Oklahoma to defend Women’s College World Series title

OKLAHOMA CITY

Oklahoma is again to attempt to defend its nationwide championship on the Ladies’s School World Sequence.

The highest-seeded Sooners beat Central Florida in Tremendous Regional video games on Friday and Saturday to qualify and can face Northwestern of their World Sequence opener Thursday in Oklahoma Metropolis.

Oklahoma has received 4 of the previous eight nationwide titles below coach Patty Gasso and beat Florida State to win all of it final 12 months. Oklahoma’s greatest star — slugger Jocelyn Alo — is the reigning USA Softball Collegiate Participant of the Yr and the Division I profession house run chief.

Northwestern rallied to beat Arizona State 8-6 in Recreation 3 of their Tremendous Regional on Sunday evening to arrange the matchup with the Sooners.

The World Sequence begins with an eight-team double-elimination event, adopted by a best-of-three championship sequence beginning June 8.

Florida is the one member of the often-dominant Southeastern Convention to qualify. The 14th-seeded Gators routed No. 3 Virginia Tech on Sunday 12-0 in Recreation 3 of their Tremendous Regional.

Florida will play unseeded Oregon State on Thursday. Oregon State beat Stanford in two straight video games in Tremendous Regionals after going by No. 11 seed Tennessee in regionals.

UCLA, which has essentially the most NCAA titles with 12, certified by beating Duke in each Tremendous Regional video games. The Bruins will play Texas on Thursday. The Longhorns upset No. 4 seed Arkansas in three recreation in Tremendous Regional play.

Oklahoma State is again for the third straight 12 months. The seventh-seeded Cowgirls beat Clemson in each Tremendous Regional video games. Oklahoma State will play unseeded Arizona, which beat unseeded Mississippi State in Tremendous Regionals, on Thursday.

The bracket hasn’t gone as deliberate, as No. 2 seed Florida State, No. 3 Virginia Tech, No. 4 Arkansas and No. 6 Alabama did not qualify for the World Sequence.