Oklahoma tops Stanford to reach Women's College World Series final
Tiare Jennings doubled in the ninth inning to score two runs and No. 1 seed Oklahoma defeated No. 9 Stanford 4-2 on Monday to earn a shot at its third straight Women's College World Series title.
The Sooners increased their Division I record to 51 consecutive victories. They advanced to play No. 3 Florida State for the national championship. Oklahoma (59-1) looks to become the first program since UCLA in 1988-90 to win three consecutive titles. The best-of-three championship series starts Wednesday.
Stanford (47-15) reached the World Series for the third time, and the first time since 2004. Oklahoma gave Stanford both of its World Series losses.
Stanford's NiJaree Canady took the loss in relief of starter Alana Vawter. Canady had thrown the most innings of any player at the World Series. She threw a one-hitter against Washington on Sunday to lift the Cardinal into the semifinals, then threw 85 pitches against Oklahoma on Monday.
Stanford's Kylie Chung hit a 2-run homer in the first, the only one the Sooners have allowed at the World Series. Jayda Coleman's solo homer tied the score at 2 in the third. FLORIDA STATE BEATS TENNESSEE IN SEMIFINAL >> Kathryn Sandercock and Makenna Reid combined for five innings of scoreless relief to help No. 3 seed Florida State defeat No. 4 Tennessee 5-1 and advance to the Women's College World Series championship series.
Sandercock, the Seminoles' veteran ace, allowed one hit and struck out four in three innings to claim her 10th save of the year. Freshman Reid gave way to Sandercock after allowing one hit in two innings. She claimed the win to improve to 13-0 this season.
Florida State (58-9) will play No. 1 seed Oklahoma for the title. It's a rematch of the 2021 series that Oklahoma won.
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Saborn Campbell tripled and scored the go-ahead run, Malcolm Moore added a two-run home run and Stanford beat Texas A&M 7-1 to win the Stanford Regional.
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The NFL Network first reported the agreement.
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The Texas Rangers transferred Jacob deGrom to the 60day injured list, pushing back the return of the twotime National League Cy Young Award winner until at least late June.
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