Texas Shuts Out vs. Mississippi State in WCWS Elimination Game: Live Updates

The Texas Longhorns take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs with their season on the line.

Texas Longhorns head coach Mike White walks on the field during a Women's College World Series softball game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Texas Longhorns. | BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

For the remainder of the Women's College World Series, the Texas Longhorns will be playing with their backs against the wall and the end of their 2026 season looming in the background.

The Longhorns looked to get their trip to Oklahoma City started on the right foot; however, Texas will have to climb out of the losers' bracket in order to make a deep run. Texas battled against the Tennessee Volunteers on Friday, with the Volunteers taking the opening contest 6-3, putting the Longhorns' season in danger.

Texas now returns to the field to stay alive in the Women's College World Series, taking on the Mississippi State Bulldogs in an elimination game. Both SEC teams will play to keep their seasons alive on Friday night. Here's a look at how to watch the matchup, more information on the Bulldogs, and a live game log later tonight.

How to Watch Texas vs. Mississippi State

Texas Longhorns utility Leighann Goode (43) rounds third after a two run home run in the sixth inning against the Tennessee Lady Volunteers. | Brett Rojo-Imagn Images

Who: No. 2 Texas Longhorns and Mississippi State Bulldogs

What: Elimination Game of the Women's College World Series

When: May 29, 6:00 p.m. CT

Where: Devon Park, Oklahoma City

TV/Streaming: ESPN

Meet the Opponent

Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Samantha Ricketts talks with players during a Women's College World Series softball game. | BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Mississippi State's 2026 season has been historic for the program, reaching just its second Super Regional and its first-ever appearance in Oklahoma City. The Bulldogs roll into the showdown with the Longhorns with a 43-20 overall record and a 9-15 record in the SEC.

The Bulldogs are the only unseeded team to make the field at the Women's College World Series this year. The postseason journey started with Mississippi State making its way out of the Eugene Regional to set up a Super Regional against one of the superpowers of the sport, the Oklahoma Sooners.

The Bulldogs would shock the college softball world with the upset of the postseason, knocking off the No. 3 nationally seeded Sooners in the Norman Super Regional. Mississippi State took game one before Oklahoma forced a pivotal game three in the second game of the series. And with a ticket to the OKC, the Bulldogs would shut out the Sooners, 6-0, to pull off the huge upset.

Mississippi State played its first-ever Women's College World Series game on Friday, taking on the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and was dealt an 8-0 run-rule loss to drop down into the losers' bracket and set up a matchup with the Longhorns.

Follow along as we provide live at-bat by at-bat updates, with the Longhorns looking to keep their season alive. They do so against the Bulldogs on Friday afternoon at Devon Park.

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The Longhorns' starting lineup will be listed below -

ready to go🤘#HookEm pic.twitter.com/lzuGW2QMn8

— Texas Softball (@TexasSoftball) May 29, 2026

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 - Jaycie Nichols

P - Teagan Kavan

Live updates will be available after first pitch

Top First:

Delainey Everett (Mississippi State) pitching

Henry: Groundout to third

Stewart: Walk

Martinez: Strikeout looking

Atwood: Groundout to third

Bottom First:

Teagan Kavan (Texas) pitching

Stiles: Groundout to third

Barbary: Strikeout looking

Romero: Double

Keller: Pop out to right field

Top Second:

Goode: Groundout to third

Wells: Single

Maloney: Fielders choice, Wells out at second

Altmeyer: Two-run home run, Longhorns leading 2-0

Nichols: Groundout to third

Bottom Second:

Bernardini: Groundout to first

Ernstes: Fly out to left field

Sells: Groundout to short

Top Third:

Henry: Double

Stewart: Hit by pitch

Martinez: Sac-bunt out at first, Henry advances to third, Stewart advances to second

Atwood: Strikeout swining

Goode: Line out to center field

Bottom Third:

Silva: Groundout to first

Rivera: Groundout to third

Stiles: Fly out out to left field

Top Fourth:

Wells: Groundout to short

Maloney: Walk

Altmeyer: Line into double play to first, Maloney out on the play

Bottom Fourth:

Barbary: Pop out to short

Romero: Single

Keller: Fly out to center field

Bernardini: Line out to left field

Top Fifth:

Nichols: Groundout to short

Henry: Solo home run, Longhorns leading 3-0

Stewart: Strikeout looking

Martinez: Fly out to left field

Bottom Fifth:

Ernstes: Groundout to short

Sells: Pop out to center field

Grassel (PH): Fly out to left field

Top Sixth:

Atwood: Walk

Goode: Bunt single

Wells: Pop out to second

Hunter (PH): Hit by pitch

Altmeyer: Fielder's choice, Adayah Wallace pinch running for Atwood out at home

Bennett (PH): Fielder's choice: Altmeyer out at second

Bottom Sixth:

Rivera: Line out to second

Stiles: Line out to short

Barbary: Fly out to left field

Top Seventh:

Henry: Groundout to first

Stewart: Walk

Martinez: RBI double, Longhorns leading 4-0

Atwood: Strikeout swinging

Goode: Walk, caught stealing second

Bottom Seventh:

Romero: Single

Keller: Single

Bernardini: Pop out to second

Ernstes: Foul out to left field

Sells: Strikeout swinging

Final: Texas 4, Mississippi State 0

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