Oklahoma softball coach Patty Gasso called out the NCAA over the WCWS format for the "if necessary" game. "It's unfair for the athletes," Gasso said.

The Sooners fell in the WCWS to Texas for the first time in program history as two late-inning home runs lifted the Longhorns to a 4-2 win. Oklahoma's loss sent the Sooners into the elimination bracket, where they will face Oregon on Sunday night with the season on the line.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Kayden Henry broke a tie with a fifth-inning home run and Joley Mitchell blasted another in the sixth to help lift Texas to a 4-2 win over four-time defending champion Oklahoma in the Women's College World Series on Saturday.