OKLAHOMA CITY — The Texas players stared into the bleachers at Devon Park and raised their arms, simultaneously shouting “Texas” in anticipation of a response.
“Fight!” the remaining fans roared back.
By the time the ballpark broke out into a cacophony of deafening white noise — and near-life-size cutouts of Mia Scott, Reese Atwood, Teagan Kavan, Leighann Goode and just about every Longhorn bounced up and down in the bleachers — many Texas Tech fans had cleared the arena.
The Texas faithful directly behind the team’s bench beckoned everyone and anyone not exiting the stadium to join them in celebrating the 10-4 rout of Texas Tech in Game 3 of the Women’s College World Series final on Friday for the team’s first national title, one that felt like a long time coming after the Longhorns reached the championship stage three times in the last four years.
For coach Mike White, it was his eighth WCWS appearance between his time as coach at both Texas and Oregon.
“You can’t practice being here, you’ve got to be here to do this,” White said. “My journey of eight years has finally paid off. And I’m so proud of these young ladies for helping me achieve that part of my goal, and I look forward to hopefully doing it again.”
THE FINAL OUT 🤘#WCWS x
