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Sooners Big 12 Preseason Favorites
January 18, 2023 | Softball
NORMAN — The ten-time defending Big 12 champion Oklahoma softball team has been voted by the league's head coaches as the 2023 preseason favorite. The conference announced the Big 12 Preseason Poll Wednesday.
The Sooners received 36 points in this year's poll and were followed by Oklahoma State with 29 and Texas with 28. OU received six of the seven first-place votes with OSU garnering the other. This marks the 11th straight year and 14th in the last 15 seasons that OU has topped the conference's preseason poll.
Baylor was selected fourth (20 points) and Iowa State fifth (16 points). Rounding out the poll was Texas Tech (12 points) and Kansas (6 points).
The Sooners finished the Big 12 regular season 17-1 in 2022 en route to their tenth consecutive conference regular season crown.
Oklahoma holds a combined Big 12 record of 161-15 the past 10 seasons and has not lost a conference series since 2011.
Overall, the program has won 21 Big 12 titles (14 regular season titles and seven Big 12 tournament championships) all under head coach Patty Gasso.
Oklahoma returns five all-conference selections from a season ago including the reigning Big 12 Co-Pitcher and Freshman of the Year (Jordy Bahl) and two-time reigning Defensive Player of the Year (Grace Lyons).
The Sooners open the 2023 season Feb. 9 in Irvine, Calif., at the second annual Mark Campbell Invitational. OU will meet four postseason teams from a season ago at the opening-weekend tournament, starting with the opener vs. Duke. The home slate begins at Marita Hynes Field on March 3 vs. UIC and Kentucky. The 2023 schedule features 14 home games, including three Big 12 series in Norman.
A limited quantity of single-game tickets for home games will go on sale in the coming weeks.
For any questions about 2023 OU softball tickets, please contact the OU Athletics Ticket Office during normal business hours – Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 800-456-4668 or via email at OUTickets@ou.edu.
For updates and more information on Oklahoma softball, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Softball) and like Oklahoma Softball on Facebook.
The Sooners received 36 points in this year's poll and were followed by Oklahoma State with 29 and Texas with 28. OU received six of the seven first-place votes with OSU garnering the other. This marks the 11th straight year and 14th in the last 15 seasons that OU has topped the conference's preseason poll.
Baylor was selected fourth (20 points) and Iowa State fifth (16 points). Rounding out the poll was Texas Tech (12 points) and Kansas (6 points).
The Sooners finished the Big 12 regular season 17-1 in 2022 en route to their tenth consecutive conference regular season crown.
Oklahoma holds a combined Big 12 record of 161-15 the past 10 seasons and has not lost a conference series since 2011.
Overall, the program has won 21 Big 12 titles (14 regular season titles and seven Big 12 tournament championships) all under head coach Patty Gasso.
Oklahoma returns five all-conference selections from a season ago including the reigning Big 12 Co-Pitcher and Freshman of the Year (Jordy Bahl) and two-time reigning Defensive Player of the Year (Grace Lyons).
The Sooners open the 2023 season Feb. 9 in Irvine, Calif., at the second annual Mark Campbell Invitational. OU will meet four postseason teams from a season ago at the opening-weekend tournament, starting with the opener vs. Duke. The home slate begins at Marita Hynes Field on March 3 vs. UIC and Kentucky. The 2023 schedule features 14 home games, including three Big 12 series in Norman.
A limited quantity of single-game tickets for home games will go on sale in the coming weeks.
For any questions about 2023 OU softball tickets, please contact the OU Athletics Ticket Office during normal business hours – Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 800-456-4668 or via email at OUTickets@ou.edu.
For updates and more information on Oklahoma softball, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_Softball) and like Oklahoma Softball on Facebook.
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