OKLAHOMA CITY — For the first time in program history, Texas earned a Women’s College World Series victory over Red River rivals Oklahoma on Saturday, downing the four-time defending champion Sooners to secure a place in Monday’s semifinals.
Still unbeaten at the 2025 WCWS, the No. 6-seeded Longhorns (52-11) advance to face either No. 7-seeded Tennessee or the loser of Saturday’s matchup between No. 9-seeded UCLA and No. 12 Texas Tech on Monday (noon ET, ESPN), one win from the program’s third WCWS finals appearances in four years.
Late-inning home runs from Kayden Henry and Joley Mitchell, along with a complete game from sophomore ace Teagan Kavan, were the catalysts behind a 4-2 Texas win that handed No. 2 Oklahoma its earliest WCWS defeat since 2021. As the Sooners now stare down a Sunday elimination game against No. 16 Oregon (7 p.m. ET), the result looms large not only in the broader landscape of this year’s WCWS, but also in the context of the historically lopsided softball rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma.
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