Texas and Oklahoma met in another Women’s College World Series showdown on Saturday, and the dramatic matchup lived up to the hype.
Both programs advanced into the winner’s bracket with opening-round wins, with the Sooners walking off Tennessee and the Longhorns shutting out Florida. It set up a rematch of last year’s WCWS Finals, where Oklahoma beat Texas in consecutive games to hoist the title.
With both teams entering Saturday at 1-0 in Oklahoma City, elimination was not on the table. However, the winner would move to within a win of reaching the finals yet again, and the drama lived up to the hype.
The Longhorns struck first this time around, scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st inning. The Sooners would answer right back with 2 of their own in the top of the 2nd to knot the score.
That is where the score stood at the bottom of the 5th when Texas center fielder Kayden Henry stepped to the plate. She jumped all over the first pitch she saw, blasting a line drive home run out of right field to break the 2-all tie.
The solo blast was just Henry’s 4th home run of the season, but is the biggest to
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Teagan Kavan was also masterful for Texas inside the circle. She surrendered just 2 runs (1 earned) in a complete game with 8 strikeouts. Her wizardry also included some late-game escape work.
In the top of the 6th, Oklahoma had the tying run on 3rd base with 1 out, but Kavan was able to get a strikeout and a foul out to end the frame. In the 7th, OU put runners on 1st and 2nd with one out, but Kavan buckled down again, striking out Gabbie Garcia and Hannah Coor to secure the 4-2 win.
The Longhorns entered this game 0-5 vs. Oklahoma in their last 2 trips to the WCWS in 2022 and 2024, but Texas was 9-0 in its WCWS games against non-OU opponents since 2022. Texas had also not beaten the Sooners within the state of Oklahoma in 14 years.
With the win, Texas will now await its opponent in the WCWS semifinals, with that game set to be played on Monday at 12 pm ET. Meanwhile, Oklahoma will play in the rare loser’s bracket for the Sooners, facing Oregon on Sunday night in a do-or-die elimination game.
Texas rides late home runs to WCWS win over Oklahoma Saturday Down South.
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