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FinalSemifinal · Game 13
Monday, June 1 · Devon Park · OKC
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#11 Seed
Texas Tech
5Win
8 Hits
Final
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#1 Seed
Alabama
4
10 Hits

Recap

Texas Tech refused to go home. Mia Williams led off the bottom of the seventh with a walk-off home run to left-center, and the No. 11 Red Raiders stunned No. 1 overall seed Alabama 5-4 to force a winner-take-all deciding game. Tech out-homered the Tide to stay alive: Lauren Allred's solo shot and Hailey Toney's RBI double put the Red Raiders up 2-1 in the third, and after Marlie Giles answered with a solo homer in the fourth, Taylor Pannell's two-run blast in the fifth made it 4-2. Alabama wasn't done — Jena Young crushed a two-run homer in the top of the seventh to tie it 4-4 — but Williams ended it one half-inning later. The pitching was a two-way scramble: Kaitlyn Terry started and closed while ace NiJaree Canady bridged the middle with four strikeouts across two scoreless innings, and freshman Vic Moten took the loss in relief of SEC Pitcher of the Year Jocelyn Briski. Alabama actually out-hit Texas Tech 10-8, but five Red Raider runs on the long ball were enough. The same two teams meet again tonight for the right to face defending champion Texas in the championship series.

Home RunsMia Williams (Texas Tech)Taylor Pannell (Texas Tech)Lauren Allred (Texas Tech)Marlie Giles (Alabama)Jena Young (Alabama)

Box Score

Verified · Official NCAA box score
Pitching — Texas Tech
PitcherIPHRERBBK
Kaitlyn Terry(W)Started and closed around Canady; survived Young's tying HR before the walk-off5.084413
NiJaree CanadyFour K in a scoreless relief bridge2.020004
Pitching — Alabama
PitcherIPHRERBBK
Jocelyn BriskiStruck out the side in the 1st3.162214
Vic Moten(L)Yielded the Williams walk-off2.223314
Top Bats — Texas Tech
BatterABRHRBI
Mia WilliamsINFHR4111
Taylor PannellOFHR3212
Lauren AllredOFHR3111
Hailey ToneySS3011
Jackie Lis1B3110
Top Bats — Alabama
BatterABRHRBI
Jena Young2BHR4112
Marlie GilesCHR3111
Audrey VandagriffLF2001