One piece of the Women’s College World Series puzzle is now in place with Texas Tech advancing to Oklahoma City on Friday. The Red Raiders punched their ticket with a clean sweep of Florida State in the Tallahassee Super Regional.
Despite hosting the best 2 out of 3 series as the No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament, FSU dropped the opening game of the Super Regional on Thursday. The Seminoles managed just 2 hits in the opener as Texas Tech’s Nijaree Canady went the distance in the 3-0 win.
Down to an elimination game on Friday, FSU was similarly stifled with just 2 hits and 0 walks across the first 6 innings of the game. On the flip side, Texas Tech was able to scrape across 2 runs with a 1st inning sacrifice fly and a 5th inning RBI single.
That left Texas Tech clinging to a 2-0 lead in the top of the 7th. The Seminoles would get a walk and double to start the inning and get the tying run in scoring position, but Canady locked down after that.
The Red Raiders’ ace would allow one run on an RBI groundout, but the final 2 batters for FSU fouled out to end the game. The 2-1 win sends Texas Tech to its first-ever Women’s College World Series appearance, and the Red Raiders become the first team to punch its ticket this year.
Here’s how the final out played out:
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY, @TexasTechSB IS HEADED TO THE #WCWS! ?#RoadToWCWS x ? ESPN2 pic.twitter.com/LIPdm2jBrQ
— NCAA Softball (@NCAASoftball) May 23, 2025The star in both games was undeniably Canady, the 2-way star for Texas Tech. She was 1-for-2 at the plate in Game 1, scoring a run and driving in another in the 3-0 win.
However, the true magic for Canady came in the circle, where she twirled 14 innings in 2 complete-game gems for the Red Raiders. In total, Canady held FSU to a 5-for-47 mark across both games, a .106 batting average for the Seminoles.
Now, Texas Tech awaits the rest of the country in the WCWS, set to begin on May 29.
Texas Tech knocks off Florida State in Super Regionals to reach WCWS Saturday Down South.
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