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Women's College World Series 2025: How to watch the Texas Tech vs. Texas Championship Finals
If you buy something through a link in this article, we may earn commission. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Mia Scott and the Texas Longhorns softball team are headed to the Women's College World Series here's how to watch every game. () No. 6 Texas will take on No. 12 Texas Tech in the finals of the Women's College World Series this week. The pairing comes after Texas Tech upset last year's champions the No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners, defeating them on Monday night to clinch their spot; the Longhorns earned their spot after ousting No. 7 seed Tennessee. Oklahoma's defeat marks the first time in five seasons that the Sooners will not head to the Championship Finals. All of the action will take place at OGE Energy Field at Devon Park on Oklahoma City this week – here's everything you need to know about how to watch the Women's College World Series Championship Finals. How to watch the 2025 Women's College World Series Championship Finals: Date: June 4-6, 2025 Advertisement Time: 8 p.m. ET TV channel: ESPN, ESPNU Streaming: Hulu + Live TV, DirecTV, ESPN+ When is the Women's College World Series? The 2025 Women's College World Series Finals between Texas and Texas Tech start on June 4 at 8 p.m. ET Game 2 of the best two-out-of-three series will be Thursday, June 5 at 8 p.m., and Game 3, if necessary, will be Friday, June 6. What channel is the Women's College World Series on? You can tune into the Women's College World Series on ESPN and ESPNU. The Championship Series will also be available to stream on ESPN+. Women's College World Series Championship Finals schedule: All times Eastern Advertisement Game 1 (June 4): No. 12 Texas Tech vs. No. 6 Texas, 8 p.m., (ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN+) Game 2 (June 5): No. 12 Texas Tech vs. No. 6 Texas, 8 p.m., (ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN+) Game 3 (June 6): No. 12 Texas Tech vs. No. 6 Texas, 8 p.m., (ESPN, ESPNU, ESPN+)* *if necessary Stream the WCWS on ESPN+ ESPN+ This week you can catch all the Women's College World Series action live on ESPN+. ESPN+ grants you access to tons of events that are simulcast across the suite of ESPN Networks and ABC, as well as exclusive ESPN+ content including live events, fantasy sports tools and premium ESPN+ articles. You can stream ESPN+ through an app on your smart TV, phone, tablet, computer and on $11.99/month at ESPN More ways to watch the Women's College World Series:
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3 days ago
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Scott showing out at 3B
Follow our coverage of the WCWS from Oklahoma City as the six remaining teams chase the softball national title Imagn Images Imagn Images Mia Scott is putting on a defensive showcase at third for Texas. Teagan Kavan is forcing these Gators hitters to swing out of the zone, and somehow, they're still making decent contact, but Scott is gobbling up every hop that comes her way. For as much love as offense gets in Oklahoma City, it's looking like defense may be what wins this first game of the weekend. Imagn Images T6 - Texas 1, Florida 0 Teagan Kavan has her second 1-2-3 inning and continues to keep Florida scoreless. She has limited the Gators to one hit and two walks and has recorded two strikeouts. B5 - Texas 1, Florida 0 Huge strikeout for Keagan Rothrock, who gets Reese Atwood to end the top of the fifth with two runners on. Rothrockhas four strikeouts and has kept the Longhorns in check. Now would be a great time for Reese Atwood to get going for the Longhorns, as both teams have struggled with runners on base. ... But the Longhorns come up short yet again with a runner in scoring position. That's a tough pitch to go down looking on if you're Atwood, but maybe that will give the Gators some momentum heading to the plate. Imagn Images I'm sorry … Did I just hear that right? Florida's Korbe Otis is a competitive go-kart driver?? I'm going to need the broadcast to elaborate more on that. Also cool, Otis is working on her personal statement to apply to medical school — She was the SEC Scholar of the Year. T5 - Texas 1, Florida 0 Gators have their first hit on a single from Korbe Otis, but Teagan Kavan keeps them off the board for the fourth straight inning. She has been impressive through the first four. Imagn Images It's the fourth inning, and Teagan Kavan has picked up her first strikeout of the 2025 WCWS. On the broadcast, Michelle Smith and Jessica Mendoza said the Longhorns ace looked nervous to start this game, but she only looks like she's getting more locked in as this game gets deeper. Texas' Teagan Kavan gets her first strikeout of the day against her 12th batter, Reagan Walsh. Imagn Images With all the players using sliding mitts these days, you don't see many feet-first slides anymore in softball. That slide from Joley Mitchell right there, which now puts runners on third and first for Texas, was a rare exception this tournament. B4 - Texas 1, Florida 0 Somewhat of a risky move by Joley Mitchell heading to third on that ball to Rylee Holtorf at short, as you never want to make the third out of an inning (or the first, for that matter) at third base. Would have been key for Holtorf to get out of the inning by throwing to first there, but Mitchell's confident read on the ball is what got her there. It ends up not mattering, but aggressiveness on the basepaths would come into play in this tight matchup so far. It's back to the circle for Keagan Rothrock in the top of the fourth. On the ESPN broadcast, Florida coach Tim Walton said she's 'thrown a really good game' thus far. 'Defensively, (we're) playing well behind her. I think she's setting a really good tone for us.' Texas still leads 1-0. T4 - Texas 1, Florida Teagan Kavan has been in control through the first three innings. She has held the Gators hitless and has worked around two walks. There's so much talk, understandably, about Oklahoma's dominance within college softball. You've probably heard that the Sooners are going for their fifth consecutive title. Well how about this: There are some former Sooners at the WCWS this week, too, trying to help other teams dethrone the Sooners. Both Florida catcher Jocelyn Erickson and Tennessee catcher Sophia Nugent won national titles with OU earlier in their careers; Erickson in 2023, Nugent in both 2022 and 2023. In the past leaving a dominant program like OU would have seemed unthinkable, but with instant eligibility and name, image and likness money, the transfer portal has become prevalent in every NCAA sport. Nugent will match up with her former team in the second game of the day, when Tennessee takes on OU in the mostly highly anticipated matchup of the first round. Another former Sooners connection in OKC this week: Oregon coach Melyssa Lombardi, who spent 21 seasons in Norman on Patty Gasso's staff, the final 10 as associate head coach. She is an OU alum, too. This is Lombardi's seventh season at Oregon, and the first time she's led the Ducks to the WCWS. Oregon plays former Pac-12 foe UCLA in the final game of the day. B3 - Texas 1, Florida 0 Other than the LONG home run she gave up in the second inning, Keagan Rothrock has been on point in the circle for Florida. She has given up two hits total and has struck out three Longhorns batters. While the Gators don't have anything to show for it yet, the at-bats they're having against Teagan Kavan are getting more and more impressive. Kenleigh Cahalan's line-out to center a pitch after using every inch possible of her bat to foul off a dirty changeup to stay alive shows these Florida batters are locked in. Now they just need to break through. T3 - Texas 1, Florida 0 Impressive start by Texas pitcher Teagan Kavan, who has held the powerful Florida offense hitless through two innings. That's just the start Texas was looking for. Woahhhh what a stroke for fifth-year Joley Mitchell to get the Longhorns on the board. Homers have become a hallmark of the WCWS, and that's the first one of the weekend. You love to see it. T2 - Texas 1, Florida 0 Texas has jumped on top with a no-doubt home run from Joley Mitchell. It's her 15th home run of the season, according to the broadcast, the Longhorns are 39-2 when they score first. Courtesy of Texas Athletics One thing I will be keeping my eye on is Texas ace Teagan Kavan. In the Supers against Clemson, I feel like it was one of the first times on a big stage we saw Kavan really waver. While she's really the Longhorns' workhorse, it'll be key to see how things change if they do at some point have to turn to the bullpen.
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4 days ago
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- New York Times
Rothrock out
Follow our coverage of the WCWS from Oklahoma City as the six remaining teams chase the softball national title Imagn Images Imagn Images Keagan Rothrock is out after five innings, 105 pitches and three runs given up. Ava Brown is now in the circle for the Gators. Imagn Images I say it every year, but every year I really mean it: the tradition of giving the home run balls to the players' parents in the stands gives me chills EVERY time. One of the things that makes these players and personalities in the WCWS so special. BACK-TO-BACK!! The Longhorns are all over Keagan Rothrock now, as Katie Stewart absolutely launches one into the right field bleachers. She drove that outside curve the other way, her first oppo taco of the season. That one got out of here FAST. Again, and again! Back-to-back homers for Texas from Joley Mitchell and Katie Stewart give Texas the three-run lead. Kendra Falby, otherwise known as Kendra Wall-by, is infamous for her home run robberies. But her attempt on Joley Mitchell's second homer of the day was just out of reach. Mitchell is now the first-ever Texas player to have multiple homers in a game at the WCWS. Imagn Images T6 - Texas 2, Florida 0 Joley Mitchell strikes again with a solo home run, and it's 2-0 Longhorns in the top of the sixth. Mitchell has provided all the offense in this game. I love Mia Scott's game. She had some killer defensive plays during the regional and Super Regional, too. I would not feel good hitting a ball toward her. Imagn Images Mia Scott is putting on a defensive showcase at third for Texas. Teagan Kavan is forcing these Gators hitters to swing out of the zone, and somehow, they're still making decent contact, but Scott is gobbling up every hop that comes her way. For as much love as offense gets in Oklahoma City, it's looking like defense may be what wins this first game of the weekend. Imagn Images T6 - Texas 1, Florida 0 Teagan Kavan has her second 1-2-3 inning and continues to keep Florida scoreless. She has limited the Gators to one hit and two walks and has recorded two strikeouts. B5 - Texas 1, Florida 0 Huge strikeout for Keagan Rothrock, who gets Reese Atwood to end the top of the fifth with two runners on. Rothrockhas four strikeouts and has kept the Longhorns in check. Now would be a great time for Reese Atwood to get going for the Longhorns, as both teams have struggled with runners on base. ... But the Longhorns come up short yet again with a runner in scoring position. That's a tough pitch to go down looking on if you're Atwood, but maybe that will give the Gators some momentum heading to the plate. Imagn Images I'm sorry … Did I just hear that right? Florida's Korbe Otis is a competitive go-kart driver?? I'm going to need the broadcast to elaborate more on that. Also cool, Otis is working on her personal statement to apply to medical school — She was the SEC Scholar of the Year. T5 - Texas 1, Florida 0 Gators have their first hit on a single from Korbe Otis, but Teagan Kavan keeps them off the board for the fourth straight inning. She has been impressive through the first four. Imagn Images It's the fourth inning, and Teagan Kavan has picked up her first strikeout of the 2025 WCWS. On the broadcast, Michelle Smith and Jessica Mendoza said the Longhorns ace looked nervous to start this game, but she only looks like she's getting more locked in as this game gets deeper. Texas' Teagan Kavan gets her first strikeout of the day against her 12th batter, Reagan Walsh. Imagn Images With all the players using sliding mitts these days, you don't see many feet-first slides anymore in softball. That slide from Joley Mitchell right there, which now puts runners on third and first for Texas, was a rare exception this tournament. B4 - Texas 1, Florida 0 Somewhat of a risky move by Joley Mitchell heading to third on that ball to Rylee Holtorf at short, as you never want to make the third out of an inning (or the first, for that matter) at third base. Would have been key for Holtorf to get out of the inning by throwing to first there, but Mitchell's confident read on the ball is what got her there. It ends up not mattering, but aggressiveness on the basepaths would come into play in this tight matchup so far. It's back to the circle for Keagan Rothrock in the top of the fourth. On the ESPN broadcast, Florida coach Tim Walton said she's 'thrown a really good game' thus far. 'Defensively, (we're) playing well behind her. I think she's setting a really good tone for us.' Texas still leads 1-0. T4 - Texas 1, Florida Teagan Kavan has been in control through the first three innings. She has held the Gators hitless and has worked around two walks.
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4 days ago
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No. 6 Texas looks for breakthrough against No. 2 Oklahoma in the WCWS
The 2025 Women's College World Series is set to feature a marquee matchup in the first bracket as the No. 6 Texas Longhorns face off against the defending four-time national champions in the No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners on Saturday in Oklahoma City. The Sooners are seeking their fifth straight national title as the Longhorns look for redemption from the 2024 WCWS final as well as a 0-3 sweep in conference at the tail end of the 2025 season. This encounter not only reignites the heated Red River Rivalry but also pits two of the nation's most potent offenses and dominant pitching staffs against each other with fireworks in the making. Advertisement Texas enters the Women's College World Series with a formidable lineup that includes second team All-American senior third baseman Mia Scott, who boasts a .436 batting average and 54 RBIs, as well as standout performers like first team All-American junior Catcher of the Year Reese Atwood (.423 batting average, 17 home runs, and 76 RBIs) and redshirt junior outfielder Ashton Maloney (.429 batting average), making the Longhorns a relentless offensive force. Oklahoma counters with its own heavy hitters. First team All-American sophomore utility Ella Parker has slapped a .418 batting, 15 home runs, and 53 RBIs and with first team All-American sophomore outfielder Kasidi Pickering, batting .409 BA with 18 home runs and 56 RBIs, have been instrumental in the Sooners' success. Their contributions have propelled Oklahoma to a staggering 117 home runs this season, underscoring their offensive depth. On the mound, Texas relies on the arm of the second \team All-American sophomore right-hander Teagan Kavan (2.46 ERA with 213 strikeouts over 182.1 innings). Her consistency and poise have been pivotal in the Longhorns' journey to the WCWS. Supporting her is freshman right-hander Cambria Salmon, boasting a 2.37 ERA, junior right-hander Citlaly Gutierrez slinging a 2.57 ERA, and senior right-hander Mac Morgan tossing a 3.42 ERA, adding depth to Texas' pitching arsenal. Oklahoma's pitching staff is anchored by second team All-American senior right-hander Sam Landry, who has amassed a 24-4 record with a 1.88 ERA and 172 strikeouts in 174.2 innings. Her dominance in the circle provides the Sooners with a significant edge in tight contests by painting the plate with tact and precision with strong pitching stuff to support, like junior left-hander Kierston Deal, who has dealt a 3.45 ERA in 75 innings pitched. Advertisement Defensively, both teams exhibit exceptional fielding prowess. Texas maintains a .972 fielding percentage, with key contributors like Atwood with a wall-like .993 and graduate first baseman Joley Mitchell .989 ensuring stability at first base. Oklahoma, slightly ahead with a .979 fielding percentage, showcases its defensive strength through players like junior infielder Ailana Agbayani, who has a .994 fielding percentage and is a Rawlings Golden Glove winner, and third team All-American honoree freshman infielder Gabbie Garcia, with a fielding percentage of .982. This Red River matchup carries historical significance, as Oklahoma leads the all-time series 64-27, including a sweep in last year's WCWS championship finals. The Longhorns aim to rewrite history, overcome, and assert their ability, while the Sooners seek to continue their legacy of excellence with their seventeenth appearance in the WCWS seeking to add a ninth national championship. As these two titans prepare to clash, fans can anticipate a thrilling contest filled with strategic plays, powerful hits, and masterful pitching where discipline and execution matter most. The outcome will not only determine the SouthEastern Conference dominance, but will give an edge as the journey continues to the WCWS. The Longhorns and the Sooners will add a new chapter to this storied Red River rivalry on Saturday at 2 p.m. Central on ABC. More from
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Women's College World Series: Texas tops Florida in first matchup of the tournament
Women's College World Series: Texas tops Florida in first matchup of the tournament The No. 6 seed Texas Longhorns defeated the No. 3 seed Florida Gators, 3-0, to open the Women's College World Series on Thursday in Oklahoma City. First baseman Joley Mitchell led the way for the Longhorns with two home runs, going back-to-back with third baseman Mia Scott in the sixth inning. Advertisement Leading up to the WCWS, Mitchell hit 14 home runs with 60 RBI, ranking third among Longhorns batters in both categories. This story will be updated throughout the day.
