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D1Softball Staff
Tara Henry and Rhi Potkey catch up on the most recent D1 Fall Reports and welcome the 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, Jocelyn Alo.
Rhiannon Potkey
Oklahoma and Texas are leaving the Big 12 for the SEC. The programs are excited for a more challenging schedule and increased financial opportunities.
Oklahoma head coach Patty Gasso grew up listening to Dodgers games on a transistor radio and bonding with her mom. She will be throwing out the first pitch at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night.
Overshadowed for much of the season by a part-time role and Oklahoma’s constellation of stars, Mackenzie Donihoo made herself a star in the World Series.
Jocelyn Alo piled up so many numbers in 2021 that the Oklahoma slugger may have broken math. The master of run production is the D1Softball Player of the Year.
A panel of some of the best catchers who ever put on the gear agreed that Oklahoma’s Kinzie Hansen is the D1Softball Catcher of the Year.
The top plays from the WCWS in Oklahoma City. Follow all the action & tag us using #D1Top10 throughout the 2021 campaign.
Graham Hays
A week after winning the national championship, Oklahoma launched its title defense by adding transfer pitching Hope Trautwein.
The easiest call of the D1Softball awards season? Oklahoma’s Tiare Jennings as the best newcomer in college softball.
Our final rankings of the season are here with Oklahoma holding the top spot, JMU jumping to No. 4 and Liberty entering the rankings.
By winning a fifth national championship with yet another generation of players, Oklahoma moved to the front of the line as a 21st century dynasty in women’s sports.
A season that started with empty stands finished with a packed crowd cheering as No. 1 Oklahoma captured the national title with a 5-1 victory over No. 10 Florida State in a winner-take-all Game 3 of the Women’s College World Series on Thursday afternoon.
Jocelyn Alo’s two-run home run in the sixth inning was the trigger the Oklahoma offense needed to stay alive in the Women’s College World Series as the Sooners beat Florida State 6-2 to force a winner-take-all final game.
Oklahoma was on the ropes, but any team with Jocelyn Alo has a chance. The Player of the Year led a comeback with a home run that forces a winner-take-all Game 3 on Thursday.
Tara Henry
Our Tara Henry takes an in-depth look at Florida State after its win over Oklahoma at the Women’s College World Series.
Florida State jumped out a big early lead against Oklahoma in Game 1 of the championship series. Surprise starter Danielle Watson and freshman standout Kalei Harding made sure it stuck.
Oklahoma and Florida State took the longest possible paths to the Women’s College World Series best-of-three championship series. Which one will walk away with the title?
Top-seeded Oklahoma defeated JMU 7-1 on Monday to advance to the Women’s College World Series championship series. The Sooners pulled away with four runs in the fifth inning.
No. 1 Oklahoma defeated JMU 6-3 in the national semifinals on Sunday afternoon to force a third meeting between the teams.
Oklahoma is halfway back after sweeping two elimination games Saturday, with help from some surprising sources.
Top-seeded Oklahoma staved off elimination on Saturday afternoon with a run-rule victory over Georgia. The Sooners face No. 2 UCLA in a few hours.
JMU sprung the upset in the opening game of the Women’s College World Series, taking down No. 1 Oklahoma 4-3 in eight innings.
The Road to OKC ends here. The D1Softball Staff has you covered with everything you need to know heading into the WCWS.
Former players from all eight Women’s College World Series programs state their case for why their teams can win the national title.
Oklahoma’s Jocelyn Alo is the 2021 USA Softball Player of the Year, joining former Sooners legend Keilani Ricketts as winners.
Tickets to the Women’s College World Series are being punched Saturday, and the D1Softball crew has you covered on all the Super Regional action.
All eight super regionals are in action Friday. The D1Softball staff has you covered with the key stories and highlights from across the nation.
Few people know the remaining 16 Super Regional teams better than opposing coaches. Rhiannon Potkey spoke with a few to get their insight.
Neither Oklahoma nor Washington is pleased to be playing a WCWS-caliber opponent in a super regional, but Gabbie Plain vs. the best offense in softball is tantalizing stuff.
