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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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Arkansas tops Texas softball 7-1 in game one of the Super Regional

No. 4 Arkansas proved too much for Texas in game one of the Super Regionals.

No. 4 Arkansas proved too much for Texas in game one of the Super Regionals. The Hogs move one game away from the 2022 Women’s College World Series with the 7-1 victory over the Longhorns.

Texas’ Hailey Dolcini and Arkansas’ Chenise Delce took a 0-0 pitchers duel into the fifth inning. The Arkansas bats finally got to Dolcini and exploded for seven runs in the final two frames of the game. Hannah Gammill brought in the game’s first run and the Hogs never looked back.

Texas loaded the bases in both the fifth and seventh innings but only pushed across one run, falling 7-1.

The loss marked the third straight season Texas has dropped game one of a Super Regional.

Game two will take place tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. on ESPN 2. Texas needs a win to fight off elimination and force a winner-take-all game three.

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5 takeaways from the Oklahoma Sooners 3-0 weekend in the Norman Regional

The Oklahoma Sooners were excellent in their three-game sweep in the Norman regional and here are five takeaways from the weekend.

The Oklahoma Sooners have made a habit of advancing to the super regionals of the NCAA tournament. This will be their 12th straight appearance when they take on the UCF Knights in Norman next weekend.

The Sooners were incredible in their three games against Prairie View A&M and Texas A&M, outscoring their opponents 37-2 in the three games, which included two run-rule victories and two shutouts.

The only blemish to what could have been a perfect weekend was a two-run home run in the sixth inning from Aggies star catcher Haley Lee that brought the game within one. But Hope Trautwein provided little hope after that and kept the Aggies at bay to pick up the win on Saturday.

Marita Hynes Field was rocking once again as the Sooners put on a show all weekend in front of the home crowd. Before setting the stage for the Sooners showdown with UCF, let’s take a look at five takeaways from Oklahoma’s incredible weekend in the Norman regional.

Texas will travel to Seattle for NCAA Softball regional

Mike White’s squad will open the tournament against Weber State on Friday.

Texas softball (38-17) is set for a regional trip to Seattle for the 2022 NCAA tournament, making the 17th consecutive postseason bid for the Longhorns. Texas just missed the cut to host a regional for the third straight season.

Mike White’s squad will open the tournament against Weber State on Friday. The regional is hosted by the No. 13 seeded Washington Huskies who will take on Lehigh in game No. 2 of the regional.

Texas is looking for its first trip to the Women’s College World Series since 2013. The Longhorns have been one win away from a return trip to Oklahoma City in back-to-back tournaments.

The winner of the Seattle regional will take on the winner of the Fayetteville Regional in the super regionals.

Here is a full look at the 2022 NCAA softball bracket.

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Nebraska learns opening round opponent in NCAA Softball Tournament

Nebraska’s journey to the Softball College World Series begins with a trip to Stillwater, Oklahoma.

On Sunday evening, the Nebraska Softball team learned their destination for the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers will participate in the Oklahoma State Regional in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to begin their journey to the College World Series. Nebraska will share its quad with Oklahoma State, Fordham, and North Texas. The Huskers (40-14) will take on the winner of the Conference USA tournament winner the North Texas Mean Green (40-14). Seventh-ranked Oklahoma State will play Fordham in the other regional pairing.

Regional play will occur on 16 collegiate campuses from May 20-22. Regional play is a four-team, double-elimination tournament with the 16 winners advancing to the Super regionals. The super regionals will occur from May 26-29, in which the 16 teams will play eight separate best of three series. The super-regional winners will advance to the NCAA College World Series from June 2-10 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Huskers last made the College World Series in 2013.

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