or the third straight year (and fifth time in the last seven seasons), the No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners are your NCAA softball national champions.

The WCWS championship matchup is set, and it’s giving 2021 déjà vu — the two-time defending champs No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners and No. 3 Florida State Seminoles will meet in the best-of-three series, beginning tonight with Game 1 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.

After months of tension, the PGA Tour made a shocking reversal yesterday, joining forces with their rival, the Saudi Arabian–backed LIV Golf, claiming the decision was made in an effort “to unify the game.”

After a wild weekend of mercy-rule shutouts and tight pitchers’ duels, the aforementioned Crimson Tide, No. 6 Oklahoma State, No. 7 Washington, and No. 15 Utah all saw their WCWS dreams dashed.

Last Friday, the women’s sports organization announced a doubleheader showdown during August’s Little League Softball World Series in order to promote the sport’s whole ecosystem.

Yesterday’s Women’s College World Series (WCWS) opening day brought plenty of drama to the diamond, complete with a pitchers’ duel, another broken attendance record, and, unfortunately, a multitude of weather delays.

After the eight best-of-three series wrap by Sunday, the winners have a few short days to pack their bags for the peak of the softball season: the Women’s College World Series in Norman, OK.

Today’s the calm before tomorrow’s Super Regional softball storm, but baseball’s conference tourneys are already raging.

There was a bloodbath on the diamond — 64 teams entered the natty, but only 16 survived the weekend.

Sixty-four teams, 16 regionals, and a potential 112 games packed into three days — softball’s natty tournament is here!

With conference tourney crowns awarded and the NCAA bracket booked, 64 Division I teams now know their path to June’s Women’s College World Series.

Almost all conferences wrap up their tournaments tomorrow, which means yesterday’s quarter-finals chaos gives way to today’s semifinals madness.