No. 1 Sooners Set for NCAA Norman Regional

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NCAA Norman Regional

May 19-21 / Norman, Okla. / Marita Hynes Field

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WEEKEND BASICS

• The top-ranked and No. 1 national seed Sooners open NCAA postseason play with the NCAA Norman Regional, May 19-21, at Marita Hynes Field, playing host to Hofstra, Missouri and California.

• 2023 marks the fourth straight season the Sooners have been the No. 1 seed. The program has been a national seed for each of the past 16 seasons, hosting a regional for the 12th year in a row.

• This is the fifth time in program history and fourth straight season that the Sooners have been the top-seeded team, also earning the No. 1 spot in 2013, 2019, 2021 and 2022.

• OU begins regional play vs. Hofstra on Friday at 4 p.m. CT. The game can be seen on ESPNU with Jenn Hildreth and Carol Bruggeman calling the regional action throughout the weekend. With a win, OU would meet the winner of Missouri vs. Cal on Saturday at 2 p.m. CT. The regional final will be Sunday at 1 p.m. with an if-necessary game later in the day.

• All games can be heard via 107.7 The Franchise in Oklahoma or nationwide on The Varsity Network app with Chris Plank and alum DJ Sanchez on the call.

• OU is on a nation-best 43-game win streak dating back to the Sooners only loss of the season, Feb. 19 at Baylor in a non-conference matchup in Waco. The streak is a program record and stands as No. 2 in NCAA DI history, just four games shy of 1996-97 Arizona's 47 game run.

• Oklahoma completed the Big 12 title sweep last weekend in OKC, claiming the program's 23^rd overall Big 12 title (15 regular season titles and 8 tournament crowns). The Sooners have won 11 straight Big 12 regular season titles.

MAYHEM

• Oklahoma has made the NCAA Tournament 29 straight seasons and every year of head coach Patty Gasso's tenure since 1995 (tournament was not played in 2020). The Sooners are tied with Washington for the longest active postseason run.

• Oklahoma has been a national seed for each of the past 16 seasons. This is the fifth time in program history and fourth straight season that the Sooners have been the top-seeded team, also earning the No. 1 spot in 2013, 2019, 2021 and 2022.

• In 2022, OU reached its 15th WCWS in program history, culminating in the program's second consecutive and sixth national championship. The Sooners have won four of the past six WCWS crowns.

• With six national titles (2000, '13, '16, '17, '21, '22) Oklahoma trails only UCLA (12) and Arizona (8) for most in NCAA history, and no other team has more than two.

• This marks OU's 12th straight year hosting a regional. Overall, Oklahoma is 80-20 (.800) in NCAA Regional play with 20 Regional championships. In 2022, OU won the NCAA Norman Regional final with a dominant 20-0, five-inning victory over Texas A&M.

• The Sooners are looking to make their 13th straight appearance in NCAA Super Regionals and 16th overall since the format was introduced in 2005. All-time, OU has competed in 15 Women's College World Series and earned six national championships.

THE RETURN OF HOME RUN VILLAGE

• Home Run Village, Proudly Brought to you by the People of Oklahoma Oil and Natural Gas, returns for the 2023 postseason outside Marita Hynes Field for this weekend's NCAA Norman Regional.

• Home Run Village, presented by Sooner Sports Properties, started during the 2021 postseason and is an interactive fan entertainment area on the lawn immediately west of Marita Hynes Field.

• Although tickets are sold out for this weekend's regional, Home Run Village gives fans a free option to come be a part of the atmosphere at the OU Softball Complex.

• The fan fest will open two hours prior to first pitch and run through all games with a 9x16 ANC Mobile Video Board showing all the game action live with the 107.7 The Franchise radio feed synced with the game.

• Fans with tickets that attend the pregame festivities may enter the stadium via the gate beyond left field. Note that HRV will only be open during the OU games, not any neutral games between any of the other teams in attendance at this weekend's regional.

• Sooner fans of all ages can access the fan fest and take part in the festivities free of charge. Highlights include sponsor giveaways, face painting, interactive inflatables, food vendors and more.

• Fans are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating to watch the games, and are permitted to bringing their own beverages. Tents are prohibited.

LAST TIME OUT

• For the eighth time in program history and the fifth time in the last six conference championships, No. 1 Oklahoma was crowned champion of the Big 12 Softball Championship after defeating No. 7 Texas, 6-1, at USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex in Oklahoma City.

• The win tallied Oklahoma's 23rd overall conference title and secured the Sooners' fifth Big 12 title sweep in program history

• The Sooners (51-1, 18-0) extended their program record winning streak to 43 games, four wins shy of the NCAA record set by Arizona in 1995-96. The win pushed OU to 21-0 this season vs. ranked opponents.

SEASON STORYLINES

• The Sooners went 21-0 in ranked matchups in the regular season, highlighted by wins over then-No. 1 UCLA, No. 6 FSU, sweep of No. 9/8 Texas and No. 6/7 OSU and a midweek win over No.13/12 LSU in Baton Rouge. The Sooners closed the regular season first in the NCAA RPI.

• OU is outscoring its opponents by a combined score of 423-44 on the season, surrendering an average of 0.8 runs/game. The pitching staff has been exceptional, tossing shutouts in 30 of OU's 52 games to lead the country.

• The pitching staff has thrown four no-hitters on the season: Junior Nicole May and sophomore Jordy Bahl combined on the staff's first no-hitter of the season on Feb. 18 vs. Army before Alex Storako threw an individual no-no vs. No. 17/16 Kentucky on March 3. Bahl completed a perfect game March 10 vs. SELA and most recently, May and Bahl combined to no-hit Kansas on April 29. The staff has thrown five games where an opponent had just one hit.

• May leads the pitching staff with a 0.60 ERA, while all four pitchers hold ERAs under 1.20, including three in May, Storako (0.75) and Deal (0.90) with earned run averages under 1.00 (Bahl [1.15])

• As a team, OU is batting a nation-best .368 with 94 home runs. Five Sooners have double-digit homers and eight have hit six or more home runs, paced by Jayda Coleman's 14. Jennings leads the team with 53 RBIs while seven other Sooners have 30-plus runs batted in.

Oklahoma softball defeated Texas 6-1 to win the 2023 Big 12 Championship.

REGIONAL FOES

• Hofstra: The Sooners and Pride have met twice in the history of the two programs, splitting the pair of games for a 1-1 series record.

• The matchups came 23 years apart, in 1996—a 1-0 Hofstra win in Columbus, Ga. and 2019—17-3 [5 inn.] OU win in Clearwater, Fla.

• Fun fact: In OU's 2019 win over the Pride, then-freshman Grace Lyons hit her first career grand slam.

• Missouri: OU holds a 54-41 advantage over former Big 12 foe and future SEC opponent Mizzou. The Tigers hold the series lead over the Sooners in Norman 20-18.

• The teams have met twice in the postseason, splitting the contests. In 2011, Mizzou knocked OU out of the 2011 WCWS with a 4-1 Tiger win. Most recently, OU evened the postseason score with a 7-0 win in the 2018 Norman Regional final.

• Fun fact: the Sooners last Big 12 conference series loss was to the Tigers in 2011 in Columbia (OU is unbeaten in their last 72 conference series (68-0-4) and has won 54 straight Big 12 series).

• Cal: The Golden Bears lead the all-time series vs. OU, 7-11. The Sooners are 1-1 in games played in Norman and 2-3 against Cal in the postseason, with all five matchups coming in the WCWS.

• The two OU home games vs. Cal came 42 years ago in March 1981, a 2-1 OU win and 1-0 Cal victory.

• Most recently, OU beat the Golden Bears 8-0 in five innings at last season's Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu.

• The teams most recent meeting in the postseason was at the 2012 WCWS, a 3-0 Sooner victory en route to the program's second WCWS Championship Series appearance.

• Fun fact: California was Oklahoma's first WCWS opponent in program history on May 25, 2000. The Sooners would beat the Golden Bears 2-1 in the World Series opener and go on to win OU's first national title in program history.

THREE NAMED TOP 10 FINALISTS FOR USA SOFTBALL POTY

• Three Oklahoma softball student-athletes were named top 10 finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year.

• Juniors Jayda Coleman and Tiare Jennings and sophomore Jordy Bahl combined for the most representatives from one school. Oklahoma leads the way with three of the 10 finalists while UCLA and Tennessee are second with two athletes represented.

• OU's three finalists ties a program high for the USA Softball Top 10 list, while the Sooners have had at least two top-10 finalists for five straight seasons, including three each of the past two seasons.

• It marks Bahl and Jennings second time being top 10 finalists and first for Coleman.

• A Sooner has won the award four times in the last 10 seasons, including the past two seasons with Jocelyn Alo going back-to-back in 2021 and 2022. Keilani Ricketts claimed OU's other two, also winning in consecutive seasons in 2012 and 2013.

SOONERS PACE CONFERENCE IN YEARLY AWARDS

• Oklahoma softball collected or earned a share of four of the five Big 12 yearly awards and placed eight across the All-Big 12 First and Second Teams, including a league-best seven on the first team. The conference announced the honors Wednesday.

• Junior Jayda Coleman was named Big 12 Player of the Year, while sophomore Jordy Bahl was named Pitcher of the Year and super senior shortstop Grace Lyons earned her third consecutive Defensive Player of the Year award. OU head coach Patty Gasso was named Co-Coach of the Year, sharing the honor with Baylor head coach Glenn Moore. It marks Gasso's 11th straight Big 12 Coach of the Year honor.

• Coleman collects OU's 16th Big 12 Player of the Year award, including fourth consecutive and seventh in the last eight seasons.

• The highlight reel centerfielder has started every game for No. 1 OU and led the team throughout the season in batting, on-base and slugging percentages, as well as hits and home runs. She has consistently ranked in the top 10 in the country in batting, on-base and slugging percentages. The speedster has stolen a team-high 14 bases on 14 attempts and been exceptional again in center field for OU with a 1.000 FLD%. Coleman led the conference in on-base and slugging percentages, runs per game and total bases.

• Bahl earned her second straight Big 12 Pitcher of the Year honor, winning the award outright in 2023 after sharing the accolade a season ago. The honor is OU's ninth in school annals.

• Bahl has followed an All-America and National Freshman of the Year season with an equally as dominant sophomore campaign, holding a 1.15 ERA that ranks in the top 10 in the country with six individual shutouts, one perfect game and two combined no-hitters. The Papillion, Neb., product is 15-1 in the circle and has allowed just 10 extra-base hits in 2023. Bahl has 143 strikeouts to just 33 walks and 18 earned runs, while opponents are batting just .160 against the sophomore. In conference play, Bahl led the league in wins (7-0) while holding a 0.70 ERA and allowing just four runs. She joins the elite company of Texas' Cat Osterman and OU alum Paige Parker in winning Pitcher of the Year accolades in their freshman and sophomore seasons.

• OU's defensive anchor, Lyons, wins her third consecutive Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year award and OU's fifth in the last six years. Lyons becomes the first player in conference history to win three DPOY honors.

• The Peoria, Ariz., product and two-time All-American has yet again been exceptional in the field for the nation's best defense with 47 putouts and 62 assists to just three errors for a .973 fielding percentage. The middle infielder has helped turn 10 double plays. At the plate, Lyons is batting .353 with seven home runs, six doubles, a triple and 30 RBIs.

• The NFCA Hall of Fame head coach, Gasso, wins an unprecedented 11th consecutive Big 12 Coach of the Year award and 15th overall in her 29 seasons at the helm in Norman.

• Gasso guided the top-ranked Sooners to a program-best 49-1 regular season record in 2022 and 11th consecutive Big 12 regular season title. The Sooners are on a program record 43 game win streak, good for second all-time in NCAA history, while the team has outscored opponents 423-44 on the year and 124-17 in conference play.

• Of the 12 student-athletes that made up the All-Big 12 First Team, seven of the selections are Sooners. The seven choices are the most by a team under the Big 12's 12-member format that started in 2013.

• OU's league-best seven selections are a program best and outpaces the next-highest school by five. Claiming First Team honors was Coleman, Bahl, Lyons, redshirt senior Haley Lee, senior Kinzie Hansen and juniors Tiare Jennings and Nicole May. Bahl, Coleman and Jennings were unanimous choices.

• Redshirt senior Alex Storako brought OU's All-Big 12 total to eight with a selection to the All-Big 12 Second Team.

• Coleman, Jennings and Lyons all earn their third First Team nod while Bahl collects her second in as many years. Hansen, May, Lee and Storako all garnered their first All-Big 12 honors of their respective careers.

COLE WORLD

• Oklahoma centerfielder Jayda Coleman has showcased her versatility for the Sooners since she stepped on campus as a freshman in 2021 and her productivity from the leadoff spot for OU has been pivotal to the Sooners success.

• Coleman has started every game for the Sooners since 2021, 174 straight, and batted leadoff in 93 of those 174, including 57 straight contests and 68 of OU's last 69 games. In those 93 games when Coleman has started in the leadoff position, OU is 91-2.

• The triple threat has shown her power in 2023 with 14 home runs, 13 doubles and a triple, her home run and hit (63) counts are first on the team, among other team-best categories. For comparison, Coleman hit nine homers as a freshman in 2021 and eight total last season.

• Of Coleman's 31 career home runs, eight of those have been leadoff blasts. Additionally, four have been in the first OU at-bat of the game.

• The two-time NFCA First Team All-American paces OU in batting average (.434), home runs (14), hits (T1, 63), SLG% (.828), OB% (.561) and stolen bases (14-14). She ranks in the top-15 nationally in on-base, batting and slugging.

SHE CAN DO IT B(AHL)

• Oklahoma sophomore right-handed pitcher Jordy Bahl has followed up a First Team All-American and National Freshman of the Year season with arguably just as good of a sophomore campaign.

• The Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and Top-10 Finalist for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, Bahl has paced OU's nation-leading pitching staff with 143 strikeouts and a 1.15 ERA, allowing opponents to bat just .160. Bahl has a team-best six individual shutouts in 2023 and has combined on 10. The Papillion, Neb., product has also thrown one perfect game on the year, combined on two no-hitters and made three saves.

• After an arm injury limited Bahl's 2022 postseason, Bahl has regained confidence after an uncharacteristic start to 2023. In her first five appearances of this season: 2.58 ERA with 8 earned runs allowed on 15 hits with 28 strikeouts and 11 walks. In her 25 appearances since: 0.80 ERA with only 10 ER allowed on 44 hits with 115 strikeouts and 22 walks. Coincidentally, those 25 appearances have all come since Oklahoma's sole loss of the season on Feb. 19 at Baylor where Bahl gave up four runs and took the loss.

• Furthermore, in Bahl's last 13 appearances (6-0, 43.1 IP), she's allowed three runs, 21 hits with 63 K's to 9 BB.

• The statistical leader of OU's dominant staff, Bahl already holds second in program history for career opponent batting average (.151) and third in K/7 IP (9.73) and ERA (1.12).

• The Papillion, Neb., product has exhibited her athleticism in 2023, batting .406 in 32 at-bats on the year, scoring 11 runs and stealing four bases on five attempts. She's started in the batting order 15 times and been inserted as a pinch runner in six games.

• In last weekend's Big 12 championship game win over Texas, she scored two runs, had a hit, a stolen base and picked up the save in the circle, tossing a final three scoreless innings.

TIA TIME

• Oklahoma junior and two-time unanimous NFCA First Team All-American Tiare Jennings paced the country in runs batted in her freshman (2021) and sophomore (2022) seasons and sits in the top 25 as a junior with a team-best 53 to go with 12 home runs.

• A three-time All-Big 12 First Team selection, Jennings burst onto the scene in 2021 with a nation-high and NCAA freshman record 92 runs batted in. The RBI total ranked 10^th in NCAA history. She also hit 27 home runs, three shy of the NCAA frosh record, and a single-season program record 25 doubles.

• She followed suit a season ago with an NCAA-best 89 RBIs, two ahead of teammate and NCAA career home run record holder Jocelyn Alo. Jennings hit a career single-season best 29 homers in 2022 and has 12 entering the postseason in 2023.

• Jennings already ranks third in program history with 68 career home runs, less than 30 shy of Lauren Chamberlain's No. 2-spot in both program and NCAA history, 95.

• The San Pedro, Calif., product sits in the top 10 in school history with 46 doubles, just 12 shy of program record holder Sydney Romero's 58.

HOMER HAPPY

• As OU paced the country in home runs each of the past two seasons (NCAA-record 161 in 2021; 155 in 2022), the Sooners have blasted 94 in 2023, good for second in the country (three off the lead) and first in HR/game (1.81).

• In 2023, the Sooners have homered in 45 of 52 games, including 21 of their last 23 and 24 games with multiple home runs. OU hit single-season high six blasts vs. No. 1/1 UCLA (Feb. 26), No. 17/16 Kentucky (March 3) and at Iowa State (March 25). The Sooners have hit two-plus in 24 games, three-plus in 12 games, four-plus in 6 contests and six three times in a game this season.

• Individually, 13 Sooners have already hit a long ball in 2023 out of the 16 active non-pitchers on the roster. Of those 13, 12 have multiple homers, including nine with three-plus and nine with five or more, paced by Coleman's 14. Five Sooners have double-digit long balls on the year.

• Brito, Coleman, Hansen and Lee all have multi-homer games on the season (Hansen twice).

• Additionally, OU has hit five homers in one inning once this year (vs. Kentucky, 3/3), hit four in an inning twice, three-plus in four, and two-plus in eight.

• The Sooners have hit back-to-back blasts seven times this season and three consecutive twice.

• 188 of OU's 423 runs on the season have come via home run (44.4%).

04/28/2023 Oklahoma vs Kansas softball. Photo Ty Russell

OUT OF THIS WORLD OFFENSE

• Since 2021, Oklahoma has paced the country offensively in several categories. OU led the nation in home runs in 2021 (161) and 2022 (155) and sit in the top two with 94 in the 2023 season. Their 2021 mark broke an 11-year NCAA record for single-season home runs.

• In OU's recent span of offensive domination, the team has led the country in batting average for three straight seasons: 2021 – NCAA-record .405; 2022 – .371; 2023 – .368

• Additionally, the team has paced the country in runs, runs per game and slugging each of the past three seasons. The 2021 team's 638 runs, 10.63 runs/game and .778 SLG % all stand as NCAA records.

• In 2023, OU paces the country with:

• 8.13 runs/game

• 1.81 home runs/game

• .368 batting average

• .665 slugging percentage

• .462 on-base percentage

ELITE IN THE CIRCLE

• OU's pitching staff has been equally as dominant as the offense the past three seasons. The staff has led the country in shutouts the last two seasons (23 in 2021, school-record 33 in 2022) and are first in 2023 with 30 in OU's 52 games.

• The Sooner arms led the country in ERA a season ago with an exceptional 1.05 mark and are on a dominant pace in 2023, ranking first with a 0.86 earned run average.

• The staff has four no-hitters in 2023 and one perfect game. Nicole May and Jordy Bahl combined to no-hit Army on Feb. 18 before Alex Storako threw her second career individual no-no vs. Kentucky on March 3. Bahl completed a perfect contest March 10 vs. SELA and most recently May and Bahl combined to no-hit Kansas (4/29). These come a year after the staff had six no-hitters and two perfect games.

• All four of OU's pitchers hold ERA's less than 1.20, led by May's second-nationally 0.60 average, Storako's fourth-place 0.75 and Bahl's 11-spot 1.15.

• The quartet has fanned a combined 390 batters in 2023 to go with 84 walks. Bahl leads the group with 143 K's to May's 117 and Storako's 104. The four have allowed opponents to bat just .159 against them and surrendered 39 earned runs (44 R), an average of 0.8/game. In OU's 22 games that they've allowed a run across, the staff has limited the damage with no opponent scoring more than four runs in 2023 (done thrice).

MORE NOTES & NUMBERS

• OU currently holds the nation's longest active win streak at 43 games (program record, 2^nd in NCAA DI history).

• OU's 40+ game win streak marks the fourth consecutive season that's been completed where the Sooners have had a 30+ game win streak: 2019 – 41; 2021 – 33; 2022 – 38; 2023 – 43 and counting. The NCAA all-time record is 47 (Arizona, 1995-96). The Sooners hold the No. 2, 3, 4 and 5 spots in the NCAA record books for longest winning streak, with this season's streak ranking 2nd.

• Oklahoma has won 166 of its last 174 games (.954 win %) dating back to the start of the 2021 season.

• Of those 174 games, 100 have been run-rule victories (57%).

• Of OU's 21 games against top-25 competition, five have been run-rule wins. Furthermore, in those 21 ranked victories, the Sooners have outscored opponents 147-25.

• OU's defense ranks first in the country with an exceptional .989 fielding percentage, committing just 14 errors on the season. The defense has turned 20 double plays in 2023.

• Oklahoma has outhit its opponent in 47 of 52 games on the season, and in the three games they didn't outhit the opposition (at LSU, 4/12; vs. Texas A&M, 2/24), the Sooners won 3-0 and 8-0 in run-rule fashion, respectively. The other three games the hits were tied with OU winning 2-1 over Northwestern, 3-0 over Texas Tech and 4-2 over OSU.

• The Sooners have been dominant across all innings in 2023, but specifically the second inning, outscoring teams 110-3 in the second.

• OU has been an exceptional two-out hitting team in 2023 with 173 of 423 (40.9%) runs coming with a pair of outs. The team is batting .369 with two outs, led by Jocelyn Erickson's .467 average with two away and Jayda Coleman's 23 RBIs with two outs.

CONFERENCE DOMINANCE

• After an undefeated 18-0 run in regular season Big 12 play, the Sooners clinched their 11^th straight conference regular season crown in 2023 and eighth Big 12 Tournament title last weekend.

• OU outscored conference foes 124-17 while hitting 34 home runs and surrendering just six. The pitching staff held a 0.72 ERA in conference play and tossed shutouts in nine of OU's 18 league games.

• The Sooners have won 94 of their last 96 Big 12 regular season games and are currently on a 27-game win streak in Big 12 play dating back to April 19, 2022.

• OU has won 54 consecutive conference series (46 sweeps in that span), is unbeaten in their last 72 (68-0-4 in that span) and have not lost a conference series since 2011.

• OU has finished first in the Big 12 over the past 11 seasons with a combined record of 179-15. Prior to OU's current run of 11 straight regular season titles, no team had ever won more than two consecutive.

• Overall, the Sooners have 23 Big 12 titles with 15 regular season crowns and eight Big 12 tournament championships, all under head coach Patty Gasso.

25TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARITA HYNES FIELD

• 2023 marks the 25^th anniversary of historic Marita Hynes Field in Norman. The iconic field that has housed the nation's premier program opened its gates in 1998 and the Sooners have since gone 543-62-1 (.896).

• The field, named for former softball coach and senior woman administrator Marita Hynes on April 24, 2004, has a current capacity of 1,378 with standing room for over 2,000. The largest crowd to ever watch an OU softball game at the venue was May 4, 2019, with 2,076 in attendance for Bedlam vs. Oklahoma State.

• Oklahoma has gone undefeated on its home field four seasons since 1998, including each of the past two years, for a home winning streak of 60 straight. The Sooners last home loss was Feb. 29, 2020, a narrow 4-3 decision to North Texas. Over the past five seasons, OU holds a 110-2 mark at MHF.

• 2023 is anticipated to be the final season played at Marita Hynes as OU looks to open the state-of-the-art Love's Field in 2024.

CHAMPIONSHIP MINDSET SERIES STREAMING NOW

• The University of Oklahoma Athletics Department and its multimedia rightsholder, LEARFIELD, launched in January "Championship Mindset" – a brand-new original content series exclusively featuring Oklahoma softball.

• As the 2023 OU softball team prepares its competitive journey to a third straight national championship, the five-part series delivers authentic, behind-the-scenes access for fans.

• "Championship Mindset" will feature never-before-seen interviews with the team's coaches and student-athletes, giving fans a special and unique look into the legacy that is Oklahoma softball.

• All five episodes can be viewed on ESPN+, YouTube and on a dedicated page within SoonerSports.com, including snippets on Oklahoma softball's official social platforms.

• LEARFIELD's dedicated content team, LEARFIELD Studios, produced and directed the series in complete collaboration with Oklahoma's athletics administration.

LOVE'S FIELD SEAT SELECTION PROCESS COMING IN JUNE

• The University of Oklahoma Athletics Department announced Wednesday information on the seat-selection process for Love's Field, OU's new softball stadium that is scheduled to open in spring 2024.

• Starting the week of June 12, three priority groups will have the first opportunity to view and select seats via an interactive online Love's Field map, mirroring the platform used for the home-seat upgrade process for football and men's basketball. All three priority groups will be assigned a time in which they can view available inventory and make selections. The assigned selection time and instructions will be provided via email from updates@go.soonersports.com to the address on the OU Athletics account prior to the start of the selection process.

• Supporters in each group will be ranked via Sooner Points associated with their OU Athletics account. Sooner Points accumulate for OU Athletics lifetime season ticket purchases, seat-related giving history and attendance.

• Click here for more information and to find your group number.

THE TROPHY CLUB

• The Oklahoma softball program has announced the launch of its restructured booster club under a new name, The Trophy Club.

• The Trophy Club replaces the former Diamond Club as the program's premier booster initiative to continue to enhance the student-athlete experience at Oklahoma, both on and off the field.

• Softball fans can join now and take part in exclusive events, including the annual golf tournament, coaches luncheon and more.

For membership details and how donations will be utilized, visit The Trophy Club landing page on SoonerSports.com.

• Gifts to the Trophy Club and Oklahoma softball will be utilized for: resources for the development of our student-athletes, facility upgrades to enhance recruiting and student-athlete experiences and improved quality of travel to increase academic participation by our student-athletes.

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