Oklahoma softball one win away from record-tying WCWS three-peat

Jordy Bahl shut down another WCWS opponent and the Oklahoma offense woke up after three scoreless innings as the Sooners defeated Florida State 5-0 in Game 1 of the best-of-three Women’s College World Series championship series.

The Sooners earned their 60th win of the season with just a single loss and now need just one more win to repeat for a third straight year as national champions. In addition to the coveted WCWS championship, which would be the team’s seventh overall and sixth in the past 11 seasons, one more WCWS victory would complete the best single-season record in Division I college softball history.

It was not a typical start to the game for the No. 1 overall seed Sooner team.…