Oklahoma's Division I-record 20-game winning streak in the NCAA tournament ended Monday when Florida, behind by three home runs, stunned the Sooners 9-3 in the Women's College World Series semifinals.
Florida forces a Game 3 with Oklahoma after upsetting the reigning champs 9-3 to end the Sooners' 20-game NCAA tournament win streak. Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun.
First it rained, forcing a three-hour delay, then it poured on the Sooners. Florida freshman phenom Keagan Rothrock, who leads the nation in victories , stymied the Sooners' bats, holding them without a hit until the fourth inning. Once they got the bats going, they couldn't capitalize in key situations, and they couldn't stop the Gators' offense."Tough game for us," Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso said."Florida hit the ball really well today. Credit them that.
Three of those long balls came on Monday, including Kendra Falby's second-inning inside-the-park homer, just the third in WCWS history. • Oklahoma: allowed runs in 5 consecutive innings for only 2nd time this season ; prior to that BYU loss, had not allowed runs in 5 straight innings since June 3, 2019, against UCLARothrock was able to stay steady despite the Sooners starting to chip away at the lead. Even when they got runners on base, Rothrock was able to work her way out of trouble time and time again.
"She's a hoss," Gasso said."She's really doing a great job for that program. As a freshman, really very impressive."
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