Oklahoma and Texas A&M crowned Sec-co-champions after the Rain Cancels Championship Softball Game

Athens, Ga. (AP) -The four-time defending national champion Oklahoma and Texas A&M were declared co-champions of the Southeastern Conference Softball tournament after rainfall forced the cancellation of the championship match on Saturday. The beginning time was continued in the forecast four hours with rain, but it came earlier than expected and the match never got started. The top seed Sooners (45-7)-in their first season in the SEC-won the regular season title with a record of 17-7, the second sowed ages (45-9), which joined the SEC in 2012, finished 16-7 and played for their first conference championship since he was the big 12. Six of Oklahoma’s eight national championships in 1995 and the head coach, Patty Gasso, who has the reinval, has the re-division of the head of head of the chief, Patty, Patty Gasso, who has the reinval. Sooners were runner -up in 2012 and 2019. The Sooners advanced to the Women’s College World Series in 17 of their previous appearances. Oklahoma won nine Big 12 tournaments and 16 regular season titles under Gasso. Texas A&M won NCAA Championships in 1983 and 1987. They were runner -up in 1984, 1986 and 2008. The ages advanced to the WCWS in eight of their 34 previous NCAA tournament. The Sooners led Arkansas 6-1 in the semi-finals before having a 8-6 victory by scoring a tournament record six homers by Sydney Barker. Gabbie Garcia won it with a run -off of three runs. It was the biggest comeback victory in the tournament history and the 17th time this season the Sooners came from behind to win. The ages-in their third season with Trisha Ford as head coach-beat the first-year member and the former Great 12 River Texas 14-2 in the other semi-finals. ___