The No. 2 Oklahoma Lady Sooners softball team made history by becoming the first NCAA softball team to win four straight national titles after defeating rival No. 1 Texas 8-4 in Game 2 of the WCWS championship series. OU topped Texas 8-3 in Game 1.

The Sooners used 12 hits and five pitchers to secure the title. OU’s win marks head coach Patty Gasso’s eighth national championship. Oklahoma’s Kelly Maxwell has been named the 2024 WCWS Most Outstanding Player after closing out a national championship for the Sooners. The big hits came from Kasidi Pickering, who launched a two-run homer in the second inning, and Cydney Sanders, who cleared the bases with a fourth-inning double that put Oklahoma ahead for good. The Sooners escaped a jam in the top of the sixth — thanks in part to a massive base-running blunder by Texas’ Mia Scott — before tacking on some insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth. Kelly Maxwell then closed it out as OU staked its claim as (arguably) softball’s greatest dynasty.

Last season was a historic one for the Sooners. They set the NCAA record for most consecutive wins and had a near-perfect season at 61-1 as they dominated their way to softball’s second three-peat.