<p>The University of Oklahoma women&#8217;s softball team surprised ESPN Thursday by proclaiming that their Christian faith is their motivation and the source of their joy.</p>
<p>Later on Thursday, the team went on to beat Florida State 3 to 1 to win the national championship.</p>
<p>&#8220;You talked about keeping the joy of the game, but I&#8217;m curious, it&#8217;s a long season, right? And you guys have had the target on your back the entire time,&#8221; an ESPN reporter asked several women on the team at a press conference Thursday.</p>
<p>&#8220;How do you handle the unique pressure that comes with that? How do you keep the joy for so long when anxiety seems like a thing that could very easily set in?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Well, the only way that you can have a joy that doesn&#8217;t fade away is from the Lord,&#8221; infielder Grace Lyons responded.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Thankfully we&#8217;ve had a lot of success this year, but if it was the other way around, joy from the Lord is the only thing that can keep you embracing those memories, moments, friendships,&#8221; Lyons said. &#8220;That&#8217;s really the only answer to that because there&#8217;s no other way that softball can bring you that because of how much failure comes in it and just how much of a rollercoaster the game can be.</p>
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<p>&#8220;1000% agree with Grace Lyons,&#8221; said utility player Jayda Coleman.</p>
<p>Coleman said that when the team won the championship her freshman year, she was &#8220;so happy,&#8221; but she &#8220;didn&#8217;t feel joy.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know what to do the next day &#8230; I didn&#8217;t feel filled, and I had to find Christ in that,&#8221; Coleman said.</p>
<p>Coleman said she thinks that what makes the team so strong is that they are not afraid to lose.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yes obviously we&#8217;ve worked our butts off to be here, and we want to win, but it&#8217;s not the end of the world because our life is in Christ, and that&#8217;s all that matters,&#8221; Coleman said.</p>
<p>Alyssa Brito, another utility player, said she and her teammates have focused on a gesture they call &#8220;eyes up.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re really like, fixing our eyes on Christ,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t find fulfillment in an outcome, whether it&#8217;s good or bad,&#8221; Brito said. &#8220;I think that&#8217;s why we&#8217;re so steady in what we do and our love for each other and our love for the game because we know this game is giving us the opportunity to glorify God.&#8221;</p>
<p>Brito said that once she &#8220;turned to Jesus,&#8221; her outlook on life as well as on softball changed, and she understood &#8220;how much I have to live for, and that&#8217;s living to exemplify the kingdom.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I think that brings so much freedom,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have an eternity of joy with our Father, and I&#8217;m so excited about that,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Yes, I live in the moment, but I know this isn&#8217;t my home, and no matter what, my sisters in Christ will be there with me in the end when we&#8217;re with our king.&#8221;</p>
<p>This is Oklahoma&#8217;s <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/37821365/oklahoma-softball-ncaa-championship-wcws-dominance-superteam" target="_blank" rel="noopener">third straight</a> victory in the Women&#8217;s College World Series. They snagged the championship title in the second game of the three-game series.</p>
<p>The team also finished with a division-winning record of 61 to 1 games, and they are coming off a 53-game winning streak.</p>

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