Jordy Bahl pitched three perfect innings of relief to lead Oklahoma to its third straight Women’s College World Series title and seventh overall, beating Florida State 3-1 Thursday for a two-game sweep.
The Sooners finished 61–1 and extended their record Division I winning streak to 53 games. The team’s only loss this season was a 4-3 loss at Baylor on February 19.
With this year’s impressive season, Oklahoma also set a record for winning percentage and posted the fewest losses of any NCAA champion.
Thursday night’s College World Series victory marked the sixth title for the Sooners since 2016 and seventh since 2000, all under coach Patty Gasso.
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Oklahoma’s Women’s College World Series victory on Thursday marked the team’s sixth title since 2016 and seventh since 2000. (Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
UCLA was the only other program to win three straight titles, from 1988 to 1990, but the Bruins lost 19 games during that span. Oklahoma has only lost eight during its three peats.
The Sooners led the nation in runs per game, earned run average and batting average, even after losing Division I career home run leader Jocelyn Alo to last year’s team.
OKLAHOMA KNOCKOUTS FLORIDA STATE IN WCWS GAME 1 BEHIND JORDY BAHL’S DOMINANT OUTING
Bahl, a sophomore from Papillion, Nebraska, did not allow an earned run in 24 2/3 innings during the WCWS.
She went 4-0, earning the save in Thursday’s game and became the first pitcher since 1992 to go at least 20 innings in the World Series without allowing a run.
Jayda Coleman #24 of the Oklahoma Sooners hits against the wall to catch a ball against the Florida State Seminoles during the Women’s College World Series. (Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
Cydney Sanders and Grace Lyons hit back-to-back home runs off Seminoles star Kathryn Sandercock in the fifth inning after Florida State took a 1-0 fourth-inning lead on Mack Leonard’s home run.
That was a lot of cushion for Bahl, who struck out three batters and threw 39 pitches, 28 strikes.
The Oklahoma Sooners react to Grace Lyons’ home run against the Florida State Seminoles during the Division I Women’s Softball Championship. (Tyler Schank/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
Sandercock pitched a complete game for Florida State (58-11), which made its third finals appearance in the last five World Series.
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The Seminoles won the title in 2018 and were runner-up to Oklahoma in 2021.