WCWS, Texas and Tennessee
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No. 12 Texas Tech earned its first ever WCWS appearance, Ole Miss was the lone unseeded team to make the final eight, and No. 6 Texas, No. 7 Tennessee and No. 9 UCLA fought back from Game 1 losses in super regionals to advance.
Ace Karlyn Pickens and the seventh-seeded Tennessee Lady Vols face the ninth-seeded UCLA Bruins in the Women's College World Series elimination game Sunday at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. The winner of the Tennessee-UCLA game will play Texas in the semifinals Monday.
The Ducks coach, who is one month away from entering a contract year, is focused on sustaining the success and continuing to build the program off the best season of her tenure.
Laura Mealer drives in three runs, including the game-winner on a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning, as the 7-seed Lady Volunteers eliminate the 9-seed Bruins, 5-4.
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Back in March, Karlyn Pickens, Sophia Nugent and the Vols handed the Sooners their only home losses at Love’s Field this season. Parker didn’t seem fazed being behind 2-0. The sophomore slugger stepped up in the bottom of the first and ripped a 76 mile per hour pitch int…
Why did Megan Grant's home run count against Tennessee in the WCWS? Here's why the call was upheld as called, despite her missing home plate:
UCLA likes to have fun. And seemingly no program is having more of it during the opening weekend of the 2025 WCWS than the No. 9-seeded Bruins, who return Sunday for an elimination game against No. 7-seeded Tennessee ( 3 p.m. ET, ABC) following a 3-1 loss to No. 12 Texas Tech on Saturday.
UCLA softball escaped an extremely painful loss on Sunday in the Women’s College World Series thanks to a rules technicality that worked in their favor. The drama unfolded in the top of the seventh inning—the final regulation inning of college softball—with the Bruins trailing by two runs and facing potential elimination.