NORMAN — OU’s softball season will begin Thursday in El Paso, Texas, Sooners coach Patty Gasso announced Tuesday.
OU, ranked fourth in both the USA Today and ESPN.com preseason polls, is scheduled to play its first 13 games away from home before the hope opener March 5 against Missouri and Sam Houston State.
OU’s schedule features 10 programs which made the 2019 NCAA Tournament and six teams in the preseason top 25 polls.
The Sooners have reached the postseason every year during Gasso’s 26-year tenure, 10 consecutive trips to the Super Regionals, 13 Women’s College World Series appearances and four national titles.