OU Softball Freshman 'Went Back Home,' No Longer With Team
Oklahoma freshman pitcher Sophia Bordi was a long way from home.
The New Jersey native reclassified to join the Sooners in 2025. She has not appeared in a contest this season and isn't with the team.
"She's not here on campus, she went back home," head coach Patty Gasso said during her weekly press conference on Tuesday. "And that's something that I don't have the privilege to talk about, it's more of a personal situation. So she did not finish the season out with us."
Asked Patty Gasso about #OU pitcher Sophia Bordi, who reclassified to join team. Did not finish the season in Norman.
— Bob Przybylo (@BPrzybylo) May 7, 2025
“She's not here on campus. She went back home. That’s something I don't have the privilege to talk about. It's more of a personal situation.”
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Bordi's path to Norman was abnormal. Bordi, the No. 1-ranked pitching recruit in the 2025 class, graduated early. She planned to train with her club team, the OC Batbusters, in California and get a job for a year before joining the Sooners, but Gasso got her into school early.
Gasso never planned to feature Bordi in the rotation this season, so she maintains all four years of eligibility.
Bordi was a two-time Gatorade New Jersey Player of the Year and led Haddon Heights High School to two state titles and earned tournament MVP honors.
OU will make its SEC Tournament debut Thursday at 10 a.m. on the SEC Network.
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Maren Angus-Coombs was born in Los Angeles and raised in Nashville, Tenn. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and has been a sports writer since 2008. She has been covering college softball since 2016 for various outlets including Softball America, ESPNW and Hurrdat Sports. She is currently the managing editor of Softball On SI and also serves as an analyst for Nebraska softball games on Nebraska Public Media and B1G+.