The Women’s College World Series doesn’t get bigger than this. On Monday, two blue blood programs in the world of college softball will meet head to head for the right to go to the WCWS championship.
UCLA, the team with the most national championships all-time (12) will face off with Oklahoma, who has the third most national championships all-time (5).
The Sooners come into the WCWS semi-finals after beating Northwestern and Texas. UCLA dropped their first game of the Women’s College World Series to Texas 7-2 and then bounced back with wins over Northwestern and Florida. In those two wins for the Bruins, they outscored their opponents 14-1.
The Sooners and the Bruins met back in the first week of the season, a 4-1 win for the Oklahoma Sooners. In that pivotal nonconference matchup, Jordy Bahl announced her arrival to the softball world by holding the Bruins to one unearned run on four hits and she struck out 14 batters.
Oklahoma’s offense continues to put up numbers at a ridiculous pace. They’ve outscored opponents 72-7 in the NCAA tournament, averaging 10.28 runs scored per game.
This is an incredible matchup and the stakes are huge. Oklahoma needs one more win to set up an all-Big 12 championship series. UCLA has to beat the Sooners twice to advance and spoil the party.
Here’s how you can tune in to Oklahoma vs. UCLA in the semifinals of the [autotag]Women’s College World Series[/autotag] contest.
- Date: Saturday, June 6, 2022
- Time: 11 a.m. CDT
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)
- Radio Broadcast: The game can be heard on 107.7 The Franchise in Oklahoma and nationwide on The Varsity app.
No. 1 Oklahoma vs UCLA Bruins
Players to watch:
No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners
[autotag]Jocelyn Alo[/autotag]: .500 batting average with 30 home runs, 75 RBIs, 52 walks.
[autotag]Tiare Jennings[/autotag]: .395 batting average with 26 home runs and 78 RBIs, 39 walks.
[autotag]Grace Lyons[/autotag]: .415 batting average with 21 home runs and 64 RBIs, 21 walks.
[autotag]Jayda Coleman[/autotag]: .436 batting average with 7 home runs, 38 RBIs, 47 walks, and 13 stolen bases.
[autotag]Jordy Bahl[/autotag]: 21-1 with a 0.95 ERA, 199 strikeouts in 132.2 innings pitched. 2022 Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and Big 12 Freshman of the Year.
[autotag]Nicole May[/autotag]: 15-0 with a 0.99 ERA, 93 strikeouts in 85 innings pitched.
[autotag]Hope Trautwein[/autotag]: 20-1 with a 0.60 ERA, 149 strikeouts in 116 innings pitched.
UCLA Bruins
Delanie Wisz: .409 batting average with 15 home runs, 61 RBIs, 29 walks.
Briana Perez: .394 batting average with 10 home runs, 44 RBIs, 17 walks, and 16 stolen bases.
Kinsley Washington: .354 batting average with 5 home runs, 34 RBIs, 15 walks, and 12 stolen bases.
Maya Brady: .339 batting average with 13 home runs, 48 RBIs, 21 walks, and 11 stolen bases.
Megan Faraimo: 23-5 with a 1.80 ERA, 289 strikeouts in 191 innings pitched.
Holly Azevedo: 21-2 with a 1.28 ERA, 140 strikeouts in 126 innings pitched.
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