Oklahoma softball wins national championship: Sooners top Florida State for record-extending 53rd straight win

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Oklahoma softball has capped off its historic 2023 season with a third consecutive national championship. The Sooners defeated Florida State 3-1 in Game 2 of the best-of-three Women’s College World Series finals. They extended their win streak to 53 games to continue the longest unbeaten stretch in NCAA Division I softball history. 

Florida State struck first, as Mack Leonard hit a solo home run off Alex Storako in the fourth inning. Oklahoma would respond in the fifth inning with back-to-back solo shots off Seminoles ace Kathryn Sandercock, who entered the game having allowed only one home run this postseason — Cydney Sanders and Grace Lyons were the players responsible for homers No. 2 and 3. 

Alynah Torres hit an RBI single in the sixth inning to give Oklahoma the 3-1 advantage it would carry into victory. 

Storako, who allowed three hits and one run over four innings, got the win for Oklahoma to finish a perfect 18-0 on the season. Jordy Bahl would finish…

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