Texas Longhorns win back-to-back softball championship

The Texas Longhorns softball team secured its second consecutive NCAA championship, sweeping the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the Women’s College World Series finals at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. The Longhorns clinched the title with a 4-1 victory in Game 2 on Thursday, June 4, after winning Game 1 by a score of 7-3 on Wednesday.

Texas became just the fifth Division I program to win back-to-back national titles at the WCWS, and the first to do so in over a decade outside of the University of Oklahoma. The championship series was a rematch of the 2025 finals, where Texas also defeated Texas Tech.

Game 1 was decided early as the Longhorns exploded for five runs in the first inning. Katie Stewart, the SEC Player of the Year, ignited the rally with a leadoff home run. Pitcher Teagan Kavan delivered a complete game, striking out six while allowing three hits and three earned runs to secure the win.

The decisive Game 2 remained a tense, low-scoring affair until the fifth inning. With the score tight, a two-run error by Texas Tech shortstop Hailey Toney allowed Texas to seize a 2-1 lead. The Longhorns never relinquished the advantage. In the top of the seventh inning, Kayden Henry...