Oklahoma Sooners Softball Wins Womens College World Series
The New York Times The Sooners became only the second team to claim three straight Division I softball titles and did so by ending the season on a record 53-game winning streak.
With one swing in the bottom of the fourth inning, Mack Leonard gave Florida State a lead as her team looked to force a Game 3 in the Womens College World Series.
It lasted all of two batters.
Reflecting the dominance it has shown all season, Oklahoma led off the top of the fifth inning Thursday with back-to-back homers. The Sooners then tacked on an insurance run in the sixth to beat Florida State, 3-1, and win a third straight national title in front of a partisan crowd of over 12,000 at a packed stadium in Oklahoma City. The Sooners also beat Florida State in 2021.
Only one other program, U.C.L.A. from 1988 to 1990, had won three straight titles. But the Sooners run extends beyond the 2020s. Theyve won six national championships in the past 10 years, and seven in program history, all under Coach Patty Gasso. Only U.C.L.A. and Arizona have more.
