OKLAHOMA CITY – Texas Softball (53-12) has won back-to-back NCAA Women’s College World Series (WCWS) National Championships after defeating No. 6 Texas Tech, 4-1, in game two of the WCWS Championship Series Thursday night at Devon Park.

The Longhorns repeated as national champions after winning the program’s first-ever WCWS National Title in 2025. Texas Softball now has two NCAA crowns. Texas becomes the fifth team in WCWS history to lose their opener in Oklahoma City and go on to lift the trophy.

Junior RHP Teagan Kavan became the first two-time Most Outstanding Player in history after earning those honors for the second-straight year. Junior first baseman Katie Stewart joined Kavan on the 12-person WCWS All-Tournament Team.

Kavan and pitching coach Pattie Ruth Taylor, a Russellville native, arrived to the Longhorns program in the same season, and the pair have appeared in three straight WCWS finals, winning two.

Senior RHP Citlaly Gutierrez (11-3) made her second start of the WCWS and kept Texas within striking distance to secure her 10th victory of the season and final win of her four-year career on the Forty Acres. Gutierrez limited Texas Tech to just one run on three hits with three strikeouts while working around a walk.

Texas Tech broke up the scoreless affair in the bottom of the third with a one-out single up the middle to score a run and collect a 1-0 lead.

Freshman UTL Hannah Wells replaced Gutierrez in the bottom of the fourth and recorded two outs before Gutierrez re-entered the inning with the bases loaded and two away. Gutierrez induced a fly out to center field to work Texas out of the jam.

Senior left fielder Kaiah Altmeyer and senior right fielder Ashton Maloney began the top of the fifth with back-to-back singles to apply pressure on the Red Raiders. Later in that inning with two down, Stewart was intentionally walked to load the bases for junior shortstop Viviana Martinez. Martinez pounded a ball into the 5-6 hole that drew an errant throw from Texas Tech, allowing two runs to cross home plate for the Longhorns and put UT in front, 2-1.

Gutierrez then pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the fifth and not give Texas Tech an opportunity to respond.

Kavan entered the game in the bottom of the sixth and struck out the side.

Junior center fielder Kayden Henry led off the top of the seventh with a solo home run to position Texas with a 3-1 lead. Senior second baseman Leighann Goode provided more insurance after smacking a one-out single to right field to score pinch runner Alisa Sneed for a 4-1 edge.

Kavan induced a ground out to Martinez at short and back-to-back strikeouts to end the ballgame and earn her second save of the WCWS and fifth of the season. After entering the ballgame to begin the sixth, Kavan retired all six batters she faced with five of those being strikeouts.