The Oklahoma Sooners softball team is on the brink of securing their fourth consecutive national title after a thrilling series of games in the Women's College World Series (WCWS). In the semifinal, Oklahoma defeated Florida 6-5 with a dramatic eighth-inning walk-off home run by Jayda Coleman. The Sooners then faced Texas in Game 1 of the championship series, where they emerged victorious with an 8-3 win. Tiare Jennings hit a two-run blast early in the game. Kelly Maxwell delivered a standout performance, striking out eight and allowing only four hits. The Sooners are now just one win away from making WCWS history.
Oklahoma softball eyes four-peat after WCWS Game 1 home run derby win over Texas https://t.co/3AXok4p8pg
Oklahoma takes Game 1 @Jaynabardahl https://t.co/P0o6SY0DQM
Oklahoma is just one win away from #WCWS history 🚨 More on Game 1 ⤵️ https://t.co/fuQWc2dwWN https://t.co/HB6hHiqWW9
Oklahoma is only one win away from a National Title 👀 🎥: @espnW https://t.co/B8IPrf7Cm8
Kelly Maxwell complete game CLINIC! She gives up only four hits to a team that led the nation in batting average this season. She finishes with eight strikeouts. Any big game “concerns” were left in Stillwater. ACE SHIT https://t.co/CX4wbN1TMe
FINAL: #Sooners 8, Texas 3. What a performance from Kelly Maxwell
OU softball goin for a 4 peat is crazyyyy
Kelly Maxwell has Texas batters in hell. She just threw a bounce pass to Kinzie Hansen and drew a swinging strikeout.
Texas gets one back on Mia Scott's solo HR with one out #Sooners
After not allowing a single run or an extra-base hits in three WCWS games, Texas falls behind 2-0 after just two batters.
Well… that was fast. Oklahoma takes a 2-0 lead over Texas in Game 1 thanks to this two-run blast from Tiare Jennings 💥 🎥 @OU_Softball | #WCWS https://t.co/sTyl6jKMrA
Jayda Coleman hit by pitch to start the game #Sooners
Texas' Teagan Kavan fires the opening pitch in to #Sooners Jayda Coleman high and we are underway
A championship is on the line. Best-of-three. It's No. 1 Texas vs. No. 2 Oklahoma in the #WCWS Final. Game 1 starts now! Tap in ⤵️
Kelly Maxwell in the circle for #Sooners against Teagan Kavan and Texas. https://t.co/TrYuDT0E8s
Boomer! Oklahoma advances to WCWS championship series with walk-off HR - ESPN Video https://t.co/JOMJoVX2vO
The best thing @notthefakeSVP saw today: Jayda Coleman and the Oklahoma Softball squad keeping their quest for a four-peat alive 🔥 https://t.co/XcOrNC5wQ5
It felt all year like the 2024 softball season was destined to end with OU-Texas. It almost didn't happen ... but here we go. I previewed a potentially epic WCWS final. https://t.co/sBlapXFfkg
Jayda Coleman and Alyssa Brito shared several moments Tuesday, including just before Coleman’s game-winning home run. Here’s an updated story including Brito’s perspective: #Sooners https://t.co/6h7s1JPkfu
Oklahoma, Texas set for WCWS showdown @Jaynabardahl https://t.co/GVLkXNWC2z
I’m so proud of Jayda Coleman man. Been a tough stretch and she just kept swinging the bat and making great defensive plays. If anyone deserved the walkoff it was her.
Absolutely incredible moment. In what she thought might’ve been her last at bat, she swung at the first pitch and slammed her bat in frustration. Her teammates come up clutch and get her one more chance. And then she walks it off. Jayda Coleman is the truth.
Jayda Coleman lifts a high fly just over the left field wall for a leadoff home run and a 6-5 eighth-inning win over Florida.
Oklahoma softball is inevitable
Maxwell retires the Florida side in order again with three groundouts. She's set down seven batters in a row and has thrown 148 pitches.
Gators are ripping it so far. They've got three home runs from three different plays and lead OU 5-2 in B3.
And then Reagan Walsh follows with a solo HR. 5-2 Gators over #Sooners
Kelly Maxwell strikes out Jocelyn Erickson this time. That's five consecutive strikeouts for Maxwell with two outs in the third.
Top 1st: Florida 2-run home run Bot 1st: Oklahoma 2-run home run Top 2nd: Florida 2-run home run ARE YOU KIDDING ME? 🤯 https://t.co/Gr1K7RstiS
Florida's Ariel Kowalewski with a two-run HR and #Sooners trail 4-2
JUST LIKE THAT WE'RE TIED 💥 Oklahoma answers Florida with a home run of its own in the first 😮 https://t.co/VjixDP9m5Q
JUST LIKE THAT WE'RE TIED 💥 Oklahoma answers Florida with a home run of their own in the first 😮 https://t.co/YfSavGxHHg
Now Alyssa Brito follows with a double #Sooners
Jocelyn Erickson homers against her former team 🔥 After winning a National Championship with the Sooners last year, Erickson puts Florida up 2-0 on Oklahoma 😮 https://t.co/SxLudKpnUN
Florida's Jocelyn Erickson, a former Sooner, launches a two-run bomb over the RF wall for a first-inning 2-0 Gators lead over OU.
Former #Sooners Jocelyn Erickson belts a two-run HR off Kelly Maxwell and Florida is up 2-0
The @TexasSoftball team is two victories from a national championship. @TexasMonthly allowed me to tell a bit of the story. Joe Bob says check it out. https://t.co/TK7EK2X4rt
Texas softball aces WCWS semifinals test, squeezes into NCAA championship series | Bohls https://t.co/oTVB54OmSP via @statesman
Replay: Texas softball beats Stanford, reaches finals of Women’s College World Series https://t.co/wNpc0f1RgI via @statesman
Women’s College World Series Oklahoma vs. Florida: How to watch softball semifinal game https://t.co/8muUFo02El