It was a season for the ages as the Oklahoma Sooners went coast-to-coast as the No. 1 team in the nation, all culminating with their 2022 national championship.
To win the WCWS championship over the first team to beat them during the season, the Texas Longhorns and a rival, made the win all the sweeter.
Oklahoma has now gone back-to-back for the second time in program history as they claimed their sixth title. They’re third all-time behind UCLA (12) and Arizona (8) and it doesn’t seem like a stretch that they’ll pass Arizona in the next five years for second place.
In the series-clinching win, the Sooners showed off their depth as Jocelyn Alo, one of the all-time greats, went just 1-for-3 with a walk on the evening. Everyone else had to step up.
Jayda Coleman stole the show defensively and had Twitter buzzing.
Oklahoma took advantage of a Texas error to get their first couple of runs across in the fourth and Kinze Hansen delivered the knockout blow with her three-run home run in the fifth inning. Grace Lyons followed that up with a three-run home run in the sixth to put the game out of reach and begin the seventh-inning ceremony.
Patty Gasso orchestrated an emotional exit for Jocelyn Alo, who started the seventh inning in left field and registered two putouts. After the second out, she lifted Alo to a roar from the crowd. And even though Texas got a three-run home run of their own to cut the deficit late, the coronation was just beginning.
The Oklahoma Sooners are the 2022 national champions.
Relive the Sooners’ 10-5 win over Texas to win the WCWS Championship in these incredible still photos.