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The Clemson Tigers softball team’s historic season ended with a Game 3 super regional loss to the Texas Longhorns.
Texas Longhorns softball beats Clemson 6-5 in game 3 of NCAA softball super regional to advance to the College Softball World Series, see the photos.
Texas improved to 51-11 with a 6-5 win over Clemson in Game 3 of the Austin Super Regional and will make its third WCWS trip in the last four years.
Junior shortstop Leighann Goode hit a rocket over the left field wall to score two runs and give Texas an early lead. After several mental mistakes and an error at shortstop in game one, Goode was inserted into the role Friday and provided a major spark for Texas, both offensively and defensively.
The Clemson Tigers fell to the Texas Longhorns, 7-5 in Game 2 of their NCAA super regional in Austin, Texas, on Friday night.
Defensive mishaps and a lack of key hits hurt Texas softball in its loss to Clemson in game one of the NCAA Tournament Austin Super Regionals.
After defeating FSU softball in a super regional, Texas Tech coach Gerry Glasco expressed his respect for Lonni Alameda and her program.
Clemson (47-12) will play a best-of-three super regional at No. 6 Texas (49-10) in Austin from Thursday to Saturday, the NCAA announced on Monday. The winner of the Austin Super Regional advances to the Women’s College World Series.
With their 6-5 clinching win over Texas A&M in the Bryan-College Station regional Sunday night, Liberty made NCAA softball history.
The 49-14 Cardinals are 1-1 heading into a Saturday losers bracket matchup in the double-elimination tournament.