When Jayda Coleman was intentionally walked in the top of the ninth inning of the Women’s College World Series semifinal against Stanford, the Oklahoma center fielder spiked her bat to celebrate.
That piqued the interest of some fans watching the Sooners in the College World Series. It was a big celebration for the Cardinal intentionally putting runners at the corners with two outs.
As it turned out, however, Coleman wasn’t celebrating the walk. She was celebrating the next hitter. Tiare Jennings doubled the other way to give Oklahoma a 4-2 lead, where it would stay as Jordy Bahl shut Stanford down in order in the bottom of the ninth to put the Sooners in the final.
𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘 🥳🥳🥳 @_tiarejennings pic.twitter.com/ebp5dj3cS1
— Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) June 5, 2023
It’s hard not to notice the way Oklahoma celebrates … everything. Whether it’s a walk or a homer, if something positive happens, the dugout is celebrating in a big way. While part of this is softball culture — softball dugouts tend to be a bit more vocal than baseball ones — the other part is that it’s just who the Sooners are.
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