The Sooners (57-4) will face UCLA (54-6) in a rematch of the 2000 Women’s College World Series championship game. Oklahoma won that game, defeating the Bruins 3-1 to win its first national championship in softball.
Back in 2000, the championship was decided in one game. Beginning in 2005, the WCWS championship format was changed to a best of three series.
These two softball thoroughbreds have met only one other time in the WCWS, in 2002. The Bruins evened the score in that one with a 2-0 win over the Sooners.
OU and UCLA have faced each other on the softball diamond at total of 13 times previously, with the Bruins owning a 9-5 advantage.