With Oklahoma Dynasty Down, Texas Tech Seeks Big Finish Against Texas

Texas Tech ended Oklahoma’s NCAA softball championship run at four, and there’s more left for the Red Raiders to do in Oklahoma City.

NCAA softballs in a bucket during Game Two of the NCAA Division 1 Softball Championship between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Florida State Seminoles at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City on June 8, 2023. Ian Maule/Getty Images

Texas Tech has one more major step after ousting a dominant Oklahoma softball team from the Women’s College World Series (WCWS) on June 2.

The Red Raiders (53–12) halted a Sooners dynasty that’s one for the ages, and Texas Tech can make it a storybook finish against Texas in the WCWS, a best-of-three series that begins June 4. Texas Tech beat Oklahoma 3–2 with a walk-off RBI sacrifice fly by  sophomore Lauren Allred on Monday to advance to the finals in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma had a 52–9 record going into the game.