OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 Oklahoma’s run of four straight Women’s College World Series titles ended when Lauren Allred’s walk-off sacrifice fly gave Texas Tech a 3-2 victory in the semifinals on Monday night.<\/p>\n
Coach Patty Gasso’s Sooners (52-9) were down to their last strike in the top of the seventh inning when Abigale Dayton summoned a bit of magic, hitting a tying two-run homer<\/a> against Red Raiders ace NiJaree Canady. It was just her third longball of the season.<\/p>\n But the Red Raiders (53-12) responded quickly in the bottom half. Mihyia Davis singled with one out and Hailey Toney followed with a double. Allred hit a flyball to right field<\/a> and Sydney Barker’s throw to the plate was wide, allowing Davis to score easily.<\/p>\n Texas Tech, in its first trip to the WCWS, will play Texas in the best-of-three championship series starting Wednesday. The Longhorns reached the finals for the third time in the past four years. They lost to Oklahoma in 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n Oklahoma had won nine straight elimination games.<\/p>\n Canady lost the shutout but got the win. She is the two-time reigning National Fastpitch Coaches Association Pitcher of the Year and was the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year last season.<\/p>\n Formerly with Stanford, Canady signed a name, image and likeness deal worth more than $1 million to go to Texas Tech.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n