{"id":321688,"date":"2026-06-03T23:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T23:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/321688\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T23:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T23:39:09","slug":"texas-vs-texas-tech-softball-score-live-updates-womens-college-world-series-rematch-features-nijaree-canady-teagan-kavan-on-the-mound-in-game-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/321688\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas vs. Texas Tech softball score, live updates: Women’s College World Series rematch features NiJaree Canady, Teagan Kavan on the mound in Game 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Game 1 of the Women’s College World Series finals will be played Wednesday night \u2014 a rematch of last year’s championship series between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and Texas Longhorns.<\/p>\n

The Longhorns will look to defend last year’s 10-4 title win<\/a> (their first in program history) over the Red Raiders that came down to Game 3, which marked the program’s third consecutive appearance<\/a> in the championship series. They earned the No. 2 overall seed in the tournament behind top-seeded Alabama, despite having defeated them in the SEC championship, staving off elimination with a two-game sweep of Tennessee on Monday to advance to the final.<\/p>\n

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Texas Tech softball continues in search of its first program championship win with college softball’s first seven-figure player<\/a>, NiJaree Canady. She’s coming off her first complete game of the tournament to advance to the championship series, allowing just two hits with six strikeouts over 99 pitches.<\/p>\n

Where to watch Texas Tech vs. Texas softball in Game 1 of WCWS<\/p>\n

WCWS start time: 8 p.m. ET
Location: Devon Park | Oklahoma City
TV channel: ESPN<\/p>\n

Follow along with Yahoo Sports for the latest as Texas Tech and Texas face off in Game 1 of the Women’s College World Series.<\/p>\n

Live4 updatesWed, June 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Jordan Shusterman, Cassandra Negley<\/p>\n

\"KateWed, June 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Kate Magdziuk<\/p>\n

\"CassandraWed, June 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Cassandra Negley<\/p>\n

After LA28, the official Olympics organizing committee, made it official last year it would host softball and canoe slalom halfway across the country, planning began in earnest this week to support a type of true Olympic athlete experience in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n

More than 40 officials from LA28, as well as personnel from USA Softball and the city\u2019s Olympic planning arm, Team OKC, were on site this week to tour the locations. They spent three days at Devon Park from Monday through Wednesday, with a particular interest in how the ballpark operates at full capacity and throughout multiple sessions during the WCWS.<\/p>\n

Read more on why Olympic softball will be held in Oklahoma City in 2028.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"KateWed, June 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Kate Magdziuk<\/p>\n

We’re less than an hour out from first pitch, and Texas Tech is favored to take Game 1 with -130 moneyline odds on DraftKings Sportsbook.<\/p>\n

Texas enters this matchup at +105 moneyline odds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Game 1 of the Women’s College World Series finals will be played Wednesday night \u2014 a rematch of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[56530,32869,27,29,537,28,415],"class_list":["post-321688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-nijaree-canady","tag-program-history","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-tech-red-raiders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321688","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=321688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}