Oklahoma's four-year run as Women's College World Series champ ends with Texas Tech walkoff win
The Texas Tech Red Raiders' historic run continues ✨
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference)
Texas Tech, in its first trip to the WCWS, will play Texas in the best-of-three championship series starting Wednesday. The Longhorns reached the finals for the third time in the past four years. They lost to Oklahoma in 2022 and 2024.
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Oklahoma had won nine straight elimination games.
Canady lost the shutout but got the win. She is the two-time reigning National Fastpitch Coaches Association Pitcher of the Year and was the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year last season.
Formerly with Stanford, Canady signed a name, image and likeness deal worth more than $1 million to go to Texas Tech.
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