Early Monday morning the Sooners played the Bruins from Los Angeles in which UCLA won the first of two games if they were to advance— Gasso’s squad only needed the singular win to appear in the National Title Series again. Oklahoma started off with Nicole May in the circle for game 1 and she was relieved by Jordy Bahl before the Sooners fell in the first matchup 7-3. However, with the new format of playing the elimination game right after the original instead of getting a 4-hour break, Oklahoma was armed with a fresh pitcher in Hope Trautwein while UCLA had to work in 3 pitchers between Azevedo, Faraimo, and Shaw, 2 of which had pitched extensively in the first game.
OU run rules UCLA 15-0, advancing to the WCWS National Title Series
