OKLAHOMA CITY — For the Glasco family, softball is the lingua franca, the language that connects them.
It anchors Texas Tech coach Gerry Glasco to his daughter Tara Archibald, who is also the program’s associate head coach. And it connects both of them — even now — to Geri Ann, Gerry’s daughter and Tara’s youngest sister, who was killed in a car crash in 2019 at just 24 years old.
“For us, it’s like you can’t go anywhere in the softball community without some sort of tie to Geri Ann.” Tara said.
“Any park I go recruiting at, there’s always some kind of memory that involves G. Then the people, even here.”
Even here, at Devon Park — where Texas Tech will face Texas in the Women’s College World Series finals beginning Wednesday — Tara can still see a teenage Geri Ann running around in the outfield on Gerry’s under-18 squad, competing against the top teams in the nation.
All three of the Glasco girls played softball, and all three played or coached in the WCWS. Tara played at Southern Illinois and was a head coach at Eastern Illinois before joining her dad at Texas Tech this season. Erin played at Notre Dame and Texas A&M, reaching the championship series in 2008.
Geri Ann started her career at Georgia, where Gerry was an assistant coach and Tara was…
