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For the second time in four years, Oklahoma has won the women’s softball national championship, this time defeating Auburn in a thrilling three-game series.
2016 Women’s College World Series Results
Game 1: Oklahoma 3, Auburn 2
Game 2: Oklahoma 7, Auburn 11
Game 3: Oklahoma 2, Auburn 1
2016 Women’s College World Series Game 3 Preview
We’ve had plenty of drama jam-packed into the first two games of the series.
In Game 1, Auburn, trailing by three, scored two runs in the final frame and advanced a runner to third with only one out, but Oklahoma first baseman Shay Knighten handled a hard-hit ground-ball and fired home in time to secure the thrilling victory for the Sooners:
In Game 2, Oklahoma raced out to a 7-0 lead after two innings, but Auburn clawed their way back, and in the bottom of the eighth, Emily Carosone hit a walk-off grand slam to force a Game 3:
Now, just one game separates Oklahoma from its second softball national championship in four years, and Auburn from its first in school history.
If Game 3 turns out to be anywhere near as entertaining as either of the first two contests, we’re in store for an instant classic.
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