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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Mike McDaniel

Oklahoma Softball Captures Fourth Straight National Championship With Sweep of Texas

University of Oklahoma softball captured its fourth straight Women's College World Series title, and eighth overall, with an 8-4 victory over rival Texas to win the championship series via sweep 2-0 on Thursday night.

The Sooners used a timely go-ahead three-run double in the bottom of the fourth from junior first baseman Cydney Sanders to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 5-3 lead. Texas cut the Oklahoma lead to one in the top of the sixth, but an RBI single in the bottom half of the inning by Oklahoma's Jayda Coleman, followed by a two-run single by Ella Parker put the game out of reach.

Oklahoma used five pitchers—the most in a championship finals game in WCWS history per ESPN, to hold the Texas offense at bay.

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