run to right to put OU up 7-0. "But shortstops are really the captain . Coming off an injury, Hansen got her first action of the season when she stepped in to pinch-hit for Brito in the fourth inning. Jordy Bahl is 15-0 with one save, a 0.73 ERA and 138 strikeouts in 86 1/3 innings so far as a freshman. But OU . The 2021 national champion banner is unveiled during the 2021 OU softball national championship celebration at Marita Hynes Field on June 12. [11] She finished the regular season with a 211 record, with a 0.95 ERA, 199 strikeouts and 29 walks in 132+13 innings pitched. Please check your email for a confirmation. There will be plenty of things to watch for the Sooners. They compete in the Big 12 Conference . Kierston Deal, pitcher, Winston Salem, N.C. Jocelyn Erickson, utility, Phoenix, Ariz. Avery Hodge, infielder, Richmond, Texas, More:OU baseball looks to build off College World Series run with a new-look roster in 2023. The Dukes (40-2) needed just three hits on the day, as senior Odicci Alexander . Including one individual shutout, she also combined to blank Fullerton with sophomore Jordy Bahl. They could add another rare accolade this season by becoming the first program since UCLA from 1988 to 1990 to win three consecutive titles. With Hope Trautwein having graduated, Storako figures to step in to Trautweins place alongside Jordy Bahl and Nicole May in the Sooners rotation. Bahl went 2 for 8. Jordy Bahl closed by pitching the fifth inning. Lee figures to split time with Kinzie Hansen behind the plate, and should see action at first base as well. Add languages. May went 1-0 with a save in the opening weekend, throwing 11 shutout innings, allowing five hits with five walks and striking out 18 in wins over Liberty and Washington. Sanders was primarily a first baseman at Arizona State, posting a .984 fielding percentage, and figures to be OUs primary first baseman in 2023. Jordyn Bahl (born July 24, 2002) is an American college softball pitcher for the Oklahoma Sooners. Guthrie, for her part, was the 22nd-ranked player in the class of 2021. With Oklahoma softball going back-to-back, Jordan Shusterman looks at how the Sooners built a dynasty and whether it can continue. Tri-West pitcher Audrey Lowry has committed to six-time national champion Oklahoma, the nationally ranked southpaw announced Monday afternoon. Grace Lyons is batting .392 with 14 home runs. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. One of the biggest bright spots this . It was a stunning upset that had some of the Women's College World Series contenders smelling the blood in the water.Well a week later, everyone was reminded why the NCAA national championship runs Oklahoma finished 59-3 last season, and knocked off Texas to secure its sixth national championship. https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/2022/06/01/oklahoma-sooners-softball-pitcher-jordy-bahl-wcws-patty-gasso-northwestern/, 'Bombs Away': Social Media Reacts to Sooners dominant win over No. The Sooners' 40-game winning streak was snapped by Texas on Saturday, and now the . Looking back: The Sooners whipped through the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic with five wins highlighted by a 14-0 triumph over former No. Storakos performance against UCLA is what earned her this honor. 1 UCLA. Oklahoma pitcher Hope Trautwein threw a no-hitter as the Sooners beat No. This is a developing story. Lowry is capable of dialing up the velocity when necessary, and can also throw an assortment of breaking balls, an arsenal which includes a drop ball, change-up, curveball and a "chise," a change-rise combo she came up with herself. OU freshman pitcher Jordy Bahl missed the tournament with arm soreness and was unable to play during the Sooners' 4-3 loss to Oklahoma State in the tournament championship. That put Oklahoma in the lead, 5-2, and the Sooners never. In the past month Ive had to make the hardest decision of my life and I had to make it to better my current and future self. Storako helped OU to a dominant weekend at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, where the Sooners went 5-0 and outscored their opponents 50-4, including a 14-0 victory against then-No. She allowed 18 earned runs, while holding opponents to a .137 batting average including seven shutouts. Under coach Patty Gasso, the Sooners have won five of the past nine national championships. [2] Following an outstanding season she was named Nebraska Softball Player of the Year for the second consecutive year and Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year. Only OUs Jocelyn Alo and Tiare Jennings hit more home runs than Lee that season. In 2021, she set a Michigan single-game record with 22 strikeouts in a victory over Michigan State and led the nation with 12.9 strikeouts per seven innings. The conference announced Storako won Big 12 Pitcher of the Week onTuesday. In the first part of the WCWS, the Sooners will be in a bracket with No. Following the departures of both McAdoo and Guthrie, the Sooners roster now sits at 20 members for the 2023 season. Oklahoma is in the midst of one of the most dominant runs ever in women's college softball. Former Big Ten Pitcher of Year Alex Storako joins back-to-back NCAA champion Oklahoma Sooners softball program Skip to main content Skip to navigation > ESPN Search College Sports Home. Softball-playing girls from Oklahoma knew all about Fernandez's feats. Storako plunked leadoff hitter Daisy Munoz, then gave up a double to Jessi Alcala down the left field line. https://soonerswire.usatoday.com/2023/02/28/oklahoma-sooners-softball-alex-storako-patty-gasso/, Oklahoma Sooners No. Boone finished with two hits and three RBIs, and Nugent was 1-for-1 with a walk and three RBIs. Looking to add to their defensive backfield, the Oklahoma Sooners target Zadian Gentry out of McKinney, Texas. The NCAA softball season is underway and here's a list of players to watch for the 2023 season. First, the Sooners signed a small but impressive high school class of four that includes left-handed pitcher Kierston Deal, a North Carolina product who is the top overall player in the class according to Extra Inning Softball. The winning pitcher for the Sooners, Hope Trautwein, moved to 19-1 on the year with the victory. I made the decision to Medically Retire from playing softball. FanNation flipped this story into All Sooners . Around the first week of May, I was pitching in the bullpen like everyday and I collapsed again I knew that feeling and I knew that I didnt like that feeling. She made 22 appearances in the circle as a Sooner, including taking the circle four times in the 2022 campaign. The Michigan transfer allowed just seven base runners and didnt allow a run across 10 innings of work and went 2-0 in the Mary Nutter Classic. Here's three that stand out: 1. But Oklahomas Hall of Fame skipper certainly relishes getting to coach her team in the wake of defeat. She figures to get more of a chance at the plate this season after going just 1 of 8 at the plate last season. [1], During her senior year in 2021, she posted a 270 record with a 0.10 ERA, surrendering just 27 hits and 15 walks in 137 innings pitched, while striking out 316 batters. The Sooners dropped their first contest of the 2023 campaign last Sunday, but head coach Patty Gasso has been pleased with the team's response in practice. Hansen figures to remain out at least through this weekend but figures to return behind the plate for the Sooners soon. Tri-West pitcher Audrey Lowry has committed to six-time national champion Oklahoma, the nationally ranked southpaw announced Monday afternoon. "She has the aura around her that she's the one in control and is going to make it happen. Her career record pitching was 93-7, with a 0.22 earned run average. If I would have known that the last time I was in the sooner softball uniform was my last then I would of cherished it way more. During her three seasons with the Sun Devils, the Glendale, Arizona, product made 131 starts, hitting .326 with 37 home runs and 105 RBIs. The grad transfer pitched all five innings, recording five strikeouts while surrendering only three hits and zero runs. 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