Texas has gained a second consecutive Women’s College World Series national championship. This 12 months, Texas Tech couldn’t drive a decisive Game 3, dropping 2-1 on Thursday evening at Devon Park.
Red Raiders star pitcher NiJaree Canady was in management and able to end a scoreless fifth inning. But a groundball by the Longhorns’ Viviana Martinez was fielded by Texas Tech shortstop Hailey Toney and her throw to 3rd base sailed broad to the left. That allowed two runs to attain, placing Texas forward 2-1.
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Canady couldn’t cease the Longhorns from including to their lead in the highest of the seventh, giving up a house run to Kayden Henry and an RBI single to Leighann Goode.
Texas pitcher Teagan Kavan, who entered the sport in the sixth, already regarded unhittable with a one-run lead. With a three-run cushion in the seventh, she was unbeatable, retiring the Red Raiders in order to shut out the Longhorns’ second straight title win.
Follow alongside with Yahoo Sports’ reside updates for the Texas Longhorns’ Game 2 victory and a second straight Women’s College World Series title.
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Ian Casselberry
No. 2 Texas 4, No. 11 Texas Tech 1 (seventh inning)
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Cassandra Negley
I voted Teagan Kavan MOP a few innings in the past when our ballots had been due. That five-strikeout efficiency to seal a repeat championship is an unbelievable efficiency for a participant writing an all-time legendary WCWS story. She has yet one more 12 months of eligibility.
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Cassandra Negley
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Cassandra Negley
Another Okay for Kavan. One extra out to complete off.
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Cassandra Negley
It’s a 6-3 to begin the inning, and the primary non-Okay of Kavan’s evening. She struck out the facet in the sixth.
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Ian Casselberry
The Longhorns add to their lead with Leighann Goode hitting a line drive to proper discipline that Lauren Allred can’t get to. That scores pinch-runner Alisa Sneed for a 4-1 Texas lead.
There continues to be just one out in the highest of the seventh.
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Cassandra Negley
Other than the semifinal full sport the opposite day, NiJaree Canady hasn’t had the very best season. She simply didn’t have her greatest stuff, and Texas Tech wanted that from her to get this completed. They introduced Kaitlyn Terry in to be a strain valve … Canady by no means had sufficient strain rolling by way of the pipe.
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Cassandra Negley
The wheels have come all the best way off and into the ditch for Texas Tech.
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Ian Casselberry
Texas will get an important extra run in the highest of the seventh with a Kayden Henry leadoff house run off NiJaree Canady.
The Longhorns now lead 3-1.
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Cassandra Negley
Welp, Halleman can’t get to it if it’s in the bleachers.
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Cassandra Negley
Teagan Kavan put Hailey Toney right into a deep freeze I haven’t seen since a stretch of negative-temp days in January.
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Ian Casselberry
What a weapon for Texas coach Mike White to carry in with Teagan Kavan. She strikes out the facet in the underside of the sixth to carry the Longhorns’ 2-1 lead.
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Ian Casselberry
Teagan Kavan has taken the circle for the Longhorns in the underside of the sixth inning.
This is her seventh look of the Women’s College World Series. She’s allowed one earned run in 17 innings of reduction.
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Cassandra Negley
Teagan Kavan is in the circle for the sixth. What an unbelievable ambiance right here at Devon Park in what might be the ultimate innings of the 2026 Women’s College World Series. Fans turned their telephone lights on in the nightfall. “Choosin’ Texas” by Ella Langley performed because the winner of the fan vote.
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Ian Casselberry
Logan Halleman makes one other nice catch in left discipline for Texas Tech, operating again towards the wall to snare a line drive from Kaiah Altmeyer.
She saved one other run for the Red Raiders. Had that ball landed in the hole or hit the wall, Hannah Wells virtually definitely would have scored one other run for Texas.
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Cassandra Negley
Tech’s Logan Halleman is enjoying a heck of a sport in left discipline. She robs Altmeyer close to the wall, forcing Wells to retreat to first. That may have been a significant enhance for Texas. Instead, Tech is out of the inning unscathed. It’s removed from over.
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Cassandra Negley
Citlaly Gutierrez, my apologies, I didn’t know your sport. Mike White praised her fairly a number of occasions this week, telling reporters that she’s had nice outings lately. Her work in the circle is huge towards one of many highest powered offenses in Oklahoma City.
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Ian Casselberry
Citlaly Gutierrez makes Texas’ 2-1 lead rise up, retiring Texas Tech in order in the course of the backside of the fifth inning.
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Ian Casselberry
Just because it regarded like Texas Tech may get out of the fifth inning with no runs allowed, Texas scores two runs to take the lead.
Viviana Martinez hit a floor ball to shortstop, however Hailey Toney threw the ball broad of Taylor Pannell at third base. Ashton Maloney and Jaycie Nichols rating on the error to place Texas forward.
And as Cassandra Negley simply posted, Teagan Kavan simply went to the bullpen to heat up for the Longhorns.
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Cassandra Negley
Texas pitcher Teagan Kavan is operating out to the bullpen. Exactly what Mike White wished: a lead, put in his All-American ace to shut it. Will she come in for the fifth? Kavan can cement an unbelievable WCWS legacy right here and she or he’s nonetheless a junior.
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Ian Casselberry
Logan Halleman makes a leaping catch in left discipline that seemingly saved two runs for Texas Tech.
Halleman took over in left with Kaitlyn Terry going to the bullpen to heat up. With runners on first and second, Kayden Henry hit a line drive to left by Halleman snared it and did a little bit shimmy after making an incredible play.
