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Oklahoma softball just completed one of the greatest NCAA seasons ever and here are 4 stats proving it

The Oklahoma Sooners are champions in softball — again.

The Sooners just completed one of the most dominant seasons you’ll ever see in sports after sweeping Florida State in the Women’s College World Series.

Though everyone expected an Oklahoma win, the game didn’t come without tension. Florida State’s Mack Leonard hit a solo home run in the 4th inning to put FSU up 1-0. That lead was short-lived, though. Oklahoma’s Cydney Sanders and Grace Lyons hit back-to-back homers in the 5th to give the Sooners a lead they’d never let go of. The rest is history.

Here’s the moment it happened. What a moment it was.

This team is one of the most dominant teams we’ll ever see. And, of course, it is. Oklahoma went 61-1 on the season and didn’t lose a single game in the playoffs. With this championship, Oklahoma cemented itself as one of the greatest teams to play organized sports.

But if you still don’t believe that, here are four stats showing just how dominant this program is.

Oklahoma just won 3 straight championships

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That, alone, is extremely impressive. It’s the 7th championship of the Patty Gasso era of Oklahoma softball, too, which adds another layer of greatness to this thing.

UCLA from 1988 to 1990 is the only other team to three-peat in the history of the sport. That’s it.

That’s extremely impressive company.

The Sooners finished with the best record in softball history

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The Sooners finished the season 61-1, which is the best record in the history of the sport. They went undefeated in the postseason and ended the year on a 53-game winning streak.

What more can you say about this team?

Their only defeat came in a 4-3 loss to Baylor on February 19. That’s it.

Expanding out a bit, they've got a 176-8 record over the last 3 years

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That includes a 53-game winning streak in their 61-win season this year. Plus, their point differential is absolutely out of this world. The Ringer’s Rodger Sherman has more. 

This is unreal.

They completely dominated every opponent

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Bringing things back in a bit, the fashion in which we’ve seen Oklahoma dominate opponents has been amazing.

Not only did the team end the season on a 53-game winning streak, but they also had 35 shutout games and won 29 games by run rule, which is essentially when an umpire ends the game because of how dominant one team has been.

Y’all. It’s rare that we see a team dominate a sport like this. Oklahoma is doing it. We need to appreciate this while we have it. Congrats, Sooners. You’re the best we’ve ever seen.

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