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Texas softball advances to the Women’s College World Series

Texas is off to the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2013!

The third time is the charm for Mike White and Texas softball. After losing back-to-back Super Regional game threes, Texas used excellent pitching and timely hitting to take down Arkansas 3-0.

The Longhorns are off to the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2013.

Freshman pitcher Sophia Simpson gave the best performance of her young career. She escaped jam after jam en route to a complete-game shutout.

Texas broke the 0-0 tie in the fifth inning as shortstop Alyssa Washington smoked a two-RBI double into the right-centerfield gap. The Horns would add one more in the inning to give Simpson some breathing room in the circle.

Arkansas brought the trying run to the plate in the seventh but a flyout to Lauren Burke in left field ended the ballgame.

Texas will take on the winner of UCLA and Duke in Oklahoma City next week.

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Texas softball will play Oklahoma State in decisive Game 3 on Sunday for WCWS trip

After a 4-2 win on Saturday, Texas softball forced a decisive Game 3 on Sunday against the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

In the Stillwater Super Regional on Saturday, Texas’ Shea O’Leary pitched a full game to lift the Longhorns over the Oklahoma State Cowboys 4-2. It was the first time that Texas was able to defeat Oklahoma State this season.

It extended the series to a deciding third game on Sunday with a berth in the Women’s College World Series on the line. Oklahoma State will start ace pitcher Carrie Eberle, while Texas will again have O’Leary on the mound.

“Momentum’s something in this game and we created some momentum today. We’ll keep that going through tomorrow and we’ll have to make sure it’s a dogfight tomorrow. But I’m sure OSU’s gonna come out and fight us hard. We know that,” Texas head coach Mike White stated at the conclusion of the game on Saturday.

Texas’ junior catcher Mary Iakopo hit a clutch two-run home run in the sixth inning on Saturday to take control of the game. It was her 16th homer, which moved her into a tie with Lindsey Stephens (2014) for the most in a single season in school history.

Here’s how to tune in to the crucial Game 3 matchup between Texas and Oklahoma State on Sunday:

When

Sunday, May 30 at 3:15 p.m. CST

Where

Stillwater, Oklahoma

How to watch

ESPN

How to listen

105.3 FM

When, where, how to watch Texas softball in the super regionals

Here’s how to tune in to watch the Texas Longhorns battle Oklahoma State in the 2021 NCAA softball super regionals.

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No. 11 Texas softball narrowly scraped past No. 10 Oregon in the NCAA Austin regionals last weekend.

After a roughly five hour delay due to weather, the Longhorns and the Ducks took it to extra innings on Sunday night. Oregon eventually won 3-2 off of a walk-off single from Terra McGowan in the eighth inning.

Game two, which began at approximately 11:20 p.m. CST, was an intense defensive battle that Texas fortunately closed out by a score of 1-0. Next, the Longhorns will face No. 7 Oklahoma State in the super regionals. The two programs have met four times this season, where Oklahoma State has won every game.

What began with 64 teams is now down to 16. Here’s how to tune in to Texas vs. Oklahoma State in the super regionals:

When

Friday, May 28 (4 p.m. CT)

Saturday, May 29 (3 p.m. CT)

Sunday, May 30 (5 p.m. CT) — if necessary

Where

Stillwater, Oklahoma

How to watch

ESPN2 (Friday), ESPN (Saturday), ESPNU (Sunday)

How to listen

105.3 FM