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OU Softball: Oklahoma's WCWS Championship Series Matchup Set

The top-ranked Sooners will face off against an East Coast power for the 2023 National Championship.

Ryan Chapman

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma will square off with a familiar foe for the national title.

The top-ranked Sooners will take on the 3-seeded Florida State Seminoles in a rematch of the 2021 Championship Series after FSU beat the 4-seeded Tennessee Volunteers 5-1 on Monday to advance to the finals. 

Two years ago, OU and the Seminoles took identical paths at the Women’s College World Series, losing on Day 1 and battling all the way back to play for it all.

Both teams have again mirrored each other in 2023, though taking a more direct path.

Oklahoma and Florida State are both 3-0 at the WCWS, and will be well-rested for the best-of-three Championship Series. 

It’s not the first time the teams have met this year, either.

OU edged FSU 5-4 on March 14 in Norman.

Florida State designated player Katie Dack launched a three-run bomb in the top of the fourth inning to put the Seminoles up 4-3 at Marita Hynes Field, but the lead didn’t last long.

Haley Lee and Tiare Jennings both added RBIs in the bottom of the fourth to put Oklahoma ahead 5-4, and Jordy Bahl entered the game in the fifth inning to close out the win.

Riding a 51-game winning streak, the Sooners will need two more wins against the Seminoles to capture the program’s seventh national title and become the first program in over three decades to go back-to-back-to-back.

Game 1 of the Championship Series will start at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, and the highly-anticipated battle will be broadcast on ESPN. 

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Ryan Chapman
RYAN CHAPMAN

Ryan is deputy editor at AllSooners and covers a number of sports in and around Norman and Oklahoma City. Working both as a journalist and a sports talk radio host, Ryan has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the United States Men’s National Soccer Team, the Oklahoma City Energy and more. Since 2019, Ryan has simultaneously pursued a career as both a writer and a sports talk radio host, working for the Flagship for Oklahoma sports, 107.7 The Franchise, as well as AllSooners.com. Ryan serves as a contributor to The Franchise’s website, TheFranchiseOK.com, which was recognized as having the “Best Website” in 2022 by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. Ryan holds an associate’s degree in Journalism from Oklahoma City Community College in Oklahoma City, OK. 

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