Women's College World Series live updates: Florida Gators vs. Texas Longhorns
Women's College World Series live updates: Florida Gators vs. Texas Longhorns
Florida softball begins its 2025 College World Series journey on Thursday at noon with a game against fellow SEC powerhouse No. 7 Texas.
There's some history here as the Longhorns eliminated the Gators a year ago to advance to the championship series. This Gators team has new faces, of course, and won the season series against Texas without starting pitcher Keagan Rothrock. Just as in baseball, winning Game 1 of pool play in the College World Series is crucial. It's double elimination during this stage, and having a loss to give means everything with just a handful of games left.
Florida is a very complete team, but it's the power factor that's going to make the difference. The Gators have more than 100 homers as a team, and freshman phenom Taylor Shumaker is one of the young stars of the sport.
As the first pitch gets underway, settle in and follow along with this live blog as it's updated during the game.
What channel is Florida vs Texas on today?
TV Channel: ESPN
Livestream: Fubo (free trial)
Florida vs Texas will be broadcast nationally on ESPN on Thursday, May 29. Streaming options for the game include FUBO, which offers a free trial to new subscribers.
Florida vs Texas time today
Date: Thursday, May 29
Thursday, May 29 Start time: Noon ET
The Florida vs Texas game starts at noon ET at Devon Field in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Thursday, May 29.
WCWS schedule 2025 for Thursday, May 29
Game 1: No. 3 Florida vs. No. 6 Texas | noon | ESPN (Fubo)
No. 3 Florida vs. No. 6 Texas | noon | ESPN (Fubo) Game 2: No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 7 Tennessee | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN (Fubo)
No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 7 Tennessee | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN (Fubo) Game 3: Ole Miss vs. No. 12 Texas Tech | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 (Fubo)
Ole Miss vs. No. 12 Texas Tech | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 (Fubo) Game 4: No. 16 Oregon vs. No. 9 UCLA | 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 (Fubo)
* All times ET
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