Oklahoma softball made history on Thursday night, earning its third consecutive national title and becoming only the second team in NCAA softball history to do so. The Sooners ended the 2023 season with an overall record of 61-1, and they’ll begin the 2024 season on a 53-game win streak.

While the Sooners have been a staple at the Women’s College World Series since the early 2000s, they are fully utilizing name, image and likeness rules, and the transfer portal to keep their existing talent while acquiring new assets.

“Oklahoma does a really good job. They do a good job in all cylinders from recruiting to developing to meeting the NIL, development of program and team,” Florida State head coach Lonni Alameda said after her team’s second loss to Oklahoma in the 2023 WCWS.