Good Gals: Texas Tech Red Raiders (61-8)
Bad Gals: Texas Longhorns (52-12)
When to Watch: Wednesday, June 3rd – Friday, June 5th
Where to Watch: Devon Park | Oklahoma City, OK
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Championship Game #1 Info: 6/3 @ 7:00 p.m. on ESPN
Championship Game #2 Info: 6/4 @ 7:00 p.m. on ESPN
Championship Game #3 Info (if necessary): 6/5 @ 7:00 p.m. on ESPN

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal’s Nathan Giese: Texas Tech softball, Texas amused by rivalry angle but not focused on it

While there’s plenty of chatter between the Texas Tech and Texas fanbases on social media over the last few weeks, that energy has focused on hypotheticals on the football field. Meanwhile, the softball teams get to settle things on the field (again) and took similar paths to return to the finals.

“Obviously we have a few more players back from the same squad to build on, where Gerry (Glasco) had to kind of mesh and build and kind of create that way,” Texas head coach Mike White said. “But his strategy of using two pitchers has been a little bit different than ours. There’s different strategies within the squads with using personnel you have, but a similarity is that they’re both resilient teams.”

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“It’s been slow and slow to develop,” Glasco said, “but we’re really in a good place finally. Her enormous talent is what’s allowed her to be successful, and then her mental game where she’s finally really comfortable mentally, I think, is what’s allowed her to be successful in big moments and be consistent.”

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White Chocolate’s social skills apparently haven’t changed all these years later.

He was kicked out of Florida’s stadium during the super-regional for causing a scene, and he embarrassed himself again against Alabama. He might need a personal-security detail in the championship round against rival Texas.

Jason Williams doesn’t seem to be anything like his daughter, by the way. Mia Williams couldn’t be more likeable. She broke down in tears when speaking about her admiration for Tech coach Gerry Glasco.

When asked about transferring to Texas Tech from Florida for this season, Williams called it “the best decision I ever made.”

She got paid well to do it, too.

The Texas Tech softball story is a lot like the Texas Tech football story. Tech was a mediocre softball school two years ago. After being bankrolled by billionaire donor and Texas Tech Board of Regents Chairman Cody Campbell, Tech softball has taken off.

Extra Points’ Matt Brown: Here’s who spent the most and least on FY25 softball budgets

Top Spending Programs (FY26)
Oklahoma: $7,724,358
Tennessee: $5,807,620
Nebraska: $4,631,302
Texas A&M: $4,490,934
Florida: $4,481,513
Clemson: $4,313,465
Washington: $4,296,701
Texas: $4,048,926

Statesman’s Thomas Jones: Texas softball vs Texas Tech: Players, coaches discuss rivalry between schools at WCWS

As for a Texas softball program that likely thinks more about SEC rivals Oklahoma and Texas A&M than the Red Raiders, the Longhorns addressed the idea of a perceived rivalry Tuesday with a polite shrug.

“I think there’s a rivalry with everyone with Texas,” Longhorns pitcher Teagan Kavan said. “I think it’s fun. It makes every game fun. It’s a lot of energy. It’s a lot of fan engagement and everything.”

Texas Tech Softball: SPOTLIGHT: Lauren Allred

Back at the team hotel late Monday night after earning a spot in the Women’s College World Series Finals for the second straight season, Texas Tech head coach Gerry Glasco sent Lauren Allred a text message.

“He told me that he and his wife were talking about how great of a catch I made and how proud they were of me,” Allred said. “His text meant a lot to me. He’s believed in me from the beginning. He believed in me before I believed in myself for real. That’s never changed. Recruiting me to Louisiana and our time there and then the transfer portal and the past two years here. I’ve always had confidence in what I can do because he’s always believed in me. I sent a text back letting him know that.”

ESPN’s #WCWS viewership continues to soar 📈

🥎 Through 10 games, 1.5M avg. viewers
🥎 3 of the 5 most-watched non-Finals games on record
🥎 @TexasTechSB–@UCLASoftball 2.0M avg. viewers, the 2nd most-watched non-Finals game EVER#NCAASoftball pic.twitter.com/hvDLWgDJZc

— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) June 2, 2026