Overview

• Game 1 of the best-of-three final begins tonight at 8 p.m. ET from Devon Park in Oklahoma City with live coverage on ESPN.
• Texas Tech junior ace NiJaree Canady signed a record $1,050,024 NIL deal and has amassed a Division I–leading 33-5 record with a 0.90 ERA and 304 strikeouts.
• Texas sophomore Teagan Kavan carries a 26-5 record, 2.33 ERA and four WCWS shutouts into her third finals appearance in four years.
• The series marks the first all-Texas WCWS final since 2004 with both programs chasing their first championship after Texas finished as runner-up twice and Texas Tech reached the title round for the first time.
• Texas boasts a top-3 national offense led by All-American Reese Atwood, who ranks 14th in home runs and tops the country with 86 RBIs.