Oklahoma won its fifth Women’s College World Series title on Thursday, defeating Florida State twice in a best-of-three series.
Two-way player Alexander captivated the nation in her four games in Oklahoma City, throwing 434 pitches in the span of four days and leading the Dukes to their first world series in program history.
On June 7, their last day at the world series after suffering two heart-breaking losses to Oklahoma, JMU was searched on Google more than Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Devin Booker combined.
Under Gasso’s leadership, Oklahoma became the first team to win six consecutive elimination games at the world series.
The 2021 WCWS shattered the previous viewership record and easily became the most-watched world series in history.
In contrast, the men’s College World Series is scheduled from June 19-30, giving the men’s teams four more days to play up to 17 games.
In the men’s CWS, each team is guaranteed at least three rest days throughout the tournament and could have a maximum of six rest days depending on how many wins it racks up.
on Sunday, June 6, after a rain delay pushed the start time to 11:50 the night before.
But only two of those SEC teams—Alabama and Georgia —made it to this year’s WCWS, and neither of them made it to the finals.
As always, this year’s national seeds were coveted by teams and coaches because they determined the locations of both regionals and super regionals.