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Texas Softball Upset in Women's College World Series Opener vs. Tennessee: Live Updates

The Texas Longhorns will open the Women's College World Series against the Tennessee Volunteers.
Ylver Deleon-Rios|
Texas Longhorns head coach Mike White watches the Texas Tech Red Raiders warm up before game one of the NCAA Softball Women's College World Series finals.
Texas Longhorns head coach Mike White watches the Texas Tech Red Raiders warm up before game one of the NCAA Softball Women's College World Series finals. | Brett Rojo-Imagn Images

The stage is set for the start of the Women's College World Series on Thursday, and the Texas Longhorns are in the mix of the last eight teams standing, headed to Oklahoma City. The Longhorns prepare to defend their national championship, making their third consecutive trip to OKC.

Texas makes its way to the greatest show on dirt after a bit of a scare in the Super Regional, dropping the first game to the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Austin Super Regional. However, as the Longhorns have done time and time before, they were able to rebound and win two games in a row to survive and advance.

The Longhorns will get their action of the Women's College World Series started against a team from the SEC, the Tennessee Volunteers. The Longhorns and Volunteers are set to clash on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. CT on ESPN.

Texas Takes on a Rolling Tennessee Squad

Texas Longhorns catcher Reese Atwood
Texas Longhorns catcher Reese Atwood (14) celebrates as she drives in two runs on a single in the sixth inning of Game 1 of the Women's College World Series championship series. | BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Volunteers have been on cruise control throughout the NCAA Tournament, heading to Oklahoma City with a 47-10 overall record. Tennessee headed into the postseason, earning the No. 7 overall seed, and hosted the Knoxville Regional and took care of business, outscoring opponents 15-7 over three games.

With a top-eight national seed, the Volunteers also received the opportunity to host a super regional on their home field, where they would face an SEC opponent, the Georgia Bulldogs. And Tennessee would need just two games to advance to the Women's College World Series, sweeping the Knoxville Super Regional over Georgia.

Follow along as we provide live, at-bat by at-bat updates, with the Longhorns looking to get their Women's College World Series started on the right foot and book a spot in the winners' bracket. They do so against the Volunteers on Thursday afternoon from Devon Park.

The Longhorns' starting lineup will be listed below -

CF - Kayden Henry

1B - Katie Stewart

SS - Viviana Martinez

C - Reese Atwood

2B - Leighann Goode

DP - Hannah Wells

RF - Ashton Maloney

LF - Kaiah Altmeyer

3B Jayice Nichols

P - Teagan Kavan

Live updates will be available after first pitch

Top First:

Teagan Kavan (Texas) pitching

Knight: Groundout to pitcher

Dodge: Fly out to center field

Clarke: Groundout to short

Sage Mardjetko (Tennessee) pitching

Henry: Line out to second

Stewart: Groundout to first

Martinez: Pop out to right field

Top Second:

Leach: Hit by pitch

Butt: Walk

Morrison: Three-run home run, Longhorns trail 3-0

Leach: Strikeout swinging

Faw: Groundout to third

Holley: Strikeout swinging

Bottom Second:

Atwood: Pop out to third

Goode: Walk

Wells: Strikeout swinging

Maloney: Groundout to second

Top Third:

Knight: Fouled out to left field

Dodge: Double

Clarke: Single, advanced to second; Dodge advanced to third

Leach: Fielder's choice, advanced to second, Dodge out at third, Clarke advanced to third.

Butt: Strikeout swinging

Bottom Third:

Altmeyer: Groundout to pitcher

Nichols: Single

Henry: Line out into double play, Nichols out on the play

Top Fourth:

Citlaly Gutierrez (Texas) pitching

Morrison: Pop out to center field

Leach: Fouled out to left field

Faw: Pop out to second

Bottom Fourth:

Stewart: Groundout to second

Martinez: Walk

Atwood: Pop out to second

Goode: Groundout to third

Top Fifth:

Holley: Single

Knight: groundout to first

Holley scored on wild pitch, Longhorns trailing 4-0

Dodge: Strikeout swinging

Clarke: Groundout to third

Bottom Fifth:

Karlyn Pickens (Tennessee) pitching

Wells: Single

Maloney: Single

Altmeyer: Foul out to catcher

Hunter (PH): Fielder's choice, Maloney out at second, run scored on a throwing error, Longhorns trailing 4-1

Henry: Lines out to center field

Top Sixth:

Leach: Groundout to third

Butt: Strikeout swinging

Morrison: Double

G. Leach: RBI single, Longhorns trailing 5-1

Barnhart (PH): Pop out to short

Bottom Sixth:

Stewart: Strikeout swinging

Martinez: Groundout to first

Atwood: Single

Goode: Two-run home run, Longhorns trailing 5-3

Wells: Strikeout swinging

Top Seventh:

Holley: Walk

Knight: Bunt single

Dodge: Sac-bunt, runners to second and third

Clarke: Sac-fly, Knight out at third, Longhorns trailing 6-3

Bottom Seventh:

Maloney: Groundout to short

Altmeyer: Groundout to short

Nichols: Groundout to third

Final - Tennessee 6, Texas 3

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Ylver Deleon-Rios
YLVER DELEON-RIOS

Ylver Deleon-Rios is an English major and Journalism and Media minor at the University of Texas at Austin. His experience in sports journalism includes writing for The Daily Texan, where he has worked on the soccer and softball beats. A native Houstonian, he roots for the Astros and the Rockets while also rooting for the Dallas Cowboys.

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