How Oklahoma won the Women’s College World Series national championship

They’ve had a bullseye on their back all season long, but they’ve also been head and shoulders above the rest in a sport they dominate. And now the Oklahoma Sooners get to hoist the trophy they’ve worked for and expected to hold all year.

No. 1 Oklahoma defeated unranked Texas, 10-5, in Game 2 of the Women’s College World Series on Thursday night to win the program’s sixth national championship. It was the most scored runs in a national championship-clinching win since 2010 when UCLA beat Arizona 15-9 in Game 2 to sweep their best-of-three series.

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Oklahoma’s 10 runs are the most in a WCWS-clinching win since 2010 when UCLA beat Arizona 15-9 in game 2 to sweep the best-of-three series.

The Sooners are the first school to win consecutive softball national titles since… Oklahoma in 2016-17. Before that it hadn’t been done since Florida in 2014-15 and Arizona in 2006-07.

Oklahoma finishes with a 59-3 record this season (.952 win pct), the third-best single-season win percentage in NCAA softball history and the best since Arizona finished 64-3 in 1994. (1992 UCLA has the top mark at 54-2).

This is Oklahoma’s sixth softball national championship, third most all-time behind only UCLA (13) and Arizona (8). No other school has more than two.

Oklahoma softball wins its sixth national title in program history.

I’m right by the Texas dugout, and I can tell you this team is still pretty fired up after the call was overturned and ruled a three-run home run.

Jocelyn Alo is pulled from the game with two outs at the bottom of the ninth, much to the delight of the Oklahoma fans.

It would be hilarious if Alo catches all three final outs.

Well this one’s over. We’ve got six Texas outs to go, but it’s time to start the coronation.

Fans throughout the stadium are standing for this Jocelyn Alo at-bat.

Sophomore Nicole May is on the pitch for the Sooners at the bottom of the fifth inning.