When the Oklahoma softball team takes the field for its opening-round game in the 2023 Women’s College World Series, it will be the Sooners’ 16th appearance since 2000.
All of those WCWS appearances have come under head coach Patty Gasso, who is in her 29th season as head coach of the Sooners. This is the seventh straight season Oklahoma has made the short 30-minute trip to Oklahoma City and USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium, home of the WCWS every season but one (1995) since 1990.
The Sooners, with a nation-best 59-1 record and the No.