No. 1 seed Oklahoma sets record, claims another Women’s College World Series spot

OKLAHOMA CITY — Kinzie Hansen and the Oklahoma Sooners were down to their last strike. Oklahoma needed a win to set the NCAA Division I record for consecutive softball victories and clinch a Women’s College World Series berth. But the Sooners trailed Clemson by three with two on and two outs in the seventh inning, and Hansen was facing Tigers ace Valerie Cagle. Hansen responded with a tying three-run homer in Game 2 of the Norman Super Regional. Two innings later, Tiare Jennings hit the second of her two solo...