On the Diamond

Texas Tech softball fell to Texas 10-4 in the final game of the Women’s College World Series. NiJaree Canady gave up 5 runs in the 1st inning and she gave everything she had to get the program where it is at. No blame-game for me. She carried the load for a long time for this team. Congrats to Gerry Glasco and the entire team and staff for an absolutely incredible season.

“For these kids to come out and do what they did, have a new coach, a new coaching staff, three returning players come back from last year, go to work in the first of August and start grinding and grinding and trying to learn how to play for a new coach and a new staff, and then to end up in this position, playing for the national title, making it go all the way to three games, just a historic season,” Texas Tech head coach Gerry Glasco said. “I’m really proud of my team and the effort that they give us from top to bottom.”

“I think that we pushed it to the very limit,” Glasco said of Canady returning to the circle for the third-straight day. “I think the kid gave us everything that she had. And I think the first inning was just a result of a great hitting team, a well-coached team, a well-prepared team coming up against somebody they faced three days in a row. All you had to do was look at the velocity the first night compared to the second night and tonight. And it was slowly edging away. At the same time, you’re dealing with a great competitor, and you can’t let her pitch all year and take the ball away from her.”