2021 Big 12 Conference softball standings | Conf. | | | Overall |
| Team | W | | L | | PCT | | | W | | L | | PCT |
| No. 1 †‡y | 16 | – | 1 | | .941 | | | 56 | – | 4 | | .933 |
| No. 7 Oklahoma State y | 15 | – | 3 | | .833 | | | 48 | – | 12 | | .800 |
| No. 11 Texas y | 12 | – | 6 | | .667 | | | 43 | – | 14 | | .754 |
| Baylor y | 8 | – | 9 | | .471 | | | 27 | – | 23 | | .540 |
| Iowa State y | 6 | – | 12 | | .333 | | | 34 | – | 23 | | .596 |
| Texas Tech | 3 | – | 15 | | .167 | | | 21 | – | 26 | | .447 |
| Kansas | 2 | – | 16 | | .111 | | | 22 | – | 26 | | .458 |
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† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 10, 2021[1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today |
The 2021 Oklahoma Sooners softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Oklahoma during the 2021 NCAA Division I softball season. The Sooners were led by Patty Gasso in her twenty-seventh season, and played their home games at OU Softball Complex. They competed in the Big 12 Conference, where they finished the season with a 56–4 record, including 16–1 in conference play.
The Sooners won the 2021 Big 12 Tournament, and qualified for the 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament. They advanced to the 2021 Women's College World Series, where they defeated Florida State in three games to win their fifth championship in program history.[2] The Sooners homered in 58 of their 60 games, including 45 multi-home run games, and set the NCAA Division I single-season record for team batting average (.405), team slugging percentage (.778), on-base percentage (.490), home runs (161), runs scored (638), runs per game (10.63), home runs per game (2.68) and total bases (1,279).[3] They also set Women's College World Series records for home runs (15), runs scored (49) and hits (67).[4]
Roster
| 2021 Oklahoma Sooners roster |
| | Pitchers - 4 – Shannon Saile – Redshirt Senior
- 7 – Olivia Rains – Sophomore
- 13 – Macy McAdoo – Sophomore
- 18 – Brooke Vestal – Redshirt Sophomore
- 19 – Nicole May – Freshman
- 42 – Giselle Juarez – Redshirt Senior
- 48 – Alanna Thiede – Sophomore
Catchers Outfielders - 1 – Rylie Boone – Sophomore
| | Infielders - 3 – Grace Lyons – Junior
- 5 – Taylon Snow – Senior
- 12 – Mackenzie Donihoo – Sophomore
- 20 – Jana Johns – Senior
- 23 – Tiare Jennings – Freshman
- 33 – Zaida Puni – Freshman
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| Reference:[5] |
Schedule
| 2021 Oklahoma Sooners softball game log |
| Regular season (42–2) |
| February (12–0) | | Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Big 12
Record | | February 11 | at UTEP | No. 4 | Helen of Troy Field
El Paso, TX | 29–0 (5) | Juarez (1–0) | Salazar (0–1) | Rains (1) | 0 | 1–0 | – | | February 11 | vs Abilene Christian | No. 4 | Helen of Troy Field | 9–0 (5) | May (1–0) | White (0–1) | — | 0 | 2–0 | – | | February 12 | vs Abilene Christian | No. 4 | Helen of Troy Field | 11–0 (5) | Juarez (2–0) | Sinnott (0–1) | — | 0 | 3–0 | – | | February 12 | at UTEP | No. 4 | Helen of Troy Field | 21–2 (5) | May (2–0) | Collins (0–1) | — | 86 | 4–0 | – | | February 21 | at Houston | No. 2 | Cougar Softball Stadium
Houston, TX | 12–4 (6) | Juarez (3–0) | Hertenberger (1–1) | — | 120 | 5–0 | – | | February 21 | at Houston | No. 2 | Cougar Softball Stadium | 5–3 | May (3–0) | Lee (0–1) | Saile (1) | 120 | 6–0 | – | | February 22 | vs. Tarleton | No. 2 | Cougar Softball Stadium | 13–0 (5) | Saile (1–0) | Bridges (0–3) | — | 0 | 7–0 | – | | February 26 | vs. New Mexico | No. 2 | Farrington
Tempe, AZ | 8–0 (5) | Saile (2–0) | Guindon (1–3) | — | 147 | 8–0 | – | | February 26 | at No. 13 Arizona State | No. 2 | Farrington | 5–3 | Juarez (4–0) | Royalty (3–1) | Saile (2) | 285 | 9–0 | – | | February 27 | vs. New Mexico | No. 2 | Farrington | 33–4 (5) | May (3–0) | Hannappel (0–1) | — | 0 | 10–0 | – | | February 27 | at Grand Canyon | No. 2 | GCU Softball Stadium
Phoenix, AZ | 14–0 (5) | Saile (3–0) | Hambrick (2–4) | — | 65 | 11–0 | – | | February 27 | vs. Portland State | No. 2 | GCU Softball Stadium | 8–0 (5) | Juarez (5–0) | Grey (1–1) | — | 45 | 12–0 | – | |
| March (13–0) | | Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Big 12
Record | | March 5 | Sam Houston State | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex
Norman, OK | 7–0 | May (5–0) | Billmeier (0–1) | — | 184 | 13–0 | – | | March 6 | No. 18 Missouri | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 5–2 | Juarez (6–0) | Krings (3–1) | — | 0 | 14–0 | – | | March 6 | ULM | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 9–0 (5) | Saile (4–0) | Chavarria (1–2) | — | 216 | 15–0 | – | | March 7 | No. 18 Missouri | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 11–0 (5) | Saile (5–0) | Weber (5–1) | — | 150 | 16–0 | – | | March 7 | Sam Houston State | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 17–0 (5) | Thiede (1–0) | Fitzpatrick (0–2) | — | 200 | 17–0 | – | | March 10 | UT Arlington | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 14–0 (5) | May (6–0) | Gardiner (1–1) | — | 405 | 18–0 | – | | March 12 | Houston | No. 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium
Oklahoma City, OK | 9–1 (5) | Saile (6–0) | Lee (2–4) | — | 0 | 19–0 | – | | March 12 | Kansas City | No. 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 6–2 | Juarez (7–0) | Hoveland (5–3) | — | 0 | 20–0 | – | | March 14 | Liberty | No. 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 5–4 | May (7–0) | Wagoner (2–2) | — | 550 | 21–0 | – | | March 14 | Liberty | No. 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 16–0 (5) | May (8–0) | Kirby (4–3) | — | 1,083 | 22–0 | – | | March 26 | at Iowa State | No. 1 | Cyclone Sports Complex
Ames, IA | 9–7 | Juarez (8–0) | Charles (10–3) | — | 527 | 23–0 | 1–0 | | March 27 | at Iowa State | No. 1 | Cyclone Sports Complex | 10–2 (6) | Saile (7–0) | Swain (1–2) | — | 560 | 24–0 | 2–0 | | March 28 | at Iowa State | No. 1 | Cyclone Sports Complex | 22–2 (5) | May (9–0) | Charles (10–4) | — | 0 | 25–0 | 3–0 | |
| April (14–1) | | Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Big 12
Record | | April 1 | Kansas | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 14–0 (5) | Saile (8–0) | Goff (7–3) | — | 449 | 26–0 | 4–0 | | April 2 | Kansas | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 6–2 | Juarez (9–0) | Mills (1–2) | — | 445 | 27–0 | 5–0 | | April 3 | Kansas | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 10–1 (5) | Juarez (10–0) | Hamilton (3–6) | — | 465 | 28–0 | 6–0 | | April 10 | vs. Mississippi State | No. 1 | Dr. Billy Bundrick Field
Ruston, LA | 9–0 (5) | Juarez (11–0) | Williams (3–4) | — | 500 | 29–0 | – | | April 10 | at Louisiana Tech | No. 1 | Dr. Billy Bundrick Field | 10–0 (5) | May (10–0) | Hernandez (6–6) | — | 500 | 30–0 | – | | April 16 | No. 7 Texas | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 11–1 (5) | Juarez (12–0) | O'Leary (9–1) | — | 459 | 31–0 | 7–0 | | April 17 | No. 7 Texas | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 10–2 (5) | Saile (9–0) | Jacobsen (11–3) | — | 484 | 32–0 | 8–0 | | April 18 | No. 7 Texas | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 9–0 (5) | May (11–0) | O'Leary (9–2) | — | 497 | 33–0 | 9–0 | | April 20 | at No. 21 Georgia | No. 1 | Jack Turner Stadium
Athens, GA | 6–7 (9) | Mary Wilson (15–5) | May (11–1) | — | 400 | 33–1 | – | | April 20 | at No. 21 Georgia | No. 1 | Jack Turner Stadium | 12–3 (5) | Saile (10–0) | Cutting (6–5) | — | 400 | 34–1 | – | | April 24 | Texas Tech | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 15–0 (5) | Juarez (13–0) | Zoch (9–10) | — | 766 | 35–1 | 10–0 | | April 24 | Texas Tech | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 5–0 | Saile (11–0) | Edmoundson (7–9) | — | 766 | 36–1 | 11–0 | | April 25 | Texas Tech | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 20–0 (5) | Juarez (14–0) | Zoch (9–11) | — | 752 | 37–1 | 12–0 | | April 27 | at Baylor | No. 1 | Getterman Stadium
Waco, TX | 7–1 | Juarez (15–0) | Rodoni (9–7) | — | 600 | 38–1 | 13–0 | | April 27 | at Baylor | No. 1 | Getterman Stadium | 11–0 (6) | Saile (12–0) | Mansell (7–4) | — | 600 | 39–1 | 14–0 | |
| May (3–1) | | Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Big 12
Record | | May 4 | at No. 25 Wichita State | No. 1 | Wilkins Stadium
Wichita, KS | 14–3 (5) | Saile (13–0) | Lange (19–6) | — | 730 | 40–1 | – | | May 7 | at No. 9 Oklahoma State | No. 1 | Cowgirl Stadium
Stillwater, OK | 4–6 | Eberle (19–1) | Juarez (15–1) | — | 609 | 40–2 | 14–1 | | May 8 | at No. 9 Oklahoma State | No. 1 | Cowgirl Stadium | 6–4 | Saile (14–0) | Maxwell (14–3) | May (1) | 652 | 41–2 | 15–1 | | May 9 | at No. 9 Oklahoma State | No. 1 | Cowgirl Stadium | 11–8 | May (12–1) | Eberle (19–2) | — | 663 | 42–2 | 16–1 | |
| Post-season (14–2) |
| Big 12 tournament (3–0) | | Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | B12T
Record | | May 14 | vs. Baylor | No. 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 10–2 (5) | Saile (15–0) | Binford (5–4) | — | 3,839 | 43–2 | 1–0 | | May 14 | vs. Texas Tech | No. 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 8–2 | Juarez (16–1) | Edmoundson (7–11) | — | 3,839 | 44–2 | 2–0 | | May 15 | vs. No. 9 Oklahoma State
Final | No. 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 10–2 (6) | Saile (16–0) | Eberle (21–3) | — | 3,879 | 45–2 | 3–0 | |
| Norman Regional (3–0) | | Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Regional
Record | | May 21 | vs. Morgan State | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 19–0 (6) | Juarez (17–1) | Rundlett (12–8) | — | 1,555 | 46–2 | 1–0 | | May 22 | vs. No. 23 Wichita State | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 7–5 | Juarez (18–1) | Lange (22–6) | May (2) | 1,556 | 47–2 | 2–0 | | May 23 | vs. No. 23 Wichita State | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 24–7 | May (13–1) | Lange (22–8) | — | 1,668 | 48–2 | 3–0 | |
| Norman Super Regional (2–0) | | Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | Super Reg.
Record | | May 28 | vs. No. 6 Washington | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 4–2 | May (14–1) | Plain (32–4) | — | 1,758 | 49–2 | 1–0 | | May 28 | vs. No. 6 Washington | No. 1 | OU Softball Complex | 9–1 (5) | Saile (17–0) | Plain (32–5) | — | 1,800 | 50–2 | 2–0 | |
| Women's College World Series (6–2) | | Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall
Record | WCWS
Record | | June 3 | vs. No. 22 James Madison
First round | No. 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 3–4 (8) | Alexander (17–1) | Saile (17–1) | — | — | 50–3 | 0–1 | | June 5 | vs. Georgia
First round | No. 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 8–0 (6) | Juarez (19–1) | Wilson Avant (20–12) | — | — | 51–3 | 1–1 | | June 5 | vs. No. 2 UCLA
Second round | No. 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 10–3 | Juarez (20–1) | Garcia (18–3) | — | — | 52–3 | 2–1 | | June 6 | vs. No. 22 James Madison
Semifinals | No. 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 6–3 | May (15–1) | Alexander (18–2) | — | — | 53–3 | 3–1 | | June 7 | vs. No. 22 James Madison
Semifinals | No. 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 7–1 | Juarez (21–1) | Alexander (18–3) | — | — | 54–3 | 4–1 | | June 8 | vs. No. 8 Florida State
Final – Game 1 | No. 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 4–8 | Watson (12–1) | May (15–2) | — | 12,173 | 54–4 | 4–2 | | June 9 | vs. No. 8 Florida State
Final – Game 2 | No. 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 6–2 | Juarez (22–1)) | Sandercock (27–4) | — | 12,115 | 55–4 | 5–2 | | June 10 | vs. No. 8 Florida State
Final – Game 3 | No. 1 | Hall of Fame Stadium | 5–1 | Juarez (23–1)) | Watson (12–2) | — | 10,830 | 56–4 | 6–2 | |
- Win
- Loss
- Postponement
- Bold: Sooners team member
- Reference:[6]
- Rankings from NFCA:
- (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking | Week |
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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| NFCA / USA Today | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Softball America | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| ESPN.com/USA Softball | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| D1Softball | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Awards and honors
Weekly Awards | Player | Award | Date Awarded | Ref. | | Tiare Jennings | Big 12 Player of the Week | February 16, 2021 | [7] | | Tiare Jennings | Big 12 Player of the Week | March 9, 2021 | [8] | | Shannon Saile | Co-Big 12 Pitcher of the Week | March 9, 2021 | | Jocelyn Alo | Big 12 Player of the Week | March 16, 2021 | [9] | | Jocelyn Alo | Big 12 Player of the Week | March 30, 2021 | [10] | | Tiare Jennings | Big 12 Player of the Week | April 7, 2021 | [11] | | Tiare Jennings | Co-Big 12 Player of the Week | April 20, 2021 | [12] | | Shannon Saile | Big 12 Pitcher of the Week | April 27, 2021 | [13] |
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References
- ^ "Big 12 Softball Standings". Big12Sports.com. Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
- ^ Rohde, John (June 10, 2021). "Sooners Capture Fifth National Championship". soonersports.com. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ Bitterman, Abby (June 10, 2021). "OU Softball (Extra Frames): Sooners broke record after record, all season and at the World Series". The Norman Transcript. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "Record Breakers". soonersports.com. June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Softball Roster". soonersports.com. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Softball Schedule". soonersports.com. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "OU's Jennings, ISU's Spelhaug Take Opening Week Softball Awards". big12sports.com. February 16, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "OU's Jennings & Saile, OSU's Eberle Earn Softball Honors". big12sports.com. March 9, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "Oklahoma's Alo, Baylor's Binford take Week 5 Softball Honors". big12sports.com. March 16, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "Oklahoma's Alo, Baylor's Rodoni Earn Week 7 Softball Honors". big12sports.com. March 30, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "Sooners' Jennings, Longhorns' O'Leary clinch Week 8 Softball Awards". big12sports.com. April 6, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "Texas Tech's Zoch and Whaley With OU's Jennings Claim Week 11 Softball Awards". big12sports.com. April 20, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "Oklahoma's Saile, Texas' Burke Claim Week 12 Softball Awards". big12sports.com. April 27, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ a b "2021 All-Big 12 Softball Awards Unveiled" (PDF). big12sports.com. May 20, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "Jocelyn Alo named 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year". teamusa.org. June 1, 2021. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "Oklahoma's Tiare Jennings named 2021 NFCA / Schutt Sports Division I National Freshman of the Year". nfca.org. June 1, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
- ^ "2021 Big 12 Softball National Honors". big12sports.com. May 20, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
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| Head coaches | - Amy Dahl (1975–1976)
- Marita Hynes (1977–1984)
- Michelle Thomas (1985–1993)
- Jim Beitia (1994)
- Patty Gasso (1995–present)
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