Tag: D1 Softball

10 Oklahoma Sooners named to D1 Softball’s top 100 for 2023

10 Sooners land inside D1 Softball’s top 100 players as Oklahoma prepares for their NCAA title defense.

One would think that losing the best player in the history of college softball would create a huge hole in the Oklahoma Sooners’ lineup. Yet, the two-time defending national champion Oklahoma Sooners are looking fully loaded and ready for the three-peat.

Jocelyn Alo will be missed, but OU has more than enough firepower to make up for her absence. Since departing after the 2022 season, Alo signed with the OKC Spark of the WPF and was named Sports Illustrated’s 2022 Athlete of the Year.

Oklahoma recently broke ground on Love’s Field, the future home of Sooners Softball. According to the Sooner Club website, the ballpark will be ready for the 2024 season, which could be the Sooners’ first in the SEC.

With so many stars on the roster, the new ballpark will be a fitting home for the back-to-back (to-back?) defending national champions. Here’s a look at the 10 Sooners in D1 Softball’s top 100 (subscription required).

Alabama Softball is preseason No. 2 according to D1 Softball

Alabama Softball is preseason No. 2 according to D1 Softball

The college softball season is just around the corner and there aren’t many teams in the country with higher preseason expectations than the Alabama Crimson Tide.

As the season draws near, publications begin to release their preseason rankings and as you can imagine, the Tide is not too far down the list. In fact, Alabama came in at No. 2 in the country according to D1 Softball.

The ladies from Alabama came in just behind the reigning NCAA champions in the Oklahoma Sooners.

Head coach Patrick Murphy and star pitcher Montana Fouts will look to win the second College World Series in the program’s history.

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Alabama softball ranked No. 1 in D1Softball’s Preseason Top 25

This week, the Crimson Tide were once again on top as they were ranked No. 1 in D1Softball’s Preseason Top 25.

Last week, Alabama Softball was voted the preseason favorite to win 2020 SEC title. This week, the Crimson Tide were once again on top as they were ranked No. 1 in D1Softball’s Preseason Top 25.

The top 25 includes 10 teams from the SEC, the most of any conference. The 2020 preseason poll is the inaugural set of rankings for D1Softball, which launched leading into this season.

Alabama is returning 13 of their players from last season, including SEC Pitcher of the Year Sarah Cornell, SEC Freshman of the year Montana Fouts, and ALL-SEC Honorees Elissa Brown, Bailey Hemphill, Maddie Morgan and Skylar Wallace.

Alabama will open the season by traveling to Tallahassee, Florida for the Joanne Graf Classic to play two games against North Carolina and host Florida State on Feb. 7-8.

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