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ARTICLE VIEW:
Texas routs Texas Tech to secure first Women’s College World Series
title in program history
By Jacob Lev, CNN
Updated:
11:49 PM EDT, Fri June 6, 2025
Source: CNN
The Texas Longhorns won the Women’s College World Series in dominant
fashion, blowing out Texas Tech 10-4 in Friday’s winner-take-all Game
3 to clinch the program’s first-ever national championship in
softball.
Despite Red Raiders superstar pitcher NiJaree Canady returning to the
pitcher’s mound after her complete-game win on Thursday, the
Longhorns did not back down from the challenge to face one of
softball’s best players.
Texas lit up the junior righthander, scoring five runs in the first
inning, knocking the 21-year-old, two-time first team All-American out
of the game early.
A dejected Canady, who made national headlines earlier on Friday, after
signing a second $1 million-plus NIL deal to keep her in Lubbock,
Texas, for her senior year, according to the Associated Press, allowed
the most runs in an inning in her illustrious career that started at
Stanford.
After left fielder Katie Stewart added another Texas run to extend the
lead to 6-0 in the third inning, it was third baseman Mia Scott who
made the biggest name for herself.
In the fourth inning, the senior mashed a grand slam to break the game
open with a 10-0 lead.
Scott garnered the respect of Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback and
Texas Tech alum Patrick Mahomes, who was at Devon Park in Oklahoma City
watching his alma mater along with his wife, Brittany.
Like Mahomes has done many times in his career, the Red Raiders put
forth a valid effort to get back into the game.
Tech scored three runs in the fifth inning while adding another in the
seventh inning, but it proved to be too little, too late after
Longhorns starting pitcher Teagan Kavan got Lauren Allred to ground out
to seal the victory.
Texas players rushed the mound to embrace Kavan, who threw a masterful
complete game, striking out three and allowing eight hits.
The sophomore said being able to get the final out for the team
“meant the world.”
“I’m so happy for this team,” Kavan told the ESPN broadcast.
“We did it. First Natty. Let’s go! My grandma, the last thing she
told my brother – one of the last things was to bring home a victory
and we did that for her.”
Texas head coach Mike White said that it was “surreal” to finally
be lifting the trophy after coming to the school ahead of the 2019
season.
“I can’t believe its happened. … For us to come out on top
tonight – we’re so close to being knocked out. I am speechless to
tell you the truth. It doesn’t happen very often. But I am so proud
of our ladies.”
Texas had lost to Oklahoma in the championship series two of the last
three years. The Sooners, who were looking to win their fifth straight
title, were defeated by the Longhorns earlier in the tournament.
White added that “in order to be the best, you got to beat the
best” while calling Canady “tough and special.”
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