Overview
- Williams hit a walk-off home run in the seventh inning on Monday to beat Alabama and clinch Texas Tech’s spot in the Women’s College World Series finals.
- Texas Tech will open the finals against reigning champion Texas in the first game of the championship series on Wednesday.
- This season Williams led the team with 26 home runs, 85 RBIs, 92 runs, 24 doubles and 193 total bases while hitting .438 and reaching the program’s first 20-home-run/20-steal milestone.
- Coach Gerry Glasco says a deliberate effort to build trust with Williams, including moving her into the leadoff spot midseason, helped her find consistency and deliver in big moments.
- Media attention has followed both her play and her father Jason Williams’ visible fandom and a Super Regional altercation that prompted debate over crowd behavior, and Jason has said he will step back from attending upcoming games.