Alabama Athletics | May 30, 2014 Homers power Alabama by Oklahoma WCWS: Alabama handles Oklahoma Share OKLAHOMA CITY -- Alabama beat Oklahoma 6-2 on Day 1 of the Women’s College World Series being held in Hall of Fame Stadium. The Crimson Tide goes to 51-11 on the year while the Sooners drop to 50-12. It marks the third consecutive WCWS appearance (2011, '12 and '14) in which Alabama has won its opening game. 2014 WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES WCWS: Top Five Plays Moore: Gator dominance made tough calls easy Game 14: Florida captures first WCWS championship Moore: Munro's home run sets tone in Game 1 Game 13: Florida goes up 1-0 in championship series Moore: Traina pitches Alabama to brink of title Game 12: Alabama dispatches Oregon in semifinals Moore: Balanced Florida sets sights on finals Game 11: Florida advances to championship series Game 10: Oregon downs Oklahoma Game 9: Baylor charges back to eliminate Kentucky Game 8: Oklahoma ousts Louisiana-Lafayette Moore: Strickland, Baylor not ready to go home Game 7: Baylor rebounds to eliminate Florida State The complicated player-glove relationship Coming to the game? Be prepared Game 6: Alabama holds off Kentucky Moore: Florida dominating competition in OKC Game 5: Florida shuts out top-seed Oregon Baylor's Canion gets back up Meet Alabama's 'forever friends' Moore: First time the charm for WCWS rookies Game 4: Alabama defeats Oklahoma Game 3: Kentucky victorious in WCWS debut Game 2: Oregon shuts out Florida State Game 1: Florida beats Baylor 11-0 in five innings Hamilton: The pitcher behind the glasses Moore: Softball community happy about parity Moore: WCWS starts off with bang, Tide vs. Sooners How they got here: Committee selection Bracket | Scoreboard After trading runs in the first two innings, Oklahoma went up 2-1 in the top of the fourth inning. From there, Alabama used home runs in the bottom of the fourth and fifth innings to grab a 6-2 lead. It was the Tide’s fourth multi-homer game of the 2014 NCAA tournament. In the bottom of the fourth freshman Peyton Grantham homered to left center field, driving in senior Kaila Hunt and senior Molly Fichtner. In the next inning, junior Jadyn Spencer sent one over the left-field wall, bringing in sophomore Kallie Case. Grantham now has three hits since the start of the NCAA tourney, two of which have been home runs. Senior All-American Jaclyn Traina picked up the win for Alabama in the pitching circle, pushing her record to 24-3 on the season, while Kelsey Stevens took the loss for Oklahoma, falling to 37-9. Alabama returns to action at 9:30 p.m. ET Friday against Southeastern Conference foe Kentucky. It will mark the first time the two teams have faced each other this season. Colleges and conferences with the most players drafted in the 2021 NFL Draft The SEC set a record with 65 players selected in the 2021 NFL Draft. READ MORE College basketball transfers and roster winners from Week 2 of the offseason Andy Katz ranks the top 10 winners of the second week of the offseason, based on transfers and NBA Draft decisions. READ MORE 22 way-too-early men's college basketball predictions for 2021-22 season Here are 22 predictions for the 2021-22 men's college basketball season. READ MORE