Live updates: 2024 Women's College World Series (2024)

The Sooners never trailed as they posted a dominant performance over their Big 12 rival, taking an 8-3 win over Texas in Game 1 of the WCWS finals. Starting pitcher Kelly Maxwell tossed a complete game with 8 Ks and a 1.91 ERA. Tiare Jennings led the OU bats with a home run in the second AB of the game, as well as 3 RBIs. Oklahoma is just one win away from making history as the only NCAA softball team to win four straight national titles.

STILL TO COME ⤵️

June 6: WCWS Final Game 2:Texas vs. Oklahoma, 8 p.m. | ESPN

June 7: WCWS Final Game 3 (if necessary): Texas vs Oklahoma,8 p.m. | ESPN

The Longhorns find their stride in the sixth, plating two to cut their deficit to four runs. With one out and one up, Katie Stewart singled to bring in Viviana Martinez. Momentum stirring, Alyssa Washington reached to first, advanced to second on a wild pitch and was sent home by Joley Mitchell's RBI single at the next AB. Texas trails 7-3 going into the seventh.

showing some Texas fight 🤘

B6 | Texas 3 OU 7#HookEm | 📺 ESPN pic.twitter.com/6o5SYUO62K

— Texas Softball (@TexasSoftball) June 6, 2024

What a game! Oklahoma's Tiare Jennings singled out to left field for a two-out RBI — sending Avery Hodge to home plate for a 7-1 lead over Texas at the top of the 6th.

With Oklahoma's Kinzie Hansen on second base, an error sent Kasidi Pickering to second and Hansen toward home plate.The Sooners currently lead 6-1 over the Longhorns at the bottom of the fifth.

Wow! The Sooners take a 5-1 lead at the top of the 3rd inning after launching not one, but two back-to-back homers.

Here's a look at Kinzie Hansen's bomb to left field for a 2-run homer.

Going going GONE 👋#WCWS x 🎥 ESPN / @OU_Softball pic.twitter.com/VZfUNyEh1m

— NCAA Softball (@NCAASoftball) June 6, 2024

Kasidi Pickering followed right behind with a slinger to left center field. Check it out below ⤵️

ANOTHER ONE 😱#WCWS x 🎥 ESPN / @OU_Softball pic.twitter.com/w18P0eic6T

— NCAA Softball (@NCAASoftball) June 6, 2024

What a way to cut the deficit in half as Texas responds to the Sooners as Mia Scott sends one flying for a 1-run homer. The Sooners lead 2-1 at the bottom of the 1st.

The Longhorns RESPOND 🚀#WCWS x 🎥 ESPN / @TexasSoftball pic.twitter.com/VK3xkK4F2O

— NCAA Softball (@NCAASoftball) June 6, 2024

Make that 98 career home runsand 11 career WCWS homers for Oklahoma's Tiare Jennings as she launches a slinger for a 2-run home run — scoring the first run against Texas in four games. It's just the top of the first inning and there's much more action to go.

🤯 @_tiarejennings absolutely crushed her 11th career WCWS home run 👊#ChampionshipMindset | @espn pic.twitter.com/orKm9OoLqf

— Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) June 6, 2024

Here we go! Sunshine and blue skies in Oklahoma City as we're 20 minutes away from Game 1 of the 2024 Women's College World Series finals. Texas is looking to fight for its first national title in program history while Oklahoma hopes to hold on to its reign and clinch its fourth consecutive national title.

Here's a look at today's starting lineup ahead of today's action set for 8 p.m. ET ⤵️

🔴 Oklahoma lineup

🤘 Texas lineup

The Red River Rivalry will play out on the biggest stage of college softball June 5-6/7 as Oklahoma and Texas face off in the 2024 WCWS final. This matchup is the second time in two decades that the top two seeds are in the WCWS final. This will be the teams' fifth matchup this year — they're both 2-2 against each other in 2024, with Texas taking the regular season series 2-1 and OU sniping the Big 12 title in May.

Below is the full WCWS finals schedule:

June 5 | WCWS Final Game 1:Texas vs. Oklahoma, 8 p.m. | ESPN

June 6 | WCWS Final Game 2: Texas vs. Oklahoma, 8 p.m. | ESPN

June 7 | WCWS Final Game 3 (if necessary): Texas vs Oklahoma,8 p.m. | ESPN

Oklahoma is headed to its seventh WCWS finals in eight seasons with a walk-off home run by senior Jayda Coleman. In a 2-1 count, Coleman swatted the ball over the left field wall for the win over Florida, 6-5. Oklahoma's win sets up the Red River Rivalry as the Sooners face Texas in the championship final at 8 p.m. ET tomorrow.

Oklahoma tied the game at 5-5 in the sixth, and neither team capitalized in the seventh, pushing this game to extra innings. What's on the line? OU's four-peat and Florida's first finals appearance since 2017.

A two-out RBI single by Ella Parker knots this game at 5-5. Oklahoma attempts to walk it off in the seventh, while Florida will try to force extras. Stay tuned.

Ella Parker provides the clutch two-out game-tying RBI single 💥

↑7 | OU 5, UF 5

📺 ESPN pic.twitter.com/WGwyowgShr

— Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) June 4, 2024

Cydney Sanders knocked a two-run sinker to centerfield, cutting OU's deficit to one run. The Gators lead 5-4 at the top of the fifth.

1⃣5⃣ home runs this season for @SandersCydney 💪

↑5 | UF 5, OU 4

📺 ESPN pic.twitter.com/LyCKsoJ1Fk

— Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) June 4, 2024

Reagan Walsh let another HR fly in the third, tallying Florida's third homer of the day and bringing the score up 5-2. Oklahoma looks to capitalize once more in the bottom of the fourth.

HR #100 on the year for Florida! 💣 @GatorsSB x #WCWS /ESPN pic.twitter.com/jUxRYq8ImC

— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) June 4, 2024