{"id":297594,"date":"2026-05-18T00:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T00:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/297594\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T00:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T00:52:16","slug":"softballs-season-comes-to-a-close-in-ncaa-regional-final-at-texas-tech-ole-miss-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/297594\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball\u2019s Season Comes to a Close in NCAA Regional Final at Texas Tech &#8211; Ole Miss Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LUBBOCK, Texas \u2013 The Ole Miss softball program saw its NCAA Tournament run come to a close, falling 14-2 to No. 3 ranked and 11th-seeded Texas Tech on Sunday afternoon at Tracey Sellers Field.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Rebels (36-26, 6-18 SEC), were powered by another big game from <a href=\"https:\/\/olemisssports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/kennedy-bunker\/6134\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6134\" target=\"_blank\">Kennedy Bunker<\/a>, who tallied a solo home run and a hit-by-pitch. However, the Red Raiders (55-6, 21-3 Big 12) offense proved to be too potent, as the hosts pulled away in the third inning.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAfter a scoreless opening frame, the Red Raiders were the first team to strike, dropping a two-run single into shallow right field to take an early advantage.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe lead ballooned for the hosts, as Texas Tech added eight runs in the top of the third to take a commanding 10-0 lead.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Rebels would not give in, answering for two runs in the bottom of the third inning. Bunker continued her huge NCAA debut with a solo home run to cut the lead to 10-1. A <a href=\"https:\/\/olemisssports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/mackenzie-pickens\/6125\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6125\" target=\"_blank\">Mackenzie Pickens<\/a> walk and <a href=\"https:\/\/olemisssports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/persy-llamas\/6123\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6123\" target=\"_blank\">Persy Llamas<\/a> hit-by-pitch gave the Rebels a further scoring opportunity and <a href=\"https:\/\/olemisssports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/cassie-reasner\/6142\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6142\" target=\"_blank\">Cassie Reasner<\/a> took advantage, driving in another run on an RBI double.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHowever, the Red Raiders offense proved to be too strong, as an additional run in the fourth and three more runs in the fifth put the game away.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nGet rewarded for attending events by joining Rebel Rewards powered by Coca-Cola, the official fan loyalty program of the Ole Miss Rebels. <a href=\"https:\/\/olemisssports.com\/feature\/nextgen-app\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download the Ole Miss Sports mobile app<\/a>, sign up for a Rebel Rewards account, and start earning points immediately that can be redeemed for exclusive prizes and experiences.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFor all Ole Miss softball news and information, go to OleMissSports.com and follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissSoftball, on Facebook at Ole Miss Softball and on Instagram at @olemisssoftball. Also, follow head coach\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/olemisssports.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/coaches\/jamie-trachsel\/666\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Trachsel<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter at @Jamie_Trachsel.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas \u2013 The Ole Miss softball program saw its NCAA Tournament run come to a close, falling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-297594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}