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Texas softball is advancing to the Women’s College World Series championship series for the second time in three years.
And the No. 1 seeded Longhorns did it by playing small ball.
Beginning the seventh inning with back-to-back hits from Alyssa Washington and Joley Mitchell, Texas had its best opportunity of the night to bring across the winning run with runners on second and third with no outs.
Stanford catcher Aly Kaneshiro fielded Mitchell’s bunt right in front of the base and put Washington into a rundown, as Kaneshiro did not throw it to first. Kaneshiro would dance Washington back to third briefly before Washington took off for home, where she beat the tag from Stanford first baseman Ava Gall sliding in from the backside of home plate.
Freshman pitcher Teagan Kavan tossed her second one-hit complete game of the WCWS Monday, going pitch for pitch with Stanford pitching phenom NiJaree Canady. The West Des Moines, Iowa native struck out seven across seven innings while only giving up one hit and a walk.
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Texas will now wait to learn its opponent as No. 4 Florida forced a winner-take-all game in the WCWS semifinals with No. 2 Oklahoma as the Gators came out on top 9-3 earlier Tuesday.
With that, follow along for a recap of scores, updates and highlights of Texas’ 1-0 win over Stanford in the WCWS semifinals:
