WCWS championship live updates: Texas vs. Texas Tech. Game 3 score, schedule and today's latest news
Hello, softball fans. Welcome to The Athletic 's live coverage of the Women's College World Series championship matchup. Texas won Game 1. Texas Tech won Game 2. So we have a deciding Game 3 tonight, and one of these two teams will claim its program's first-ever national championship.
Follow along with our coverage from Oklahoma City.
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