OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s run of 4 straight Girls’s School World Sequence titles ended when Lauren Allred’s walk-off sacrifice fly gave Texas Tech a 3-2 victory within the semifinals on Monday evening.
Coach Patty Gasso’s Sooners (52-9) have been right down to their final strike within the high of the seventh inning when Abigale Dayton summoned a little bit of magic, hitting a tying two-run homer in opposition to Crimson Raiders ace NiJaree Canady. It was simply her third longball of the season.
However the Crimson Raiders (53-12) responded rapidly within the backside half. Mihyia Davis singled with one out and Hailey Toney adopted with a double. Allred hit a flyball to proper area and Sydney Barker’s throw to the plate was huge, permitting Davis to attain simply.
Texas Tech, in its first journey to the WCWS, will play Texas within the best-of-three championship collection beginning Wednesday. The Longhorns reached the finals for the third time prior to now 4 years. They misplaced to Oklahoma in 2022 and 2024.
Oklahoma had received 9 straight elimination video games.
Canady misplaced the shutout however bought the win. She is the two-time reigning Nationwide Fastpitch Coaches Affiliation Pitcher of the 12 months and was the USA Softball Collegiate Participant of the 12 months final season.
Previously with Stanford, Canady signed a reputation, picture and likeness deal price greater than $1 million to go to Texas Tech.