{"id":321756,"date":"2026-06-04T00:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/321756\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:43:16","slug":"texas-showdown-at-womens-college-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/321756\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas showdown at Women&#8217;s College World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Women&#8217;s College World Series begins with Texas showdown<\/p>\n<p>The Women&#8217;s College World Series kicks off Wednesday night with Game 1 between the Texas Longhorns and Texas Tech Red Raiders at Hall of Fame Stadium in Devon Park.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNOW. KOCO FIVE SPORTS.     HERE WE GO. DOWN TO THE FINAL TWO TONIGHT. GETTING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO CROWNING A NATIONAL CHAMPION. WOMEN\u2019S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY. IT\u2019S GOING TO BE FUN. WE\u2019RE LIVE RIGHT NOW INSIDE HALL OF FAME STADIUM THERE AT DAVENPORT. LOOK YOU\u2019RE GOING TO HAVE THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE. GREAT GAME. WE GET READY FOR GAME ONE TONIGHT BETWEEN THE TEXAS LONGHORNS AND TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS. HEY WHAT\u2019S GOING ON? YEAH I\u2019VE GOT THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE THAT\u2019S FOR SURE. A LITTLE BIT OF AN IN-STATE RIVALRY MOVED ACROSS THE OKLAHOMA BORDER RIGHT HERE INTO OKLAHOMA CITY AT DEVIN PARK OF COURSE WITH TEXAS TECH. YOU KNOW THEY\u2019RE LED BY NIGEL KENNEDY IN THE CIRCLE. NOT ONLY IS SHE ONE OF THE BEST PITCHERS IN THE COUNTRY, BUT WITH THE BLEND OF KAITLIN TERRY, THEY BOTH RANK IN THE TOP TEN IN THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO SECURING VICTORIES. COACH JERRY GLASGOW SAYS, YOU KNOW, HE HAS A GREAT TEAM, BUT HE KNOWS WHAT HE\u2019S UP AGAINST. WITH THE REIGNING CHAMPS IN TEXAS. YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT. WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT THEM. THEY\u2019RE A GREAT TEAM. THERE\u2019S A LOT OF THE SAME PLAYERS FROM LAST YEAR. OBVIOUSLY THEY\u2019RE WELL COACHED COACH. HE\u2019S A GREAT COACH. AARON EARLEYWINE IS A GREAT COACH AND THEN COACH Z ZALESKI IS A TREMENDOUS COACH, SO TALENT ALL OVER THE FIELD, ELITE PITCHING. THEY\u2019VE GOT SPEED. THEY\u2019VE GOT SPEED DEFENSE AND PITCHING AND WELL COACHED. TEXAS TECH IS LOOKING FOR THAT FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. BUT TEXAS, ON THE OTHER HAND IS PLAYING IN THEIR THIRD CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES THEY ALSO HAVE A GREAT PITCHER IN THE CIRCLE TONIGHT. DEACON VON IS COMING OFF A TEN STRIKEOUT GAM\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Women&#8217;s College World Series begins with Texas showdown<\/p>\n<p>The Women&#8217;s College World Series kicks off Wednesday night with Game 1 between the Texas Longhorns and Texas Tech Red Raiders at Hall of Fame Stadium in Devon Park.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768522943_758_koco.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"KOCO logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 6:29 PM CDT Jun 3, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.koco.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Women&#8217;s College World Series begins Wednesday night with Game 1 between the Texas Longhorns and Texas Tech Red Raiders at Hall of Fame Stadium inside Devon Park.  &gt;&gt; Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5\u2019s YouTube channel | Sign up for KOCO 5\u2019s Morning NewsletterKOCO 5\u2019s Tessa Dorrell was in Oklahoma City\u2019s Adventure District to cover the games.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Watch the video above to hear more about the matchup.Top HeadlinesJournalist Scott Pelley fired by CBS after \u201960 Minutes\u2019 clash with managementTIMELINE: Showers and thunderstorms bring flash flooding threat, low severe weather risk WednesdayInvestigation underway after car pulled from Oklahoma River60% of the United States is experiencing drought. Here\u2019s where it\u2019s the worstVIDEO: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani repeals bedtime so children can watch the NBA Finals\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tOKLAHOMA CITY \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Women&#8217;s College World Series begins Wednesday night with Game 1 between the Texas Longhorns and Texas Tech Red Raiders at Hall of Fame Stadium inside Devon Park.  <\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koco.com\/article\/get-koco-news-on-the-go-download\/44041628\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download the KOCO 5 app<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KOCO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to KOCO 5\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koco.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for KOCO 5\u2019s Morning Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>KOCO 5\u2019s Tessa Dorrell was in Oklahoma City\u2019s Adventure District to cover the games.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.koco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above to hear more about the matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Top Headlines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s College World Series begins with Texas showdown The Women&#8217;s College World Series kicks off Wednesday night with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[54055,115184,67002,104138,115187,115186,4459,42300,115183,62363,115185,27,29,28,115182,415,8441,7133],"class_list":["post-321756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-app-subscribe","tag-clash","tag-college-world-series","tag-devon-park","tag-fame-stadium","tag-flash-flooding-threat","tag-game","tag-koco","tag-managementtimeline","tag-minutes","tag-shower","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-showdown","tag-texas-tech-red-raiders","tag-thunderstorm","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321756","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=321756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}