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The wait is over. The red reign has ended. College softball now runs through Texas.
Entering this year’s 2025 Women’s College World Series, Texas was tied for the third-most appearances in Oklahoma City without winning a national title. In 2022 and then again in 2024, the Longhorns were denied at the finish line by their Red River rival. Texas beat OU last Saturday, 4-2, to inch closer to the final and put the Sooners on life support in their own backyard. On Wednesday, in the opening game of the championship series, the Longhorns beat Texas Tech to move within 1 win of their first-ever title.
On Friday night, thanks to a fourth-inning grand slam from Mia Scott, the Longhorns beat Texas Tech 10-4 to take the best-of-3 series.
In their eighth appearance at the WCWS, the Longhorns are finally the final team standing.
The win capped a 56-12 season for the Longhorns, officially setting a new program record for victories in a single season. Teagan Kavan pitched a complete game for the Longhorns, striking out 3 while allowing 8 hits and 4 unearned runs.
Kavan was named the Most Outstanding Player after setting a new WCWS record by going 31.2 innings without allowing a single earned run.
Kayden Henry went 3-for-4 at the plate for Texas. Scott’s 4 RBI led all batters. The Longhorns finished with 12 hits in total.
Texas scored 5 runs in the bottom of the first to explode out of the gates and ensure Texas Tech star pitcher NiJaree Canady would have a short stint in the circle.
Reese Atwood hit an RBI single for the first run. Katie Stewart followed that up with another RBI single for a second. Leighann Goode then cranked a 2-out home run to left center to score 3 and cap the inning with a bang. Scott’s grand slam in the bottom of the fourth put the Longhorns up 10-0 going into the fifth and officially put a run-rule on the table.
Kavan didn’t give up a run until the top of the fifth. Texas Tech scored 4, but none of them were earned. To their credit, the Red Raiders battled right to the end. But Texas was too much.
And now, the Longhorns stand alone.
Derek Peterson does a bit of everything, not unlike Taysom Hill. He has covered Oklahoma, Nebraska, the Pac-12, and now delivers CFB-wide content.
