April 2, 2025, New York, N.Y. – The AUSL (Athletes Unlimited Softball League) today announced that the University of Oklahoma, which has won the last four NCAA softball championships, will host a four-game series between the Talons and Volts, June 20-23. The series will mark the return of former Sooners stars Tiare Jennings (an infielder for the Volts) and Sydney Romero (an infielder for the Talons) to their alma mater. Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 1 p.m. CT today for the games, which will be held at Love’s Field, the largest college softball facility in the country.  

These games will be part of the inaugural regular season of the AUSL, which will take place from June 7 to July 23. The full schedule can be found here. More information, including team rosters and the regular season schedule broken down by team, can be found at theAUSL.com. 

While the AUSL will be a touring property in its first year, the teams will each be assigned to a single city when the league becomes city-based in 2026. ESPN has signed on as a founding broadcast partner of the AUSL and will carry 33 total games exclusively across platforms in 2025, with 30 of them to air on linear television. Additional broadcast partners and other details will be announced at a later date. 

Each team drafted its first 12 players at the AUSL Inaugural Draft on January 29. All four teams have since signed one additional player, and will fill out the remainder of their 16-player rosters with the incoming class of top NCAA talent who will finish their eligibility this spring. The AUSL College Draft will take place in the spring, with details to be announced at a later date.

Jennings and Talons infielder Hannah Flippen will also be in Oklahoma City later this month, as part of the AUSL’s month-long THIS IS LEGENDARY PRESEASON TOUR presented by U.S. Air Force. Jennings and Flippen will attend multiple local professional and college sporting events and other community activities April 18-19, building support for the new league. 

In addition to the opportunity to compete in the new league, which is led by trailblazing sports executive Kim Ng, all players will receive benefits unprecedented in the history of the sport, including year-round health insurance, mental health services, paid leave for pregnancy or adoption, and in-season childcare. 

“The University of Oklahoma has been at the epicenter of college softball for many years, so it’s fitting that the inaugural season of the AUSL will feature games at Love’s Field,” Ng said. “We are looking forward to a great homecoming for Tiare and Sydney, and for all our players to experience the incredible support and enthusiasm for softball that the fans in Oklahoma will bring to these games.” 

“We’re honored to have the opportunity to be a part of the inaugural AUSL season by having Love’s Field selected as one of the host sites this summer,” OU head coach Patty Gasso said. “It will be special for Sooner alumnae to compete in front of our fans once again, and we look forward to growing the game of softball by bringing the AUSL to one of the best facilities and softball fan bases in the country.”

The AUSL is a professional women’s softball league featuring four teams playing in a traditional format. The league will begin play this summer.