Oklahoma's enormously long winning streak had to end sometime. However, it seemed unlikely that an opponent with a losing record would be the one to knock off the Sooners. So is the mystery of sports that Louisiana-Lafayette, which brought a 9-12 record into today's game with OU, would do the unthinkable. The final score was 7-5 Ragin' Cajuns, in eight innings, ending the Sooners' win streak at 71 games (box score).
ULL led 4-2 as OU came up in the bottom of the seventh. The Sooners quickly found themselves with two out and a runner on second. Oklahoma had been in precarious spots before during this streak, but always managed to pull through. Lightning struck again today -- for a while at least -- as OU put together two singles (the latter with an ULL error added on) to tie the game (video).
In the past, Oklahoma would have shut ULL down in the top of the eighth and scored the winning run in the bottom half. Not today. A single, OU error, and another single loaded the bases for the Cajuns with none out. This play gave ULL a 5-4 lead. A strikeout and a force at home made it look like the Sooners might limit the damage, but a two-out single gave the Cajuns two insurance runs and a 7-4 lead.
In its half of the eighth, OU got a one-out homer to cut ULL's lead to 7-5. After the second out, an OU single brought the tying run to the plate, but a ground-out ended the game.
A full article from the ULL website is available here.