The Oklahoma Sooners are closing in on history.
The No. 2 seed Sooners are only one win away from becoming the first softball team to win four consecutive national titles following an 8-3 victory over the No. 1-seed Texas Longhorns in the Women's College World Series championship series on Wednesday. The winner of Game 1 has gone on to win the best-of-three championship series 78% of the time.
The Longhorns are vying for their first title in their second WCWS finals appearance, the first being in 2022, when Texas lost to Oklahoma in two games.
Game 2 of the best-of-three series is on Thursday.
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Here's everything you need to know about Thursday's matchup between Oklahoma and Texas:
The best-of-three WCWS championship series will continue Thursday. Here is the schedule (all times Eastern):
Game 2 of the 2024 WCWS championship series will be broadcast on ESPN. It can also be live streamed on ESPN+ and the ESPN app.
The Sooners lead the Longhorns 3-2 this season.
Texas won the regular-season series against Oklahoma, winning two of three games April 5-7 in Austin. The Sooners beat the Longhorns 5-2 in the opener before Texas won 2-1 each of the next two games. Oklahoma then got revenge in the Big 12 tournament, beating the Longhorns 5-1 in the final.
Oklahoma took Game 1 of the championship series on Wednesday.
Texas is vying for its first softball national championship. This will be the second time the Longhorns have reached the championship series; the first was in 2022, when they lost to Oklahoma in two games.
Oklahoma will attempt to become the first school to win four consecutive NCAA Division I softball championships after winning Women's College World Series titles in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Last season, the Sooners became the first school since UCLA from 1988-90 to win three consecutive titles. Oklahoma is also seeking its eighth national championship all-time, which would tie Arizona for second most in NCAA history, behind UCLA’s 12.
This is Oklahoma's 10th time in the WCWS championship series, and fifth-straight time reaching the finals, excluding the canceled 2020 season. Here are the results from each time the Sooners made it to the final:
Contributing: Jordan Mendoza
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