This story has been updated to include Oklahoma softball's 2024 softball championship.

Oklahoma softball has become the standard for college softball over the last decade, as evident by how much the Sooners have been winning.

Winners of the last four Women's College World Series, the Sooners (49-6, 22-5 in Big 12 play) once again hoisted the national championship trophy in Oklahoma City. It is not only OU's seventh title in the last 12 years, but also makes the Sooners the first team to win four consecutive Women's College World Series titles.

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The Sooners — who opened up WCWS play on Friday, May 17 at 7 p.m. CT against Cleveland State — brought the second best batting average in the country (.372) into the postseason, led by Kinzie Hansen's team-leading .421 average. Alyssa Britto follows Hansen with a .416 batting average and a team-leading 16 home runs. As for success inside the circle, Kelly Maxwell, Kierston Deal and Nicole May are as good of a pitching staff as there is in the country.

Here's what you need to know about the Sooners history in the Women's College World Series:

How many Women's College World Series does Oklahoma have?

Oklahoma has eight Women's College World Series titles. The Sooners have won each of the last four and seven in the last 12 years. Despite the Sooners' success in recent seasons, they don't have the most Women's College World Series titles in college softball — they are tied for second.

Following into the 2024 NCAA softball tournament, two Pac-12 teams rank first and tied for second in titles won: UCLA (12), and Arizona (eight). The Bruins won three of the first four Women's College World Series titles from 1982-85 before winning four of five 1988-92. UCLA won two more in 1995 and 1999 before the turn of the century (though the latter was later vacated), to give them eighth and ninth in program history — a mark that has yet to be surpassed by any other team.

Arizona State and Oklahoma are the closest teams to UCLA in terms of all-time WCWS titles, with eight. The Wildcats were a veritable powerhouse in the sport in the early '90s, not only winning five championships from 1991 through 1997, but also finishing as runners up in the two seasons they didn't win the national championship in 1992 and 1995.

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Oklahoma softball Women's College World Series titles

Oklahoma won its first Women's College World Series title in 2000, defeating reigning national champion UCLA. Since then, Grasso's squad has one six national championship titles in 2013, 2016-17 and 2021-23.

Here's a full rundown of when Oklahoma won the Women's College World Series, in reverse chronological order:

• 2024: Oklahoma (58-7) defeats No. 1 Texas 2-0 in WCWS Finals

• 2023: Oklahoma (61-1) defeats No. 3 Florida State 2-0 in WCWS Finals

• 2022: Oklahoma (59-3) defeats No. 16 Texas 2-0 in WCWS Finals

• 2021: Oklahoma (56-4) defeats No. 10 Florida State 2-0 in WCWS Finals

• 2017: Oklahoma (61-9) defeats No. 1 Florida 2-0 in WCWS Finals

• 2016: Oklahoma (57-8) defeats No. 4 Auburn 2-1 in WCWS Finals

• 2013: Oklahoma (57-4) defeats No. 7 Tennessee 2-0 in WCWS Finals

• 2000: Oklahoma (66-8) defeats UCLA 3-1 in WCWS Finals

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