After reaching the championship match of the Girls’s Faculty World Sequence final 12 months, Texas fell in need of that aim this season by ending the NCAA Tremendous Regionals in a 2–0 sequence loss to Tennessee.
“It’s all the time powerful to complete the 12 months out, particularly once we let ourselves down a bit of bit … it was only a powerful option to end it,” head coach Mike White mentioned.
Tennessee solidified the win over Texas with a 9-0 blowout that despatched the Woman Volunteers to the Girls’s Faculty World Sequence in Oklahoma Metropolis.
The matchup began with a run from Tennessee within the high of the primary inning. Nonetheless, there was no scoring from both workforce apart from the only run till the highest of the sixth inning. Tennessee was capable of rack up two extra runs resulting from Texas’ defensive errors and lack of communication.
Tennessee’s quick protection appeared to pose an issue for Texas, who nonetheless had not had a success within the matchup.
The primary hit for Texas got here within the backside of the sixth inning, when sophomore utility participant Vanessa Quiroga, coming off the bench to hit for junior infielder Alyssa Washington, hit a single to left subject. Nonetheless, this momentum was lower brief when a double play was made by Tennessee and ended the inning with no rating for Texas.
The highest of the seventh was tough for Texas after a pitching change, bringing in sophomore Mac Morgan, and with bases already loaded, the Woman Volunteers acquired 5 runs, 4 of which had been from one hit and Texas’ error. This put the rating at 9-0.
The 2 hits of Texas’ offensive sport got here from Quiroga, with a single after hitting a 3-1 pitch to left subject, and junior utility participant Camille Corona, with a single to left-center subject within the seventh inning.
Freshman Citlaly Gutierrez, sophomore Sophia Simpson and Mac Morgan all pitched for the Longhorns and had a median ERA of two.50, having six strikeouts and giving up 10 hits and 9 runs.
A significant contribution to Tennessee’s success got here from Texas’ subject errors. The Longhorns had a complete of 5 errors all through the sport compared to Tennessee’s zero. That, paired with the lack to get by way of Tennessee’s protection, ended the 2023 Texas softball season.
“We bought a whole lot of work to do, however I really feel assured and I really feel happy with my workforce, a very younger group of girls,” White mentioned. “We’ve bought loads to construct on, and it’s only a begin for us.”
