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WCWS FINAL: Oklahoma 8 – Texas 4. Sooners Sweep the WCWS Championship Series.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma became the first program to win four consecutive Women’s College World Series titles, beating Texas 8-4 on Thursday to sweep the WCWS Championship Series.
Cydney Sanders drilled a three-run double to lift the Sooners out of a 3-2 hole in the fourth, and then the bullpen took over from there.
Oklahoma State transfer Kelly Maxwell came on in the sixth to get the Sooners out of a jam, and then closed it out in the seventh to clinch the title. Before Thursday, Maxwell threw back-to-back complete games, throwing a combined 267 pitches, to get the Sooners in position to win another title.
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The Sooners finish the season 59-7 and are 235-15 over the last four seasons.
Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso tied legendary Arizona coach Mike Candrea with her eighth WCWS title.
Texas struck first, scoring in the second on a two-out single by Kayden Henry.
The Sooners answered right back in the bottom half on freshman Kasidi Pickering’s two-run home run.
The Longhorns again staged a two-out rally in the third, tying the game on Alyssa Washington’s RBI single, before adding an unearned run in the fourth to take the lead.
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But in the bottom half, the Sooners got three consecutive singles before Sanders dug in.
Sanders had been just 2-of-14 in the WCWS before the at-bat, with both of her hits being home runs.
But Sanders reached out and drove Estelle Czech’s 2-2 offering into the gap in right-center to clear the bases and put the Sooners up 5-3.
Oklahoma added three more in the sixth after the Longhorns cut the deficit to one earlier in the inning. Ella Parker’s two-run single capped the scoring.
For Texas (55-10), the season ends with a loss to their archrivals in the championship series for the second time in three seasons.
–Field Level Media