Texas Tech ends OU's reign to reach WCWS finals

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Oklahoma's run of 4 consecutive Women's College World Series titles ended erstwhile Lauren Allred's walk-off sacrifice alert gave Texas Tech a 3-2 triumph successful the semifinals connected Monday night.

Coach Patty Gasso's Sooners (52-9) were down to their past onslaught successful the apical of the seventh inning erstwhile Abigale Dayton summoned a spot of magic, hitting a tying two-run homer against Red Raiders ace NiJaree Canady. It was conscionable her 3rd longball of the season.

But the Red Raiders (53-12) responded rapidly successful the bottommost half. Mihyia Davis singled with 1 retired and Hailey Toney followed with a double. Allred deed a flyball to close tract and Sydney Barker's propulsion to the sheet was wide, allowing Davis to people easily.

Texas Tech, successful its archetypal travel to the WCWS, will play Texas successful the best-of-three title series starting Wednesday. The Longhorns reached the finals for the 3rd clip successful the past 4 years. They mislaid to Oklahoma successful 2022 and 2024.

Oklahoma had won 9 consecutive elimination games.

Canady mislaid the shutout but got the win. She is the two-time reigning National Fastpitch Coaches Association Pitcher of the Year and was the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year past season.

Formerly with Stanford, Canady signed a name, representation and likeness woody worth much than $1 million to spell to Texas Tech.