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Associated Press
May 31, 2025, 06:43 PM ET
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Kayden Henry and Joley Mitchell deed solo location runs to assistance Texas decision four-time defending nationalist champion Oklahoma 4-2 successful the Women's College World Series connected Saturday.
Texas (53-11) precocious to the semifinals connected Monday and needs conscionable 1 triumph to scope the title bid for the 3rd clip successful 4 years.
Oklahoma (51-8) remains live successful the double-elimination format. The Sooners volition play Oregon successful an elimination crippled connected Sunday.
Oklahoma had defeated Texas successful the title bid 2 of the past 3 years and had won six consecutive games against the Longhorns overall.
Two of Texas pitcher Teagan Kavan's 5 losses this play were against the Sooners. On Saturday, she allowed conscionable 1 earned run, scattered 7 hits and struck retired 8 successful 7 innings to gain the win.
Oklahoma pitcher Sam Landry took the loss. She gave up 3 earned runs and 8 hits successful six innings. Ella Parker and Gabby Garcia each had 2 hits for the Sooners.
Henry's solo changeable down the right-field enactment gave Texas a 3-2 pb successful the fifth.
Oklahoma got a runner to 3rd with 2 outs successful the sixth but did not score. Mitchell's solo blast to near halfway enactment the Longhorns up 4-2 successful the bottommost of the inning.
Oklahoma tried to widen the crippled and had runners connected archetypal and 2nd with 1 out, but Kavan struck retired Garcia and Hannah Coor swinging to extremity the game.
