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The Florida Gators are just one victory away from advancing to the championship series at the Women’s College World Series after downing Oklahoma 9-3 Monday afternoon.

Florida ended the Sooners’ twenty game WCWS winning streak with their most lopsided loss of the season.

Florida was led by Kendra Falby and Reagan Walsh offensively which was supported by a dominant effort in the circle by Keagan Rothrock (33-8).

The Florida offense scored in each of the first five innings to build an insurmountable lead with Rothrock keeping Oklahoma’s hitters off balance.

Florida opened the scoring in the first with an RBI single by Walsh that scored Korbe Otis. The Gators then added a pair of solo home runs in the second, including an inside-the-park homer by Kendra Falby. The OU left-fielder dove and missed the ball, and Falby raced around the bases for just the third WCWS inside-the-park home run ever. Skylar Wallace followed with a no-doubt shot to right to extend the lead to 3-0.

In the third, Ava Brown doubled to score former Oklahoma catcher Jocelyn Erickson and stretch the advantage to 4-0.

The Sooners got one back in the top of the fourth, but Walsh connected on a three-run blast to make it 7-1 in the bottom of the inning.

Oklahoma added two runs in the top of the fifth on a home run from Tiare Jennings. Wallace, however, connected on her second homer of the game, this a two run shot that made it 9-3.

Three walks in the bottom of the seventh by Rothrock gave the Sooners hope, but she got Rylie Boone to fly out to right to end the game and extend the Florida season for at least one more day.

The Gators will have to beat Oklahoma one more time to advance to the championship series. The Sooners are likely to throw All-American lefty Kelly Maxwell in Tuesday’s matchup. First pitch is scheduled for 2:30 PM ET. The game was originally scheduled to be played immediately after the first game but due to the weather delay before the game, the schedule was adjusted.