23 under 23 for 2023: Young stars shine bright in women’s sports
From Sophia Smith to Suni Lee to Aliyah Boston, keep your eye on these athletes.
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The deciding game of the Women’s College World Series finals drew an average of 1.6 million viewers Thursday night.
A peak of 2.1 million viewers tuned in to watch Oklahoma clinch their second straight WCWS title. The Sooners beat Texas 10-5 in Thursday’s Game 2 to sweep the championship series.
Thursday's #WCWS Champ Series Game 2 featuring @OU_Softball vs @TexasSoftball averaged 1.7M viewers
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) June 10, 2022
🥎Most-viewed game of the 2022 WCWS
🥎Peak viewership 2.1M
🥎2022 WCWS Champ Series averaged 1.6M viewers
🥎2022 WCWS averaged 1M viewers #NCAASoftball pic.twitter.com/RvTTzjXrJq
The championship series brought in an average of 1.6 million viewers, while all 16 WCWS telecasts on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC averaged 1.04 million viewers.
Though WCWS viewership was down slightly from last year, when the WCWS averaged 1.2 million viewers, the May 28 contest between Texas and Arkansas made history as ESPN’s most-watched Regional or Super Regional, logging 1.02 million viewers.
From Sophia Smith to Suni Lee to Aliyah Boston, keep your eye on these athletes.
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