Big 12 Announces 2022 Softball Schedule

NORMAN – The Big 12 Conference announced the 2022 conference softball schedule Wednesday. The nine-time defending Big 12 champion Oklahoma Sooners will host three series at Marita Hynes Field in Norman and play three conference foes on the road in 2022.

The defending national champions' conference slate is highlighted by an Easter weekend trip to Austin to face Red River rival Texas and Bedlam in Norman to close the regular season versus 2021 Women's College World Series participant Oklahoma State.

The Sooners will open conference play by welcoming Baylor to Marita Hynes Field, March 25-27. Oklahoma will play its first Big 12 road series April 8-10 when it travels to Lubbock, Texas, to face Texas Tech.

OU will go for an eighth consecutive sweep over the Longhorns when they meet Texas in Austin Thurs.-Sat., April 14-16. No conference games will be played on Easter Sunday, April 17.

The Sooners return to Marita Hynes Field, April 22-24, when the team hosts Iowa State. Oklahoma plays its final road conference series at Kansas, April 29-May 1 in Lawrence, Kan., prior to hosting OSU for the regular season finale in Norman, May 6-8.

OU will vie for its fifth straight Big 12 tournament crown at the 2022 Big 12 Softball Championship in Oklahoma City at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium, Fri.-Sat., May 12-14.

Game times and TV information will be revealed at a later date, along with Oklahoma's full schedule including tournaments and nonconference opponents. Season ticket renewals will go out in December, while single-game tickets will go on sale in February prior to the start of the season.

Winners of 59 of their last 60 conference contests, the Sooners have suffered just one Big 12 loss in the last five seasons, boasting an undefeated record in their last 60 conference series (56-0-4 in that span). The program has not lost a conference series since 2011.

The 2022 team returns 2021 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Jocelyn Alo, along with four other All-Americans in Jayda Coleman, 2021 NFCA Freshman of the Year Tiare Jennings, Kinzie Hansen and Grace Lyons. The Sooners are coming off a record-breaking 2021 season that saw the team finish 56-4 and claim the program's fifth national title.

For updates and more information on Oklahoma softball, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Softball) and like Oklahoma Softball on Facebook.

2022 OU Softball Big 12 Schedule
Date	Opponent	Location
March 25-27	Baylor	Norman
April 8-10	at Texas Tech	Lubbock, Texas
April 14-16^	at Texas	Austin, Texas
April 22-24	Iowa State	Norman
April 29-May 1	at Kansas	Lawrence, Kan.
May 6-8	Oklahoma State	Norman
May 12-14	Big 12 Championship*	Oklahoma City, Okla.
Home Games in bold ^ Easter is Sunday, April 17 *Big 12 Softball Championship played at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in OKC Dates may change by mutual agreement of participating teams and completion of Conference change of schedule policy.