Winners of 27 of their last 28 games, the Sooners took home their fifth Big 12 Softball Championship on Saturday with a 3-0 victory over Oklahoma State and second consecutive shutout win over the Cowgirls. The same two teams met one week ago, and freshman Nicole Mendes and Paige Lowary combined for a 1-0 no-hitter in the regular-season Bedlam finale.
Oklahoma did not allow a run in outscoring its three opponents in the 2017 conference postseason tournament by a combined score of 13-0. Saturday’s win in the championship final was the fourth consecutive shutout victory for the Sooners in 2017, two of the four coming against Oklahoma State.