After a slow start to the 2023 season, Jordy Bahl finished with a bang. She closed out the season, and her Oklahoma Sooners career, by pitching 24.2 scoreless innings at this year’s WCWS. She also finished the year with a 0.90 ERA, which helped her earn Pitcher of the Year from D1Softball.
She was named Most Outstanding Player at the WCWS, and is now transferring from Oklahoma back to her home state of Nebraska. Her 0.90 ERA was second in the country behind Stanford’s NiJaree Canady.
Bahl performed her best when the competition was at its best. She had wins against Florida State, Tennessee, Stanford, Oklahoma State, Washington, Utah, Duke, Texas, and Clemson. She was the ace of a very good pitching staff.
Jordy Bahl finished the 2023 season with a 0.90 ERA, including 24.2 scoreless innings at this year’s WCWS.
Bahl was a significant part of Oklahoma’s 2023 championship run and earned the 2023 D1Softball Pitcher of the Year.@OU_Softball x @jordybahl
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Though Oklahoma returns Nicole May and Kierston Deal, and we haven’t seen anything from another signee from their 2022 recruiting class, S.J. Guerin, Oklahoma is going to miss Bahl a lot.
In her two years in Norman, Jordy Bahl was 44-2 and recorded 397 strikeouts for the Sooners. In more than 288.2 innings pitched, Bahl allowed just 153 hits and 47 runs scored.
Though Jordy Bahl’s time in Norman has come to an end, her impact in Norman and on the sport of softball will continue. When the games mattered most, Jordy Bahl rose to the occasion and helped lead the Oklahoma Sooners to their third straight national title.
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