Texas Tech Softball Stuns Big 12 Field: Latest Scores, Star Players & How to Watch Live Today

Texas Tech softball is rewriting program history at the 2025 Women’s College World Series, rolling into Monday night’s semifinals unbeaten and brimming with momentum. After a 1-0 opening-round shutout of Ole Miss, the Red Raiders stunned perennial power UCLA 3-1 to move within one win of the championship series, a feat never before accomplished in Lubbock. Fueling the surge is sophomore ace NiJaree Canady, who has ceded just one run on six hits over 14 WCWS innings while striking out 17. Head coach Gerry Glasco revealed this week that his two-way superstar has done it all while nursing a torn hamstring suffered nine weeks ago, an injury that has limited her bullpen work but not her dominance. Glasco himself is carving out rarified air: the first-year skipper is only the sixth coach in NCAA softball history to reach the WCWS semifinals in his debut season, and the first since 2001 to do it with a 2-0 start in Oklahoma City. His aggressive style was on full display when Makayla Garcia’s daring steal of home against UCLA ignited social media and pumped life into a lineup already averaging 6.9 runs over its last 11 contests. Standing between Texas Tech and a spot in the best-of-three finals are the defending national champion Oklahoma Sooners. Although the former Big 12 rivals have owned a 36-game winning streak in the series dating back to 2012, Devon Park has been a fortress for the Red Raiders this season; they’re 5-0 on the neutral site and have outscored opponents 30-1 in those games. Key matchup lines to watch: • Canady (26-3, 1.11 ERA) vs OU’s nation-leading offense (8.4 RPG). • Freshman speedster Mihyia Davis (41 SB) versus catcher Kinzie Hansen’s 51 percent caught-stealing rate. • Timely power from Alana Johnson (18 HR) against an Oklahoma staff that has yet to allow a long ball in Oklahoma City. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. CT on ESPN. If Texas Tech wins, the Red Raiders will play for the school’s fourth team national championship and its first in softball. An Oklahoma victory forces a winner-take-all nightcap immediately afterward. With a record eight Big 12 trophies in 2024-25 already secured across the athletic department, Tech’s hottest team now has a chance to add the biggest prize yet.