University of Oklahoma head softball coach Patty Gasso announced Thursday that associate head coach Jennifer Rocha did not travel with the Sooners for this week's season-opening games in Arizona due to a health matter. Rocha, who is OU's pitching coach, will be away from the team for an undetermined period.

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Four Sooners were tabbed to the 2026 All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) Preseason Softball Team, with Gabbie Garcia , Nelly McEnroe-Marinas , Ella

The Oklahoma Sooners are set to open the 2026 college softball season on Thursday night in Tempe, Ariz., when they take on Arizona State in a big-time nonconference game. The Sooners open the year No. 3 in the USA TODAY Sports/NFCA Coaches Poll. The Sooners come in at No. 3 in The Athletic's preseason power rankings as well.

Patty Gasso has some mixed feelings about the change in athletic directors at OU. Gasso and Joe Castiglione shepherded the Sooners’ softball program to

NORMAN — Oklahoma Softball is well represented on the Top 50 Watch List for the 2026 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, with Sydney Berzon, Gabbie Garcia, Nelly McEnroe-Marinas, Ella Parker and Kasidi Pickering earning a spot on the list.

Oklahoma softball pitching coach Jennifer Rocha will be away from the team for an undetermined period due to a health matter. Former Sooners pitcher Karlie Keeney has been named interim coach.