Texas finished the comeback. Hours after closing out Game 11, Teagan Kavan went back to the circle and blanked Tennessee on two hits with six strikeouts, sending the No. 2 Longhorns past the No. 7 Vols 4-0 in the winner-take-all semifinal and into their third straight championship series. Texas manufactured everything it needed with small ball in the third: Jaycie Nichols and Kayden Henry opened with back-to-back infield singles, Viviana Martinez beat out a third infield hit to score Nichols, and Henry stole home on a delayed steal for a 2-0 lead before Reese Atwood doubled off the wall to plate Martinez. Katie Stewart led off the fourth with a solo home run — her second long ball in as many days — for the 4-0 final. Karlyn Pickens took the loss for Tennessee, which had opened the World Series by stunning the defending champions but needed just one win in the rematch and could not get it; Texas instead swept the same-day doubleheader to reach the final.