Softball Opens WCWS Championship Series Wednesday - University of Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.– The three-time defending NCAA champion Oklahoma softball team makes its fifth straight and ninth overall Women's College World Series Championship Series appearance in 2024.OU is making its eight straight and 17th overall WCWS appearance.Oklahoma is vying to become the first softball program to win four straight NCAA titles. The Sooners and the 1988-90 UCLA Bruins are the lone two programs to have won three consecutive national championships. An OU title would be the program's sixth in the last eight seasons and its eighth all-time.The No. 2-seeded Sooners face No. 1-ranked and top-seeded Texas Wednesday at Devon Park in Oklahoma City in game one of the best-of-three WCWS Championship Series, scheduled for 7 p.m. CT on ESPN with Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza and Michele Smith on the call. Holly Rowe will serve as the field reporter.All games can be heard via 107.7 FM The Franchise in Oklahoma or nationwide on The Varsity Network with Chris Plank and alumna DJ Sanch...