The 2022 Oklahoma Sooners softball team was an American college softball team that represented the University of Oklahoma during the 2022 NCAA Division I softball season. The Sooners were led by Patty Gasso in her twenty-eighth season, and played their home games at OU Softball Complex. They competed in the Big 12 Conference, where they finished the season with a 59–3 record, including 17–1 in conference play.

Previous season The Sooners finished the 2021 season 56–4 overall, and 16–1 in the Big 12, finishing in first place in their conference. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Sooners received an automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament after winning the Big 12 Tournament. During the NCAA tournament they defeated Morgan State in the regional finals and Washington in the super regionals. They won the 2021 Women's College World Series over Florida State.

Preseason Oklahoma was ranked No. 1 in the nation in the preseason polls by NFCA/USA Today, ESPN.com/USA Softball, D1Softball and Softball America.

Award watch lists USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Jocelyn Alo Utility Senior Jayda Coleman Outfielder Sophomore Kinzie Hansen Catcher Junior Tiare Jennings Infielder Sophomore

Roster 2022 Oklahoma Sooners roster Pitchers 7 – Hope Trautwein – Redshirt Senior 13 – Macy McAdoo – Junior 19 – Nicole May – Sophomore 88 – Emmy Guthrie – Freshman 98 – Jordy Bahl – Freshman

Catchers 9 – Kinzie Hansen – Junior 22 – Lynnsie Elam – Redshirt Senior

Outfielders 0 – Rylie Boone – Junior 27 – Hannah Coor – Freshman Infielders 3 – Grace Lyons – Senior 5 – Taylon Snow – Redshirt Senior 11 – Alexx Waitman – Freshman 20 – Jana Johns – Redshirt Senior 23 – Tiare Jennings – Sophomore 33 – Zaida Puni – Freshman

Utility 12 – Mackenzie Donihoo – Junior 17 – Sophia Nugent – Freshman 21 – Grace Green – Senior 24 – Jayda Coleman – Sophomore 33 – Alyssa Brito – Sophomore 42 – Turiya Coleman – Freshman 43 – Quincee Lilio – Freshman 78 – Jocelyn Alo – Redshirt Senior Reference:

Schedule 2022 Oklahoma Sooners softball game logRegular season (48–1)February (15–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Big 12RecordFebruary 10 at UC Santa Barbara No. 1 Santa Barbara DiamondSanta Barbara, CA 14–0 (5) Bahl (1–0) Mills (0–1) — 256 1–0 –February 11 vs Loyola Marymount No. 1 Bill Barber ParkIrvine, CA 5–0 Trautwein (1–0) Johnson (0–1) Bahl (1) 300 2–0 –February 11 vs Mississippi State No. 1 Bill Barber Park 9–0 (5) May (1–0) Bower (0–1) — 300 3–0 –February 12 vs No. 3 UCLA No. 1 Bill Barker Park 4–1 Bahl (2–0) Shaw (1–1) — 1,000 4–0 –February 13 vs UC San Diego No. 1 Bill Barker Park 8–0 (5) Trautwein (2–0) Williams (0–3) — 350 5–0 –February 18 vs McNeese State No. 1 Cougar Softball StadiumHouston, TX 15–1 (5) Bahl (3–0) Tate (1–1) — — 6–0 –February 18 at Houston No. 1 Cougar Softball Stadium 8–0 (5) May (2–0) Flores (0–2) — — 7–0 –February 19 vs McNeese State No. 1 Cougar Softball Stadium 11–0 (5) Trautwein (3–0) Vallejo (3–2) — — 8–0 –February 19 at Houston No. 1 Cougar Softball Stadium 13–0 (5) Bahl (4–0) Wilkey (2–2) — — 9–0 –February 20 vs Texas State No. 1 Cougar Softball Stadium 8–0 (5) May (3–0) Mullins (1–2) — — 10–0 –February 25 vs Cal State Fullerton No. 1 Big League Dreams Complex<br/ >Cathedral City, CA 10–0 (6) Bahl (5–0) Chambers (3–1) — 800 11–0 –February 25 vs Long Beach State No. 1 Big League Dreams Complex 11–3 (5) May (4–0) Frutoz (0–2) — 850 12–0 –February 26 vs No. 8 Arizona No. 1 Big League Dreams Complex 10–2 (5) May (5–0) Netz (4–1) — 850 13–0 –February 26 vs No. 17 Tennessee No. 1 Big League Dreams Complex 9–8 (10) Bahl (6–0) Rogers (3–2) — 2,000 14–0 –February 27 vs Utah No. 1 Big League Dreams Complex 3–2 Trautwein (4–0) Sandez (5–1) — 800 15–0 –March (15–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Big 12RecordMarch 7 Minnesota No. 1 OU Softball Complex<br/ >Norman, OK 9–1 (5) Bahl (7–0) Pease (5–4) — 1,531 16–0 –March 10 vs Baylor No. 1 Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium<br/ >Honolulu, HI 12–3 (5) May (6–0) Orme (3–5) — — 17–0 –March 11 vs California No. 1 Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium 8–0 (5) Bahl (8–0) Archer (6–4) — — 18–0 –March 11 at Hawaii No. 1 Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium 11–0 (6) Trautwein (5–0) Murphy (0–2) — 1,200 19–0 –March 12 at Hawaii No. 1 Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium 9–0 (5) May (7–0) Borges (3–3) — — 20–0 –March 18 vs Sam Houston No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium<br/ >Oklahoma City, OK 10–1 (5) Trautwein (6–0) Dunn (2–4) — 4,718 21–0 –March 18 vs Indiana No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 15–1 (5) Bahl (9–0) Copeland (4–3) — 4,718 22–0 –March 19 vs San Diego No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 11–0 (5) May (8–0) Daugherty (1–7) — 4,936 23–0 –March 19 vs Houston No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 8–0 (5) Trautwein (7–0) Todd (3–4) — 4,936 24–0 –March 20 vs Iowa No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 20–0 (5) Bahl (10–0) Vasquez (5–5) — 3,246 25–0 –March 22 vs Kentucky No. 1 John Cropp Stadium 9–1 (6) Bahl (11–0) Stoddard (5–3) — 2,117 26–0 –March 25 Baylor No. 1 OU Softball Complex 9–1 (5) Bahl (12–0) Orme (6–7) — 1,782 27–0 1–0March 26 Baylor No. 1 OU Softball Complex 8–0 (5) May (9–0) Binford (5–3) — 1,717 28–0 2–0March 27 Baylor No. 1 OU Softball Complex 3–1 Trautwein (8–0) Orme (6–8) — 1,689 29–0 3–0March 29 Wichita State No. 1 OU Softball Complex 10–1 (5) Bahl (13–0) Bingham (7–2) — 1,589 30–0 –April (14–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Big 12RecordApril 1 UAB No. 1 OU Softball Complex 11–1 (5) Bahl (14–0) Valbak (3–5) — 1,653 31–0 –April 2 UAB No. 1 OU Softball Complex 2–0 Trautwein (9–0) Cespedes (8–3) — 1,708 32–0 –April 6 Tulsa No. 1 OU Softball Complex 9–0 (5) May (10–0) Pochop (7–11) — 1,700 33–0 –April 8 at Texas Tech No. 1 Rocky Johnson Field<br/ > Lubbock, TX 11–0 (5) Bahl (15–0) Carlin (6–3) — 1,100 34–0 4–0April 9 at Texas Tech No. 1 Rocky Johnson Field 11–0 (5) Trautwein (10–0) Rains (0–5) — 1,209 35–0 5–0April 10 at Texas Tech No. 1 Rocky Johnson Field 21–0 (5) May (11–0) Carlin (6–4) — 1,260 36–0 6–0April 14 at No. 18 Texas No. 1 Red and Charline McCombs Field<br/ >Austin, TX 3–0 Bahl (16–0) Dolcini (13–5) — 1,498 37–0 7–0April 15 at No. 18 Texas No. 1 Red and Charline McCombs Field 9–1 (5) Trautwein (11–0) Simpson (6–3) — 1,687 38–0 8–0April 16 at No. 18 Texas No. 1 Red and Charline McCombs Field 2–4 Dolcini (14–5) Bahl (16–1) — 1,698 38–1 8–1April 20 at North Texas No. 1 Lovelace Stadium<br/ >Denton, TX 10–0 (6) Bahl (17–1) Savage (10–5) — 476 39–1 —April 22 Iowa State No. 1 OU Softball Complex 6–4 Bahl (18–1) Spelhaug (7–14) Trautwein (1) 1,650 40–1 9–1April 22 Iowa State No. 1 OU Softball Complex 9–0 (5) Trautwein (12–0) Spelhaug (7–15) — 1,650 41–1 10–1April 23 Iowa State No. 1 OU Softball Complex 9–0 (5) Bahl (19–1) Swain (6–4) — 1,695 42–1 11–1April 28 at Kansas City No. 1 Urban Youth Academy Softball Complex<br/ >Kansas City, MO CanceledApril 29 at Kansas No. 1 Arrocha Ballpark at Rock Chalk Park<br/ >Lawrence, KS 7–0 Bahl (20–1) Hamilton (6–15) — 1,084 43–1 12–1April 30 at Kansas No. 1 Arrocha Ballpark at Rock Chalk Park 19–0 (5) Trautwein (13–0) Brooks (5–7) — 1,204 44–1 13–1May (4–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Big 12RecordMay 1 at Kansas No. 1 Arrocha Ballpark at Rock Chalk Park 9–1 May (12–0) Hamilton (7–16) — 1,224 45–1 14–1May 5 No. 7 Oklahoma State No. 1 OU Softball Complex 7–1 Bahl (21–1) Maxwell (15–3) — 1,759 46–1 15–1May 6 No. 7 Oklahoma State No. 1 OU Softball Complex 6–0 Trautwein (14–0) Day (9–4) — 1,805 47–1 16–1May 7 No. 7 Oklahoma State No. 1 OU Softball Complex 5–3 Trautwein (15–0) Maxwell (15–4) May (1) 1,170 48–1 17–1Postseason (11–2) (1–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord B12TRecord May 13 vs. Iowa State No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 5–0 Trautwein (16–0) Spelhaug (11–18) — — 49–1 1–0May 14 vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 3–4 (8) Day (11–4) Trautwein (16–1) — 5,410 49–2 1–1 (3–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord RegionalRecordMay 20 vs. Prairie View A&M No. 1 OU Softball Complex 14–0 (5) May (13–0) Massey (12–12) — 1,677 50–2 1–0May 21 vs. Texas A&M No. 1 OU Softball Complex 3–2 Trautwein (17–1) Uribe (5–5) — — 51–2 2–0May 22 vs. Texas A&M No. 1 OU Softball Complex 20–0 (5) May (14–0) Herzog (9–8) — 1,640 52–2 3–0 (2–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Super Reg.RecordMay 27 vs. UCF No. 1 OU Softball Complex 8–0 (5) Trautwein (18–1) Mancha (23–4) — 1,659 53–2 1–0May 28 vs. UCF No. 1 OU Softball Complex 7–1 May (15–0) Woodall (18–5) — 1,704 54–2 2–0 (5–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord WCWSRecordJune 2 vs. No. 10 Northwestern No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 13–2 (5) Trautwein (19–1) Williams (31–5) — 12,282 55–2 1–0June 4 vs. No. 16 Texas No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 7–2 Trautwein (20–1) Dolcini (23–11) — — 56–2 2–0June 6 vs. No. 5 UCLA No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 3–7 Faraimo (24–5) May (15–1) Azevedo (2) 11,836 56–3 2–1June 6 vs. No. 5 UCLA No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 15–0 (5) Trautwein (21–1) Azevedo (21–3) — 11,836 57–3 3–1June 8 vs. No. 16 Texas No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 16–1 Trautwein (22–1) Dolcini (24–12) — 12,234 58–3 4–1June 9 vs. No. 16 Texas No. 1 Hall of Fame Stadium 10–5 Bahl (22–1) Czech (13–2) — 12,257 59–3 5–1

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