{"id":305444,"date":"2026-05-23T02:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T02:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305444\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T02:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T02:42:16","slug":"texas-vs-arizona-state-softball-live-updates-as-asu-leads-in-game-1-of-ncaa-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305444\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas vs Arizona State softball: Live updates as ASU leads in Game 1 of NCAA Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas softball<\/a>, the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, opens a best-of-three Austin Super Regional series<\/a> Friday at McCombs Field against Arizona State<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The No. 6 Longhorns (45-10) enter their sixth consecutive super regional on a hot streak after winning all six of their postseason games, which includes three straight victories while winning the SEC Tournament<\/a> and three wins in last week\u2019s Austin Regional<\/a>. But No. 19 Arizona State (44-16) is playing at the same temperature; the Sun Devils beat Texas Tech for the Big 12 title and won three games at the College Station Regional, including two over host Texas A&M<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The winner of the Austin Super Regional Series advances to the Women\u2019s College World Series next week in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n

Read below for live scores and updates Friday as the Texas Longhorns<\/a> face Arizona State Sun Devils in Game 1 of the Austin Super Regional of the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

MORE: Battle-tested Texas softball stays hungry after latest NCAA regional win | Golden<\/a><\/p>\n

MORE: Texas softball, ASU both have momentum going into super regional weekend<\/a><\/p>\n

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Texas Longhorns infielder Leighann Goode (43) throws the ball to first during the NCAA Softball Championship Regional final against Baylor at Red & Charline McCombs Field on Sunday, May 17, 2026 in Austin. (Aaron E. Martinez\/Austin American-Statesman)<\/p>\n

ASU gets its fourth hit\u00a0of the game from Yannixa Acuna, but 2B Leighann Goode gets Acuna at second on a brilliant defensive play for the third out. Goode dives to her right and flips the ball to SS\u00a0Vivi Martinez while laying on the ground. Goode has enjoyed a brilliant senior season with the glove.<\/p>\n

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For the third straight inning, Texas get its leadoff runner on after Ashton Maloney laces a single up the middle. Maloney reaches third on a single by Vivi Martinez, but Reese Atwood lines a sharply hit ball right to CF Kaylee Pond. Three hits for each team, but that error by Texas last frame is the difference.<\/p>\n

The first mistake by either teams proves big. Tiare Ho-Ching, the No. 9 hitter for ASU, leads off with a single and reaches second on a throwing error to first by Texas pitcher Teagan Kavan. She eventually comes around to score on a two-out single by catcher\u00a0Samantha Swan, a local product from Georgetown High School.<\/p>\n

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Texas 2B Leighann Goode leads off with a walk and gives a little OU-style bat throw to celebrate. She advances to third after a fielder’s choice and a stolen base, but ASU starter Kenzie Brown fans Jaycie Nichols to end the inning. Each team has one hit so far in a pitcher’s duel.<\/p>\n

Ashleigh Mejia rips a two-out double\u00a0into the right center gap for ASU’s first hit and promptly steals third. But Teagan Kavna gets her third K of the game and the third out of the inning by fanning Brooklyn Ulrich.<\/p>\n

Kayden Henry leads off with an infield single for Texas, but ASU starter Kenzie Brown strands her at first. One hit for the Longhorns.<\/p>\n

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Eleven pitches and three outs for Texas starter Teagan Kavan, including two strikeouts. An efficient start for the Texas ace.<\/p>\n

Texas starter Teagan Kavan throws a strike to Tanya Windle, and we’re off at McCombs Field.<\/p>\n

Game 1 features a matchup between two of the top pitchers in the college game. Arizona State’s Kenzie Brown, a graduate right-hander who was recently the 15th overall pick in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League collegiate draft,\u00a0has anchored the Sun Devils’ staff since joining the program for the 2022-23 season after one year at Tulsa. This season she boasts a 17-6 record and a 2.23 ERA and ranks fourth in the nation in strikeouts with 246 over 153\u2154 innings.<\/p>\n

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Texas ace Teagan Kavan, a junior who earned MVP honors at last season’s Women’s College World Series, is 23-4 with a 2.57 and 1.12 WHIP and 215 strikeouts in 174\u2153 innings. She’s thrown two consecutive complete-game shutouts in the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

Texas<\/p>\n

Spot<\/p>\n

Pos<\/p>\n

# Player<\/p>\n

Bats<\/p>\n

Avg<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

cf<\/p>\n

21 Kayden Henry<\/p>\n

L<\/p>\n

.410<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

1b<\/p>\n

20 Katie Stewart<\/p>\n

R<\/p>\n

.437<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

ss<\/p>\n

23 Viviana Martinez<\/p>\n

L<\/p>\n

.387<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

c<\/p>\n

14 Reese Atwood<\/p>\n

R<\/p>\n

.353<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

2b<\/p>\n

43 Leighann Goode<\/p>\n

R<\/p>\n

.375<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

dp<\/p>\n

13 Hannah Wells<\/p>\n

R<\/p>\n

.296<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

lf<\/p>\n

9 Alisa Sneed<\/p>\n

R<\/p>\n

.260<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

3b<\/p>\n

24 Jaycie Nichols<\/p>\n

R<\/p>\n

.339<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

rf<\/p>\n

7 Ashton Maloney<\/p>\n

L<\/p>\n

.300<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

p<\/p>\n

17 Teagan Kavan<\/p>\n

R<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Arizona State<\/p>\n

Spot<\/p>\n

Pos<\/p>\n

# Player<\/p>\n

Bats<\/p>\n

Avg<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

dp<\/p>\n

44 Tanya Windle<\/p>\n

L<\/p>\n

.398<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

cf<\/p>\n

42 Kaylee Pond<\/p>\n

R<\/p>\n

.348<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

c<\/p>\n

32 Samantha Swan<\/p>\n

R<\/p>\n

.382<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

3b<\/p>\n

17 Emily Schepp<\/p>\n

R<\/p>\n

.360<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

1b<\/p>\n

12 Katie Chester<\/p>\n

R<\/p>\n

.351<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

rf<\/p>\n

24 Ashleigh Mejia<\/p>\n

L<\/p>\n

.326<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

lf<\/p>\n

21 Yannixa Acuna<\/p>\n

L<\/p>\n

.294<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

ss<\/p>\n

49 Brooklyn Ulrich<\/p>\n

R<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

2b<\/p>\n

18 Tiare Ho-Ching<\/p>\n

R<\/p>\n

.259<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

p<\/p>\n

10 Kenzie Brown<\/p>\n

R<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Mike White may always advance out of regionals<\/a>, but he’s also never won a Game 1 in a Super Regional series in his seven years at Texas. In the past two seasons, the Longhorns dropped the first game in a best-of-three series to Texas A&M in 2024 and Clemson in 2025 before advancing to the Women’s College World Series.<\/p>\n

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When:\u00a08:0 p.m. Friday<\/p>\n

Where: McCombs Field, Austin<\/p>\n

TV\/radio: ESPN2; texaslonghorns.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas softball, the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, opens a best-of-three Austin Super Regional series…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8147,110684,106674,84350,2470,3112,56161,27,29,537,28,1769],"class_list":["post-305444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-arizona-state","tag-austin-regional","tag-college-station-regional","tag-leighann-goode","tag-longhorns","tag-ncaa-tournament","tag-teagan-kavan","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305444","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=305444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}