- ABC News
- June 6, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY -- It doesn't happen often, but Oklahoma has shown that it knows how to bounce back from defeat. Each time the top-ranked Sooners have lost this season -- only three times in all -- they've gone on to beat their next opponent so thoroughly that the game has ended early via the NCAA run rule. Such was the case on Monday during the semifinal round of the Women's College World Series after Oklahoma suffered only its third loss of the season -- a 7-3 defeat to UCLA that set up an elimination game later in the afternoon. Less than three hours later, Jocelyn Alo slugged a pair of home runs, Hope Trautwein delivered a masterful performance in the pitching circle and the Sooners demolished the Bruins 15-0 in five innings to advance to the finals. It was the largest win by a team in WCWS history and the team's 40th run-rule win of the season, which is twice as many as the next-closest team in Division I. Alo said she saw no panic from her teammates in the locker room after...