Gasso suggested that the NCAA needs to eliminate the "if necessary" doubleheader in the semifinals. She asked reporters in the room if she could "go on a soapbox for a minute," before sharing her idea.

Patty Gasso pulled Jocelyn Alo into her office and told college softball's eventual career home run queen to go home. It was early April 2019, and Gasso, then in her 25th season coaching Oklahoma, had watched her budding superstar struggle for months.

Here's what Oklahoma softball coach Patty Gasso had to say after the Sooners were eliminated from the WCWS for the first time in five years.