The Big 12 posted the highest winning percentage of any conference (.813) during the NCAA Softball Regionals as Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas advanced to Super Regionals. The four Big 12 teams are the most to advance to the second weekend of the NCAA Softball Championship since 2011 while the 80% of the league’s five selections to move on to the second weekend is the best among any multi-bid league.
Top-seeded Texas went 3-0 in the Austin Regional to secure its fifth Super Regional bid in a row. UT outscored its opponents 26-2 during the weekend which included a no-hitter by Mac Morgan against Siena on Friday. The Longhorns will welcome Texas A&M to Austin with hopes of advancing to their second WCWS in the last three years.
No. 2 seed Oklahoma won all three of its games in the Norman Regional to seal the Sooners’ 14
th straight Super Regional. The three-time defending national champions took down Cleveland State and Oregon twice in Love’s Field. The Sooners will host either Florida State or Auburn next weekend.
Fifth-seeded Oklahoma State allowed just three runs combined against Northern Colorado, Kentucky and Michigan to clinch a fifth consecutive Super Regional appearance. The Cowgirls will face future Big 12 member Arizona in Stillwater with a trip to the Women’s College World Series on the line.
Baylor advanced to Super Regionals for the first time since the Bears’ 2017 WCWS run. BU knocked off Ole Miss and 13
th-seeded Louisiana twice on the road. Baylor will head to Gainesville for a matchup with fourth-seeded Florida.
All Super Regional matchups are a three-game series with the first team to two wins advancing to the 2024 NCAA WCWS Series in Oklahoma City at OGE Field at Devon Park. Super Regionals will take place Thursday-Saturday, May 23-25 or Friday-Sunday, May 24-26.